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Fed Judge J L Green orders Army not to move ship until she has studied all other disposal possibilities; some disposal alternatives and arguments for and against them discussed
NYS PSC, in granting rate rise to Consol Edison Co, estimates that 50% of $90-million rise in rates will be absorbed by taxes, mostly Fed
Strong rise in personal income, July, combined with figures in other areas of business activity, supports thesis that business downturn has ended or is ending; Commerce Dept puts rise at $3.6-billion to seasonally adjusted annual rate of $801.8-billion; graph
Dayan asks US, as guarantor of cease-fire, to arrange for withdrawal of Soviet missile batteries he alleges were moved towards canal front in violation of truce, s, Knesset; illus; says Govt has intelligence repts reptdly revealing that at least 8 SAM-2 or SAM-3 missile launchers were moved during 1st hrs of cease-fire and that 1 was positioned less than 12-mi from canal; says US and Israel are already consulting and that US reaction will be decisive; says Israel is considering possible action that might have to be taken to remove missiles; chronological rept of missile movements and Israeli response; Dayan reads hitherto unpub cease-fire agreement, including provisions of mil standstill, Knesset; ‘clarifications’ that resulted in Israeli acceptance of cease-fire included formal undertaking from US that USSR would not take mil advantage of cease-fire
Mitchell says Justice Dept will reinforce legal staff in South if necessary with 50 lawyers in addition to 28 already there, testimony; figure is half that mentioned last mo by Leonard; Mitchell repeats disavowal of Leonard's plan, says Adm will not send large force of lawyers and marshals and will not set up additional offices where citizens can file noncompliance complaints; holds there is no indication now whether additional attys will be needed; says no citizens should fear retaliation if they file complaints with dept; limits dept to acting as lawyer for HEW Dept on desegregation issues only if case is de jure and not de facto segregation; sees no legal way to counter resegregation and suggests more Fed funds, balloting and educational initiative; holds 14th Amendment on equal rights does not require racial balance to achieve integration
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 12, 1970, covering August 14, 1970.
Blood| Sweat & Tears
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Soundtrack
The Who
Traffic
1970Kevin Cadogan, American rock guitarist: 2005[†]
Kevin Rene Cadogan is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and guitarist. A founding member of the band Third Eye Blind, he performed with the band from 1993 to 2000. He co-wrote some of Third Eye Blind's most notable hits, including "How's It Going to Be", "Losing a Whole Year", and "Graduate", ten of the fourteen songs on their debut album Third Eye Blind as well as six of the thirteen tracks on his final collaboration with the band in their second album Blue.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]