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US Army awards Silver Medal for valor to Brig Gen Forrester based on description of acts of heroism in Cambodia in June that were invented by enlisted men in Awards and Decorations office, S Vietnam, under orders
FBI arrests W V Warren Jr, vice pres of Denver Art Museum trustees bd, charging that he sneaked into NYC, wearing wig and false mustache, to sell a Renoir painting and a Gauguin drawing stolen from Larkspur, Colo, ranch home of his friend, collector M H W Ritchie; 2 works were part of collection of 22 works, valued at over $500,000, that were stolen from Ritchie on Oct 14; FBI says most of them were recovered in Denver; Warren illus with and without disguise
USN sources note 31 Polaris subs will be reconfigurated to take multiple-warhead Poseidon missiles
US Appeals Ct, NYC, rules that consenting adults may send obscene material to one another through the mail for their personal and private use, decision reversing conviction of F H Dellapia of Bronx in Dec '69; decision, written by Judge I R Kaufman and concurred in by Judges L P Moore and S R Waterman, reinterprets 97-yr-old Comstock Act in light of Sup Ct rulings
Swan, in surprise move, announces prosecution is resting case; Brown asks for continuance until Oct 22 to allow time for assembling witnesses; Robinson says he will decide tomorrow whether there are enough defense witnesses on hand to resume ct-martial in afternoon or whether to grant delay; testimony of Sledge and Conti noted; prosecution witness G Olsen, who was with co involved in incident, says he saw Mitchell aim his rifle into ditch and apparently shoot wounded civilians; Swan, after trial session, offers only a few terse comments on his action; says he felt it advantageous to rest case so quickly; says he feels he has proved case; says it is difficult to say whether his case was affected by subcom bar on testimony; says he did not receive instructions from Washington to rest case; Brown comments; agrees with speculation that Govt called its 3 best witnesses, and that appearance of more men might complicate case in minds of jury; details on Olsen testimony and Brown cross-examination
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 21, 1970, covering October 21, 1970.
Santana
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Led Zeppelin
The Jackson 5
James Taylor
1970Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor and singer[†]
Louis Koo Tin-lok is a Hong Kong actor, singer, and film producer. He began his professional career as an actor in local television series, receiving recognition for his roles in The Condor Heroes 95 (1995), Detective Investigation Files IV (1999), and A Step into the Past (2001). After 2001, Koo shifted his focus to films and became one of the stalwarts of the Hong Kong film industry.
1970Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (born 1896)[†]
Li Linsi ; birth name Li Jiaxiang (厉家祥), was a modern Chinese educator, diplomat and scholar, who has been recognized as one of the key figures in modern Chinese cultural and diplomatic history. Hailed as China's Mahatma Gandhi, Li was the leader of China's nonviolent resistance against Japanese aggression. His military research contributed to China in the Second Sino-Japanese War. He was known for his efforts to save hundreds of Jews fleeing to Shanghai during World War II. A diplomatic consultant to Chiang Kai-shek, Li was a key facilitator of the China-Germany relationship during the 1930s, and a major proponent of China's League of Nations diplomacy. He was a co-founder of some of China's most influential organizations, including the China branch of the United Nations and China Institute of World Cultural Cooperation at the League of Nations. Being reputed as a human bridge connecting Chinese and European cultures, Li made a great contribution to helping the West comprehend ancient Chinese philosophies, and introduced many Western progressive thoughts to China. A descendant of Jiang Ziya, the Chinese legendary founding prime minister during the Zhou dynasty, Li was the fourth great-grandson of Li E, a leader of the Qing dynasty poetry. His eldest son is Li Shengjiao, a noted Chinese diplomat and jurist. Li died in Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]