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US Sup Ct throws out 'mere evidence' rule set in '21 (Gouled v US) restricting use as ct evidence of other than illegal articles, such as weapon or fruits of crime, seized in suspect's home, B J Hayden case; Justice Brennan cautions that demise of 'mere evidence' rule does not authorize seizure of articles not related to crime that prompted search
Vietcong frogmen blow up hotel in Hue killing 5 Vietnamese, wounding 15, including 3 Amer soldiers; none of Internatl Control Comm members in hotel hurt; scattered clashes reptd; Hue hit by mortar fire; Gen Walt sees need for more troops in northern provs; map
Afroyim v Rusk: Ct, 5-4, rules '40 Fed Nationality Act, depriving citizens of nationality if they vote in foreign elections, is unconst; holds nationality inviolate under 14th Amendment unless citizen voluntarily gives it up; reverses State Dept's revvocation of Afroyim's citizenship
Berman to offer bill to permit 15% rise for all apts that have had only one 15% rise since '43; Council will also weigh proposal to decontrol bldgs with less than 5 units as they become vacant; other 3 Lindsay Adm proposals include allowing 50% of tenants to negotiate with landlords for rent rises for non-essential improvements, immediate rises for major improvements and placing rents from rundown bldgs in escrow fund for repairs
ROME, May 29--President de Gaulle came to Rome today for a Common Market conference he had hoped to dominate. But he found instead opposition to his views on shaping Europe.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 24, 1967, covering May 30, 1967.
The Monkees
Aretha Franklin
Bill Cosby
The Mamas & The Papas
Soundtrack
1967Tim Burgess, English singer-songwriter[†]
Timothy Allan Burgess is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Charlatans.
1967Rechelle Hawkes, Australian hockey player[†]
Rechelle Margaret Hawkes is an Australian former field hockey player. Hawkes spent eight years as the captain of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, the Hockeyroos, and became the second Australian woman after swimmer Dawn Fraser to win three Olympic gold medals at three separate Olympic Games: Seoul 1988, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000.
1967Sven Pipien, German-American bass player[†]
Sven Pipien is a musician best known as the bassist of the southern rock band The Black Crowes.
1967Claude Rains, English-American actor (born 1889)[†]
William Claude Rains was a British and American actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. He was the recipient of numerous accolades, including four Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor, and is considered one of the screen's great character stars who played cultured villains during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
1967The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.[†]
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 sq mi). With a population of more than 230 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria by population is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the largest in Africa.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]