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Pors and illus
NYC plan for SI containership terminal seen reply to charges that city allows Auth to favor NJ
Xerox Corp plans acquisition
US and allies end Manila conf, issue communique; pledge their troops will be out of S Vietnam within 6 mos after N Vietnam disengages self from war; pledge to continue fighting while seeking just peace; detail conditions for withdrawal; communique accompanied by statements of goals and principles; signed by Johnson, Marcos, Park, Nguyen Van Thieu, Nguyen Cao Ky, Holyoake and Thanom Kittikachorn; ceremony illus; Johnson sets timetable for withdrawal to respond to USSR intimations that such move would make US peace proposals more credible; reptdly is pleased by conf harmony; Nguyen Cao Ky pleased with conf results; Johnson asks Bundy to rept on conf to Japan and Taiwan
Pres and Mrs Marcos entertain visiting leaders at Malacanan Palace; Pres and Mrs Johnson illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 26, 1966, covering October 26, 1966.
The Supremes
The Beatles
Soundtrack
The Mamas & The Papas
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
1966Sverre Gjørvad, Norwegian drummer and composer[†]
Sverre Gjørvad is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums) and composer. He is known for participating in establishing the SoddJazz festival and recording with various notable musicians including Live Maria Roggen, Ståle Storløkken, Mats Eilertsen and Nils-Olav Johansen.
1966Masaharu Iwata, Japanese keyboard player and composer[†]
Masaharu Iwata is a Japanese video game composer. In high school his musical projects included composing on a synthesizer and playing in a cover band. After graduating from high school he joined Bothtec as a composer. He composed the soundtrack to several games there, beginning with 1987's Bakusou Buggy Ippatsu Yarou. After Bothtec was merged into Quest Corporation, he left to become a freelance composer.
1966Steve Valentine, Scottish actor and magician[†]
Stephen John Valentine is a British-American actor and magician. He is known for his roles as Nigel Townsend on NBC's crime drama series Crossing Jordan, the voice of Harry Flynn in the video game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and the voice of Alistair in the Dragon Age video game franchise. He portrayed Dracula in Monster High: The Movie and its sequel Monster High 2.
1966Jeanne Zelasko, American journalist and sportscaster[†]
Jeanne Zelasko is an American journalist and sportscaster who worked for "The Beast" AM980 KFWB and Fox Sports West in Los Angeles County, California. Prior to taking that position Zelasko had a relatively lengthy career working for Fox Sports as a reporter and analyst for various programs, as well as reporting for MLB Network, ESPN and as the court reporter on Judge Joe Brown.
1966Alma Cogan, English singer (born 1932)[†]
Alma Angela Cohen Cogan was an English singer of traditional pop in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed the "Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]