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500 N Vietnamese troops attack USMC bn S of buffer zone under cover of heaviest enemy shelling in nearly 4 wks; 23 marines killed, 36 wounded; map; helicopter lowering supplies to marines illus
Gov Romney proposes laws to help housing authorities crack down on slumlords and protect tenants' right to fight landlords who let property deteriorate, special Legis session
McG Bundy holds nation's colls and univs fail to convince pub of their 'imminent bankruptcy; s, Amer Council on Educ; sees problem in colls having to plead financial distress at time when their prestige is at all-time high; also blames lack of pub data on crisis; earlier panel talks discussed funding problems and need for more Fed aid
Govt in surprise move, introduces confession of H D Barnette, 1 of defendants, which charges Jordan killed 1 of rights workers; FBI agent describes confession; Govt ends case; illus
Rockefeller urges support for issue, ss, Buffalo, Lockport and Niagara Falls; says issue will generate plant expansion and jobs in area
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 11, 1967, covering October 14, 1967.
Bobbie Gentry
The Beatles
Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Doors
Aretha Franklin
1967Pat Kelly, American baseball player, coach, and manager[†]
Patrick Franklin Kelly is an American former Major League Baseball infielder who played in the major leagues for nine seasons, seven of them with the New York Yankees, one with the St. Louis Cardinals and one with the Toronto Blue Jays.
1967Sylvain Lefebvre, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Sylvain Jean Lefebvre is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally undrafted by teams in the NHL, he played for five franchises between 1989—2003, and won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996.
1967Werner Daehn, German actor[†]
Werner Daehn is a German actor, who has worked with Vin Diesel and Samuel L. Jackson in XXX, with Jason Priestley in Colditz an ITV1 2005 miniseries, with Bill Pullman in Revelations and with Steven Seagal in Shadow Man. He has also worked in German productions like Stauffenberg - Rebellion of Conscience and King of Thieves. He appears momentarily in the film The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. He also took part in a British production for the BBC, when in 2011 he played the role of Dr Georg Maurer, the German doctor who treated the Manchester United players who survived the 1958 Munich air disaster. In 2016, he played the role of Josef Von Zimmerman, in Game of Aces. In 2014 he played the role of Timo Lemke in Tatort: Der Maulwurf which was then aired on the Das Erste channel.
1967Jason Plato, British racing driver[†]
Timothy Jason Plato is a British racing driver who last competed in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for BTC Racing. He has twice been BTCC Champion, in 2001 for Vauxhall and 2010 for Silverline Chevrolet. He has finished in the top 3 in the Championship 12 times and holds the record for the most overall race wins in the BTCC. He has also served as a presenter on the motoring television series Fifth Gear since 2004.
1967Stephen A. Smith, American sports television personality[†]
Stephen Anthony Smith, also known as Stephen A., is an American television personality, radio host, and sports analyst. He makes frequent appearances as an NBA analyst for ESPN on SportsCenter, NBA Countdown, and the network's NBA broadcasts. He has also hosted The Stephen A. Smith Show on ESPN Radio and is a commentator on ESPN's First Take, where he appears with Molly Qerim. Smith is a featured columnist for ESPN and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
1967Marcel Aymé, French author and playwright (born 1902)[†]
Marcel Aymé was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote screenplays and works for children.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]