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November 15, 1970

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Headlines from November 15, 1970

IRISH GET A SCARE

By Neil Amdur Special to The New York Times

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 14 —Notre Dame refused to push the panic button against an aroused Georgia Tech eleven to day and preserved its perfect record with a chilling fourth‐ quarter comeback and 10‐7 vic tory.

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‘WUSA’ Makes You Want to Talk Back to It

By Vincent Canby

STUART ROSENBERG'S “WUSA,” which are the call letters of a New Orleans radio station in the service of the radical right, is not a good movie, but it does, at least, prompt one to want to talk back to it— and, recently, there naven't been too many movies to do even that. I mean.

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SOVIET'S REMOVAL OF VESSEL IN CUBA IS AWAITED BY U.S.

By Benjamin Welles Special to The New York Times

US officials rept secret diplomacy underway for 7 wks to prevent USSR from basing nuclear-missile submarines or installing nuclear weapons in hemisphere (B Welles rept); believe understanding has been reached, await removal of submarine tender from Cienfuegos as evidence of USSR acceptance; map; dispute repts that tender will leave in 2-3 days; warn talks' are so delicate that US natl interest would be jeopardized if USSR misinterprets even press repts as ultimatum; confirm US has warned that any sort of permanent nuclear facility would seriously damage relations; indicate understanding is unwritten USSR pledge not to base nuclear submarines, store nuclear weapons or install repair and servicing facilities anywhere in hemisphere; US, in turn, would closely watch but not obstruct periodic USSR fleet visits to Cuban or other ports for crew leaves and routine maintenance; USSR Embassy in Washington and White House decline comment; understanding reptdly was reached in Kissinger talks with Gromyko and Amb Dobrynin; only few officials besides participants and Nixon reptdly know facts; possibly include Laird and Rogers, Under Sec Johnson, CIA dir Helms, Adm Moorer and some subordinates; secrecy compounded by Castro's unusual silence on Amer furor over Cienfuegos; '62 Kennedy-Khrushchev understanding reptd used as basis for new agreement; chronology of base issue, evidence of secret talks revd

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Germany & Poland:

By Unknown Author

WARSAW—A few months ago, Polish Communist party members attending local meet ings found an unusual topic on the evening's agenda: A biog raphy of Willy Brandt, the West German Chancellor.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 11, 1970, covering November 15, 1970.

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    Album cover for Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin III

    Led Zeppelin

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  2. 2
    Album cover for Abraxas by Santana

    Abraxas

    Santana

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  3. 3
    Album cover for Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

    Sweet Baby James

    James Taylor

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    36
  4. 4
    Album cover for Close To You by Carpenters

    Close To You

    Carpenters

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    9
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    Album cover for Third Album by The Jackson 5

    Third Album

    The Jackson 5

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    8

Notable Births

Ilija Aračić

1970Ilija Aračić, Croatian footballer and coach[†]

Ilija Aračić is a Croatian football coach and a former player who played as a striker.

Jack Ingram

1970Jack Ingram, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]

Jack Owen Ingram is an American country music artist formerly signed to Big Machine Records, an independent record label. He has released eleven studio albums, one extended play, six live albums, and 19 singles. Although active since 1992, Ingram did not reach the U.S. Country Top 40 until the release of his single "Wherever You Are" late-2005. A number one hit on the Billboard country charts, that song was also his first release for Big Machine and that label's first Number One hit. Ingram has sent six other songs into the country Top 40 with "Love You", "Lips of an Angel", "Measure of a Man", "Maybe She'll Get Lonely", "That's a Man", and "Barefoot and Crazy".

Alexander Kvitashvili

1970Alexander Kvitashvili, Georgian-Ukrainian academic and politician, 19th Ukrainian Minister of Healthcare[†]

Alexander "Sandro" Merabovich Kvitashvili is a Georgian and Ukrainian health manager and government official. He is a former Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine appointed on 2 December 2014 and was granted Ukrainian citizenship the same day. On 14 April 2016 he was relieved from his post. Kvitashvili was Minister of Health of Georgia from 2008 to 2010 and rector of Tbilisi State University (TSU) from 2010 to 2013.

Patrick Mboma

1970Patrick M'Boma, Cameroonian footballer[†]

Henri Patrick Mboma Dem is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the fourth all-time top goal-scorer for the Cameroon national team.

Notable Deaths

Konstantinos Tsaldaris

1970Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Egyptian-Greek politician (born 1884)[†]

Konstantinos Tsaldaris was a Greek politician and twice Prime Minister of Greece.

Historical Context for November 15, 1970

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