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MOSCOW, Aug. 26--A University of California mathematics professor was taken for a fast and unscheduled automobile ride through the streets of Moscow, questioned and then released today after he had criticized both the Soviet Union and the United States at an informal news conference.
MOSCOW, Aug. 26 Soviet and North Vietnamese leaders apparently met for a secret policy conference last week at a Black Sea resort, according to information received by Western diplomats.
TORONTO, Aug. 26 About 115,000 workers struck seven Canadian railroads today after negotiators failed to settle a wage dispute. The national strike left most of the country without train or telegraph service.
CHICAGO, Aug. 26 The American Federation of Teachers ended a five-day convention here today at the Edgewater Beach Hotel with a strong assertion of teachers' rights, including the right of civil disobedience.
YONKERS, Aug. 26 -- Twenty-six harness-track drivers, three track officials and 27 gamblers were subpoenaed tonight to appear at a grand jury investigation into possible conspiracy affecting racing at Yonkers, Roosevelt and Monticello raceways.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 24, 1966, covering August 27, 1966.
The Beatles
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Frank Sinatra
Soundtrack
Ray Conniff
1966Jeroen Duyster, Dutch rower[†]
Jeroen Tarquinis Cornelis Duyster is a former coxswain from the Netherlands, who won a gold medal with the Holland Acht as a cox at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the older brother of former Dutch field hockey international Willemijn Duyster, who won the bronze medal at the same Olympic tournament.
1966René Higuita, Colombian footballer[†]
José René Higuita Zapata is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was nicknamed El Loco for his high-risk 'sweeper-keeper' playing style and his flair for the dramatic, and sometimes even scoring goals despite being a goalkeeper.
1966Juhan Parts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Estonia[†]
Juhan Parts ( is an Estonian politician who was Prime Minister of Estonia from 2003 to 2005 and Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications from 2007 to 2014. Juhan Parts is a member of Isamaa party.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]