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US mil police fire on Vietcong terrorists in downtown Saigon st after mine explosion near US billet; 5 reptd dead, 32 wounded, 8 of them reptdly Amers; 7 terrorists reptd seized; illus, map
rept of 2 Legis coms (Brownstein, Podell) holds NYS Penal Law bars police from Birch Soc membership; says Soc is pol and that law bars police from joining pol groups; asks ruling be posted
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Sen R F Kennedy colls forcloser US attention to Latin-Amor revolutionary currents and their loaders, s to Son; urges understanding even of radical anti-Amer Marxist movements; lauds Johnson affirmation of liberal policies but questions execution of his avowed purposes; details soc needs of hemisphere, its prevalent poverty; urges more US aid; s is rev of '65 Latin-Amer tour; was shown in advance to Gordon, Pres adviser W W Rostow, other specialists
Fulbright guestions Rusk on Nguyen Cao Ky statement, Sen com; Rusk says he was misinterpreted; Fulbright says he appears 'rather irresponsible,' could obstruct orderly election
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 4, 1966, covering May 10, 1966.
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Barbra Streisand
The Rolling Stones
SSgt Barry Sadler
1966Jonathan Edwards, English triple jumper[†]
Jonathan David Edwards, is a British former triple jumper. He is an Olympic, double World, European, European indoor and Commonwealth champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995. Edwards is widely regarded as the greatest triple-jumper in history.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]