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HR approves bill imposing over-all Fed spending ceiling for fiscal '70, measure backed by HR leaders of both parties in effort to make surcharge extension more politically palatable later this yr
Johnson Adm task force rept, recommending tightening rules concerning patent licensing, made pub by Justice Dept
strong stand of newly apptd Chief Justice Burger on law and order noted
US command spokesman, defending battle for Apbia Mt, says fight 'may well have been another battle of Hue'; notes 502 enemy killed; 45 Amers killed, 269 wounded; 2 US cols comment on battle; bn that seized mt pulled out for rest, another bn flown in to meet any enemy counterattack; Zais spokesman says Apbia was not objective when operation was planned; plan was to land by helicopter close to Laotian border to cut off enemy; Lt Gen L W Walt says he flew over mt last mo and regarded it as strategic objective of 1st rank; says capture of mt should thwart any plans to attack Hue; map; illus
Mayor Lindsay and Gov Rockefeller announce agreement to use State Urban Development Corp in ltd role to build housing in 8 urban renewal areas; about 11,000 apts planned in $350-million program; Housing Auth will buy 3,000 apts with Fed funds and rent them to low-income families; remainder will be financed in ways to permit holding rents to $40-50 a room; Lindsay and Rockefeller warn plans may have to be changed if Cong does not ease cost limits on housing subsidies; corp's role to be ltd to that of bldr; 8 areas are Welfare Is, Harlem River Pk, Bronx, Twin Parks, Bronx, East Harlem, Upper 5th Av, Coney Is, Williamsburg, Bklyn, and Arverne, Queens
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 21, 1969, covering May 22, 1969.
Original Cast Recording
Blood| Sweat & Tears
Bob Dylan
Glen Campbell
Donovan
1969Michael Kelly, American actor[†]
Michael Kelly is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Doug Stamper in the Netflix drama series House of Cards. He also appeared as CIA Agent Mike November in the Prime Video thriller series Jack Ryan.
1969Cathy McMorris Rodgers, American lawyer and politician[†]
Cathy Anne McMorris Rodgers is an American politician who served from 2005 to 2025 as the United States representative for Washington's 5th congressional district, which encompasses the eastern third of the state and includes Spokane, the state's second-largest city. A Republican, McMorris Rodgers previously served in the Washington House of Representatives. From 2013 to 2019, she chaired the House Republican Conference.
1969Apollo 10's Lunar Module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the Moon's surface.[†]
Apollo 10 was the fourth human spaceflight in the United States' Apollo program and the second to orbit the Moon. NASA, the mission's operator, described it as a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing. It was designated an "F" mission, intended to test all spacecraft components and procedures short of actual descent and landing.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]