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US computer, installed in truck-trailer, Saigon, provides mil comdrs with mass of intelligence on enemy, enables allies to plan strategy; 19 such computers in use; Gen J A McChristian organized apparatus; comments
bn of US infantrymen arrives, Quinhon; will join 1st Cavalry Div at Ankhe
Pors
lines resume 1/2 of normal flights; many planes unfilled but bookings are heavy; illus; lines rept no serious loss of personnel during strike
A H Raskin analysis of labor-mgt situation in light of Tribune closing
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 17, 1966, covering August 21, 1966.
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Frank Sinatra
Soundtrack
1966John Wetteland, American baseball player and coach[†]
John Karl Wetteland is an American former baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (1989–2000). He pitched for four teams: the Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers. A relief pitcher, Wetteland specialized as a closer, recording 330 saves during his career. With the Yankees, he won the 1996 World Series over the Atlanta Braves and won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award for saving four games in the series. After his playing career, he served as a coach for the Washington Nationals and Seattle Mariners. In 2019, Wetteland was arrested and indicted on charges of sexually abusing a child under the age of 14. These charges were later dismissed.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]