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Doar announces that Donovan, at request of Educ Bd, has removed PS 39 from jurisdiction of IS 201 governing bd, news conf; says it is time for people in city to live by rules; Donovan orders school's acting principal and 2 asst principals to rept to system's Personnel Bur; names C Meyer acting principal
Nixon Adm amendment to Fed budget to help reduce, postal deficit includes retention of a separate 10 airmail stamp and an increase to 7 from 6 in ordinary 1st-class mail; Johnson Adm budget called for consol of airmail and 1st class into one 7 stamp
5,000 recipients and sympathizers demonstrate, Central Pk, NYC, to protest state welfare cuts; make unscheduled march downtown and are disported by scores of mounted policemen; 15 arrested, including Natl Welfare Rights Orgn field dir James and 6 NYC Soc services Dept employes; demonstrators accuse police of brutality; Wiley led march; list of demonstrators arrested
Dem and Repub legislators angered over what several call 'flying Pueblo', but most caution Nixon Adm against any hasty mil retaliation; Repr Ford, after White House conf, says Nixon has several options open to him but will postpone any decision until more information is available; Adm's key problem is possibility that some survivors may be in N Korean hands; Dirksen urges diplomacy rather than any mil reprisal; Sens Scott, McGhee, Fulbright and Symington and Repr Rivers comment; Nixon criticism of Johnson Adm handling of Pueblo seizure, during his '68 election campaign, noted
Women Strike for Peace pickets IRS office, NYC, protesting use of tax money for war
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 16, 1969, covering April 16, 1969.
Blood| Sweat & Tears
Original Cast Recording
Glen Campbell
Donovan
Tom Jones
1969Patrik Järbyn, Swedish skier[†]
Patrik Järbyn is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer.
1969Fernando Viña, American baseball player and sportscaster[†]
Fernando Viña Spanish: [feɾˈnando ˈβiɲa]; born April 16, 1969) is a Cuban-American former Major League Baseball second baseman and former MLB analyst for ESPN. His parents Andres and Olga emigrated from Cuba in 1968. From 1993 through 2005, Viña played for the Seattle Mariners (1993), New York Mets (1994), Milwaukee Brewers (1995-1999), St. Louis Cardinals (2000-2003), and Detroit Tigers (2004).
1969Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator and painter (born 1904)[†]
Mom Luang Hem Vejakorn was a Thai artist and writer. He is best known for his illustrations for the covers of 10-satang pulp novels, which have in turn influenced subsequent generations of Thai artists and illustrators, and also his ghost stories. It is estimated that he produced more than 50,000 pieces of art, including pen and pencil drawings, watercolors, posters and oil paintings. He portrayed rural life, Thai history and figures from Thai classical literature. His works have been reproduced on Thai postage stamps and featured in art galleries.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]