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Pors, and illus
Johnson orders some $4-billion across-bd spending cuts in bid for tax bill passage; Mills doubts HR can act on bill this yr
IBRD confirms nomination; speculation mounts on reasons; Adm, McNamara silent; Asst Sec Goulding disputes implication that McNamara did not know of nomination
agreement virutally in sight after day in which negotiations near point of collapse; Greek leaders agree to meet last-min Turkish conditions, believed to relate to security and rights of Turkish minority; Vance, in Athens, to go to Cyprus to explain settlement to Makarios; illus with Pipinelis; statements by Pipinelis and Brosio among factors contributing to earlier gloom
Sen passes inspection bill, 89-2, after accepting Sen Hruska amendment requiring producers who import to US to comply with Fed standards; Repr Poage denounces bill but sees HR passage assured
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 29, 1967, covering November 29, 1967.
The Monkees
Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Doors
The Beatles
The Doors
1967Fernando Ramos da Silva, Brazilian actor (died 1987)[†]
Fernando Ramos da Silva was a Brazilian actor who became known for his role in Hector Babenco's 1981 film Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco, a documentary-style account of the street children of Brazil. Da Silva became a controversial figure after the film's release and found it hard to separate himself from his depiction as the street assailant Pixote.
1967Charles Smith, American basketball player[†]
Charles Edward Smith IV is an American former professional basketball player who played with the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Smith was also a member of the bronze medal-winning 1988 United States Olympic team and was an All-American college player at Georgetown.
1967Rebecca Wolff, American author and poet[†]
Rebecca Wolff is a poet, fiction writer, and the editor and creator of both Fence Magazine and Fence Books.
1967Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1886)[†]
Ferenc Münnich was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary from 1958 to 1961.
1967U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.[†]
The United States secretary of defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet. The secretary of defense's position of command and authority over the military is second only to that of the president of the United States, who is the commander-in-chief. This position corresponds to what is generally known as a defense minister in many other countries. The president appoints the secretary of defense with the advice and consent of the Senate, and is by custom a member of the Cabinet and by law a member of the National Security Council.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]