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July 2, 1969

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Headlines from July 2, 1969

Plan to Integrate Chicago Housing Set Up by Court; CHICAGO ENJOINED ON HOUSING BIAS

By Donald Jansonspecial To the New York Times

Fed Judge Austin orders Chicago Housing Auth to integrate pub housing projects by scattering many of them in white neighborhoods and assigning large proportion of Negroes to them; ACLU aid J Miller lauds order; says it is 1st time Fed ct has laid out plan for housing integration; order limits residents of area where project is to be built to 50% of units; bars auth's practice of clearing site selection with ward aldermen; provides formula requiring 75% of pub housing built in future to be at least 1 mile from Negro ghettos and in neighborhoods no more than 30% nonwhite; also requires that vacancies in several existing projects be filled on unsegregated basis

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 2, 1969, covering July 2, 1969.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Hair by Original Cast Recording

    Hair

    Original Cast Recording

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    49
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Age Of Aquarius by The 5th Dimension

    The Age Of Aquarius

    The 5th Dimension

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    6
  3. 3
    Album cover for Blood; Sweat & Tears by Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Blood; Sweat & Tears

    Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    23
  4. 4
    Album cover for Romeo & Juliet (1969) by Soundtrack

    Romeo & Juliet (1969)

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    22
  5. 5
    Album cover for This Is Tom Jones by Tom Jones

    This Is Tom Jones

    Tom Jones

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    4

Notable Births

Tim Rodber

1969Tim Rodber, English rugby player[†]

Timothy Andrew Keith Rodber is an English former rugby union footballer who played at number eight, flanker or lock for Northampton Saints, England, and the British Lions.

Historical Context for July 2, 1969

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