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October 3, 1967

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Headlines from October 3, 1967

JOHNSON TO SEEK AID OF BUSINESS FOR GHETTO JOBS; He Orders a Test Program to Bring Private Capital to Urban and Rural Slums RISKS WILL BE REDUCED U.S. Will Assist in Training of Unskilled in 7 Regions to Be Announced Today

By Roy Reed Special To the New York Times

Pres Johnson says Govt will begin test program, authored by Pres Special Asst J A Califano Jr, to help create jobs for hard-core unemployed by reducing risks for cos willing to build or expand in city ghettos and rural poverty regions and by providing more Fed funds to train unskilled; program to be headed by W E Zisch; Califano puts cost at about $40-million, available from already appropriated funds

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 27, 1967, covering October 3, 1967.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
  2. 2
    Album cover for Ode To Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry

    Ode To Billie Joe

    Bobbie Gentry

    Last week
    9
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    3
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Doors by The Doors

    The Doors

    The Doors

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    28
  4. 4
    Album cover for Flowers by The Rolling Stones

    Flowers

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    11
  5. 5
    Album cover for Headquarters by The Monkees

    Headquarters

    The Monkees

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17

Notable Births

Rob Liefeld

1967Rob Liefeld, American author and illustrator[†]

Robert Liefeld is an American comic book creator. A prominent writer and artist in the 1990s, he is known for co-creating the character Cable with writer Louise Simonson and the character Deadpool with writer Fabian Nicieza. In the early 1990s, Liefeld gained popularity due to his work on Marvel Comics' The New Mutants and later X-Force. In 1992, he and several other popular Marvel illustrators left the company to found Image Comics, which started a wave of comic books owned by their creators rather than by publishers. The first book published by Image Comics was Liefeld's Youngblood #1.

Chris Collingwood

1967Chris Collingwood, English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]

Chris Collingwood is an American singer, songwriter, and artist. He is best known as the lead vocalist and founding member of the power pop band Fountains of Wayne.

Notable Deaths

Woody Guthrie

1967Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1912)[†]

Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was an American singer, songwriter, and composer widely considered to be one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American socialism and anti-fascism and has inspired many generations both politically and musically with songs such as "This Land Is Your Land" and "Tear the Fascists Down".

Malcolm Sargent

1967Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (born 1895)[†]

Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works. The musical ensembles with which he was associated included the Ballets Russes, the Huddersfield Choral Society, the Royal Choral Society, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, and the London Philharmonic, Hallé, Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Royal Philharmonic orchestras. Sargent was held in high esteem by choirs and instrumental soloists, but because of his high standards and a statement that he made in a 1936 interview disputing musicians' rights to tenure, his relationship with orchestral players was often uneasy. Despite this, he was co-founder of the London Philharmonic, was the first conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic as a full-time ensemble, and played an important part in saving the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from disbandment in the 1960s.

Historical Context for October 3, 1967

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