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October 24, 1969

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Headlines from October 24, 1969

Doses of Monosodium Glutamate Found to Affect Brains of Mice; Tests Find Monosodium Glutamate Affects Mice

By Harold M. Schmeck Jr.special To the New York Times

Prof J W Olney and Prof J Mayer urge that monosodium glutamate be removed from baby foods after Olney's findings that large doses of it caused brain damage in infant mice and monkeys; H J Heinz gen mgr Hutchings and Gerber Products chief exec Gerber doubt that Olney's research is applicable to man; Olney's experiments described

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PORT AUDIT FINDS 14 FACILITIES LOSE; First Study by State Reports Only 5 With More Than Marginal Profit in '67 Audit of Port Authority Finds 14 Facilities in Red

By Bill Kovachspecial To the New York Times

1st NYS audit ever, conducted by Controller Levitt, shows '67 net profit for combined facilities at $6.4-million; 11 facilities had net profits, only 5 of which had more than marginal profits; 14 had net losses; list; total assets put at $1.996-billion of which $1.684-billion is invested in facilities; Levitt scores Auth for failure to make accounts more public over the years; T W Kheel cites audit as support for position that profits should support mass transportation in NY and NJ

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 22, 1969, covering October 24, 1969.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Green River

    Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for Johnny Cash At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

    Johnny Cash At San Quentin

    Johnny Cash

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17
  3. 3
    Album cover for Through The Past; Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) by The Rolling Stones

    Through The Past; Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    7
  4. 4
    Album cover for Abbey Road by The Beatles

    Abbey Road

    The Beatles

    Last week
    178
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for Blind Faith by Blind Faith

    Blind Faith

    Blind Faith

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11

Notable Births

Emma Donoghue

1969Emma Donoghue, Irish-Canadian author[†]

Emma Donoghue is an Irish Canadian novelist, screenwriter, playwright and literary historian. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Booker Prize and an international best-seller. Donoghue's 1995 novel Hood won the Stonewall Book Award and Slammerkin (2000) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction. She is a 2011 recipient of the Alex Awards. Room was adapted by Donoghue into a film of the same name. For this, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2025, Donoghue won the coveted Alice B Readers Award given annually to living writers of published works whose careers are distinguished by consistently well-written works about lesbians.

Arthur Rhodes

1969Arthur Rhodes, American baseball player[†]

Arthur Lee Rhodes, Jr. is an American former professional baseball left-handed relief pitcher and current pitching coach for the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, Texas Rangers, and St. Louis Cardinals.

Notable Deaths

Behçet Kemal Çağlar

1969Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and politician (born 1908)[†]

Behçet Kemal Çağlar was a Turkish poet, educator and nationalist politician.

Historical Context for October 24, 1969

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