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Amer cartographers rept locational shifts in recent Soviet atlases; rept coastlines, towns and other map features moved at random by as much as 25 mi; maps
Cartoons
hundreds of people gather outside Manhattan office; illus; Scarsdale Natl Bank pres Neale says checks signed by Brody will not be hon because there is not enough money in his acct; Brody makes 2 brief pub appearances, NYC; he and wife fly to PR; his uncle M F Jelke puts Brody's fortune at less than $1-million; US and world reaction to Brody announcement discussed; Brody's day detailed; his illus
Named Cleveland pub safety dir, apptmt effective on retirement from Army Feb 1; career details; por
Cartoon on environmental pollution vying with nuclear war as threat to world
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 14, 1970, covering January 18, 1970.
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tom Jones
The Rolling Stones
1970DJ Quik, American rapper and producer[†]
David Marvin Blake, better known by his stage names DJ Quik or Da Quiksta, is an American rapper and record producer from Compton, California, known for his production in the G-funk style of West Coast hip-hop. Blake has collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Tupac, Chingy, R. Kelly and Shaquille O'Neal, among others. As a recording artist himself, he is perhaps best known for his 1991 single "Tonite", which within the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100. Blake's stage name refers to his ability of producing songs in a short period of time.
1970Peter Van Petegem, Belgian cyclist[†]
Peter van Petegem is a former professional road racing cyclist. Van Petegem last rode for Quick Step-Innergetic, in 2007. He lived in Horebeke. He was a specialist in spring classics, one of ten riders to win the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix in the same season. He also earned a medal at the World Championship on two occasions; taking the silver in 1998 and winning the bronze in 2003. His last race was the GP Briek Schotte in Desselgem on 11 September 2007.
1970David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1873)[†]
David Oman McKay was an American religious leader and educator who served as the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1951 until his death in 1970. Ordained an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1906, McKay was an active general authority for nearly 64 years, longer than anyone else in LDS Church history.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]