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May 31, 1969

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Headlines from May 31, 1969

CITY CANDIDATES SCORED ON C.C.N.Y.; Faculty Leader Asks Them to Seek the Facts about Admissions Dispute C.C.N.Y. Professor Scores Candidates

By Murray Schumach

Prof Bellush scores mayoral candidates for having failed to ask Faculty Sen for facts on dual admission plan before making statements; Lindsay reptdly gratified that plan was tentatively rejected; reptdly studies substitute proposal; Mailer scores plan defeat; Procaccino hopes new proposal rejects quota system; Badillo says dual admissions plan could not have been financed, scores 'worthless promises'; urges other remedies; Bellush says tentative Faculty Sen rejection of plan and acceptance of alternate proposal were by 'decisive' majorities, with 74 of 87 members present

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NATIONAL STRIKE STALLS ARGENTINA; STRIFE CONTINUES; 13 Deaths Are Reported in Cordoba -- Walkout Shuts Plants and Snarls Transit Walkouts Cripple Argentina; Violence Continues in Cordoba

By Malcolm W. Brownespecial To the New York Times

nationwide strike cripples most heavy indus and transportation; heavy fighting continues in Cordoba as 13 reptdly are killed and at least 71 detained; city authorities break up scheduled demonstration march by 2,000; illus; map; Interior Min Borda declares subversion and planning contributed to situation in Cordoba; observers see start of broadly-based defiance of mil regime; note revolution is 1st without armed forces participation; most labor leaders reptdly arrested; BA labor leaders express jubilation with strike results; strike's effects detailed; most of nation remains quiet but tense atmosphere exists in cities; strike in Tucuman reptd virtually total; aide to prov Gov of Tucuman resigns; cites solidarity with students and people

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U.S. AIDES ASSERT THIEU STATEMENTS CAUSE NO CONCERN; Hard-Line Talk in Seoul Is Believed Aimed at Hawkish Elements in Korea SAIGON LEADER IN TAIPEI Officials Report No Major Differences Between South Vietnam and Washington U. S. AIDES CALM ON THIEU'S TALKS

By Hedrick Smithspecial To the New York Times

US officials assume intentionally unruffled attitude toward Nguyen Van Thieu statements and communique with Park; there is inclination within Nixon Adm to regard statements as primarily rhetoric directed at hawkish opinion in S Korea and right-wing elements in Saigon; officials say Washington has received no direct word from Nguyen Van Thieu that he has changed his stand; White House and State Dept decline comment on statements; speculation; US and S Vietnamese stands discussed

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 28, 1969, covering May 31, 1969.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Hair by Original Cast Recording

    Hair

    Original Cast Recording

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    44
  2. 2
    Album cover for Blood; Sweat & Tears by Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Blood; Sweat & Tears

    Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    18
  3. 3
    Album cover for Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan

    Nashville Skyline

    Bob Dylan

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for Galveston by Glen Campbell

    Galveston

    Glen Campbell

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for Donovan's Greatest Hits by Donovan

    Donovan's Greatest Hits

    Donovan

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    15

Historical Context for May 31, 1969

In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]