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parents boycott JHS 164, protesting failure to complete modernization work; only 35 of school's 950 pupils attend classes; Educ Bd spokesman says some pupils will be transferred to nearby school to ease problem
GRENADA, Miss., Sept. 13-- After another warning of violence in connection with school integration, the Mississippi State Highway Patrol restored order here this afternoon.
US quietly builds up armored power; 2d bn of 34th Armored Rgt equipped with M-48 tanks arrives, Vungtau
Reserve Bd Fed Open Mkt Com repts US, GB, Austria, Belgium, Canada, W Ger, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland have expanded mutual credit facilities to provide 'broader margin of safety for stability of internatl monetary system'; move provides support for Brit pound and massive potential short-term credits for US
musicians vote strike after opening night; refuse to rehearse other operas
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 14, 1966, covering September 14, 1966.
The Beatles
Soundtrack
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Ray Conniff
Soundtrack
1966Iztok Puc, Croatian-Slovenian handball player (died 2011)[â ]
Iztok Puc was a Croatian-Slovenian handball player, who was one of the world's top players of the 1980s and 1990s. During his career he played professionally for Borac Banja Luka, Zagreb, Celje and Prule 67. He won a total of 18 domestic trophies. He has won the elite EHF Champions League in 1992 and 1993, both times with Zagreb. He is one of very few handball players who represented three different countries at the Summer Olympics, winning bronze with Yugoslavia in 1988 and gold with Croatia in 1996. In 2009, he was named the best overall player in the history of Slovenian handball. After his death an award named in his honour was introduced and is awarded annually to the most promising young handball players in Slovenia and Croatia, given alternately one year to Slovenian and another year to Croatian player.
1966Aamer Sohail, Pakistani cricketer and politician[â ]
Mohammad Aamer Sohail Ali is a Pakistani cricket commentator and former cricketer. In a playing career that spanned ten years, Sohail played in 195 first-class and 261 List A Limited Overs matches, including 47 Test matches and 156 One Day Internationals for Pakistan. He was a part of the Pakistani squad which won the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
1966Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (born 1899)[â ]
Gertrude Berg was an American actress, screenwriter, and producer. A pioneer of classic radio, she was one of the first women to create, write, produce, and star in a long-running hit when she premiered her serial comedy-drama The Rise of the Goldbergs (1929), later known as The Goldbergs. Her career achievements included winning a Tony Award and an Emmy Award, both for Best Lead Actress.
1966Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (born 1881)[â ]
Hiram Wesley Evans was an American dentist and political activist who served as the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, an American white supremacist group, from 1922 to his resignation in 1939.
1966Cemal GĂŒrsel, Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (born 1895)[â ]
Cemal GĂŒrsel was a Turkish military officer and politician who was the fourth president of Turkey, serving from 1960 to 1966 after taking power in a coup d'Ă©tat.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[â ]