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J Rhodes Jr, student member of Pres Comm on Campus Unrest, says he tried to get Govt to act on student situation in Calif, where, he said, Reagan is 'bent on killing people for his own pol gain'
Arafat, other commando leaders, appearing together for 1st time since fighting ended, hold news conf, Amman; Arafat lauds commandos mil prowess, warns against US interference; says movement should avoid any 'accident' that might bring discredit; calls Perry death accident in heat of combat; commando repr repts guerrillas have executed 2 Arabs, at least 1 of who was not commando, for rape of wives of 2 US officials; joint com of commandos and Govt figures restores order to Amman, sponsoring joint patrols of downtown area; Govt offices reopen; continuing tension within Army is indicated by deployment of armed forces on outskirts of Amman in way seen aimed at discouraging dissident troops from moving on city; unexplained shooting during night noted; commando sources say 3 columns of armor loyal to Ben-Shaker tried to move on city yesterday; Hussein confs with Amash; concern in Israel that recent turmoil could spread to Lebanon and weaken already limited control of Lebanese Govt over guerrillas noted; Israelis do not see crisis as immediate threat, but see Hussein eventually forced to give guerrillas even freer hand in attacks on Israel; Lebanese order barring carrying of arms in towns and villages by commandos not belonging to Palestine Armed Struggle Command and limiting command members to carrying arms only when on duty and with advance notice to Govt authorities to go into effect; illus
illus voting with wife in state election
BLS repts skilled white workers have been most affected by sharp unemployment rise; says some areas, particularly Pacific Coast and Midwest, have been 'hit much harder than others;' holds layoffs in defense and aerospace industries have been primary factor in halting growth of factory employment since mid '69; repts blue collar workers' jobless rate rose 1.9% to 6.2%, Dec '69-May; other data
NEWARK, June 14—Both the incumbent, Hugh J. Addonizio, and Kenneth A. Gibson, his Negro opponent, put in a hard day today in the final, bitter campaigning for the mayoral election Tuesday.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 10, 1970, covering June 15, 1970.
The Beatles
Paul McCartney
Soundtrack
Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young
Simon & Garfunkel
1970Christian Bauman, American soldier and author[†]
Christian Bauman is an American novelist, essayist, and lyricist.
1970David Bayssari, Australian rugby league player[†]
David Bayssari is a Lebanese former professional rugby league footballer who played first-grade for the Balmain Tigers.
1970Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano[†]
Gaëlle Méchaly is a soprano. In 2001, she reached the finals of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. Méchaly has been a regular member of a Baroque ensemble, Les Arts Florissants and has appeared in many operatic productions directed by William Christie. The recording of Zoroastre was short-listed for a Grammy Award in 2003.
1970Leah Remini, American actress and producer[†]
Leah Marie Remini is an American actress. She starred as Carrie Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007) and as Vanessa Celluci in the CBS sitcom Kevin Can Wait (2017–2018), both alongside Kevin James.
1970Žan Tabak, Croatian basketball player and coach[†]
Žan Tabak is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who is now serving as the head coach for Trefl Sopot of the PLK. His basketball career, spanning twenty years, was marked by several notable achievements, despite injuries. He was the first international player to play in the NBA Finals for two teams. Žan Tabak averaged 5.0 points in his 6-year NBA career.
1970Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.[†]
Charles Milles Manson was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some cult members committed a series of at least nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969. In 1971, Manson was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people, including the film actress Sharon Tate. The prosecution contended that, while Manson never directly ordered the murders, his ideology constituted an overt act of conspiracy.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]