5th Ave to Be Shut To Vehicles in Test
Mayor Lindsay to ban vehicular traffic on 5th Av from 42d to 57th Sts during 4 Saturdays beginning July 11 to evaluate impact of closing on pollution problem
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Mayor Lindsay to ban vehicular traffic on 5th Av from 42d to 57th Sts during 4 Saturdays beginning July 11 to evaluate impact of closing on pollution problem
Holds NAACP chmn Spottswood charge that Nixon Adm is anti‐Negro unfair and disheartening, telegram to Spottswood; Garment por
Nassau County Dist Atty Cohn announces indictments against J Colombo and 25 other persons reptd to be associated with organized crime, Mineola; Colombo and 12 others charged with criminal contempt for having refused to answer or being evasive when Nassau County grand jury questioned them about gambling and infiltration of organized crime into legitimate businesses; Colombo's arrest touches off 2‐hr demonstration in front of County Courthouse by Italian‐Amer Civil Rights League; Colombo replies to charges; other defendants listed
Joint Com on Reduction of Fed expenditures discloses new tally that Cong action and inaction threaten to add over $7‐billion to fiscal ‘71 deficit; factors leading to conclusion outlined
Talks open, Luxembourg, on bids for entry by GB, Ireland, Denmark and Norway; Barber stresses EEC needs GB as much as GB needs EEC; Foreign Mins of 3 other nations present cases; Mins Council pres Harmel holds to hard line, says candidates must accept principles of EEC's financial rules; Min Luns sees talks successful
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 1, 1970, covering July 1, 1970.
The Beatles
Paul McCartney
Soundtrack
Chicago
Jackson 5
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]