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April 6, 1970

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Headlines from April 6, 1970

Cambodian Rulers Rally the Young

By Henry Kamm Special to The New York Times

PNOMPENH, Cambodia, April 5— Cambodia rallied her high school and college students today to the cause of loving their new leaders and hating the Vietnamese Communists. The young peo ple took to it with ferocious slogans, cruel posters, the singing of new patriotic songs; disorganized close order drill and embarrassed giggles. Even the teachers who gave the orders were often too busy squelching their amusement to get out the words that would make their classes execute a “right face” or stand at ease. The lan guage of the posters that be gan to spring up on trees and walls and across streets all over town was strong.

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AIRPORT TRAFFIC IS SMOOTHER HERE DESPITE STOPPAGE

By Edward Hudson

airlines rept few long delays despite moderately heavy vol of post-holiday traffic; Fed ct, Cleveland, sets up med panel to screen those claiming illness; FAA repts continuing, slight increase in number of returnees: denies PATCO claim that 2,764 controllers are still out

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Rangers in Playoff; Knicks Series Tied

By Unknown Author

The Rangers squeezed into the Stanley Cup hockey play offs last night, but the Knick erbockers were balked in their efforts to clinch the Eastern semifinal playoff in the Nation al Basketball Association.

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Tank Flaw Plagues Apollo 13 as Countdown Begins,

By John Noble Wilford Special to The New York Times

countdown begins; NASA official repts supercold helium in lunar module pressure tank is heating up too fast, indicating possible leak in tank; says tank may be replaced; engineers will monitor problem for next 12 hrs before deciding on next step; illus of mission emblem; mission motto is 'From the moon, knowledge'; command ship is named Odyssey and lunar module Aquarius; flight plan revd

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 1, 1970, covering April 6, 1970.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

    Bridge Over Troubled Water

    Simon & Garfunkel

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hey Jude by The Beatles

    Hey Jude

    The Beatles

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    3
  3. 3
    Album cover for Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin II

    Led Zeppelin

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    22
  4. 4
    Album cover for Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe by The Doors

    Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe

    The Doors

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    5
  5. 5
    Album cover for Santana by Santana

    Santana

    Santana

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    30

Notable Births

Olaf Kölzig

1970Olaf Kölzig, South African-German ice hockey player and coach[†]

Olaf Kölzig is a South African-born German professional ice hockey goaltender and current goaltender coach and player development coach for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). With the exception of eight games with the Tampa Bay Lightning, he played his entire 14-year NHL career with the Capitals.

Roy Mayorga

1970Roy Mayorga, American drummer, songwriter, and producer[†]

Roy Mayorga is an American musician, best known as the drummer of heavy metal bands Soulfly, Hellyeah and Stone Sour and is currently the drummer for the industrial metal band Ministry.

1970Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer[†]

Huang Xiaomin is a Chinese former breaststroke swimmer, whose best performance during her career was winning the silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She was born in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang. She admitted to have used doping substances during her active career and is now publicly opposed to it.

Notable Deaths

1970Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (born 1933)[†]

Maurice Stokes was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Cincinnati/Rochester Royals of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1955 to 1958. Stokes was a three-time NBA All-Star, a three-time All-NBA Second Team member and the 1956 NBA Rookie of the Year. His career – and later his life – was cut short by a debilitating brain injury and paralysis.

Historical Events

Newhall incident

1970Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.[†]

The Newhall incident, also called the Newhall massacre, was a shootout on April 5–6, 1970, in Valencia, California, United States, between two heavily armed criminals and four officers of the California Highway Patrol (CHP). In less than five minutes, the four CHP officers were killed and another man was pistol-whipped in what was at the time the deadliest day in the history of California law enforcement.

Historical Context for April 6, 1970

In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]