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Pres Johnson admonishes car mfrs not to raise prices because of Fed safety bill
O'Connor defends Kennedy against charges of blocking Samuels, press conf, Buffalo; says charges are not true even through spread by highly placed persons in his camp; Kennedy aide, angered, denies charges; informants stick to story; other high sources say Kennedy, intentionally or not, was decisive factor in original rejection of Samuels; O'Connor made decision to recommend Lehman; says Kennedy made no recommendations; Dem leaders seen elated over way conv turned out; hold it removes bossism issue; Kennedy setback seen temporary; maneuvering that led to Samuels nomination detailed; key figures, Kennedy, Jones roles noted
Jusuf sentenced to death for corruption and subversive activities; observers believe major purpose of trial was to discredit Sukarno
Sen Gruening urges Adm to make pub Rusk lr to Couve de Murville, wire to Ball; says pub should help clarify Adm's 'oft-contradictory' terms for a settlement; State Dept confirms Rusk sent lr, declines to discuss contents which were disclosed by Reston; US officials believe de Gaulle chose to ignore US proposals and never relayed them to N Vietnam; Gruening discusses 'strange Adm inconsistency' on hon Geneva accord, int
United Parcel sues Teamsters for $10-million damages, Fed ct, NYC; charges failure to uphold no-strike clause in contract after permanent arbitrator B B Turkus ordered return to work; co counsel B A Zorn comments; rules out rehiring man whose dismissal touched off walkout
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 7, 1966, covering September 10, 1966.
The Beatles
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Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Ray Conniff
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1966Yuki Saito, Japanese singer and actress[†]
Yuki Saito is a Japanese actress, singer and narrator. She attended Kanagawa Prefectural Shimizugaoka High School.
1966Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player and manager[†]
Joseph Nieuwendyk is a Canadian former National Hockey League (NHL) player. He was a second round selection of the Calgary Flames, 27th overall, at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft and played 20 seasons for the Flames, Dallas Stars, New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Florida Panthers. He is one of only 11 players in NHL's history to win the Stanley Cup with three or more different teams, winning titles with Calgary in 1989, Dallas in 1999 and New Jersey in 2003. A two-time Olympian, Nieuwendyk won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2002 winter games. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011 and his uniform number 25 was honoured by the Flames in 2014. He was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2014. In 2017, he was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
1966Emil Julius Gumbel, German mathematician and statistician (born 1891)[†]
Emil Julius Gumbel was a German mathematician and political writer.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]