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August 5, 1970

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Headlines from August 5, 1970

VICTORY IS SEEN FOR MRS. ROMNEY

By Jerry M. Flint Special to The New York Times

primaries; Mrs Romney apparently wins; partial tally; illus; Sen Levin claims victory in Dem gubernatorial race; both seen liberal underdogs against incumbents Hart and Milliken; Romney's expectation of heavy majority seen cut by dull campaign, by identification of her with liberalism

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Storm Landscape: Panorama of Debris

By B. Drummond Ayres Jr. Special to The New York Times

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Aug. 4—The first sign that something is wrong shows up a full 50 miles north of her at a little farm town called Refugio.

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MRS. MEIR TELLS OF U. S. ASSURANCE ON PEACE FORMULA

By Peter Grose Special to The New York Times

Meir spells out firm position on talks with UAR but says acceptance is unconditional, rept, Knesset; illus; says still‐undisclosed mil and pol assurances from Nixon dispelled Dayan's reservations to cease‐fire and led her closer to commitment to withdraw from some occupied territories; Israeli reply differs from Rogers June 19 proposal on 3 issues and Meir outlines 3 proposals not contained in pub versions of Rogers plan; issues and proposals detailed; Begin and 5 Gahal mins move to Opposition rows during rept; Meir comments on Gahal defection

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GARBAGE PICKUPS CUT TO 2 A WEEK IN PARTS OF CITY

By Arnold H. Lubasch

Sanitation Dept announces that garbage collections in many sees of city are being reduced from schedule of 3 times wkly to twice wkly; says secs incude all SI, parts of Queens, some Bklyn communities and few sees in Bronx; Admr Kretchmer says although these neighborhoods had been on 3 collection schedule many have been receiving avg of only 2 collections; dept repr says new schedule will improve service by putting collections on more realistic schedule; discusses plan; dept's chief of staff H Scharaga outlines how collections are divided into 254 sanitation sees; according to Sanitation Dept schedules garbage is collected 6 times wkly in high‐density population areas; dept will complete 90‐day evaluation period this fall before it formally decides on which secs will retain new schedules

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Manson Displays to Jurors Headline on Nixon Remark

By Unknown Author

Manson holds up before jury copy of newspaper with headlines reading Manson guilty, Nixon declares' and forces halt in testimony; Older takes immediate steps to forestall mistrial by questioning jurors individually about whether incident had prejudiced them; all but 1 of 12 regular jurors and 6 alternates testify that they had witnessed Manson's action but they all say they can act impartially; Older also sentences defense atty D Shinn to county jail for 3 nights on contempt charges for putting newspapers on counsel table where Manson could get at them; Shinn explains how papers got in Manson's hands

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 5, 1970, covering August 5, 1970.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Blood; Sweat & Tears 3 by Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Blood; Sweat & Tears 3

    Blood| Sweat & Tears

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    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
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    Album cover for Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Cosmo's Factory

    Creedence Clearwater Revival

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    Peak
    2
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    3
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    Album cover for Woodstock by Soundtrack

    Woodstock

    Soundtrack

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    Peak
    1
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    10
  4. 4
    Album cover for Let It Be (Soundtrack) by The Beatles

    Let It Be (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

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    6
    Peak
    1
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    11
  5. 5
    Album cover for McCartney by Paul McCartney

    McCartney

    Paul McCartney

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    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14

Notable Births

James Gunn

1970James Gunn, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

James Francis Gunn Jr. is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with Tromeo and Juliet (1996). He then began working as a director, starting with the horror-comedy film Slither (2006), and moving to the superhero genre with Super (2010), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), The Suicide Squad (2021), and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).

Historical Context for August 5, 1970

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