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In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]
1966Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt is a Portuguese-American guitarist. He became known as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme. Bettencourt has recorded a solo album and has founded rock bands including Mourning Widows, DramaGods, and Satellite Party.
series on recent setbacks in civil rights movement
workers at 15 centers return excess cases; Ginsberg calls move 'disastrous,' orders withholding pay for day; plans immediate hiring of 300 more workers; Mage urges workers be allowed to volunteer to process cases on overtime pay; picketing for allowances resumes; Mobilization for Youth reptdly organized demonstration; orgn repr Prof R Cloward comments
Thant concludes N Vietnam has not rejected his peace proposal since there has been no response, news conf; dismisses as 'unrealistic' Asian peace conf proposed by Thailand; diplomats discuss Hanoi rept that N Vietnam will have a positive reaction to US acceptance of Thant proposals
US acknowledges US planes may have intruded inadvertently; on Sept 9 and 17; voices regret; stresses Amer pilots are under orders to avoid Chinese airspace; says it has no information on alleged strikes near Munankwan; map
Twenty-two American scientists, including seven Nobel laureates, are calling on President Johnson to halt the use of antipersonnel and anticrop chemical weapons in the Vietnam war.
Fed grand jury reptdly probes possible illegal insider dealings in co stock
P Loewell and J J Nolan, NYC Housing Auth ex-officials, indicted for accepting $420,000 in bribes to rig painting contracts, '57-65; case revd; J Graham role noted
IS 201 principal Lisser 'voluntarily' asks to be reassigned to appease area residents; Donovan repts settlement, including creation of E Harlem community council with veto power over apptmt of teachers and adm; teachers refuse to work unless Lisser is retained; he comments; parents claim Donovan promised to replace Lisser with Negro; Donovan denies it; appts Negro, Mrs B Banfield acting principal; she rejects apptmt on 'basis of color, not competence'; 600 pupils rept to PS 103 but teachers stay away
survey of white opposition to racially integrated neighborhoods, St Louis; Mo; problem has intensified anxieties although there is no significant racial trouble
Pope, in encyclical Christi Matri, appeals to world leaders to end war; says 'We cry to them in God's name to stop'; urges peace settlement now 'even at the expense of some inconvenience or loss'; warns of greater calamity; asks peace prayers during Oct, names Oct 4, anniv of his appeal before UN, as special day of prayer
US pilots fly 177 missions, rept seeing MIGs 3d consecutive day; F-105s fight 3 brief battles with MIG-17s, rept no damage; map
temporary comm exec dir Straetz resigns in clash with Corbin, lr to him; Corbin makes pub earlier Straetz lr which he says is resignation lr; in earlier lr, Straetz charged Corbin created confusion 'and tried to tell him how to conduct research; he claimed job had become 'demeaning' and 'intolerable'; Corbin says Straetz is 'arrogant incompetent who quit for record because he would have been fired for persisting in disruptive action'; charges Straetz tried to inject pol into comm and arrogate 'total authority' to self; other charges and counter charges; new dissension seen making const conv major issue in Gov race