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June 8, 1970

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Headlines from June 8, 1970

U.S. PAYS THAILAND 50‐MILLION A YEAR FOR VIETNAM AID

By John W. Finney Special to The New York Times

Sen Symington urges Sec Rogers to make full disclosure to his subcom on Amer aid that will be given to Thai Govt for agreeing to send troops to Cambodia; request comes from disclosures that US has been paying Thais $50-million yrly for sending combat div to tight in S Vietnam

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NEW H.E.W. HEAD CALLS SELECTION ‘OUT OF THE BLUE’

By Richard D. Lyons Special to The New York Times

Under Sec Richardson appeals to younger people to be more understanding of Govt policies, s, Lowell Tech Inst; holds Adm has been listening to youth and that diagreements can be resolved; warns that acceptance of 'simplistic slogans' such as 'no more Vietnams' could lead to new and harmful isolationism

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CITY SCHOOL BOARD FACES JOB INQUIRY

By Emanuel Perlmutter

City Comm on Human Rights chmn E H Norton charges bd with dismal record on minority hiring practices, especially for Puerto Ricans; announces comm will conduct investigation to get accurate acct of practices and to improve them to provide jobs for more minority educators, TV s; says comm will seek cooperation of bd on improvements; Acting Supt Anker assures cooperation

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British Election Stresses the Soft Sell

By Alvin Shuster Special to The New York Times

stiff legal restrictions on campaign spending, use of press and TV and traditional inhibitions against hard sell result in use of volunteer workers by pol parties whose task is to sell emotions and attitudes to electorate; similarities and differences between Brit and Amer campaign practices detailed; illus of Heath and Wilson campaign posters

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 3, 1970, covering June 8, 1970.

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    Album cover for McCartney by Paul McCartney

    McCartney

    Paul McCartney

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    Album cover for Let It Be (Soundtrack) by The Beatles

    Let It Be (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

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    Album cover for Deja Vu by Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Deja Vu

    Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

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    Album cover for Woodstock by Soundtrack

    Woodstock

    Soundtrack

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    Album cover for Band Of Gypsys by Jimi Hendrix

    Band Of Gypsys

    Jimi Hendrix

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Notable Births

1970Kelli Williams, American actress and director[†]

Kelli Renee Williams is an American actress and director. She is known for her roles as lawyer Lindsay Dole on the ABC legal drama The Practice, psychologist and deception expert Dr. Gillian Foster on the Fox series Lie to Me, Jackie Clarke on the Lifetime series Army Wives, and Margaret Reed on the NBC drama series Found.

Notable Deaths

Abraham Maslow

1970Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (born 1908)[†]

Abraham Harold Maslow was an American psychologist who created Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization. Maslow was a psychology professor at Brandeis University, Brooklyn College, New School for Social Research, and Columbia University. He stressed the importance of focusing on the positive qualities in people, as opposed to treating them as a "bag of symptoms". A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Maslow as the tenth most cited psychologist of the 20th century.

Historical Context for June 8, 1970

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