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In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 18, 1967, covering October 20, 1967.
Bobbie Gentry
Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Beatles
The Doors
Aretha Franklin
The Byrds
The Rascals
The Monkees
Vanilla Fudge
Four Tops
1967Elizabeth Carling, English actress and singer[†]
Elizabeth Carling is an English actress and singer best known for her performances in Boon, Goodnight Sweetheart, Barbara, and Casualty. In 1991, Carling was briefly engaged to Neil Morrissey, whom she met while working on the ITV drama Boon and with whom she also appeared in an episode of BBC sitcom Men Behaving Badly.
1967Kerrod Walters, Australian rugby league player[†]
Kerrod Walters is an Australian former rugby league footballer. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative hooker, he played most of his club football with the Brisbane Broncos, with whom he won the 1992 and 1993 NSWRL Premierships.
1967Kevin Walters, Australian rugby league player and coach[†]
Kevin David Walters is an Australian former professional rugby league player and coach, as well as a pundit for Fox League.
1967Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1878)[†]
Shigeru Yoshida was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and again from 1948 to 1954, serving through most of the country's occupation after World War II. Yoshida played a major role in determining the course of post-war Japan by forging a strong relationship with the United States and pursuing economic recovery.
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Co has $5.6-million loss in 6 mos, will sell 3 more liners and dismiss 2,000 employes; details
Mariner passes Venus, coming within estimated 2,480 mi; returns data which seems to contradict some USSR Venus 4 findings; diagram of flight path; after curving behind Venus, Mariner headed toward orbit which will bring it within 54,000,000 mi of sun, Jan
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1,000 students clash with 200 police during protest over presence on campus of Navy recruiting booth; 40 students, 2 faculty members arrested; illus; Student Council sets student strike
agency Comr Gen Michelmore repts only small fraction of those who applied have been allowed to return to Jordan west bank; says only about 3,000 of 93,000 pre-war refugees who crossed to east bank before July 4 have returned; says rehabilitation process has been reversed as result of war; Israeli repr scores UN press release on rept; notes Rafael's Sept protest to Thant that Jordan from outset created artificial obstacles to returns
Educ Bd grants wide powers to 30 local school dists in selection of dist supts and principals; new guidelines call for Schools Supt to submit names of at least 3 eligible candidates for dist supt to dists and refer to them applications of all principals or other qualified persons who seek principal post; local bds may also add other qualified candidates; community pressures seen making local preferences major factor in selection despite fact that Supt is final authority; Local Bd Dist 3 member A Kugler opposes new plan on grounds that requirements for posts do not eliminate 'excessive inbreeding'; new proposals are ind of Bundy panel
students boycott classes because of police action; 13 protest leaders suspended; more than 1,000 students mass for rally against police action
Orgn split over whether to cooperate with extreme left-wing groups in campaign against Vietnam war; 14 members of bd, staff and sponsors offer to resign unless orgn cuts ties with 'anti-dem' groups; 14 listed; controversy centers around Dr Spock and his connections with Natl Conf for New Pol and Natl Mobilization Com to End War in Vietnam; N Calif Regional Office officers also offer to resign unless orgn cuts ties with 'anti-dem' groups
L Lauten, 19, W Komasa, 19, and L Gross, 20, who ran away from upper-middle-class Westchester, NY, homes to live in East Village, get prison sentences under Youth Offender Act for conspiring to possess and sell LSD; ct records show each had traumatic experiences before leaving home
Brit group plans direct phone link with anti-war demonstrators in Washington, Paris, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Genoa; plans London protest
601-carat diamond, 7th largest known, found in 'pick-and-shovel operation' in Lesotho; acquired by H Winston Inc (NY) for $302,000; finder illus with gem