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Sen, 54-19, defeats amendment by Sens R F Kennedy, Fulbright and Proxmire to cut project funds from transportation bill; 3 charge Johnson confused spending priorities by attempting to subsidize for private indus project that would be used by only small part of Amer pub
Sen, after approving $2.25-billion, 2-yr extension of antipoverty bill, exceeding Adm budget request by $198-million, refuses, 50-36, to remove extra funds, most of which would underwrite comprehensive attack on employment problems of ghettos and rural areas; Clark plans hearings on unemployment that is not relieved by high levels of prosperity
Labor party conf approves Govt decision to apply for membership
TWU-NYCTA contract talks formally open; union presents new proposals calling for 30% pay rise, 30-hr work wk and major improvements in retirement benefits; union pres Guinan says it will take much more than $62-million that settled '66 strike to give transit workers parity with other city employes; Gilhooley 'shocked' by 'enormity of demands'; proposals detailed
$1.7-million in Treas notes lost while being transferred between banks, NYC; easy negotiability noted
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 4, 1967, covering October 6, 1967.
The Beatles
Bobbie Gentry
The Doors
The Rolling Stones
Aretha Franklin
1967Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer[†]
Bernt Kennet Andersson is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Starting off his career with IFK Eskilstuna in the mid-1980s, he went on to play professionally in Sweden, Belgium, France, Italy, and Turkey before retiring in 2002. A full international between 1990 and 2000, he won 83 caps and scored 31 goals for Sweden national team and was a key member of the Sweden team that finished third at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He also represented Sweden at UEFA Euro 1992 and 2000.
1967Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder[†]
Svend Viking Karlsen is a Norwegian former strongman, powerlifter, bodybuilder and 2001 World's Strongest Man.
1967Steven Woolfe, English barrister and politician[†]
Steven Marcus Woolfe is a British barrister, writer, commentator and former politician. He is currently the Director of the Centre for Migration & Economic Prosperity, a research think tank studying population and immigration into the UK, Europe and US. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2014 until 2019. From 2014, he was a UKIP MEP, but resigned to become an Independent MEP in October 2016 following his opposition to the party's overly negative policy on immigration. He remained independent until July 2019.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]