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Western pol observers believe Cultural revolution is slowly being strangled by army officers and Govt bureaucrats; central group in charge of revolution has been downgraded and stripped of power, 3 members have been purged; speculation; some new Govt trends cited
Doefner repts synod approves proposal for theol comm, news conf; says Pope would name members from lists submitted by natl episc confs; says synod also calls for 'positive and pastoral' declaration by Pope, after consulting with episc confs, on contemporary doctrinal problems; hails synod; reserves concrete proposals for development of collegial idea to Pope; notes some feel preparation for synod was insufficient, episc confs should have had greater role in setting agenda
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SEC sues pres T A Bolan, ex-pres V Muscat and ex-treas E Krock, charging they willfully misappropriated $4.8-million from co; charges defendants with fraud and gross misconduct in making numerous deals for purchase or sales of securities that were advantageous to them, but detrimental to co and stockholders; names co as defendant; seeks to bar defendants from continuing allegedly illegal activities and asks ct to put co into receivership; charges defendants failed to register co under Investment Co Act in attempt to avoid proscriptions of act and sought to block audits of deals; charges Krock recd $120,686 premium as well as 10% interest on 1 loan and that he and Muscat recd $107,000 premium, or annual rate of interest of over 135%, on 2d loan; hold co is 1 of complex of cos which are controlled jointly and with other persons by defendants; Defiance Industries seen keystone enterprise in complex; 5th Av denies charges; holds defendants kept co alive by extension of their personal credit; charges SEC with harassment and leaking proposed comm and ct action to press; holds charges' rehash of already discredited charges dismissed by NYS Sup Ct referee in connection with shareholder suit; gen counsel Cohn scores SEC suit
Amer Legion Welfare Stores furniture co owner L Fein arrested on charges of bribing Bklyn caseworkers to send clients to co; Ginsberg says probe has been under way for several mos; Fraiman says more than 1 worker is involved
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 25, 1967, covering October 28, 1967.
Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Beatles
The Doors
Bobbie Gentry
Aretha Franklin
1967Kevin Macdonald, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Kevin Macdonald is a Scottish film director. His films include One Day in September (1999), a documentary about the 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes, which won him the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the climbing documentary Touching the Void (2003), the drama The Last King of Scotland (2006), the political thriller State of Play (2009), the Bob Marley documentary Marley (2012), the post-apocalyptic drama How I Live Now (2013), the thriller Black Sea (2014), the Whitney Houston documentary Whitney (2018), and the legal drama film The Mauritanian (2021).
1967Julia Roberts, American actress and producer[†]
Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. Known for her leading roles across various genres, she has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. She became known for portraying charming and relatable characters in romantic comedies and blockbusters, before expanding into dramas, thrillers, and independent films. The films in which she has starred have collectively grossed over $3.9 billion worldwide, making her one of Hollywood's most bankable stars, while the media nicknamed her "America's Sweetheart" in recognition of her widespread popularity and on- and off-screen charisma.
1967John Romero, American video game designer, co-founded Id Software[†]
Alfonso John Romero is an American video game developer. He co-founded id Software and designed their early games, including Wolfenstein 3D (1992), Doom (1993), Doom II (1994), Hexen (1995) and Quake (1996). His designs and development tools, along with programming techniques developed by the id programmer John Carmack, popularized the first-person shooter (FPS) genre. Romero is also credited with coining the multiplayer term "deathmatch".
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]