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ct orders Powell to pay Mrs James $600 a wk; declines to punish him for criminal contempt, making ruling unenforceable, on basis of typographical error and other tech reasons; referee rules summons valid
lobbyists for real estate brokers urge brokers to 'generate immediate wave of indignation' against sec; send bulletins to all 83,000 Real Estate Bds Assn members; bulletin charges Repub authors of compromise sec with using 'clever language' to distort its meaning; A L Emlen, assn's lobbying com chmn, signed bulletin; NAACP Washington repr C Mitchell makes copy available to press; he backs strongest possible Title IV (open-housing) provisions
HR com approves $5.8-bill ion bill, including 2-yr extension of Fed aid to impacted areas; bill also above Adm request, seen sparking floor fight on channeling funds to poor dists; some proposed changes cited; bill would also raise poverty income allocation, on which grants are based, from $2,000 to $3,000 a yr
WASHINGTON, July 28-- Richard Helms, the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency, was sharply criticized in the Senate today because of a letter he wrote praising an editorial denouncing Senator J.W. Fulbright, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
Consol Edison asks permission from NYS PSC to cut rates 4%
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 27, 1966, covering July 29, 1966.
The Beatles
Frank Sinatra
The Rolling Stones
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Lou Rawls
1966Sally Gunnell, English hurdler and sportscaster[†]
Sally Jane Janet Gunnell, OBE, DL is a British former track-and-field athlete, who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles. During a 24-month period between 1992 and 1994, Gunnell won every international event open to her, claiming Olympic Games, World Championship, European Championship, Commonwealth Games, Goodwill Games, IAAF World Cup and European Cup golds in the event, and breaking the British, European and World records in it. She is the only female British athlete to have won all four 'majors'; Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles, and was the first female 400 metres hurdler in history to win the Olympic and World titles and break the world record. Her former world record time of 52.74 secs in 1993 is still the current British record. She was named World and European Female Athlete of the Year in 1993, and was made an MBE in 1993 and an OBE in 1998.
1966Stuart Lampitt, English cricketer[†]
Stuart Richard Lampitt is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played for Worcestershire from 1985 to 2002. During his career he was victorious in the 1986 final of the William Younger Cup, and the final of the NatWest Trophy in 1994. He also played in the Worcestershire side which won the County Championship in 1989, appearing especially in the second half of the season. Lampitt also helped his team to the semi-finals of the Benson and Hedges Cup of 1995. He took 370 List A wickets in all for Worcestershire, a record for the county.
1966Martina McBride, American singer-songwriter and producer[†]
Martina Mariea McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material.
1966Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian general and politician, 2nd Head of State of Nigeria (born 1924)[†]
Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was a Nigerian general who was the first military head of state of Nigeria. He seized power during the ensuing chaos after the 15 January 1966 military coup. Ironsi ruled from 16 January, until his assassination on 29 July 1966 during the July counter-coup. He was assassinated by a group of military officers from the Northern Region led by Murtala Mohammed.
1966Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian colonel (born 1926)[†]
Francis Adekunle Fajuyi was a Nigerian soldier of Yoruba origin and the first military governor of the former Western Region, Nigeria.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]