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WASHINGTON -- In America, fountainhead of independence, those to whom such a phrase has meant the least are the poor. President Nixon proposed last week to change all that, to place before the poor the opportunity to guide their own destinies.
Jan-July output at 4,953,000, down 9% below '68 period
The glories of the past, in which the New York Yankees seem as rich as the rest of baseball put together, were celebrated again at Yankee Stadium yesterday and the crowd of 50,945 demonstrated anew that fans can't seem to get enough of such affairs.
Kennedy, Cooper, Hart and Mansfield illus in news conf after Sen vote
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 6, 1969, covering August 10, 1969.
Blood| Sweat & Tears
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Iron Butterfly
Tom Jones
1969Emily Symons, Australian actress[†]
Emily Symons is an Australian actress, active on both Australian and British television. She is known for playing Anne Costello in the short-lived soap opera Richmond Hill in 1988 and when that series ended in 1989, she started playing Marilyn Chambers in Home and Away. After almost ten years in that role, Symons moved to the UK and was immediately cast as Louise Appleton in the British soap Emmerdale. She also took part in the British show Dancing on Ice in 2007. She then returned to Australia in 2010 to reprise her role as Marilyn in Home and Away.
1969Brian Drummond, Canadian voice actor[†]
Brian Drummond is a Canadian voice actor. He formerly served on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban Academy along with his wife, Laura Drummond, also a voice artist. Usually working in Vancouver, he is often cast in antagonistic or authoritative voice roles.
1969János Kodolányi, Hungarian author (born 1899)[†]
János Kodolányi Hungarian writer of short stories, dramas, novels and sociographies. The Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences was named after him.
1969A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.[†]
Sharon Marie Tate Polanski was an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she appeared in advertisements and small television roles before appearing in films as well as working as a model. After receiving positive reviews for her comedic and dramatic acting performances, Tate was hailed as one of Hollywood's most promising newcomers, being compared favorably with the late Marilyn Monroe.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]