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Premier Eshkol s to nation on opening of 20th anniv yr ceremonies
J Lelyveld article holds nation is giving up isolation and gradually opening to world with help of neighbor, India; Govt not anxious to open relations with China, but seeks to join UN and conduct foreign relations without India's advice; illus; map
Vice Adm Ellis (US) says USSR is bldg 1st aircraft carrier, apparently designed as helicopter carrier; says fleet is world's 2d largest and best and gaining fast; Adm Holmes concurs; also notes construction of amphibious landing craft similar to LSTs and guided missile light cruiser
H E Salisbury revs USSR censorship and recent moves to end it, article in NY Times series on 50 yrs since Bolshevik Revolution; illus
many in NYC Met Area keep headlights on in patriotic demonstrations; bus, taxi and police car drivers join headlight display
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 18, 1967, covering October 23, 1967.
Bobbie Gentry
Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Beatles
The Doors
Aretha Franklin
1967Dale Crover, American musician[†]
Dale Crover is an American rock musician. Crover is best known as the drummer for Melvins and has also been the drummer for Men of Porn, Shrinebuilder, Crystal Fairy and, for a brief time, Nirvana. He is also guitarist and vocalist for Altamont. He has toured with Fantômas, Off!, and Redd Kross. In 2016, Rolling Stone listed him as the 69th greatest drummer of all time.
1967Omar Linares, Cuban baseball player[†]
Omar Linares Izquierdo is a Cuban former professional baseball third baseman, first baseman and coach. He played for the Cuba national baseball team as well as professionally for Vegueros de Pinar del Río of the Cuban National Series (SNB) and Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
1967Jaime Yzaga, Peruvian tennis player[†]
Jaime Yzaga Tori is a Peruvian former professional tennis player. He reached two major singles quarterfinals during his career, at the 1991 Australian Open and the 1994 US Open.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]