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Sen Hart sees further inquiry needed into charges that Carswell gave misleading testimony before Sen com about his role in forming club; Amer Bar Assn reprs C A Horsky and N P Ramsey confirm earlier repts that Carswell discussed matter with them night before he gave contradictory testimony to com
Appears as counsel for NY Times in E Caldwell Case
party expected to designate Harrington, acting on recommendation of policy com and advisory delegate conf; he and Rose illus; move would give party time to decide on endorsing Dem because Harrington would have until May 12 to decline; selection would then be by Rose-controlled com; Dr T W Costello, proposed for US Sen, comments; Dubinsky urges approval of Harrington although personally supporting Goldberg
NYS Sup Ct Justice Schweitzer subpoenaed by NYS Joint Legis Com on Crime for questioning about his relations with Voloshen; Schweitzer's atty, B Botein, says Schweitzer has been friend of Voloshen for some yrs
Bailey again urges controllers to return, statement agreed on at contempt hearing and read at news conf; predicts proposal will be rejected because controllers have not been promised amnesty or mediation; again urges Nixon to appoint mediator
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 1, 1970, covering April 4, 1970.
Simon & Garfunkel
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
Santana
1970Georgios Amanatidis, Greek footballer and manager[†]
Georgios Amanatidis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender.
1970Dimitris Basis, Greek singer[†]
Dimitrios Bibasis, better known by his stage name Dimitris Basis, is a Greek singer and musician. He is from the village of Cherso, near the city of Kilkis in Central Macedonia.
1970Greg Garcia, American director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Gregory Thomas Garcia is an American television writer, producer and director. He is the creator/executive producer of several long-running sitcoms, including Yes, Dear, My Name Is Earl, The Guest Book, Raising Hope, and Sprung. He has also worked for the series Family Matters and as a consulting producer on Family Guy.
1970Barry Pepper, Canadian actor and producer[†]
Barry Robert Pepper is a Canadian-American actor. His best-known film roles include Private Daniel Jackson in Saving Private Ryan (1998), Corrections Officer Dean Stanton in The Green Mile (1999), Roger Maris in 61* (2001), Joseph L. Galloway in We Were Soldiers (2002), Charlie Halliday in The Snow Walker (2003), Mike Norton in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), Sergeant Michael Strank in Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Lucky Ned Pepper in True Grit (2010), DEA Agent Cooper in Snitch (2013), Vince in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), and David Keller in Crawl (2019).
1970Jason Stoltenberg, Australian tennis player[†]
Jason Stoltenberg is an Australian former professional tennis player.
1970Josh Todd, American singer-songwriter and actor[†]
Joshua Todd is an American singer. He is the frontman and last remaining original member of hard rock band Buckcherry.
1970Yelena Yelesina, Russian high jumper[†]
Yelena Borisovna Yelesina is a Russian female high jumper. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with 2,01m, one centimetre behind her personal best jump. She also won several other medals outside her Olympic gold.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]