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Kosygin arrives, greeted by Premier Demirel in restrained welcome; both voice hope for improved Soviet-Turkish relations
UN Assembly Pres Pazhwak appeals to all parties in war to declare 'unconditional willingness' to make efforts to negotiate, s, Assembly; illus; plea backed by most members; Thant reptdly will work in private in search for peace, not involve UN Assembly; many delegations doubt sincerity of US appeal; Fedorenko, in statement circulated at UN, says Vietnamese people alone have right to decide their future; says US must end bombing and withdraw
NYS Soc Welfare Bd revises rules to allow caseworkers to give birth control data to welfare recipients whether requested or not; caseworkers who oppose giving data on religious grounds exempt; pressure or coercion ruled out; NYC Welfare Comr Ginsberg repts self and Mayor Lindsay delighted; move assailed by NYS Cath Welfare Com sec Tobin; he questions waiver of rule requiring 30-day period between discussion and enactment of policy change
AEC sets off most powerful blast ever in US at bottom of 4,040-ft shaft, Nev; says blast is of intermediate yield; planes circling area rept no radiation escapes; residents near site evacuate old bldgs, take other precautions, but do not get sharp jolt some had expected; Berkeley, Calif, lab assigns tremor 6.3 reading on Richter scale; map shows test area
NYS Joint Legis (LaVerne) Com hearing, City Hall; Lindsay recommends that it restudy imbalance between resident and commuter tax rates; says city expects $1 50-million yield from income and commuter earnings taxes but that only $16-million will come from nonresidents; many witnesses back Lindsay proposal; list; LaVerne holds Legis will not be receptive to pleas for new taxes; Sen Javits testifies that he expects Cong to pass a tax sharing plan which should bring NYC at least $50-million; J A Pechman testifies city should get $120-mlllion from such plan in 1st yr; Brydges says he will seek abolition of city income tax if tax-sharing plan is enacted; O'Connor, Lindsay and Goodman urge NYS to collect city income tax in order to save city $5-$8-million
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 21, 1966, covering December 21, 1966.
The Monkees
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Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Simon & Garfunkel
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1966Michelle Hurd, American actress[†]
Michelle Hurd is an American actress. A prolific television character actress, she first appeared on the soap opera Another World (1991–1997) and earned recognition for playing Monique Jeffries in the legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–2001). Afterwards, she led the drama series Leap Years (2001–2002) and held recurring roles in the drama series Skin (2003), the comedy According to Jim (2004), the medical drama ER (2006–2007), and the teen drama Gossip Girl (2007–2008).
1966William Ruto, 5th President of Kenya[†]
William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto is a Kenyan politician who is the fifth and current president of Kenya since 13 September 2022. Prior to becoming president, he served as the first elected deputy president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. He previously served in three cabinet portfolios as the Minister for Home Affairs, the Minister of Agriculture and as Minister for Higher Education.
1966Kiefer Sutherland, British-Canadian actor, director, and producer[†]
Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox drama series 24, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, and President Tom Kirkman in the ABC political drama series Designated Survivor.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]