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Bronx Borough President Herman Badillo, who finished a strong third in the Democratic mayoral primary, said yesterday that he would support Mayor Lindsay for re-election.
Sen Nelson to propose legis shifting major responsibility for evaluation of drags from mfrs to Fed Govt and imposing more rigorous standards; proposes natl drug testing and evaluation center be estab in FDA under HEW Dept, to which mfrs would submit drugs, pay for evaluation costs and not be told who was testing drugs; charges some studies conducted by mfrs are short, inept, deficient and of poor quality; charges some mfrs cannot be relied upon to be objective or complete in tests; says Times article on Stough offers evidence that problem is more serious than his Sen subcom believed after 2 yrs of testimony; says he suspected FDA looked only at paperwork but was unaware that supervision consisted of only 1 dr; subcom sources say bill would establish testing standards and avg med drs without special training would not be used; Sen subcom opens probe of Stough operations; Ley may be asked to testify; comment on FDA secrecy on its records under HEW Dept 'trade secrets' rules
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election; Negroes win control of County Comm and school, gaining 4 of 5 seats on comm and 2 on bd; bloc voting by races noted; Rev R D Abernathy, Williams laud victory; Sheriff takes ballots into custody pending official count; several dubious absentee ballots accepted by Negro official unchallenged; election background revd; map
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 30, 1969, covering July 30, 1969.
Blood| Sweat & Tears
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Tom Jones
Henry Mancini
1969Simon Baker, Australian actor, director, and producer[†]
Simon Lucas Baker is an Australian actor and director. He first gained prominence on the Australian soap opera E Street (1992–1993). He later starred in the CBS legal drama The Guardian (2001–2004), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama in 2002. From 2008 to 2015, he portrayed Patrick Jane in the drama series The Mentalist, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2009. Baker has also appeared in several films, including L.A. Confidential (1997), Restaurant (1998), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), and Margin Call (2011).
1969Errol Stewart, South African cricketer and lawyer[†]
Errol Leslie Rae Stewart is a former South African cricketer and rugby union player. He attended Westville Boys' High School in Westville, KwaZulu-Natal where he was selected for the SA schools cricket and rugby sides in 1987. He also was selected for Natal schools for Hockey and athletics. He studied law at the University of Natal and played as a wicket-keeper for the University of Natal and for the Natal Dolphins, captaining them in his final season in 2004.
1969Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders.[†]
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct US military involvement escalated from 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian and Cambodian Civil Wars, which ended with all three countries becoming communist in 1975.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]