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HONG KONG, Sept. 8--A Maoist spokesman said today that the dominance of Mao Tse-tung was being threatened by an underground conspiracy in Peking.
150 RC priests, mostly members of Natl Assn for Pastoral Renewal, urge Amer delegates to forthcoming Synod of Bishops, Rome, to debate celibacy, open statement to Amer episcopate at conf sponsored by assn; also urge that married former priests be permitted to participate in ch sacraments; exec sec Rev A McBride comments
Sec McNamara plan to set up barrier line in Vietnam compared with Morice Line used by France to cut off supplies to Algerian guerrillas, '59-62
Lindsay says city in mandated to seek injunction under Taylor law, news conf; says resignations mean strike; Shanker comments; predicts gen membership will reject bd pact; Council of Supervisory Assns urges schools be closed, if teachers resign, to prevent injuries to pupils; Giardino issues statement saying that schools will be opened; urges teachers not to violate Taylor law; Donovan also urges teachers to rept, radio int; system prepares 60,000 copies of proposed contract to be distributed at center in each of 5 boros
RAMALLAH, Jordan, Sept. 8 --A group of professional and business leaders of the Palestinian Arab community has been quietly discussing the question of taking the initiative in reaching a peace settlement with Israel.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 6, 1967, covering September 9, 1967.
The Beatles
The Monkees
The Rolling Stones
The Doors
Jefferson Airplane
1967B. J. Armstrong, American basketball player and sportscaster[†]
Benjamin Roy Armstrong Jr. is an American professional basketball executive and former professional basketball player who is the assistant general manager of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Armstrong won three National Basketball Association (NBA) championships during his career as a point guard for the Chicago Bulls.
1967Chris Caffery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Christopher Caffery is an American heavy metal guitarist, best known for his work as a member of Savatage and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Caffery has been releasing solo records singing and playing guitar for almost 20 years, releasing nine albums and many singles since 2004.
1967Mark Shrader, American wrestler[†]
Mark Shrader is a retired American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter who competed in numerous independent promotions throughout the United States during the 1990s and early 2000s. Among these included Atlantic Terror Championship Wrestling, the Future Wrestling Alliance, East Coast Wrestling Association, Cueball Carmichael's Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance, Doug Flex's International Pro Wrestling, and the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation. Shrader also briefly appeared as a preliminary wrestler for the World Wrestling Federation.
1967Akshay Kumar, Indian actor and producer[†]
Akshay Hari Om Bhatia, known professionally as Akshay Kumar, is an Indian actor and film producer working in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as "Khiladi Kumar", through his career spanning over 30 years, Kumar has appeared in over 150 films and has won several awards, including two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. He received the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour, from the Government of India in 2009. Kumar is one of the most prolific actors in Indian cinema. Forbes included Kumar in their lists of both highest-paid celebrities and highest-paid actors in the world from 2015 to 2020. Between 2019 and 2020, he was the only Indian on both lists.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]