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October 8, 1970

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LEFTIST ASSUMES POWER IN BOLIVIA

By Unknown Author

leftist Gen Torres assumes Pres with show of force; pledges 'popular nationalist Govt' based on farmers, workers, students and armed forces; bloodless coup assured when Sattori resigns from rightists' 3-man junta and backs Torres; Miranda reptdly takes refuge in foreign embassy with 2 remaining junta members who allegedly capitulated when threatenened by Torres; jubilant Torres supporters sack homes of pro-rightists, La Paz, occupy newspaper bldgs, including El Diario; attack US Information Center, Cochabamba; Torres seen having solid popular support, similar to pattern of '68 Peruvian takeover; supporters include ex-Mins Ortiz, Bailey and Quiroga; Torres reptdly only recently acquired leftist leanings; 7 leftist demonstrators reptd killed, more than 12 hurt by mil officers in mining town of Oruro

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Mayor Studies Payless Paydays To Offset Losses in City Revenue

By Martin Tolchin

Lindsay says adm weighs imposing 'payless paydays,' pay cuts and some layoffs to offset anticipated revenue losses because of econ recession; says current job freeze may not be sufficient; similar action was taken by then-Mayor LaGuardia during Depression; Lindsay scored by union leaders Maye and Gotbaum

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CURBS ON CRIME AND DRUG ABUSE GAIN IN CONGRESS

By Marjorie Hunter; Special to The New York Times

Sen, in approving drug bill, 54-9, votes to add to HR version broad new program of drug educ, research and rehabilitation; amendment, proposed by Sen Hughes, would establish natl inst for prevention and treatment of drug dependence within Natl Insts of Health and would authorize $190-million in Fed grants over 3 yrs to states, localities and projects for rehabilitation and treatment of drug abusers

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 7, 1970, covering October 8, 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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    Album cover for Mad Dogs & Englishmen by Joe Cocker

    Mad Dogs & Englishmen

    Joe Cocker

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    Album cover for A Question Of Balance by The Moody Blues

    A Question Of Balance

    The Moody Blues

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    Album cover for Woodstock by Soundtrack

    Woodstock

    Soundtrack

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    Album cover for Third Album by The Jackson 5

    Third Album

    The Jackson 5

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Notable Births

1970Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Congolese colonel[†]

Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui is a colonel in the Congolese army and a former senior commander of the National Integrationist Front (FNI) and the Patriotic Resistance Force in Ituri (FRPI).

Matt Damon

1970Matt Damon, American actor, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Matthew Paige Damon is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes' most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.

Anne-Marie Duff

1970Anne-Marie Duff, English actress[†]

Anne-Marie Duff is an English actress and narrator. She is best known for her BAFTA nominated television roles in Shameless and The Virgin Queen, and her performance as Grace Williams in Bad Sisters, for which she won the Best Supporting Actress BAFTA in 2024.

Sadiq Khan

1970Sadiq Khan, English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Transport, Mayor of London[†]

Sir Sadiq Aman Khan is a British politician serving as Mayor of London since 2016. He was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting from 2005 until 2016. A member of the Labour Party, Khan is on the party's soft left and has been ideologically characterised as a social democrat.

1970Sisaundra Lewis, American singer-songwriter and producer[†]

Sisaundra Lewis is an American singer, songwriter and producer from Haines City, Florida. She was a contestant on season 6 of the US series The Voice as a member of Blake Shelton's team. Sisaundra is currently the Producer and Host of 2 television shows on AFRO TV, an Afrotainment cable television network: The Sisaundra Show and AFROJAms a Live music performance television show.

1970Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video game designer and director[†]

Tetsuya Nomura is a Japanese video game artist, designer, producer, and director working for Square Enix. He was hired by Square initially as a monster designer for Final Fantasy V (1992), before being shifted towards secondary character designer alongside Yoshitaka Amano for Final Fantasy VI (1994). Final Fantasy VII (1997) had him working in the original story alongside Hironobu Sakaguchi, and marked his debut as the lead character designer, a capacity he would retain for several future installments of the series, as well as other Square Enix titles such as The Bouncer and The World Ends with You. He also created the characters Cactuar, Gilgamesh, and Tonberry.

Notable Deaths

Jean Giono

1970Jean Giono, French author and poet (born 1895)[†]

Jean Giono was a French writer who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France.

Historical Events

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

1970Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.[†]

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature". His non-fiction work The Gulag Archipelago "amounted to a head-on challenge to the Soviet state" and sold tens of millions of copies.

Historical Context for October 8, 1970

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