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57 US Dem Reprs call on Johnson to warn junta that unless it allowed fair Pres election, US might reappraise policies; express fear that elections will be sham; Reprs listed
US pilots down 2 MIGs; another MIG lighted; US planes hit targets in several areas; map
Pres Advisory Comm on Civil Disorders urges immediate and substantial increase in number of Negroes in Natl Guard and Air Natl Guard, lr to Pres Johnson; repts Negroes made up only 1.15% of Guard personnel (4,638 out of 404,996) and 0.6% of Air Guard personnel (461 out of 77,078) in '66; urges combined effort by Defense Dept, states and Negro community; recommendation is 1 of 3 aimed at improving capacity of both branches to deal with riots and racial disorders; Johnson sends recommendations to Sec McNamara; asks immediate study; comm exec dir Ginsburg releases data showing percentage of Negroes in Guard and Air Guard in each state; table
Voznesensky denounces Soviet Writers Union for lies and bad manners' it used to bar him from appearance at Lincoln Center fete June 21, lr to Pravda which it refused to pub; also denounces degrading treatment of writers in USSR; read poem at Taganka Theater, Moscow, July 2 scoring literary bureaucrats; was summoned 2 days later to meeting of union bd and asked to retract statements made in lr, threatened with ouster if he refused
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 9, 1967, covering August 11, 1967.
The Beatles
The Monkees
The Rolling Stones
Jefferson Airplane
The Doors
1967Massimiliano Allegri, Italian footballer and manager[†]
Massimiliano "Max" Allegri is an Italian professional football manager and former professional player. He is currently manager of Serie A club AC Milan.
1967Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izarduy, best known as Enrique Bunbury, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He has been described as "by far the most international star of Spanish rock." He was propelled to fame as lead singer of Héroes del Silencio. After the band disbanded in 1996, Bunbury gradually developed a solo career. His "tessitura" singing style would be in the baritone range.
1967Joe Rogan, American actor, comedian, and television host[†]
Joseph James Rogan is an American podcaster, UFC color commentator, comedian, actor, and former television host. He hosts The Joe Rogan Experience, which is one of the most popular podcasts in the world and has been the number 1 most streamed podcast on Spotify since 2020.
1967Petter Wettre, Norwegian saxophonist and composer[†]
Petter Wettre is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) and composer, known from a number of album recordings, accompanied by receiving the Spellemannprisen two times.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]