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Meth Rev C B Burt scores whites who beat Negro youths, ser; he and 200 parishioners pray for forgiveness; City Councilman Boone, who forced ouster of City Mgr McEachin, resigns; King aide H Williams sets plans to escort Negro pupils to pss and picket pub places
US Atty J O Newman orders Fed prosecutors in Conn to disclose evidence 1 wk before trial to defense attys agreeing to reciprocal exch; says move is aimed at 'pursuit of truth'; discounts need for surprise in cases; exceptions to order would cover cases involving 'possibility of witness intimidation' or 'complicated financial transactions' where defendant could tailor fictitious records
91-item agenda set; speculation on other activities; Assembly, in innovation, to meet for gen debate in mornings and devote afternoons to S-W Africa issue
Vietnam will be "very prominently in the forefront of discussion" when the 21st session of the United Nations General Assembly opens tomorrow, Arthur J. Goldberg, the United States representative, predicted yesterday. "We welcome this," he added emphatically.
Investigations Comr Fraiman discloses forged rent rises in 600 Bklyn apts in last 2 yrs, TV int; says fraud result of loose security measures that permit landlords free access to rent cards at Bklyn Rent and Rehabilitation offices; hints dept personnel were involved; Comr Berman notes new security measures; Berman, Fraiman set joint probe; probe begun by ex-Comr Gabel in '64 noted
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 14, 1966, covering September 19, 1966.
The Beatles
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Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Ray Conniff
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1966Soledad O'Brien, American journalist and producer[†]
María de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien is an American broadcast journalist and executive producer. Since 2016, O'Brien has been the host for Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien, a nationally syndicated weekly talk show produced by Hearst Television. She is chairwoman of Starfish Media Group, a multiplatform media production company and distributor that she founded in 2013. She is also a member of the Peabody Awards board of directors, which is presented by the University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
1966Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist[†]
Yoshihiro Takayama is a Japanese former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Debuting for UWF International (UWFI) in the 1990s, Takayama joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in 1997 after UWF-i folded. In 2000, he joined Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), and later became a mainstay in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) where he arguably achieved his greatest success, holding the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and NWF Heavyweight Championship simultaneously in 2003. He is one of only five men to hold all three puroresu major heavyweight titles, the others being Kensuke Sasaki, Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima, and Yuji Nagata.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]