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small number of Negroes now studying to be nurses revealed in statistics compiled under '64 Civil Rights Act and by Natl Nursing League; figures given for NYC and Phila: lack of motivation, not discrimination, blamed
Sen Mansfield defers Sen debate on bill because of opposition of Southerners, will attempt to bypass Sen Eastland's Judiciary Com; scores Eastland's role as com chmn; calls Dirksen key to breaking expected Southern filibuster; Eastland replies; Sen Javits hails Mansfield
J M Fore arrested, Odenton, Md, charged with stealing plans worth $3-million for machine used in nylon mfg by E I du Pont when employed at Martinsburg, Va, plant; allegedly offered plans to Chemstrand, which reptd to du Pont; present employer, Natl Plastic Products Co, denies benefitting from specific knowledge he gained at du Pont
Wallace replies to Pres Johnson order for detailed rept on air strike; replies there were Vietcong in area, that civilians were forced to remain in area by Vietcong and that Vietcong fired on spotter plane; civilians reptdly may be denied Govt compensation because they are considered Vietcong sympathizers; US soldiers donate blood to victims; Johnson getting some interim repts; victim illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 10, 1966, covering August 12, 1966.
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Frank Sinatra
Soundtrack
1966Tobias Ellwood, American-English captain and politician[†]
Lieutenant Colonel Tobias Martin Ellwood is a former British Conservative Party politician and soldier who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth East from 2005 to 2024. He chaired the Defence Select Committee from 2020 to 2023, and was Minister for Defence Veterans, Reserves and Personnel at the Ministry of Defence from 2017 to 2019. Prior to his political career, Ellwood served in the Royal Green Jackets and reached the rank of captain. He transferred to the Army Reserve and has gone on to reach the rank of lieutenant colonel in the 77th Brigade.
1966Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (born 1923)[†]
Artur Alliksaar was an Estonian poet.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]