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December 8, 1969

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Headlines from December 8, 1969

U.S. CRIME INQUIRY CALLS ADDONIZIO; Several Newark Councilmen Also Subpoenaed by Jury to Testify Tomorrow

By Emanuel Perlmutter

Lacey reveals that Fed grand jury probing organized crime and official corruption called Newark Mayor Addonizio and several Newark City Councilmen to testify; repeats charge that Mafia and other organized crime groups infiltrate govt, business and labor unions in NJ, int; Sen H H Williams Jr admits widening crime extent but denies organized crime has taken over state, TV int

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REGENTS SEEK END OF ANTIBUSING ACT; Board Reaffirms Its Policy to End Racial Imbalance in Schools in State

By Bill Kovach

Regents Bd reaffirms its policy to end racial segregation and urges '70 Legis to repeal antibusing law which bars apptd school bds or State Educ Comr from assigning 'pupils and altering school boundaries' to end segregation; bases request for repeal on results of 6-mo study, called Racial and Soc Class Isolation in Schools, of school dists across country, including NYS, which showed that both students inside dist and those brought in benefited from integration; Regents claim segregation is rapidly becoming standard condition of school system because of econ and soc patterns in state; cite NYC school system as example; say evidence shows integration is more effective in promoting educ development among Negro students than compensatory educ in segregated school system; challenge idea that calculated integration fails to help ghetto students regardless of school setting because they return to ghetto neighborhoods after school

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 3, 1969, covering December 8, 1969.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Abbey Road by The Beatles

    Abbey Road

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  2. 2
    Album cover for Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin II

    Led Zeppelin

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    5
  3. 3
    Album cover for Tom Jones Live In Las Vegas by Tom Jones

    Tom Jones Live In Las Vegas

    Tom Jones

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Green River

    Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  5. 5
    Album cover for Puzzle People by The Temptations

    Puzzle People

    The Temptations

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    9

Notable Births

Kristin Lauter

1969Kristin Lauter, American mathematician and cryptographer[โ€ ]

Kristin Estella Lauter is an American mathematician and cryptographer whose research interest is broadly in application of number theory and algebraic geometry in cryptography. She is particularly known for her work in the area of elliptic curve cryptography. She was a researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, from 1999โ€“2021 and the head of the Cryptography Group from 2008โ€“2021; her group developed Microsoft SEAL. In April 2021, Lauter joined Facebook AI Research (FAIR) as the West Coast Head of Research Science. She became the President-Elect of the Association for Women in Mathematics in February 2014 and served as President February 1, 2015 - January 31, 2017.

Historical Events

Olympic Airways Flight 954

1969Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.[โ€ ]

Olympic Airways Flight 954 was a Douglas DC-6B aircraft that crashed into a mountain near Keratea, Greece, on December 8, 1969. All 85 passengers and 5 crew on board died in the crash.

Historical Context for December 8, 1969

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