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April 9, 1970

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Headlines from April 9, 1970

30 PUPILS IN U.A.R. SAID TO DIE IN RAID

By Raymond H. Anderson Special to The New York Times

UAR charges 30 elementary pupils and teacher killed in Israeli air raid on Bahr el Bakar, 15 mi E of El Husseiniya in Nile Delta; repts 46 civilians wounded, including 36 children; foreign newsmen are taken to El Husseiniya hosp to view wounded children and dead; Dayan says that if children were killed, it was because their classrooms were in mil structure, radio s; says target was mil structure that had been photographed from air before and after raid; Israelis make photos pub; say target was mi from town of El Dalahiya, 19 mi W of Qantara; US deplores repts of attack; calls for observance of cease-fire by all parties; UAR Amb El-Zayyat tells UN Under Sec Bunche that US Phantom jets and other forms of US aid enabled Israel to carry out raid; map

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How the Senators Voted

By Unknown Author

WASHINGTON, April 8—Following is the Senate roll call vote today rejecting the nomination of Judge G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court:

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Kirk Again Defies Integration Order Of Federal Judge

By Martin Waldron Special to The New York Times

Kirk defies ct for 2d time and again seizes control of Manatee system; again suspends school bd and Davidsoon; bd and Davidson turn system over to 2 Kirk aides after ct advised them to avoid physical confrontation; Kirk's action seen reinforcing repts he will not appear to answer contempt charge but views dispute as issue which can be heard only by US Sup Ct

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U.S. BRIEF CRITICAL OF BUSING ORDER IN SOUTHERN CASE

By John Herbers Special to The New York Times

Justice Dept files brief, US Appeals Ct, suggesting Dist Ct committed 'abuse of discretion' by ordering 'extreme' busing plan for Charlotte system; urges appeals ct set guidelines for new plan, including directives to consider techniques of drawing zone lines to promote rather than frustrate desegregation and pairing; NEA files brief as friend of ct; notes Dist ct could find no other way to desegregate fully without additional busing; dept brief was signed by Asst Atty Gen Leonard

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NIXON WILL PRESS FOR CONSERVATIVE

By Robert B. Semple Jr. Special to The New York Times

Carswell says he is relieved that controversy is settled and is not embittered by rejection, news conf, Tallahassee; plans to remain as judge on US Appeals Ct

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 8, 1970, covering April 9, 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
    9
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hey Jude by The Beatles

    Hey Jude

    The Beatles

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    4
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    Album cover for Deja Vu by Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Deja Vu

    Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Last week
    9
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    2
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    Album cover for Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe by The Doors

    Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe

    The Doors

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    6
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    Album cover for Santana by Santana

    Santana

    Santana

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    31

Notable Births

Chorão

1970Chorão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2013)[†]

Alexandre Magno Abrão, known professionally as Chorão, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, skateboarder, filmmaker, screenwriter and businessman. Best known for being a founding member and the vocalist/main lyricist of the influential rock band Charlie Brown Jr., Folha de S.Paulo critic André Barcinski considered him "the nearest thing to a punk hero Brazilian mainstream music ever had", and Eduardo Tristão Girão of Portal Uai called him "the bad boy of Brazilian rock" and "the spokesman of the youth of the 1990s". Having been born and raised for most of his childhood in São Paulo, Chorão was the only Charlie Brown Jr. member not to be a Santos native, and its only founding member to remain consistently in all of the group's line-ups.

Notable Deaths

Gustaf Tenggren

1970Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator (born 1896)[†]

Gustaf Adolf Tenggren was a Swedish illustrator and animator. He is known for his Arthur Rackham-influenced fairy-tale style and use of silhouetted figures with caricatured faces. Tenggren was a chief illustrator for The Walt Disney Company in the late 1930s, in what has been called the Golden Age of American animation, when animated feature films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi and Pinocchio were produced.

Historical Context for April 9, 1970

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