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Article on reopening of schools notes trend toward resegregation by race is occurring in many Southern cities as result of policy of gradualism in desegregation of pss, which has encouraged whites to flee to allâwhite sanctuaries in suburbs; describes effects of gradualism in Little Rock, Ark
Five days of lingering tor por came to a sudden end yesterday as a cold front swooped down on the met ropolitan area and doused the city's heated streets with more than half an inch of rain in 15 minutes.
NYC Taxi Drivers Union asks members and ind ownerâdrivers to observe '24âhr mourning period' for Rivera by staging work stoppage; Rivera's funeral plans detailed; union claimed his body after NYC authorities were unable to locate any relatives
Pres Nixon arrives, Rome; hails 'heritage of freedom' that US and Italy share; confs with Pres Saragat, Quirinale Palace; illus; Nixon seen using Rome as base for more important side trips; seen spending little time with Ital leaders because there are no major outstanding issues between US and Italy
32 US hostages arrive, Cyprus; illus; describe fear, hardship and boredom of captivity but laud kind treatment of guerrillas, ints; Majer cites fact that some guerrillas died to get water for hostages; some Jewish hostages say they better understand Palestinian argument that Zionism ousted Palestinians from their homeland
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 23, 1970, covering September 28, 1970.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Soundtrack
Joe Cocker
The Who
Chicago
1970Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japanese tennis player[â ]
Kimiko Date is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals of the 1994 Australian Open, the 1995 French Open and the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, and won the Japan Open a record four times. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in 1995, and retired from professional tennis in November 1996.
1970Mike DeJean, American baseball player[â ]
Michael Dwain DeJean is a former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. Threw an 3 pitch inning
1970Gualter Salles, Brazilian race car driver[â ]
Gualter Salles, is an open wheel race car driver. He raced in the 1997-2000 and 2003 CART seasons, as well as one Indy Racing League event, totalling 49 IndyCar starts overall. He also competed in Stock Car Brasil between 2001 and 2007.
1970John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright (born 1896)[â ]
John Roderigo Dos Passos was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy.
1970Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt (born 1918)[â ]
Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein was an Egyptian military officer and revolutionary who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-reaching land reforms the following year. Following a 1954 assassination attempt on his life by a Muslim Brotherhood member, he cracked down on the organization, put President Mohamed Naguib under house arrest and assumed executive office. He was formally elected president in June 1956.
1970Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.[â ]
Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein was an Egyptian military officer and revolutionary who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-reaching land reforms the following year. Following a 1954 assassination attempt on his life by a Muslim Brotherhood member, he cracked down on the organization, put President Mohamed Naguib under house arrest and assumed executive office. He was formally elected president in June 1956.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[â ]