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In Moberly, Mo., a railroad town of 15,000 halfway between Kansas City and St. Louis, City Manager James Tuley is eager to attract more industry, but he can't do it without a new water filtration plant.
As a quarterback, Joe Namath had to learn the hard way. His belief that he could complete any pass resulted in interceptions that sabotaged the New York Jets throughout his first three seasons. When he realized that he had been wrong, he developed into the quarterback who guided the Jets to their historic Super Bowl victory.
Comment on rush by NJ banks to take advantage of new law permitting mergers across county lines within each of 3 state banking dists and allowing formation of holding cos; merger provision is not effective until July 17; changes are causing structural revolution in state's archaic banking system; map of dists; list of mergers and acquisitions announced since bill was signed Jan 17
tanker trip set for July; details; map showing planned route of tanker and attempts made by explorers to find Passage in past
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 4, 1969, covering June 8, 1969.
Original Cast Recording
Blood| Sweat & Tears
Bob Dylan
Glen Campbell
Soundtrack
1969Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (born 1885)[†]
Arunachalam Mahadeva, KCMG was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and diplomat. He served as Minister of Home Affairs (1942-1946) and High Commissioner to India (1948-1949).
1969Robert Taylor, American actor (born 1911)[†]
Robert Taylor was an American film and television actor and singer who was one of the most popular leading men of his era.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]