Diddy Or Didn't He?; Diddy Or Didn't He?

United States exports have been holding up surprisingly well this year despite growing adverse economic and political developments abroad.  

U.S. EXPORT PACE HOLDING UP WELL; Gains Are Achieved Despite Adverse Developments in Economies Abroad FOREIGN SALES PUSHED Greatest Strides Are Made in Nonagricultural Items --Aircraft in Demand U.S. Exports Continue Strong Despite Economic Lag Abroad

A new pattern has emerged in the Manhattan showroom locations of firms that supply furnishings and materials used by interior decorators and architects.  

Showrooms Grow In Design District; A NEW DISTRICT FOR SHOWROOMS

Far East; Again the Question of China In Vietnam, More Pressure on Hanoi In Honk Kong, More Pressure on Britain Ky and Thieu Against The Field

HARRISON, N.Y., Aug. 26-- After almost six hours of play, the second round of the $250,000 Westchester Golf Classic was washed out again today. Unlike yesterday, when the Westchester Country Club's West Course was declared unplayable before the start, today's suspension came after 69 professionals had posted scores, some of them better-than-par performances.  

RAIN POSTPONES RICH GOLF CLASSIC AT WESTCHESTER; Second Round of $250,000 Event Set for Today-- Snead's 68 Wasted Rain Puts Off Westchester Golf; Final Moved Back to Tuesday

THE OPENINGS

PANEL STUDYING TRADEMARK PACT; Advisory Group Discussing International Registration Business Panel Studying World Trademark Pact

A gang of faceless fans in one of the largest soccer crowds in United States history surged onto the field at Yankee Stadium last night.  

37,063 See Inter Defeat Santos, 1-0; 37,063 FANS SEE INTER TOP SANTOS

article on trip along old Chesapeake & Ohio Canal towpath from Cumberland, Md, to Washington, DC; illus; map

Retracing the Towpath Along the Old C. & O.; Pedaling Along the C. & O. Towpath

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26--A battle of strategy and counterstrategy between Managers Ralph Houk and Gil Hodges was decided abundantly in Hodges's favor at today's New York Yankee-Washington Senator game at D.C. Stadium.  

SENATORS' HOMER DOWNS YANKS, 4-3; Valentine's Pinch Two-Run Clout in 9th Inning Caps Managerial Stratagems HOME RUN IN 9TH BEATS YANKS, 4-3

Major League Baseball

Bingo Control Comm repts gross rose $9.2 million, '66, to over $63 million; factors in growing popularity; other data

BINGO PLAYING UP SHARPLY IN STATE; Benefits for Hospital and Health Groups Factor in $9.2-Million Increase BIG RISE IN BINGO FOUND BY STATE

A new format for the National Football League, a second Super Bowl and the possibility of continued unrest over salaries among the older players will keep the pro football fans ardent and interested this season.  

Pros' Popularity Keeps Soaring; Pro Football 1967: N.F.L. to Use New Format, A.F.L. to Gain in Stature FOUR DIVISIONS IN SENIOR CIRCUIT Cardinals, Cowboys, Colts and Packers Seen as Sectional Winners N.F.L. WILL EMPLOY 4 DIVISIONS IN '67

School begins this week for most of the 30,000-odd Big Men on Campus who make up the varsity squads of the nation's 600-odd football-playing colleges.  

1967 Season to Offer New Football Rules and Format; College Code Stirs Controversy 30,000 College Football Players Start Training for 99th Season COLLEGE ELEVENS START TRAINING

Mrs Alliluyeva holds news conf, LI; illus; she hails freedom in US, comments on USSR, Stalin era, religion; por

Mrs. Alliluyeva's New Life Here; She Hails Freedoms in U.S. and Recalls the Stalin Years Mrs. Alliluyeva Assays Her New Life in United States and Recalls Stalin Era SHE HAILS IDEALS OF FREEDOM HERE Asserts Soviet Opposition to Book Is Based on Rejection of Individual Opinions

CHICAGO, Aug. 26--Reggie Smith and George Scott each got three hits and drove in one run apiece today as the Boston Red Sox vaulted into first place in the American League by downing the Chicago White Sox, 6-2.  

