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July 29, 1970

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Egypt Said to Release 80 Jews; French Diplomacy Is Credited

By Henry Giniger Special to The New York Times

80 Jaws, remainder of 400 Egyptian Jews arrested at start of '67 war, reptdly released from UAR prison after intervention of French Amb Puaux; are now in France; Nasser reptdly allowed release on condition that 80 renounce their citizenship; participating French authorities and private orgns agreed to maintain silence so as not to embarrass UAR Govt; several hundred Jews, many of them old and with no desire to emigrate, reptdly remain in UAR

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House Repulses Attempts To Change Seniority Rule

By Marjorie Hunter Special to The New York Times

HR refuses to make any changes in seniority system as part of reform bill; rejects, by vote of 196 to 28, Repub amendment by Repr Schwengel that each com choose chmn from among 3 sr members in point of service of party in HR control; rejects, by 160-73 vote, Dem amendment by Repr Reuss that seniority not be sole criterion in selection of com chmn; not all reformers join cry for altering seniority system as part of reform bill; Repr Bolling holds power to change system of selecting com chmn rests with Dems and Repubs in their party caucuses; seniority critics indicate they have despaired of bringing about change through caucuses because of fear of pol reprisals against them by party leaders; Repr Vanik comments; Repr Celler defends seniority system; Speaker McCormack, Repr Harsha statements opposing Schwengel amendment noted

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 29, 1970, covering July 29, 1970.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Woodstock by Soundtrack

    Woodstock

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  2. 2
    Album cover for Blood; Sweat & Tears 3 by Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Blood; Sweat & Tears 3

    Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    3
  3. 3
    Album cover for Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Cosmo's Factory

    Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Last week
    14
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for Self Portrait by Bob Dylan

    Self Portrait

    Bob Dylan

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    5
  5. 5
    Album cover for McCartney by Paul McCartney

    McCartney

    Paul McCartney

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13

Notable Births

Adele Griffin

1970Adele Griffin, American author[†]

Adele Griffin is the author of over thirty highly acclaimed books across a variety of genres, including Sons of Liberty and Where I Want to Be, both National Book Award finalists. Her debut adult novel The Favor explores themes of friendship, surrogacy, and nontraditional family building.

Andi Peters

1970Andi Peters, English journalist, actor, and producer[†]

Andi Eleazu Peters is a British television presenter, producer, journalist and voice actor, currently employed by ITV and known for presenting Children's BBC, roles on breakfast TV shows Live & Kicking, GMTV, Good Morning Britain and Lorraine, and for hosting Dancing on Ice: Extra and The Big Reunion.

1970John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer[†]

John Alexander Rennie is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in four Test matches and 44 One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1993 to 2000. He played as a swing bowler for the Zimbabwe national side between 1993 and 2000.

Notable Deaths

John Barbirolli

1970John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (born 1899)[†]

Sir John Barbirolli was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life. Earlier in his career he was Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Philharmonic, serving from 1936 to 1943. He was also chief conductor of the Houston Symphony from 1961 to 1967, and was a guest conductor of many other orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, with all of which he made recordings.

Historical Context for July 29, 1970

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