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Dem state com meeting set; speculation that supporters of Goldberg, seen leading for Gov, will seek Lt Gov running-mate other than Paterson, fearing defeat for ticket of Jew and Negro; W vanden Heuvel, L Alexander mentioned
Mil ct sentences Duffy to 6 mos in confinement for involuntary manslaughter; fines him $1,500; Rothblatt comments
US Sup Ct rules, without dissent, that trial judges can have disruptive defendants bound and gagged, jailed for contempt of ct or expelled from ct if such measures are necessary to preserve order (Allen case); ruling is expected to strengthen Murtagh's handling of pretrial hearing involving 13 Panther defendants
US spokesmen rept 49 enemy shellings, 21 of which cause casualties or damage; 4 ground attacks reptd
Spreti, Karl von (Amb): Kidnapped from his car at his Guatemala City residence
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 1, 1970, covering April 1, 1970.
Simon & Garfunkel
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
Santana
1970Brad Meltzer, American author, screenwriter, and producer[†]
Brad Meltzer is an American novelist, non-fiction writer, TV show creator, and comic book author. His novels touch on the political thriller, legal thriller and conspiracy fiction genres, while he has also written superhero comics for DC Comics, and periodically Marvel Comics, and a series of short biographies of prominent people for young readers.
1970President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.[†]
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961, and also as a representative and senator from California. His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal.
1970A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Berrechid, Morocco, killing 61.[†]
Royal Air Maroc is the Moroccan national carrier, as well as the country's largest airline, ranking among the largest in Africa.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]