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September 12, 1969

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U.S. SETTLES SUIT ON SMOG DEVICES; Car Makers Say They Won't Bar Their Development -Critics Ask Full Trial

By Fred P. Graham

Justice Dept agrees to settle out of ct suit accusing major auto mfrs of conspiring to retard development and use of pollution control devices on autos; under agreement, cos say they will not conspire to obstruct development of devices, say they will make royalty-free patent licenses on inventions available to all cos that wish to install them, along with tech data about devices; cos do not admit any guilt in proposed consent decree; some defendants promptly issue statements saying indus's cooperative efforts serve to develop antismog devices rapidly and not to retard progress; critics of move charge Nixon Adm sweeps suit 'under the rug' after intensive lobbying by auto indus; 3 opposing groups, including Los Angeles Supervisors Bd, serve notice they will seek to persuade Fed Dist Ct to reject settlement; demand full trial; Asst Atty Gen McLaren says decision is 'absolutly apolitical'; asserts cos agree to all relief demanded by Govt; details on suit and consent decree; Repr Eckhardt says terms of settlement indicate to him that allegations are true

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 10, 1969, covering September 12, 1969.

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    Album cover for Johnny Cash At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

    Johnny Cash At San Quentin

    Johnny Cash

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    11
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    Album cover for Blind Faith by Blind Faith

    Blind Faith

    Blind Faith

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    5
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    Album cover for Best Of Cream by Cream

    Best Of Cream

    Cream

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    Peak
    3
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    9
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    Album cover for Blood; Sweat & Tears by Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Blood; Sweat & Tears

    Blood| Sweat & Tears

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    Album cover for Romeo & Juliet (1969) by Soundtrack

    Romeo & Juliet (1969)

    Soundtrack

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    10
    Peak
    2
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    32

Notable Births

Max Boot

1969Max Boot, Russian-American historian and author[†]

Max A. Boot is a Russian-born naturalized American author, editorialist, lecturer, and military historian. He worked as a writer and editor for The Christian Science Monitor and then for The Wall Street Journal in the 1990s. Since then, he has been the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow in National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a contributor to The Washington Post. He has written for such publications as The Weekly Standard, the Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times, and he has authored books of military history. In 2018, Boot published The Road Not Taken, a biography of Edward Lansdale, which was a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for biography, and The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right, which details Boot's "ideological journey from a 'movement' conservative to a man without a party", in the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. His biography of Ronald Reagan, Reagan: His Life and Legend, was a New York Times Bestseller and named one of the New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2024, as well as one of the year's best books by The Washington Post and The New Yorker.

Ángel Cabrera

1969Ángel Cabrera, Argentinian golfer[†]

Ángel Leopoldo Cabrera is an Argentine professional golfer who has played on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as "El Pato" in Spanish ("The Duck") for his waddling gait. He is a two-time major champion, with wins at the U.S. Open in 2007 and the Masters in 2009; he was the first Argentine and South American to win either. He also lost in a sudden death playoff at the Masters in 2013.

James Frey

1969James Frey, American author and screenwriter[†]

James Christopher Frey is an American writer and businessman. His first two books, A Million Little Pieces (2003) and My Friend Leonard (2005), were bestsellers marketed as memoirs. Large parts of the stories were later found to be exaggerated or fabricated, sparking a media controversy. His 2008 novel Bright Shiny Morning was also a bestseller.

Shigeki Maruyama

1969Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer[†]

Shigeki Maruyama is a Japanese professional golfer.

Historical Events

Philippine Air Lines Flight 158

1969Philippine Air Lines Flight 158 crashes in Antipolo, near Manila International Airport in the Philippines, killing 45 people.[†]

Philippine Air Lines Flight 158 was a flight from Mactan–Cebu International Airport to Manila International Airport near Manila which crashed on 12 September 1969. The aircraft, a BAC One-Eleven, struck a mango tree on the hill in sitio Kulaike, Antipolo, Rizal, located 22 km (12 nmi) east of its destination while on a VOR approach to runway 24. Of the 42 passengers and five crew members on board, only one passenger and one flight attendant survived. It was the deadliest aviation accident in the Philippines involving commercial aircraft until the crash of Philippine Airlines Flight 206 in 1987 and the deadliest involving a BAC One-Eleven until it was surpassed by Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 9 in 1977.

Historical Context for September 12, 1969

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