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Tax reformers in Congress last week made sewers in Seattle more expensive, increased the costs of operating Alfred University and Pace College in New York State and made it more difficult for Newark, N. J. -- the scene of one of the nation's worst racial outbreaks in 1967 -- to borrow $12-million for new schools and $4.9-million for urban renewal.
liberal Dem Reprs, mainly members of Dem Study Group, map plan to amend bill by redistributing tax relief granted in bill to upper middle-income taxpayers and by giving more relief to middle-income homeowners; outside experts, including W W Heller, help group; bill's provisions for middle-income and upper-middle-income brackets revd
OCEANPORT, N. J., Aug. 2 -- Al Hattab's trainer wanted Arts and Letters, but Arts and Letters didn't want the track. Still, Jimmy Croll, the trainer, could gloat today at Monmouth Park as his gray 3-year-old overpowered the field to capture the $100,000 Monmouth Invitational Handicap by two lengths.
Dickson, Lovat: H G Wells. His Turbulent Life and Times
A run-producing pinch-hit single by Cleon Jones in the seventh inning was the decisive hit last night as the New York Mets turned back the Atlanta Braves, 1-0, before a crowd of 48,611 at Shea Stadium.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 30, 1969, covering August 3, 1969.
Blood| Sweat & Tears
Original Cast Recording
Soundtrack
Tom Jones
Henry Mancini
1969Doug Overton, American basketball player and coach[†]
Douglas M. Overton is an American retired professional basketball player and coach.
1969Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (born 1889)[†]
Alexander Mair was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 5 August 1939 to 16 May 1941. Born in Melbourne, Mair worked in various businesses there before moving to Albury, New South Wales where he went on to be a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for fourteen years. In 1932, Mair was elected to the seat of Albury and was re-elected a further four times. He rose quickly through the cabinet of Bertram Stevens' United Australia Party government, becoming an Assistant Minister in April 1938, Minister for Labour and Industry in June and Colonial Treasurer in October.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]