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Defense counsel in trial of Lt W L Calley Jr, charged with murder in alleged massacre in S Vietnamese hamlet, attempts to depict unit involved in massacre as being addicted to marijuana; witness testifies on marijuana use
fuel oil truck drivers, in Teamsters union, who serve 40% of NYC homes and businesses go on strike after reletting $60-per-wk increase in wages and benefits; estimates of fuel on hand vary from few days to 1 wk; city officials say that they anticipated possibility of strike by obtaining extra deliveries in recent days; Met Fair Rent Com pres E Sulzberger says landlords had sought to prepare for strike but had been told by oil cos that it was not likely to occur until Jan 1; says that cos compounded problem by insisting on cash on delivery from landlords wishing to fill their fuel tanks
int on personal and pol attitudes and plans; illus; he says he will open offices in NYC and Albany and station part-time aides in regional upstate offices of 3 Cong members; Washington staff will be headed by D R Jones; T Cole will be exec asst; Buckley says his 'brain trust' is Natl Rev staff; says he has no immediate plans to move family from Conn
US Sup Ct, 5-4, upholds murder conviction of A S Evans, accused of killing 3 policemen in '65 in Gwinnett County; newest Ct appointee, Justice Blackmun casts decisive vote; decision clears way for state cts to use hearsay evidence not admissable in Fed cts
W Ger observers link reptd rioting in Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot to food and fuel price increases
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 16, 1970, covering December 16, 1970.
Santana
Sly & The Family Stone
Led Zeppelin
Stephen Stills
George Harrison
1970Valerie Chow, Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist[†]
Valerie Chow is a Hong Kong former actress, fashion publicist, and entrepreneur. In English language film and television roles, she was credited as Rachel Shane.
1970Daniel Cosgrove, American actor[†]
Daniel Thomas Cosgrove is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Scott Chandler on All My Children, Matt Durning on Beverly Hills, 90210, Bill Lewis on Guiding Light, Christopher Hughes II on As the World Turns and Aiden Jennings on Days of Our Lives.
1970Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (born 1914)[†]
Oscar Lewis, born Lefkowitz was an American anthropologist. He is best known for his vivid depictions of the lives of slum dwellers and his argument that a cross-generational culture of poverty transcends national boundaries. Lewis contended that the cultural similarities occurred because they were "common adaptations to common problems" and that "the culture of poverty is both an adaptation and a reaction of the poor classes to their marginal position in a class-stratified, highly individualistic, capitalistic society." He won the 1967 U.S. National Book Award in Science, Philosophy and Religion for La vida: a Puerto Rican family in the culture of poverty--San Juan and New York.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]