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GE develops 3-dimensional fluoroscope that permits more detailed probes of body and speeds up exams, lessening radiation danger; diagram; some objections to stereofluoroscopy noted
S Vietnamese troops rept killing 105 enemy soldiers in 3 encounters, U Minh forest, Mekong delta; 45 of these killed by machine-gun and rocket fire from helicopter; 22 of enemy, in rare move, surrender with their weapons; US paratroopers stumble upon Vietcong camp, Tuyhoa area; find 11 S Vietnamese civilians and body of another inside; Army helicopter crashes into minefield, Bienhoa airbase area; 2 US soldiers killed, 2 wounded, other mil action described; US soldiers illus; map
damage to bases near Tokyo put at over $4-million
Dem Cong leaders having trouble keeping Dems in Washington because of desire, heightened by defeat of long-term members in primaries, to return home for campaign
USSR exports to N Vietnam up sharply since US started bombing N Vietnam; indus machinery and mil equipment comprise greatest part
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 21, 1966, covering September 26, 1966.
The Beatles
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Ray Conniff
Soundtrack
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
1966Jillian Barberie, Canadian actress and sportscaster[†]
Jillian Marie Barberie is a Canadian-born American television hostess, sportscaster, radio personality and actress. From 1995 to 2012, she was a co-host on the Los Angeles television morning news and entertainment program Good Day L.A. on Fox owned-and-operated station KTTV. From 2000 to 2005, she appeared on Fox Sports as the weather host for Fox NFL Sunday. From 2006 to 2013, she was known as Jillian Reynolds, from her second marriage.
1966Christos Dantis, Greek singer-songwriter and producer[†]
Christos Dantis, is a Greek multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, lyricist, and record producer best known for his hits such as "To Palio Mou Palto" and "Ena Tragoudi Akoma" and later for co-writing the song "My Number One" for Elena Paparizou, winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 for Greece.
1966Shane Dye, New Zealand jockey[†]
Raymond Shane Dye, is a former jockey. He was an apprentice jockey to Dave O’Sullivan at Matamata, before moving to Sydney, Australia where he was initially working with Vic Thompson at Warwick Farm in the late-1980s. In a distinguished riding career, Dye won the Melbourne Cup on Tawriffic in 1989 in then-record time, and won four consecutive Golden Slippers from 1989 to 1992. He also won the Cox Plate on Octagonal in 1995.
1966Craig Heyward, American football player (died 2006)[†]
Craig William Heyward, nicknamed "Ironhead", was an American professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers. He then played for the New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons, St. Louis Rams, and Indianapolis Colts in an 11-year NFL career.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]