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Gov Rockefeller says proposed NYS Environmental Protection Dept would, with other state agencies, formulate noise-control policy and regulations
Pres Nixon weighs Treas proposals to help balance fiscal '71 budget by raising cigarette tax from 8c a pack to 13c, increasing taxes on alcoholic beverages by 10% and raising tax on gasoline by lc a gal; moves would yield $2-billion; rise in cigarette tax is being proposed on theory that since cigarettes have been found to be injurious to health, tax so heavy as to discourage consumption can be defended as matter of pub policy; Treas also proposes that tax on autos and phone service should be continued at present 7% and 10% rates, rather than dropping them next Jan; move would yield $400-million; Treas also proposes speeding timetable under which businesses turn taxes over to Govt, move that would produce 1-time added revenues in '71
The Weather Bureau issued a heavy‐snow warning for the metropolitan area yesterday, predicting a fall of up to four inches by about 8 A.M. today.
Announces he will go on terminal leave, Mar and formally retire, Sept, to become pres of coll in Israel
White House officials rept major diplomatic break-through toward cutting off large part of flow of heroin into US; rept accord concluded with France aimed at breaking up illicit processing of heroin in Marseilles area, separate understanding with Turkey looking toward eradication of poppy cultivation; say Mex has agreed to destroy poppy fields and to curb illicit heroin-processing in remote mountain areas; Nixon reptdly notified leaders of all 3 Govts that new foreign-policy objective of US is eradication of opium poppy cultivation and outlawing and prevention of heroin mfr anywhere in world; accord with France detailed
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 7, 1970, covering January 7, 1970.
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Rolling Stones
Tom Jones
1970Andy Burnham, English politician[†]
Andrew Murray Burnham is a British politician who has served as Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017. He served in Gordon Brown's Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2007 to 2008, Culture Secretary from 2008 to 2009 and Health Secretary from 2009 to 2010. A member of Labour Co-op, Burnham identifies as a socialist and as belonging to the party's soft left. He once identified as being on the Blairite wing of the party. He served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2015 to 2016 and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Leigh from 2001 to 2017.
1970Doug E. Doug, American actor[†]
Doug E. Doug is an American actor. He started his career at age 17 as a stand-up comedian. He played the role of Griffin Vesey on the CBS sitcom Cosby, Sanka Coffie in the film Cool Runnings, and the voice of Bernie in the animated film Shark Tale.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]