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June 28, 1970

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Headlines from June 28, 1970

Retiring Policemen and Firemen Offered Nurses Training by City

By Leonard Buder

CUNY to begin experimental 2 1/2-yr part-time program to train policemen and firemen approaching retirement to become professional nurses in move to ease critical shortage of nurses; program head Prof M C Holmes says initial reaction has been favorable; says program is attempt to alter image of nursing, which has been regarded as woman's profession, and provide new careers for policemen and firemen, who generally retire at relatively early age; program, backed by Fed grant and conducted at CUNY Hunter Coll-Bellevue Nursing School, will enroll 100 in Sept '70 and 100 more in Sept '71; program will grant certificate and graduates will be eligible to take state licensing exam to become registered nurses

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Federal Computers Amass Files on Suspect Citizens

By Ben A. Franklin Special to The New York Times

WASHINGTON, June 27 — The police, security and mili tary intelligence agencies of the Federal Government are quietly compiling a mass of computer ized and microfilmed files here on hundreds of thousands of law abiding yet suspect Ameri cans.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 24, 1970, covering June 28, 1970.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Let It Be (Soundtrack) by The Beatles

    Let It Be (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for McCartney by Paul McCartney

    McCartney

    Paul McCartney

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  3. 3
    Album cover for Woodstock by Soundtrack

    Woodstock

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Deja Vu by Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Deja Vu

    Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
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    Album cover for The 5th Dimension/Greatest Hits by The 5th Dimension

    The 5th Dimension/Greatest Hits

    The 5th Dimension

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    7

Notable Births

Mushtaq Ahmed (cricketer)

1970Mushtaq Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer and coach[†]

Mushtaq Ahmed is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who currently acts as the spin bowling coach for the Bangladesh national cricket team. A leg break googly bowler, at his peak he was described as being one of the best three wrist-spinners in the world. In an international career that spanned from 1990 until 2003, he claimed 185 wickets in Test cricket and 161 in One Day Internationals. He was at his most prolific internationally between 1995 and 1998, but his most successful years were as a domestic player for Sussex in the early 2000s.

Tom Merritt

1970Tom Merritt, American journalist[†]

Thomas Andrew Merritt is an American technology journalist, writer, and broadcaster best known as the host of several podcasts. He is a former co-host of Tech News Today on the TWiT.tv Network, and was previously an executive editor for CNET and developer and co-host of the daily podcast Buzz Out Loud. As of March 2023, Merritt hosts Daily Tech News Show, Cordkillers and Sword and Laser, among other programs.

Mike White (filmmaker)

1970Mike White, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Michael Christopher White is an American filmmaker and actor. He created, writes, and directs the ongoing HBO satirical comedy anthology series The White Lotus, for which he has won three Primetime Emmy Awards.

Historical Context for June 28, 1970

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