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October 24, 1970

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Headlines from October 24, 1970

BIG FOUR TO URGE MIDEAST PARLEYS

By Hedrick Smith Special to The New York Times

Thant, after confs with Home, Schumann, Gromyko and Rogers, says Big 4 foreign mins agree to work to get talks underway and work towards agreement on extending cease-fire; US reptdly objected to issuing joint communique because it did not contain references to charges that UAR violated cease-fire and that rectification is required before talks can be resumed; US silent on Thant statement but UN repr says it was cleared with foreign mins; question whether US position on rectification has changed remains unclear; Israel seen not being swayed by statement in light of failure of violations to be dealt with; statement indicates that Big 4 prefer to work for extension for unspecified period through parties rather than continuing it on daily basis; earlier, Rogers attempted to temper US argument on violations and offered to move towards improving ties during confs with Riad at which he expressed UAR's readiness to delay payment of $112-million in back debts to US; remains silent on violations; Nixon, in meeting with Gromyko, reptdly took similar approach but US officials say actions of 2 do not mean that US has changed its position or altered its demands for rectification; Riad reptdly also remained silent about repts that US is prepared to give Israel 180 tanks; Arabs seen attempting to gain passage of Gen Assembly resolution backing Nov '67 Security Council resolution urging that it be carried out, that cease-fire be extended and talks resumed; Indian Prime Min Gandhi, who met with Rogers, will stop in Cairo to conf with Sadat

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Agents Forced to Quit a College After Teacher Criticizes F.B.I.

By David Burnham

FBI orders group of its agents to drop out of John Jay Coll of Criminal Justice because 1 of profs, A S Blumberg, criticized FBI; coll pres Riddle says he was informed by FBI that Hoover decided that no agents would study at coll as long as Blumberg teaches there; Blumberg scores action; explains his criticism and events leading to Hoover move

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 21, 1970, covering October 24, 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

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14
  3. 3
    Album cover for Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin III

    Led Zeppelin

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

    Third Album

    The Jackson 5

    Last week
    5
    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

Rob Leslie-Carter

1970Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer[†]

Robert Michael Leslie-Carter MICE, MAIPM is a British engineer and project manager with construction consultancy Rider Levett Bucknall. He was named 'Project Manager of the Year' at the 2003 UK Association for Project Management awards for his role leading the new Laban Dance School in Deptford, London. In 2008 he collected the 'International Project of the Year' awards from both the Australian Institute of Project Management and the UK Association for Project Management for managing Arup's design team on the Water Cube in Beijing.

Jeff Mangum

1970Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]

Jeffrey Nye Mangum is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who gained prominence as the founder, songwriter, vocalist and guitarist of Neutral Milk Hotel, as well for his co-founding of The Elephant 6 Recording Company. Mangum is characterized by his complex, lyrically dense songwriting, exemplified on the critically lauded album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, as well as for his public image as a recluse associated with his extended periods of musical inactivity and minimal press interaction. An article published in Slate described Mangum as the "Salinger of Indie Rock." In 2023, Jeff Mangum received a Grammy award nomination for "Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package".

Notable Deaths

Richard Hofstadter

1970Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (born 1916)[†]

Richard Hofstadter was an American historian and public intellectual of the mid-20th century. Hofstadter was the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University. Rejecting his earlier historical materialist approach to history, in the 1950s he came closer to the concept of "consensus history", and was epitomized by some of his admirers as the "iconic historian of postwar liberal consensus." Others see in his work an early critique of the one-dimensional society, since he was equally critical of socialist and capitalist models of society, and bemoaned the "consensus" within the society as "bounded by the horizons of property and entrepreneurship", criticizing the "hegemonic liberal capitalist culture running throughout the course of American history".

Historical Context for October 24, 1970

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