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Wagner insists party is still healthy, TV int; suggests it could be helped by becoming more progressive and developing younger candidates instead of fighting over its leader; declines to read Roosevelt out of party
Johns Hopkins Hosp quietly begins performing sex change surgery on 'transsexuals,' 1st US hosp to give such surgery official support; operation, screening process and adjustment of patients discussed; work supported by H Benjamin and Erickson Educ Foundations; 2,000 have undergone surgery in past
US forces to number 375,000 at end of '66 and to rise by 100,000 in '67; details
Portuguese seen containing Mozambigue Liberation Front guerrilla force built largely around Makonde, fierce and relatively primitive tribe living on both sides of Tanzanian border; main battle zones are in high tablelands near Lake Malawi and in Cabo Delgado around Makonde plateau; map; Portuguese rept guerrillas get aid from Communist Chinese instructors and Tanzanian army and police units; Portuguese put rebel force strength at 3,500 but Liberation Front leader Dr Mondland claims force totals about 7,000; Mondlane says he gets funds from African Unity Orgn and from unidentified groups in Eur and US; rebels have had difficulty in winning over population chiefly because of econ and soc reforms Portugal began, '61
Comr Ginsberg repts he seeks Fed food stamp program for relief recipients and 250,000 poor, TV s and int; details
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 16, 1966, covering November 21, 1966.
The Monkees
Soundtrack
The Supremes
The Mamas & The Papas
The Association
1966Troy Aikman, American football player and sportscaster[†]
Troy Kenneth Aikman is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. After transferring from the Oklahoma Sooners, he played college football for the UCLA Bruins and won the Davey O'Brien Award as a senior. Aikman was selected first overall by the Cowboys in the 1989 NFL draft, went to six Pro Bowls, and won three Super Bowls. He was also named MVP of Super Bowl XXVII, the franchise's first title in over a decade. Aikman was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
1966Evgeny Bareev, Russian chess player and coach[†]
Evgeny Ilgizovich Bareev is a Russian-Canadian chess player, trainer, and writer. Awarded the FIDE Grandmaster title in 1989, he was ranked fourth in the world in the international rankings in 1992 and again in 2003, with an Elo rating of 2739.
1966Thanasis Kolitsidakis, Greek footballer[†]
Thanasis Kolitsidakis is a Greek football manager and former player.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]