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Rockefeller again urges $10-billion figure, s, Natl Legis Leaders Conf meeting; insists his bid is realistic despite prospective Fed budget deficits; says he hopes to get help of Ways and Means Com Chmn Mills; Sen-elect Humphrey backs Rockefeller, s to conf
Defense Planning Com agrees on program for individual members to contribute to improvements in mil installations to relieve US of some of costs; W Ger initiates program and is leading contributor to it; Min Schmidt repts about 75% of $420-million to be spent in next 5 yrs has been pledged, with W Ger prepared to pay 40% of total; GB will not contribute at present; W Ger and other Eur allies unhappy about Brit decision; further talks will be held with GB later
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Dec. 1—A United States pro posal aimed at getting protec tion for American war prison. ers in Vietnam was approved today by a committee of the General Assembly.
Rockefeller, discussing prospect of $400-million deficit in fiscal '72, declines to concede he will have to seek tax rise to meet const requirement of presenting balanced budget, int
59 homeowners in Corona sec of Queens, who have fought vainly for 4 yrs against displacement for proposed hs and athletic field, win extraordinary last-minute reprieve from city; city, which had already taken title to their homes, offers to return property of 31 owners and to move small frame and cinder-block houses of 28 others to new sites 1 block away; compromise, which can only be effective by special act of State Legis, is described as 1st in which city had ever offered to return large tract of property taken in eminent domain; Lindsay calls compromise 'instance of compassion with progress' since it will permit both construction of hs and continuance of collection of modest single and 2-family homes in predominate Italian-Amer area; city officials and community leaders comment; map
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 2, 1970, covering December 2, 1970.
Santana
Carpenters
Led Zeppelin
James Taylor
The Jackson 5
1970Joe Lo Truglio, American actor and comedian[†]
Joe Lo Truglio is an American actor and comedian. Best known for his role as Charles Boyle on the Fox/NBC sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine, he also was a cast member on the television series The State and Reno 911!. His notable film roles include Wet Hot American Summer, I Love You, Man, Superbad, Paul, Role Models, and Wanderlust.
1970Maksim Tarasov, Russian pole vaulter[†]
Maksim Vladimirovich Tarasov is a retired Russian pole vaulter. He is the Russian national record holder for pole vault, with 6.05, result achieved in 1996.
1970Treach, American rapper and actor[†]
Anthony Shawn Criss, better known by his stage name Treach, is an American rapper and actor. He is perhaps best known as the lead rapper of the hip hop group Naughty by Nature.
1970The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.[†]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. The order establishing the EPA was ratified by committee hearings in the House and Senate.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]