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September 25, 1970
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Headlines from September 25, 1970
G.M.RAISES PRICES ON CARS 4 TO 6%
GM raises prices on '71 cars 4‐6%, warns of further increase; says tentative avg prices are up $136, or 4%; rise would be 6% when effect of making formerly optional equipment standard and 5% rise on optional equipment is taken into acct; co says prices are 'tentative' until UAW strike ends; also announces it will drop 5‐yr, 5,000‐mi warranty on engine parts; examples of price increases listed
Gretel II Takes America's Cup Race
Gretel wins 4th race; illus
Cuba Returns Hijacker to U.S. In the First Action of Its Kind
Cuba, in first action of kind, turns over R Labadie, US Army pvt who hijacked TWA craft on Aug 24 and who is AWOL from Army psychiatric clinic; Labadie was turned over to 2 US officials who flew to Varadero and back on regular refugee flights; Labadie held in $500,000 bond; is under indictment issued by Fed Ct, S Bend, Ind; his atty says Labadie asked to return to US for treatment of disorder
HOUSE APPROVES STIFF DRUG CURBS BY 34140‐6 VOTE
HR passes narcotics bill, 341‐6, which includes funds for rehabilitation programs
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 23, 1970, covering September 25, 1970.
- 1
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 10
- 2
Woodstock
Soundtrack
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 17
- 3
Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Joe Cocker
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 4
- 4
Tommy
The Who
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 4
- Weeks
- 54
- 5
Chicago II
Chicago
- Last week
- 5
- Peak
- 4
- Weeks
- 33
Notable Births
1970Curtis Buckley, American football player and psychiatrist[†]
Curtis LaDonn Buckley is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants, and Washington Redskins. He played college football at Kilgore College for two years and then East Texas State University, where he was a two time All-American and two time First-team All-Conference.
Notable Deaths
1970Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author and translator (born 1898)[†]
Erich Maria Remarque was a German novelist. His landmark novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1928), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during World War I, was an international bestseller which created a new literary genre of veterans writing about conflict. The book was adapted to film several times. Remarque's anti-war themes led to his condemnation by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels as "unpatriotic". He was able to use his literary success and fame to relocate to Switzerland as a refugee, and to the United States, where he became a naturalized citizen.
Historical Context for September 25, 1970
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]