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Hickel asks Justice Dept to take action against 13 large cos on charges of polluting lakes and rivers with mercury
WASHINGTON, July 21— Secretary of the Treasury Da vid M. Kennedy told Congress today that “the responsibility of the executive and legislative branches is to keep fiscal [budget] policy in a relatively neutral position” this year to aid in a noninflationary ex pansion of the economy.
Ehrlich-Newman Trucking Co truck with $35,000 worth of clothing hijacked in Bklyn; driver later released
Urban Industries, headed by J J Gilhooley, agrees to buy co for $29-million in cash and warrants for stock in Urban Industries, subject to NJ PUC approval; Gilhooley says he is confident that bus co can operate at profit with large amt of Fed aid; bus co symbol illus
US Amb Yost warns State Dept US faces 'quite embarrassing' situation if UN Assembly meets in Sept without Nixon Adm having formally requested Sen to ratify Geneva Protocol banning chem and biological warfare; notes Nixon announced 'with some fanfare' last Nov that he would ask ratification; Adm desire to retain use of tear gas and herbicides is factor in delay; Assembly Dec '69 vote that protocol does ban tear gas and herbicides noted
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 22, 1970, covering July 22, 1970.
Soundtrack
The Beatles
Paul McCartney
Bob Dylan
Blood| Sweat & Tears
1970Jason Becker, American guitarist and songwriter[†]
Jason Eli Becker is an American composer and former guitarist. At the age of 16, he became part of the Shrapnel Records-produced duo Cacophony with his friend Marty Friedman, and they released two albums, Speed Metal Symphony (1987) and Go Off! (1988). Since the dissolution of Cacophony in 1989, Becker has undertaken a solo career, releasing seven albums since his 1988 debut Perpetual Burn. He later joined David Lee Roth's solo band and recorded one album with him, A Little Ain't Enough.
1970Steve Carter, Australian rugby league player[†]
Steve Carter is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. A New South Wales State of Origin representative five-eighth, in Australia he played for and captained the Penrith Panthers, with whom he won the 1991 NSWRL Premiership. He ended his career with a season in England with the Widnes Vikings.
1970Sergei Zubov, Russian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Sergei Alexandrovich Zubov is a Russian professional ice hockey coach and former defenceman. He is currently the head coach for the HC Sochi of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
1970George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (born 1912)[†]
George Henry Johnston OBE was an Australian journalist, war correspondent and novelist, best known for My Brother Jack. He was the husband and literary collaborator of Charmian Clift.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]