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Treas offers 5 3/4%, highest interest in 46 yrs, to sell 7-yr notes worth $1.5-billion; also offers $10.7-billion worth of 15-mo notes at 5 5/8%; borrowing since June 30 totals $16-billion; Under Sec Deming puts fiscal '68 borrowing at $20- to $22-billion if there is no tax rise
Un-Amer Activities Com opens probe; hears A Moore and NAACP official C Mitchell
Harrington calls ad campaign of Citizens for Educ Freedom urging 'yes' vote for Const largely because it repeals Blaine amendment, 'essentially dishonest,' s, Columbia U; United Parents Assn pres Mrs Flast calls ads 'scurrilous,' 'lie'; NYS AFL-CIO starts drive to raise $100,000 for campaign to win Const approval; has already given funds to Citizens for Educ Freedom; has spot ads; Citizens for Educ Freedom hopes to raise $1-million, has raised about half; justifies ads by saying Times and other papers have not dealt fairly with orgn; Amers United for Separation of Ch and State plans ads against Const
HR bars Sen-approved appropriation of $225-million for waste treatment grants
extreme econ emergency seen after Israeli shelling destroys Suez city oil refinery, heavily damages 2d; sees Israeli drive against natl econ; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 25, 1967, covering October 26, 1967.
Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Beatles
The Doors
Bobbie Gentry
Aretha Franklin
1967Douglas Alexander, Scottish lawyer and politician, former Minister of State for Europe[†]
Douglas Garven Alexander is a British politician who has served as Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security since 2024, having previously held the role from 2004 to 2005. He has also served as Minister of State in the Cabinet Office since 2025. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Lothian East since 2024. He was previously MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, formerly Paisley South, from 1997 to 2015 and served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Scottish Secretary, Transport Secretary and International Development Secretary in the cabinets of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
1967Keith Urban, Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Keith Lionel Urban is an Australian and American country singer, songwriter and guitarist. Recognised with four Grammy Awards, he has also received 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, including the Jim Reeves International Award, 13 CMA Awards, and six ARIA Music Awards. Urban wrote and performed the song "For You" from the film Act of Valor, which earned him nominations at both the 70th Golden Globe Awards and at the 18th Critics' Choice Awards in the respective Best Original Song categories.
1967Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.[†]
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown by the Iranian Revolution, which abolished the Iranian monarchy to establish the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran. In 1967, he took the title Shahanshah, and also held several others, including Aryamehr and Bozorg Arteshtaran. He was the second and last ruling monarch of the Pahlavi dynasty. His vision of the "Great Civilization" led to his leadership over rapid industrial and military modernization, as well as economic and social reforms in Iran.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]