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Gen Dynamics speeds development of missile to destroy radar installations
AFL-CIO pres Meany opposes CIA subsidies to labor orgns, news conf; denies fed recd such funds; says he knows nothing about reptd contributions to ICFTU; CWA pres Beirne denies Amer Inst for Free Labor Development, of which he is sec-treas, got CIA funds; holds inst, set up in '62 to aid Latin-Amer trade unions, is financed by private cos, AFL-CIO and AID; UAW exec V Reuther rebuked by AFL-CIO exec council for charging fed Internatl Affairs Dept was involved with CIA; dept dir Lovestone denies CIA links; ICFTU repr I Brown denies knowing if CIA financed orgn or Amer-African Labor Inst
AFL-CIO exec council meets; issues carefully worded statement saying it will weigh complaints only through AFL-CIO machinery; does not name UAW; inv for Reuther to conf seen; Meany says council unanimously accepted Reuther's resignation, news conf; says com will name another union leader to Reuther's post; Sec Wirtz meets with council, declines comment on rift
Japanese and US press repts claim that CIA agent 'H Cooper' pressured Japanese interpreter I Takasaki to soften J Baez statement on Nagasaki bombing during Tokyo TV appearance; US Tokyo Embassy denial
Jakarta radio repts Min Malik says Sukarno will be tried; news repts say Malik confirms Sukarno rejected Suharto offer to resign gracefully but unconditionally and in turn proposed Suharto be Premier and run Govt with Sukarno remaining Pres; Jakarta radio repts Nasution says Cong will dismiss Sukarno; plane reptd ready to carry Sukarno to Japan where 4th wife awaits birth of 1st child
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 15, 1967, covering February 21, 1967.
The Monkees
The Monkees
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
1967Leroy Burrell, American runner and coach[†]
Leroy Russel Burrell is an American former track and field athlete, who twice set the world record for the 100 m sprint.
1967Sari Essayah, Finnish athlete and politician[†]
Sari Miriam Essayah is a Finnish retired racewalker and a politician, former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and Member of Parliament since 2015. She is the president of the Finnish Christian Democrats party. She is serving as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry since 2023.
1967Charles Beaumont, American author and screenwriter (born 1929)[†]
Charles Beaumont was an American author of speculative fiction, including short stories in the horror and science fiction subgenres. He is remembered as a writer of classic Twilight Zone episodes, such as "The Howling Man", "Static", "Miniature", "Printer's Devil", and "Number Twelve Looks Just Like You", but also penned the screenplays for several films, such as 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, The Intruder, and The Masque of the Red Death.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]