STEPHENSON WINS; Hurls 5-Hitter to Put Boston in Front by a Half-Game RED SOX WIN, 6-2, AND LEAD LEAGUE

Financing problems of Harlem businesses discussed; role of Freedom Natl Bank as borrowing source ltd by its small capitalization and preponderance of small personal accts

Negroes in Harlem Seeking Businesses; HARLEM NEGROES SEEK BUSINESSES

Sports News; THOROUGHBRED RACING

Repr Ichord says M-16 rifle jams excessively in Vietnam, reversing his earlier defense of weapon; links malfunction to types of gunpowder

M-16 Rifle Backer Now Says It Jams; DEFENDER OF M-16 NOW SAYS IT JAMS

London: One Shaw After Another; London's Shaws London's Shaws

UP the Down Staircase" as a movie is  so much clearer in exposing the iceberg mass of a mammoth metropolitan social crisis than is Bel Kaufman's charming, oblique book that one is moved to applaud this picture as a social drama that far transcends its immediate frame.  

Underneath the 'Down Staircase'; 'Staircase'

WESTBURY, L.I., Aug. 26-- It may be quite true that on a clear day you can see forever, but on a foggy night, such as marred tonight's $25,000 Gold Division of the Challenge Cup Trot at Roosevelt Raceway, it was impossible for fans to see the 16th pole, let alone who fouled whom in the 1 -mile sequel to last week's $100,000 International Trot.  

ROQUEPINE FIRST, IS DISQUALIFIED; French Trotter Placed 6th for Interference in Fog --Winner Pays $17.60 Perfect Freight Captures Trot As Roquepine Is Disqualified

WHATEVER the name of David Merrick may mean to you and you, it means  money in the bank to theater owners. Some time ago, the producer, in one of his more fanciful moments, is reported to have observed that he wouldn't be happy until his shows monopolized every house in town. Impossible, of course, as long as the present 34 remain intact. But that doesn't stop the moustached one from making a try.  

News of the Rialto; So Many Busy People So Many Busy People

Group of 10 approves monetary reform aimed at moving away from dependence on gold, dollar and sterling; plan will permit members to make drawings on special IMF fund to settle internatl accts among selves

World Monetary Reform Approved by 10 Nations; 10 Nations Agree on Monetary Reform

US informed sources say N Vietnamese MIG fighters use Communist China as sanctuary to escape from aerial combat and as safe rear area to prepare for later attacks on US planes; say it is not clear if N Vietnamese planes rise from Chinese territory to attack US planes; rept planes based in China make refueling stop in N Vietnam before entering combat; this practice prompts Amer mil comdrs to urge knocking out all MIG airfields in N Vietnam; McNamara and other officials comment on use of China as base; Adm Sharp and other mil commanders plea that N Vietnamese airstrips be knocked out to force N Vietnam to operate planes completely from China discussed

HANOI SAID TO USE AIRFIELDS IN CHINA AS MIG SANCTUARY; Foe Is Reported to Prepare Attacks on U.S Jets From Refuge Across Border PLANES REFUEL IN NORTH Commanders' Plea to Bomb All North Vietnam Bases Opposed by McNamara Hanoi Is Said to Use Airfields in China as Sanctuary

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Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

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August 27, 1967

Headlines from August 27, 1967

Diddy Or Didn't He?; Diddy Or Didn't He?

U.S. EXPORT PACE HOLDING UP WELL; Gains Are Achieved Despite Adverse Developments in Economies Abroad FOREIGN SALES PUSHED Greatest Strides Are Made in Nonagricultural Items --Aircraft in Demand U.S. Exports Continue Strong Despite Economic Lag Abroad

Showrooms Grow In Design District; A NEW DISTRICT FOR SHOWROOMS

Far East; Again the Question of China In Vietnam, More Pressure on Hanoi In Honk Kong, More Pressure on Britain Ky and Thieu Against The Field

RAIN POSTPONES RICH GOLF CLASSIC AT WESTCHESTER; Second Round of $250,000 Event Set for Today-- Snead's 68 Wasted Rain Puts Off Westchester Golf; Final Moved Back to Tuesday

Billboard 200

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Headquarters

Flowers

The Doors

Surrealistic Pillow

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for August 27, 1967