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Tax-exempt 20th Century Fund gives city $10,000 as gift for munic services in lieu of taxes on its bldg; fund dir Rossant urges other foundations do same, lr to foundations in city; Lindsay hails move; foundations comment
Johnson calls for voluntary restraints to make enforced curbs unnecessary, s, Business Council
Pors and illus
Sec Rusk lists gains in non-Communist areas, '67, s, NYC; links US stand in Vietnam
Vietcong, using hand grenades and flame-throwers, kills over 100 civilians, burns and wounds 100 more in attack on Dakson, 74 mi NE of Saigon; clashes in other areas reptd; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 6, 1967, covering December 7, 1967.
The Monkees
Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Doors
The Beatles
The Mamas & The Papas
1967Mark Geyer, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster[†]
Mark Bradley Geyer is an Australian radio host and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative second-rower, he is a rugby league media identity. Geyer's club career was played primarily with Penrith, with whom he won a premiership in 1991, as well as the Balmain Tigers and the Western Reds. He is the brother of fellow former professional rugby league footballer Matt Geyer and the father of current Penrith Panthers player Mavrik Geyer.
1967Tino Martinez, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster[†]
Constantino "Tino" Martinez is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1990 through 2005. He also served as a hitting coach for the Miami Marlins in 2013. He was also nicknamed "The Bam-tino" after his home run in Game 1 of the 1998 World Series. Formerly a third baseman, Martinez was the first round draft pick for the Seattle Mariners in 1988 out of the University of Tampa, where he starred during his time on campus. During his 16-year MLB career, he scored 1,009 runs, drove in 1,271 runs, and hit 339 home runs. He had 100 or more RBI in six different seasons and was twice named to the All-Star team.
1967Nina Turner, American politician[†]
Nina Hudson Turner is an American politician and television personality. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a Cleveland City Council member from 2006 to 2008 and a member of the Ohio Senate from 2008 until 2014. Turner was the Democratic nominee for Ohio Secretary of State in 2014, but lost in the general election against incumbent Jon Husted, receiving 35.5 percent of the vote. A self-described democratic socialist, her politics have been variously described as progressive, left-wing, or far-left.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]