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October 23, 1970

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Canadian Minister Says Front Planned Violence During Voting

By Edward Cowan Special to The New York Times

Min Marchand says emergency powers were invoked because front planned to disturb Montreal munic elections by explosions and more kidnappings, radio int; calls Opposition party, Front for Pol Action, 'front' for Front for Liberation of Que but Trudeau rejects suggestion, Commons; later claims he was misinterpreted; 3 major labor orgns denounce front terrorism and Govt use of powers; Natl Defense Dept directs forces to turn in all supplies, arms and ammunitions for security reasons; more explosives recovered; Govt airplane stands by to fly Cross's captors to Cuba but front gives no sign of acceptance

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S.E.C. Says Rise Sought In Stock Fees Is Too Big

By Eileen Shanahan Special to The New York Times

SEC says NYSE's proposed sales commissions increases on both small and large size stock transactions are unreasonable; says proposed rise on transactions involving round lots of 100 to 400 shares is too large, suggesting cutback from 50% to 27%; proposes that practice of setting up uniform price-fixed sales comms on trades involving $100,000 or more should be replaced by system of separate negotiations on each individual transaction; vote of stock exch membership is required to approve any new rate schedule and no new rate can go into effect over SEC's veto; examples of present and suggested comm rates; SEC says proposed schedule will be permitted only on understanding that no member co will put any limits on size of customers' orders that it will accept, lr to Haack; holds minimum rates approved for small orders will become maximum rates, prohibiting cos from charging excessive fees, and additional cos' earnings will be expected to be used to improve their operations and financial positions; requests exch bring by June 30 new rate structure based on percentage scale of amt of money involved in order, new acctg system that would enable SEC to fix comms more equitably and proposal to permit nonmembers reasonable form of access to exch's facilities

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 21, 1970, covering October 23, 1970.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Abraxas by Santana

    Abraxas

    Santana

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Cosmo's Factory

    Creedence Clearwater Revival

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    1
    Peak
    1
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    14
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    Album cover for Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin III

    Led Zeppelin

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    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Third Album by The Jackson 5

    Third Album

    The Jackson 5

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    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    5
  5. 5
    Album cover for Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

    Sweet Baby James

    James Taylor

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    33

Notable Births

Matthew Barzun

1970Matthew Barzun, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom[†]

Matthew Winthrop Barzun is an American businessman, diplomat and political fundraiser who served as the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He is a business executive who is known for his work with CNET Networks and for his fundraising work on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. He served as United States Ambassador to Sweden from 2009 to 2011. He was selected by President Barack Obama as National Finance Chair for the president's 2012 re-election campaign. He is author of The Power of Giving Away Power from Optimism Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Grant Imahara

1970Grant Imahara, American television presenter and engineer (died 2020)[†]

Grant Masaru Imahara was an American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host. He was best known for his work on the television series MythBusters, on which he designed, built, and operated numerous robots and machines to test myths over the course of the show.

1970Kenji Nomura, Japanese voice actor[†]

Kenji Nomura is a Japanese voice actor from Okayama Prefecture affiliated with Aoni Production. Known for playing characters large in size, he has starring roles in anime shows, including Mitsunori Kugayama in Genshiken, Chairman Harabote in Kinnikuman: Ultimate Muscle, Lorenzo in Ristorante Paradiso, and Gilles de Rais in Drifters. He also voices in a bunch of supporting roles in anime series including Battle Spirits, First Love Limited, Jormungand, Kanokon, Valkyria Chronicles, Yes! PreCure5, and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. He voices several villain characters in One Piece.

Zoe Wiseman

1970Zoe Wiseman, American model and photographer[†]

Zoe Wiseman is a former American model and is now a photographer known for her fine art nude photography, and is the web owner of Community Zoe which promotes specifically fine art nude photography. Several photo books, soundtracks and magazines have showcased her photography and she has won Gold in the PX3 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris in 2022.

Historical Events

1970Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.[†]

Gary Michael Gabelich was an American motorsport driver who set the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Land Speed Record (LSR) with the rocket car Blue Flame on October 23, 1970, on a dry lake bed at Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah.

Historical Context for October 23, 1970

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