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plan for new 5% bond described; bond would be available only to holders of E bonds, will not compete for savings funds
Lindsay says he favors ombudsman; has com headed by M Drabkin working on it; disputes official who said he opposes it; says he did not authorize anyone to s for him on issue; stresses ombudsman will not replace Investigation Dept; Investigation Comr Fraimen repeats opposition to ombudsman; holds his dept serves same function; Kheel, NAACP, ACLU, some unions back ombudsman as substitute for police civilian revd bd
Hussein welcomes Pakistani Pres Ayub Khan for state visit
R Reeves, revg Kennedy status after 2 yrs in office, finds him no longer looked upon as outsider, but rather in position to take over party; some see him clashing with 'bosses' who originally backed him and strengthening Reform Dems; youthful orgn he is bldg noted
US soldiers, dug in on hillside, central highlands, survive apparently heaviest mortar attack of war with only light casualties; B-52s support US troops, Operation Attelboro; 43 guerrillas killed, Mekong delta
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 9, 1966, covering November 14, 1966.
The Monkees
Soundtrack
The Supremes
The Mamas & The Papas
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
1966Charles Hazlewood, English conductor[†]
Charles Matthew Egerton Hazlewood is a British conductor. After winning the European Broadcasting Union conducting competition in 1995 whilst still in his twenties, Hazlewood has had a career as an international conductor, music director of film and theatre, composer and a curator of music on British radio and television, Motivational Speaker and founder of Paraorchestra – the world's first integrated ensemble of disabled and non-disabled musicians. He was a guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in May 2019 and became Sky Arts' Ambassador for Music in January 2021. In 2023 Hazlewood was recognised for his 'outstanding contribution to the musical life of the UK' when awarded the Sir Charles Groves Prize by music charity Making Music.
1966Petra Rossner, German cyclist[†]
Petra Rossner is a German cyclist, who won the gold medal in 3 km pursuit track cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the same event, she won the 1991 World Championships and finished second in 1989.
1966Peter Baker, English captain, author, and politician (born 1921)[†]
Peter Arthur David Baker MC was a British soldier, author, publisher and Conservative politician who served as a member of parliament (MP) for South Norfolk. He is chiefly remembered as the last Member of Parliament to be expelled from the House of Commons by resolution of the House, after his conviction for forgery, and as the inspiration behind the eccentric character of publisher Martin York in Muriel Spark's novel A Far Cry From Kensington.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]