Use of Battleships in War Considered by McNamara; Use of Battleships in the War Put Under Study by McNamara
H W Baldwin repts Sec McNamara weighs recommissioning 2 cruisers instead; top officers split on issue
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H W Baldwin repts Sec McNamara weighs recommissioning 2 cruisers instead; top officers split on issue
Ford Foundation announces cut in aid to program
mins meet, Punta del Este; illus; Ecuador threatens Pres Arosemena boycott, charging US makes excessive demands in return for aid; Rusk comments
US accepts truce; warns it will resume air attacks if enemy uses period to resupply forces
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 5, 1967, covering April 9, 1967.
The Monkees
The Mamas & The Papas
The Monkees
Soundtrack
Ed Ames
1967Natascha Engel, German-English translator and politician[†]
Natascha Engel is a British former politician. She served as Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Derbyshire from 2005 until her defeat at the 2017 general election.
1967Sam Harris, American author, philosopher, and neuroscientist[†]
Samuel Benjamin Harris is an American philosopher, neuroscientist, author, and podcast host. His work touches on a range of topics, including rationality, religion, ethics, free will, determinism, neuroscience, meditation, psychedelics, philosophy of mind, politics, terrorism, and artificial intelligence. Harris came to prominence for his criticism of religion, and he is known as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism, along with Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett.
1967The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.[†]
The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Renton factory in Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retained the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating but with two underwing Pratt & Whitney JT8D low-bypass turbofan engines. Envisioned in 1964, the initial 737-100 made its first flight in April 1967 and entered service in February 1968 with Lufthansa. The lengthened 737-200 entered service in April 1968, and evolved through four generations, offering several variants for 85 to 215 passengers.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]