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Laird repts calls for Sept‐Dec will total 39,000, bringing '70 total to 163,500, lowest since '64; Selective Service says it can probably meet remaining quotas without calling any men with lottery numbers higher than 195
HR final approval of postal reform bill provides an 8% pay increase for 750,000 employes retroactive to Apr 18
Burch, explaining FCC decisions upholding right of WTOP to reject Business Execs Move for Vietnam Peace antiwar ads and declaring that broadcasters must accept Dem Natl Com fund‐raising commcercials but might refuse to let those commercials be used for discussion of policy issues, says actions rest on doctrine that broadcasters, though they must give exposure to pub controversies and treat them fairly, may pick and choose among different means of doing so, testimony to Sen subcom; Johnson, who dissents on decisions, says Const's guarantee of freedom of speech supports broad claim of access to TV
Justice Dept charges that S Lefrak and Lefrak Orgn had practiced racial discrimination in renting of 21,000 apts in 150 bldgs in Bklyn and Queens; Atty Gen Mitchell files suit in US Dist Ct seeking to enjoin Lefrak and his associates from violating civil rights provisions of '68 Fair Housing Act; US Atty Neaher joins Mitchell in signing of suit and in asking for permanent injunction; suit accuses Lefrak Orgn of having deliberately channeled Negro applicants to selected apt bldgs while channeling white persons only to other bldgs; Mitchell calls action largest housing case yet undertaken by Govt and 1st in city; Lefrak aide denies charges as 'pol ploy'; contends that Justice Dept has refused to give co any specific information to support claims of discrimination; Neaher comments on charges
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 5, 1970, covering August 7, 1970.
Blood| Sweat & Tears
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Soundtrack
The Beatles
Paul McCartney
1970Eric Namesnik, American swimmer (died 2006)[†]
Eric John Namesnik, nicknamed "Snik," was an American competition swimmer and two-time Olympic silver medalist in the men's 400-meter Individual Medley.
1970Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (born 1904)[†]
Harold Joseph Haley was an American judge. He was a Superior Court judge in Marin County, California. He was taken hostage in his courtroom, along with several others, during the course of a trial, and was killed during the attempted escape of his captors with their hostages.
1970Jonathan P. Jackson, American bodyguard and kidnapper (born 1953)[†]
Jonathan Peter Jackson was an American militant activist who died of gunshot wounds sustained during an armed invasion of the Marin County Civic Center. The action was initiated to demand the freedom of the jailed Soledad Brothers, including Jackson's brother George.
1970California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.[†]
Harold Joseph Haley was an American judge. He was a Superior Court judge in Marin County, California. He was taken hostage in his courtroom, along with several others, during the course of a trial, and was killed during the attempted escape of his captors with their hostages.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]