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HR, 359-24, approves reform bill that includes 8% pay rise retroactive to Apr 16; Blount hails bill, urges quick Sen approval; Manhattan-Bronx Postal Union hails bill, says union will not strike if Sen approves similar bill
Sen Mansfield, in attempt to move Cambodian debate to conclusion, refuses to lay aside foreign mil sales bill with its Cooper-Church amendment; Senate concerned to break legis logjam created by debate; agrees to hold evening sessions to consider Adm bills; Byrd offers new amendment to Cooper-Church measure which allows Pres exercise of 'that const power which may be necessary to protect the lives of US armed forces wherever deployed'; Sen Griffin, cosponsor of Byrd amendment, says it authorizes Pres to order another mil operation against enemy sanctuaries in Cambodia, if he thought such action necessary to protect lives of US forces in Vietnam; Griffin interpretation challenged by Church, who calls Byrd amendment 'innocuous specification' of already recognized powers of Pres as Comdr in Chief; McG Bundy warns Cong against 'hasty adoption' of Cong limitations on Pres warmaking powers, HR subcom
Vietnamese Communist troops cut hwy linking Pnompneh with Saigon, key route for bringing men and supplies into country and last major surface route in Cambodia; nearly all embassies in Pnompenh have prepared evacuation plans but there is no sense of hysteria or panic within city; Communists continue attacks on Kompong Thom; enemy reinforcements are reptd to be moving into Angkor area; Koki Thom, village 30 mi from Pnompenh, attacked by Communists; Communists cut rd link, Hwy 4, halt work on dam-power complex, major development project, peril nearby hydroelectric plant and ammunition factory; map
5 Southern black students testify before Sen subcom, describing extensive discrimination, expulsions and prosecutions against black students in supposedly integrated schools; say they will no longer accept such actions without protest; illus; Leonard concedes Justice Dept has not acted fully on many recent complaints of in-school integration, int; says basic job of establishing principle of desegregation will be accomplished by fall and dept will turn to problems of in-school integration
BLS Consumer Price Index at 134.6, May, up 0.5% seasonally adjusted from Apr, which was up by same amt; Asst Comr Popkin calls development 'significant' improvement from 0.6% avg rise in Nov-Jan period; disputed by AFL-CIO economist N Goldfinger; graph; table
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 17, 1970, covering June 19, 1970.
The Beatles
Paul McCartney
Soundtrack
Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young
The 5th Dimension
1970Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician[†]
Rahul Rajiv Gandhi is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he is currently serving as the 12th leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and as the member of the Lok Sabha for Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, since June 2024. He previously represented the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala, from 2019 to 2024, and Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, from 2004 to 2019. Gandhi served as the party president of the Indian National Congress from December 2017 to July 2019.
1970Quincy Watts, American sprinter and football player[†]
Quincy D. Watts is an American former athlete, and two-time gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
1970Brian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Brian Philip Welch, also known by his stage name Head, is an American musician. He is a guitarist and founding member of the nu metal band Korn and his solo project Love and Death, where he also provides vocals. Along with fellow Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer, Welch helped develop Korn's distinctive sound that defined the nu metal aesthetic beginning in the mid-'90s.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]