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July 21, 1967

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Headlines from July 21, 1967

JOHNSON SENDING 2 AIDES TO PRESS ALLIES FOR TROOPS; Taylor and Clifford to Visit 6 Nations With Forces Fighting in Vietnam THEY LEAVE TOMORROW Leaders Will Be Consulted on Holding New Talks by Heads of Government Johnson Sending 2 Aides to Press Vietnam Allies for Troops

By Max Frankel Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, July 20 President Johnson is sending two personal representatives on a tour of the allied nations participating in the Vietnam war to solicit more troops and to discuss the possibility of another meeting with their heads of government.

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Desalinizing Plant Opens in Key West; Key West Opens Plant to Supply All Its Fresh Water From Sea

By Richard D. Lyons Special To the New York Times

Vice Pres Humphrey opens $3.3-million plant, built by Westinghouse, in Key West, Fla; plant is nation's largest and will make Key West 1st Amer city to get fresh water from sea; diagram

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NEWARK MEETING ON BLACK POWER ATTENDED BY 400; Conference Called Biggest of Its Kind in U.S.--Some Noted Leaders Absent 45 GROUPS REPRESENTED Consensus on Goals Sought --Opinion Ranges From Moderate to Revolutionist Black Power Meeting Opens; 45 Rights Groups Represented

By Martin Arnold Special To the New York Times

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U.S. to Appeal Vote For I.T.T. Merger; U.S. WILL APPEAL MERGER BY I.T.T.

By Unknown Author

Justice Dept to appeal FCC approval of ITT merger; ABC and ITT 'disappointed'; ABC stock sold heavily, Pacific Coast exch

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First Two Winners in Albany Lottery Drawing Are Out-of Staters; Out-of-Staters Come First in Lottery

By Sydney H. Schanberg Special To the New York Times

Murphy draws 1st winners; illus

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 19, 1967, covering July 21, 1967.

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles
Last week
1
Peak
1
Weeks
5
2
Headquarters
The Monkees
Last week
2
Peak
1
Weeks
7
3
Sounds Like...
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Last week
3
Peak
1
Weeks
8
4
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
Last week
4
Peak
2
Weeks
16
5
Revenge
Bill Cosby
Last week
6
Peak
2
Weeks
11

Notable Deaths

1967Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1907)^[†]

James Emory Foxx, nicknamed "Double X" and "the Beast", was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies. A tremendous power hitter, Foxx retired with the second most home runs, behind only Babe Ruth, and fifth-most runs batted in (RBI). His greatest seasons were with the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox, where he hit a then-record 30 or more home runs in 12 consecutive seasons and drove in more than 100 runs in 13 consecutive years.

1967Albert Lutuli, South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)^[†]

Albert John Luthuli was a South African anti-apartheid activist, traditional leader, and politician who served as the President-General of the African National Congress from 1952 until his death in 1967.

1967Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (born 1892)^[†]

Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC was an Anglo-South African actor. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers, and, occasionally, horror films.

Historical Context for July 21, 1967

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

Headlines from July 21, 1967

JOHNSON SENDING 2 AIDES TO PRESS ALLIES FOR TROOPS; Taylor and Clifford to Visit 6 Nations With Forces Fighting in Vietnam THEY LEAVE TOMORROW Leaders Will Be Consulted on Holding New Talks by Heads of Government Johnson Sending 2 Aides to Press Vietnam Allies for Troops

Desalinizing Plant Opens in Key West; Key West Opens Plant to Supply All Its Fresh Water From Sea

NEWARK MEETING ON BLACK POWER ATTENDED BY 400; Conference Called Biggest of Its Kind in U.S.--Some Noted Leaders Absent 45 GROUPS REPRESENTED Consensus on Goals Sought --Opinion Ranges From Moderate to Revolutionist Black Power Meeting Opens; 45 Rights Groups Represented

U.S. to Appeal Vote For I.T.T. Merger; U.S. WILL APPEAL MERGER BY I.T.T.

First Two Winners in Albany Lottery Drawing Are Out-of Staters; Out-of-Staters Come First in Lottery

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Headquarters

Sounds Like...

I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You

Revenge

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for July 21, 1967