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Martin 404, twin-engine craft, with 36 aboard, crash-lands in rain atop auto on interstate hwy near Atlanta; illus; map; at least 6, including 5 in auto, killed, 35 hurt; passengers describe crash
Tank truck delivering oxygen to Victory Memorial Hosp, Bklyn, explodes when driver turns ignition on, killing driver and plumber working nearby and injuring 40 people, including 30 patients, none seriously; illus; Natl Transportation Safety Bd sets probe with view towards drafting of Fed legis governing handling and shipment of liquid oxygen; NYC Fire Dept sets probe
article by D Binder on Oder-Neisse Rivers area which is normally barred to outsiders; illus; maps
NY Times survey finds boom in nation's correspondence schools is accompanied by marginal results and questionable instruction offered by many of these schools; notes Fed and state govts have little effective regulation and that only comprehensive efforts at control are made by schools with above-avg reputation for instruction; notes many schools devote nearly half their budgets to promotion and sales, amount more than twice as large as instructional outlay
P O'Dwyer marches in Memorial Day antiwar parade
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 27, 1970, covering May 31, 1970.
Paul McCartney
Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young
Simon & Garfunkel
Chicago
Jimi Hendrix
1970Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1929)[†]
Terrance Gordon Sawchuk was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings, and New York Rangers between 1950 and 1970. He won the Calder Trophy, earned the Vezina Trophy four times, was a four-time Stanley Cup champion, and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame the year after his final season, one of 10 players for whom the three-year waiting period was waived.
1970Clare Sheridan, English sculptor and author (born 1885)[†]
Clare Consuelo Sheridan was an English sculptor, journalist and writer, known primarily for creating busts for famous sitters and keeping travel diaries. She was a cousin of Sir Winston Churchill, with whom she had enjoyed an amicable relationship, though her support for the October Revolution in 1917 caused them to break ranks politically. She enjoyed travelling around the world; and among her circle of friends were Princess Margaret of Sweden, Lord and Lady Mountbatten, Lady Diana Cooper, Vita Sackville-West and Vivien Leigh.
1970The 7.9 Mw Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794 and 70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.[†]
The 1970 Ancash earthquake occurred on 31 May off the coast of Peru in the Pacific Ocean at 15:23:29 local time. Combined with a resultant landslide, it is the most catastrophic natural disaster in the history of Peru. Due to the large amounts of snow and ice included in the landslide that caused an estimated 66,794–70,000 fatalities, it is also considered to be the world's deadliest avalanche.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]