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Hussein deplores deterioration of Arab ties, int; warns against UAR intervention in Syria or closing of its border with Jordan; map
Connor charges GE with breaking promise to Adm to seek settlement under eye of Cabinet panel (Deputy Sec Vance replaces McNamara, in Vietnam); rebuffs Moore proposals to remove talks from panel supervision, that GE plants classed critical by Defense Dept be exempted from strike, and for Govt-supervised secret vote among GE workers within 60 days of final co offer; Jennings comments
NASA says 1st manned Apollo and 1st lunar landing will carry TV cameras to provide natl networks with live pictures from space; sees such use becoming routine in future
Ingraham preliminary rept to Rockefeller on probe recommends naming panel of natl experts to study long-term problems; calls Bellevue 'disaster area' and urges state police use as guards and ancillary help; rept details; comments on Bellevue and police edited out after talk with Brown; Brown says Ingraham pledges NYS aid; probers visit Harlem Hosp; Sens Lent and Thaler decry conditions; Lindsay aide welcomes Gov's interest
Pres Johnson reptdly will ask Cong in Jan for 10% rise in Soc Security benefits; will seek monthly minimum payments of $100 for those in program 25 yrs and increase in total income permitted persons continuing to work after retirement; proposals, to cost $2.2-billion, are result of 6-month Adm study of system; details
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 12, 1966, covering October 12, 1966.
The Beatles
Soundtrack
Ray Conniff
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
The Supremes
1966Jonathan Crombie, Canadian actor and voice over artist (died 2015)[†]
Jonathan Crombie was a Canadian actor and voice-over artist, best known for playing Gilbert Blythe in CBC Television's 1985 telefilm Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels.
1966Wim Jonk, Dutch footballer[†]
Wilhelmus Maria "Wim" Jonk is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, who is the current technical manager of Eerste Divisie club Volendam.
1966Brian Kennedy, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Brian Edward Patrick Kennedy is an Irish singer. He scored a number of hit singles and albums in the UK and Ireland during the 1990s and 2000s. He represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 and finished in 10th place. Brian is the younger brother of musician Bap Kennedy.
1966Brenda Romero, American game designer[†]
Brenda Louise Romero, previously known as Brenda Brathwaite, is an American game designer and developer. She was born in Ogdensburg, New York and is a graduate of Clarkson University. Romero is best known for her work on the Wizardry series of role-playing video games and, more recently, the non-digital series The Mechanic is the Message. She has worked in game development since 1981 and has credits on 49 game titles.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]