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NY Times survey finds S Vietnamese Army suffers from shortages of top-quality personnel and deficiencies in equipment; US efforts to correct shortcomings noted
Rockefeller calls off visit at request of Caldera; Caldera indicates visit would set off disturbances and should be postponed to more propitious time; Venezuela indicates it will conduct study of US-Latin Amer relations as more systematic and less pub approach than Rockefeller visit; White House silent
de Kroon, reptd in hiding, has not replied to labor leaders demand that he resign; 4 dead, over 150 hurt; Willemstad under 12-hr curfew as Curacao is being patrolled by hundreds of marines and riot troops flown in from Netherlands; some 70% of resort's businesses destroyed or damaged; hundreds of tourists still trapped in hotels waiting for outbound transportation; labor leaders charge de Kroon precipitated violence by encouraging off-island co to work at Shell refinery and offer lower wages; damage in Willemstad described; illus
Defense Dept orders development cycle of defense contracts slowed so that tech problems are solved before funds are allocated for production
wins 1st round of Pres election with over 44% of vote; favored to win June 15 runoff; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 28, 1969, covering June 2, 1969.
Original Cast Recording
Blood| Sweat & Tears
Bob Dylan
Glen Campbell
Donovan
1969Kurt Abbott, American baseball player[†]
Kurt Thomas Abbott is an American former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) primarily as a shortstop and second baseman from 1993 to 2001.
1969Paulo Sérgio, Brazilian footballer[†]
Paulo Sérgio is a Portuguese given name. It may refer to:
1969David Wheaton, American tennis player, radio host, and author[†]
David Wheaton is an American author, radio host, columnist, and former professional tennis player.
1969Leo Gorcey, American actor (born 1917)[†]
Leo Bernard Gorcey was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of street-wise city toughs known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids, and as adults, The Bowery Boys. Gorcey was famous for his use of malapropisms, such as "I depreciate it!" instead of "I appreciate it!"
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]