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NY Times survey of conservatives use of campus unrest as election issue against liberals notes Unruh, under pressure, has urged expulsion of students undertaking violence but has also scored Reagan for 'lashing out' at entire student body; liberal Dem Cong candidate G Hart discusses own stand on question
tentative itinerary for Ceausescu's 2-wk visit to US described; schedule seen reflecting Ceausescu's desire to attract capital for joint ventures with Rumania and to obtain Amer technology
NY Times survey of rise in med disqualifications for draft and of inequities in this aspect of draft system revealed by Army statistics; young men deliberately pursuing med disqualifications; some get legitimate lrs from drs, others get fraudulent ones; inequities include more disqualifications by whites, by educated whites, by Northerners; Dirs Tarr and Akst comment; legitimate work of Med Com for Human Rights and Physicians for Soc Responsibility noted; Dr Q Young comments; supposedly fraudulent work of one NYC psychiatrist, a woman, discussed; illus
Lindsay issues statement to Administrative Bd blaming state judiciary for current crisis and calling for sweeping changes in administration of criminal justice in city; defends grievances of thousands of inmates, describing overcrowded conditions in jails as inhumane and characterizing ct system as tottering on brink of failure; proposes 6 specific reforms and warns that if they are not forthcoming he would ask State Legis to transfer authority for administration of cts in city from state judiciary to city's exec branch; recommendations include day and night ct sessions until backlog of criminal cases are cleared up, all-out effort by state narcotics program to treat addicts now in city jails, drastic overhaul of bail policies, including reduced bails and offering of cash-bail alternatives to every defendant and establishment of time limits on detention before trial, placing of direct responsibility for daily operation and efficiency of judicial system in hands of members of Administrative Bd, abolition of city's Criminal Ct and merging of its functions into single, unified state ct system and strict limitation of jurisdiction of Criminal Cts to serious crimes; Sup Ct Justice Dudley replies; Lindsay's statement outlined
Chiang Kai-shek reaffirms vow to seize mainland, s, Tapei rally; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 7, 1970, covering October 11, 1970.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Joe Cocker
The Moody Blues
Soundtrack
The Jackson 5
1970Chidi Ahanotu, American football player[†]
Chidi Obioma Ahanotu is an American former professional football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at California and was selected in the 1993 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, for whom he would play in nine of his twelve professional seasons.
1970Vanessa Harding, American wrestler[†]
Leslie Culton better known by her ring name Vanessa Harding, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler and manager who has competed in North American independent promotions throughout the early 2000s including Full Impact Pro, Future of Wrestling, the Heartland Wrestling Association, Ohio Valley Wrestling and NWA Florida. She has also had short stints in Ring of Honor, World League Wrestling and Women's Extreme Wrestling. She is also known as Elle Cee, where she has appeared in several adult films, such as on the bangbus.com website.
1970MC Lyte, American rapper, DJ, and actress[†]
Lana Michele Moorer, better known by her stage name MC Lyte, is an American rapper. Considered one of the pioneers of female rap, MC Lyte first gained fame in the late 1980s, becoming the first female rapper to release a full solo album with 1988's critically acclaimed Lyte as a Rock. The album spawned the singles "10% Dis" and "Paper Thin".
1970Andy Marriott, English-Welsh footballer and manager[†]
Andrew Marriott is an English-born Welsh professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. He is a journeyman player, having represented various clubs, and has also played for the Welsh national team.
1970Shin Tae-yong, South Korean footballer and coach[†]
Shin Tae-yong is a South Korean football manager and former professional player who is the manager of the China national team. He is the first man to win the AFC Champions League as both player and manager, having won the 1995 tournament as a player and the 2010 tournament as a manager with Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.
1970Constance Zimmer, American actress[†]
Constance Zimmer is an American actress. She rose to prominence playing Dana Gordon on the HBO series Entourage (2005–11) and Claire Simms on the ABC series Boston Legal (2006–07). She went on to appear on the Netflix series House of Cards (2013–18) and voiced Strongarm on Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2014–17). She gained wider recognition for her role as Quinn King on Unreal (2015–18), for which she received a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination both in 2016.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]