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Johnson authorizes FNMA to use $300-million more for purchase of Fed-insured mortgages on new houses costing under $17,500; re leases-funds from 2 other FNMA special aid programs and $30-million for sales of housing for low and moderate income families in renewal areas; discloses assn will pay 1 more pt in buying existing mortgages from lenders
Comment on widening pol gap between Johnson and R F Kennedy
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 1, 1967, covering March 5, 1967.
The Monkees
The Monkees
The Rolling Stones
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Soundtrack
1967Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor (born 1905)[†]
Mischa Auer was a Russian-American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He first appeared in film in 1928. Auer had a long career playing in many of the era's best known films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1936 for his performance in the screwball comedy My Man Godfrey, which led to further zany comedy roles. He later moved into television and acted in films again in France and Italy well into the 1960s.
1967Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian political scientist and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (born 1882)[†]
Mohammad Mosaddegh was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 30th Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, elected by the 16th Majlis. He was a member of the Iranian parliament from 1923, and served through a contentious 1952 election into the 17th Iranian Majlis, until his government was overthrown in the 1953 Iranian coup d'etat aided by the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom (MI6) and the United States (CIA), led by Kermit Roosevelt Jr. His National Front was suppressed from the 1954 election.
1967Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (born 1888)[†]
Georges-Philias Vanier was a Canadian military officer, diplomat, and statesman who served as the 19th governor general of Canada from 1959 to 1967, the first Quebecer and second Canadian-born person to hold the position.
1967Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 crashes near Marseilles, Ohio, killing 38.[†]
Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 was a regularly scheduled Convair 580 flight on March 5, 1967, from Chicago, Illinois to Detroit, Michigan with stops at Lafayette, Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio and Toledo, Ohio. The aircraft crashed near Marseilles, Ohio, killing all 38 passengers and crew on board.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]