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Croton Dam overflows 1st time since '64 but officials stress drought is not over; Deputy Comr Clark says drought has abated and predicts few restrictions this summer; says Croton system is 91.3% full; comments on potential runoff and conservation efforts; Croton Dam illus now and during typical dry spell
Lindsay plans 40-member Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to map campaign against crime by many agencies; will be chmn, select members from govt and private groups; move will make NYC 1st city to create such agency as suggested by Pres comm
Commerce Dept and SEC survey finds expected outlays for new plant and equipment will turn down slightly in 1st half and rise only 3.9% for yr, compared with 16.7% rise in '66; data seen sign of gen slowdown in econ; survey finds 4th qr '66 outlays at $62.8-billion yrly rate; '67 1st qr expected to be $62.6-billion, 2d qr $62.25-billion, 2d half $63.65-billion, yr as whole $63-billion
HR Adm (Burleson) Com moves to assume jurisdiction on ethics and assures HR members that it will not 'snoop into after-hrs morals'; HR votes $50,000 for com to help finance enlarged Contracts and Ethics Subcom headed by Hays; Burleson assures HR that appropriation does not preclude setting up of select com on ethics; Bennett, pressing for select com, tries to block appropriation; Hays says he will ask Rules Com to prescribe conduct code if his subcom gets ethics jurisdiction
A M Schlesinger Jr charges US wants no peace talks now, ADA news conf; says US asks more now from Hanoi than 1 yr ago; scores recent acceleration of war; backs Kennedy plan; Goldberg, after reptg to Johnson on Asian tour, denies charges, says US is ready for unconditional talks now, int; Adm says Oct Manila conferees will hold follow-up conf, Washington, Apr 20-21; Mrs C L Chennault says US conduct of war and confusion raised by 'doves' encourages Hanoi to prolong war, HR subcom; Johnson aide says US has made it clear it is ready to negotiate, reply to Schlesinger
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 8, 1967, covering March 9, 1967.
The Monkees
The Rolling Stones
The Monkees
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Soundtrack
1967Trans World Airlines Flight 553 crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio, following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26 people.[†]
Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1930 until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis, Kansas City, and other stops, with Ford Trimotors. With American, United, and Eastern, it was one of the "Big Four" domestic airlines in the United States formed by the Spoils Conference of 1930.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]