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Ct holds, 6-2, that NYS Legis acted illegally in scaling down welfare payments under Aid to Familes With Dependent Children program; finds Legis violated '67 amendment to Fed Soc Security Act by eliminating grants for certain items
Sen com unanimously approves bill to impose previously negotiated 19% wage settlement on 4 shop-craft unions rather than risk natl rail shutdown Apr 11; bill will enforce contract approved in Dec '69 by 3 shopcraft unions, but rejected by Sheet Metal Workers because of work rule eliminating craft distinctions on incidental work in small repair yds; move seen reflecting mounting frustration in Sen with stalemated talks and fear that wildcat strikes would be uncontrollable if settlement were postponed; Sen Yarborough endorses bill; Sen Javits predicts passage
US command announces US troops strength dropped by 9,200 men last wk to 439,400
US State Dept repr says special group is seeking ways to strengthen security at US embassies and consulates abroad
WASHINGTON, April 6— The Government won a major round today in its efforts to end the 13‐day‐old walkout by Federal air traffic controllers after a day of bitter courtroom jousting between F. Lee. Bailey, the criminal lawyer from Bos ton, and Carl Eardley, a soft spoken Deputy Assistant At torney General.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 1, 1970, covering April 7, 1970.
Simon & Garfunkel
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
Santana
1970Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and educator[†]
Leif Ove Andsnes is a Norwegian pianist and chamber musician. Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. In 2012, he signed with Sony Classical, and recorded for the label the "Beethoven Journey" project, which included the five piano concertos with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. The works were recorded over three years, beginning with Nos. 1 and 3 in 2012, followed by Nos. 2 and 4 in 2013 and the Fifth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy in 2014. He is represented by IMG.
1970Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2011)[†]
Alexander Georgievich Karpovtsev was a Russian ice hockey player and an assistant coach for Ak Bars Kazan and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). In the National Hockey League (NHL), he played for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Islanders, and Florida Panthers. He, Alexei Kovalev, Sergei Zubov and Sergei Nemchinov were the first Russian players to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup, winning it in 1994 with the Rangers. He was traded by the Maple Leafs to the Blackhawks for Bryan McCabe after a contract dispute where Karpovstev was seeking a salary that would have made him the highest paid defender on the team.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]