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March 15, 1967

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Headlines from March 15, 1967

Negro and Puerto Rican Pupils In Majority Here for First Time; Negro and Puerto Rican Pupils In Majority Here for First Time

By Fred M. Hechinger

Educ Bd repts Negro and Puerto Rican pupils for 1st time constitute majority of ps enrollment at 50.2%; Exec Deputy Supt Brown cites difficulty of providing integrated educ as result; holds city has done well in integration compared to other cities; gives examples; only acad hss now have white majority, 65.6% of total 224,039 enrollment; table of pupil ratios

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SENATE DEFEATS REPUBLICAN CURB ON CONSULAR PACT; Rejects Proviso That Soviet Let U.S. Aides Distribute Statements to Press MANSFIELD IS CRITICAL Leader Asserts Move Was Aimed at Killing Treaty-- New Limitations Asked

By John W. Finney Special To the New York Times

Sen, 65-22, rejects Mundt reservation conditioning treaty effective date on USSR press freedom moves; acts after Mansfield reads lr from Rusk stressing move would in effect kill treaty; Mundt calls up 2d reservation, on removal of troops from Vietnam; Sen Curtis offers reservation conditioning effective date on cessation of USSR mil aid to N Vietnam

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 15, 1967, covering March 15, 1967.

  1. 1
    Album cover for More Of The Monkees by The Monkees

    More Of The Monkees

    The Monkees

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for Between The Buttons by The Rolling Stones

    Between The Buttons

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    5
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Monkees by The Monkees

    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    24
  4. 4
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    53
  5. 5
    Album cover for SRO by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    SRO

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    15

Notable Births

Naoko Takeuchi

1967Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist and creator of Sailor Moon[†]

Naoko Takeuchi is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known as the author of Sailor Moon, one of the most popular manga series of all time. She has won several awards, including the 1993 Kodansha Manga Award for Sailor Moon.

Historical Context for March 15, 1967

In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]