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September 2, 1970

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Headlines from September 2, 1970

Hussein Escapes Another Attempt At Assassination

By Eric Pace Special to The New York Tames

Amman radio repts Hussein escapes assassination attempt unharmed as unidentified assailants open fire on his motorcade en route to Amman airport; does not indicate who assailants are; Govt troops and commandos clash, Amman, immediately after incident; prior to incident, commando leaders, commenting on US decision to send more arms to Israel and Israeli charges that UAR continues to violate cease-fire, expressed satisfaction at new signs that peace efforts are doomed; commando leader Sartawi comments; commando and Govt leaders reptdly also resolved their differences and some commandos reptdly pressed Rifai and other leaders to revoke acceptance of US peace plan

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ISRAEL POSTPONES ACTION ON PEACE IN MISSILE CRISIS

By Peter Grose Special to The New York Times

Israel reptdly postpones further moves to advance talks until missiles allegedly placed at canal are removed; action reptdly marks prevalance of Dayan's arguments in Cabinet; his backers do not say he has won over entire Cabinet but is seen having convinced Meir and majority of Cabinet not to rush into talks; Cabinet met prior to arrival of news of US Sen decision but decision seen not altering situation; Cabinet sets another meeting to discuss negotiating position; Tekoah to remain in Jerusalem; Israelis view US as having temporized situation in order to get talks started before raising potentially disruptive problems; are awaiting outcome of Nixon's discussions with top advisers; repts that Dayan threatened to resign are denied but he reptdly was considering resigning if Cabinet rejected his judgment

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Census Lists 200 Million; 12 House Seats May Shift

By Jack Rosenthal Special to The New York Times

Cong experts, on basis of preliminary '70 census data, say 12 HR seats will change; 5 will go to Calif, 3 to Fla, 1 each to Ariz, Colo, Conn and Tex; NY and Penna seen losing 2 each; Ohio, Okla, Tenn, W Va and Wis will lose 1 each

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 2, 1970, covering September 2, 1970.

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    Album cover for Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Cosmo's Factory

    Creedence Clearwater Revival

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    1
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    7
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    Album cover for Woodstock by Soundtrack

    Woodstock

    Soundtrack

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    1
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    14
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    Album cover for Blood; Sweat & Tears 3 by Blood| Sweat & Tears

    Blood; Sweat & Tears 3

    Blood| Sweat & Tears

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    Peak
    1
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    8
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    Album cover for Chicago II by Chicago

    Chicago II

    Chicago

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    Peak
    4
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    30
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    Album cover for Deja Vu by Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Deja Vu

    Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
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    23

Historical Events

NASA

1970NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.[†]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space program, aeronautics research and space research. Established in 1958, it succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to give the American space development effort a distinct civilian orientation, emphasizing peaceful applications in space science. It has since led most of America's space exploration programs, including Project Mercury, Project Gemini, the 1968–1972 Apollo program missions, the Skylab space station, and the Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA supports the International Space Station (ISS) along with the Commercial Crew Program and oversees the development of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System for the lunar Artemis program.

Aeroflot Flight 3630

1970Aeroflot Flight 3630, a Tupolev Tu-124 en route from southern Russia to Lithuania, crashes after the pilots lost control of the aircraft at cruise altitude between Rostov-on-Don Airport and Vilnius Airport, on the second leg of the flight; all 37 passengers and crew are killed.[†]

Aeroflot Flight 3630 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol Krai, to Vilnius, capital of Lithuania SSR with a stop over at Rostov-on-Don Airport. On 2 September 1970, the Tu-124 operating this flight crashed after a loss of control at cruise altitude, 42 minutes after takeoff from Rostov-on-Don Airport. All 32 passengers and five crew members were killed.

Historical Context for September 2, 1970

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