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May 24, 1970

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Headlines from May 24, 1970

Rent Plan Detailed

By David K. Shipler

Altman, Rent Control Deputy Comr Solomon, Lindsay aide N Leventhal and McKinsey & Co consultant R O'Block discuss Lindsay's plan, round table int; details

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Weiskopf, on 204, Retains Shot Lead In Atlanta Classic

By Lincoln A. Werden Special to The New York Times

ATLANTA, May 23 — Tom Weiskopf, whose best drives often travel 350 yards, found the closing holes of the Atlanta Country Club rugged today. After leading by five strokes with four holes to go in the third round of the $125,000 Atlanta Classic, the slim Ohioan ran into a double bogey, a par and two successive bogeys. However the resulting one‐ under‐par 71 enabled him to keep the. 54‐hole lead by one stroke with an aggregate of 204.

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SINGING RAIN 2D

By Joe Nichols

Shuvee, Mrs. Whitney. Stone's fine chestnut 4‐year‐old, gained satisfactory revenge on Walter M. Jeffords's Singing Rain in the $57,500 Top Flight Handi cap at Aqueduct yesterday.

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‘We Needed This’—A March Through Georgia

By Unknown Author

ATLANTA — Through cen tral Georgia for five days last week, from tiny rural Perry to urban Atlanta, wended a slow line of marchers. At the head were two mules pulling a black casket on an old farm wagon, the casket symbolizing 12 Amer icans — black and white — slain by authorities in recent weeks in Augusta, Ga., at Jack son State College in Jackson, Miss., and at Kent State Univer sity in Ohio.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 20, 1970, covering May 24, 1970.

  1. 1
    Album cover for McCartney by Paul McCartney

    McCartney

    Paul McCartney

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

    Bridge Over Troubled Water

    Simon & Garfunkel

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
  3. 3
    Album cover for Deja Vu by Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Deja Vu

    Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for Chicago II by Chicago

    Chicago II

    Chicago

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    15
  5. 5
    Album cover for Band Of Gypsys by Jimi Hendrix

    Band Of Gypsys

    Jimi Hendrix

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    4

Historical Context for May 24, 1970

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