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Article on sculptor A Vrana's use of Styrofoam molds to cast concrete relief sculptures and panels used in Fla architecture; illus
Rossmoor Corp halts sales in Leisure World coop complexes for elderly because of difficulty in obtaining mortgages under FHA-insured financing plan; 4 projects expected to be halted; illus of NJ project
N Vietnamese people's transport unit with supplies for N Vietnamese troops illus
USMC to stop giving Purple Heart for minor wounds; cites marines eligibility to leave Vietnam after receiving 3d Purple Heart; medal illus
Chmn Kirkwood int on internatl expansion plans
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 4, 1967, covering October 8, 1967.
The Beatles
Bobbie Gentry
The Doors
The Rolling Stones
Aretha Franklin
1967Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan television host and actress[†]
Ivonne Reyes is a Venezuelan actress and TV presenter.
1967Teddy Riley, American singer-songwriter and producer[†]
Edward Theodore Riley is an American record producer, singer, and songwriter credited with the creation of the R&B and hip-hop fusion genre, new jack swing. Musical artists who utilized Riley's production and songwriting — namely Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown, Heavy D & the Boyz, Keith Sweat, Hi-Five, and the Jackson 5, among others — helped popularize the genre with several hit songs and albums from the late 1980s to 1990s. He is the founder and lead vocalist of the musical group Blackstreet, as well as its predecessor Guy.
1967Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1883)[†]
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee was a British statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. Attlee was Deputy Prime Minister during the wartime coalition government under Winston Churchill, and Leader of the Opposition on three occasions: from 1935 to 1940, briefly in 1945 and from 1951 to 1955. He remains the longest serving Labour leader.
1967Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.[†]
Ernesto "Che" Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]