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MTA repts estimated total budget of $694-million for NYCTA and MABSTOA for fiscal '71 is up $118-million over fiscal '70; $50.7-million operating loss anticipated, to be covered by transfer of surplus TB&TA funds, rept detailed
200 members of 6 tribes of Iroquois Confed meet, Geneva, NY, to discuss ways to restore some of its pol power in Albany and Washington; conf was idea of Mrs E Patterson, Tuscarora Indian and supt of Indian welfare in NYS; problems facing tribes and various projects sought by them discussed; leaders comment
NY Telephone Co to increase service charges for NYC munic hospitals because they have been separated from regular city govt
US response to increased Soviet participation revd
Study by D L Birch for Com for Econ Development shows sharp increase in Negro migration to suburbs while growth of Negro population in central cities appears to be declining; trend runs counter to expectations; avg of 85,000 Negroes have moved to suburbs yrly since '64, over 800,000 have migrated during 1960s; migration could provide 1st contradiction to '68 warning by Pres Comm on Civil Disorders that nation is moving toward two separate societies; Birch warns inner-suburb densities are approaching those of central cities and many may soon face soc problems now facing cities; similar views in earlier rept by R Farley noted
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 8, 1970, covering July 12, 1970.
Soundtrack
The Beatles
Paul McCartney
Jackson 5
The Who
1970Aure Atika, Portuguese-French actress, director, and screenwriter[†]
Aure Atika is a French actress, writer, and director.
1970Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor, singer, and dancer[†]
Lee Byung-hun is a South Korean actor. He has received acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres, most notably Joint Security Area (2000); A Bittersweet Life (2005); The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008); I Saw the Devil (2010); Masquerade (2012); and the television series All In (2003), Iris (2009), and Mr. Sunshine (2018). His other notable South Korean films include Inside Men (2015), Master (2016), Ashfall (2019), and The Man Standing Next (2020).
1970Susan Tyler Witten, American politician[†]
Susan Tyler Witten is an American politician who has served as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since January 2023. She represents Kentucky's 31st House district which comprises part of Jefferson County.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]