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H E Salisbury series, from Hanoi, on N Vietnam
ex-Defense Min Peng Teh-huai arrested by Guards; Peking posters assail Vice Premier Chen Yun and ex-Vice Premier Teng Tzu-hui; Guard press repts 'struggle' planned against reactionaries in Defense Min
Hsinhua, a few hrs after AEC, repts successful test, Lob Nor; AEC puts size of blast at 'few hundred kilotons'; China asserts test is blow to US and USSR policies, hails it as result of 'correct' pol thought; denies China will be 1st to use nuclear weapons; experts see increasing rate of testing as sign of progress in mfr of fissionable material; US State Dept twice announced it expected test
Local 2 and NYC Contracting Plumbers Assn sign 'memo of understanding' to be submitted to striking plumbers, Schoemann 'optimistic'; details not disclosed
Army Capt H B Levy charged with refusing to teach his specialty dermatology to Special Forces aidmen being trained at Ft Jackson, SC, to use med skills in Vietnam and elsewhere; also charged with promoting disloyalty in connection with outspoken opposition to Vietnam war; confirms charges; retains ACLU to aid defense; father comments
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 28, 1966, covering December 29, 1966.
The Monkees
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
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Simon & Garfunkel
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1966Laurent Boudouani, French boxer[â ]
Laurent Boudouani is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 1999. He held the WBA light middleweight title from 1996 to 1999 and the European light middleweight title from 1992 to 1993. As an amateur, he won a silver medal in the welterweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He holds wins over five world champions such as Terry Norris, Carl Daniels, Julio Cesar Vasquez, Javier Castillejo and Guillermo Jones.
1966Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer and coach[â ]
Stefano Eranio is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Throughout his career, Eranio played mainly as a right winger; he is mostly remembered for having played for Italian clubs A.C. Milan, and Genoa, as well as English side Derby County, and he also represented Italy 20 times between 1990 and 1997 at international level. He was voted one of Derby County's 11 greatest ever footballers.
1966Jason Gould, American actor and singer[â ]
Jason Emanuel Gould is an American actor and singer.
1966Christian Kracht, Swiss author[â ]
Christian Kracht is a Swiss author. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
1966Jeff Luhnow, American businessman[â ]
Jeff Luhnow is a Mexican and American former baseball executive and owner of Mexican club CancĂșn and LeganĂ©s of Spain. He worked for the St. Louis Cardinals in their scouting department from 2003 through 2011, before joining the Houston Astros in December 2011. On January 13, 2020, Luhnow was fired by the Astros after Major League Baseball suspended him for the entire 2020 season as a result of the electronic sign-stealing scandal. Prior to working in baseball, Luhnow was a business entrepreneur.
1966Danilo PĂ©rez, Panamanian pianist and composer[â ]
Danilo PĂ©rez is a Panamanian pianist, composer, educator, and a social activist.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[â ]