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UFT to seek basic pay scale of $9,000 to $18,000 a yr in upcoming contract talks with Educ Bd; also seeks intemeship program for teachers, agency shop provision and strong protection of teachers' rights; Supt Donovan says it is 'imperative' new teachers' strike be avoided
SEC chmn Budge, warning investors of conglomerate take-overs, says wave of creation of conglomerate cos and methods used to create them reminds him of utility holding cos that were created in '20s, many of which collapsed after '29 stock mkt crash
Pres Nixon makes unscheduled visit to Commons, said to be 1st by US Pres in office
Australia and NZ to maintain mil forces in Malaysia and Singapore after withdrawal of Brit forces in '71; Prime Mins Holyoake and Gorton discuss decision and implications; Gorton, hinting at US involvement, says Australia will seek support of 'outside powers' if need arises; under arrangement Australia and NZ will form joint Anzac force based in Singapore but with elements rotating to Malaysia; no decision has been reached on permanent stationing of air and naval components; GB and US welcome Australian and NZ decision; map
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 26, 1969, covering February 26, 1969.
The Beatles
The Beatles
Glen Campbell
Diana Ross & The Supremes With The Temptations
The Association
1969Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer and producer[†]
Hitoshi Sakimoto is a Japanese composer and sound producer. He is best known for scoring the video games Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII, though he has composed soundtracks for numerous other games. Sakimoto first played music and video games in elementary school and began composing music professionally in 1988. He worked at the video game company Square from 1998 to 2000, before founding the music and sound production company Basiscape in 2002.
1969Levi Eshkol, Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (born 1895)[†]
Levi Eshkol, born Levi Yitzhak Shkolnik, was the prime minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. A founder of the Israeli Labor Party, he served in numerous senior roles, including Minister of Defense (1963–1967) and Minister of Finance (1952–1963).
1969Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (born 1883)[†]
Karl Theodor Jaspers was a German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher who had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry, and philosophy. His 1913 work General Psychopathology influenced many later diagnostic criteria, and argued for a distinction between "primary" and "secondary" delusions.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]