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39 feared killed in blast at Finley Bros Coal Co mine, Wooton, Ky; illus; map; bodies of 15 recovered; Gov Nunn's office says all trapped miners are dead; rescue operations continue but are slowed by carbon monoxide gas
FTC issues regulations requiring gasoline stations to post octane ratings on gasoline pumps; rules are designed to give motorists reliable gauge for determining antiknock quality of most gasoline brands; dir Pitofsky comments; API criticizes comm's action
RC and Orthodox Jewish leaders as well as proponents in Legis abandon campaign for repeal of so-called Blaine Amendment and press for tuition-grant plan sponsored by Sen Speno and Assemblyman Lerner to provide direct state aid of up to $250 per child for parochial school tuition; cost of plan is estimated at $50-million; proponents of plan say grants will be const because they represent aid to parents rather than to schools even though money will eventually go to religious insts; ch officials say issue of assistance to parents is more important than theoretical issue of Blaine Amendment; Legis sources say decision on repeal will be put off until after action is taken on tuition-grant plan
Sen subcom hearing on apptmt as VISTA dir; illus
USN F-14 crashes at Grumman test facility, Calverton, NY, while attempting to land after 2d test flight; illus; both pilots bailed out; crash attributed to hydraulic controls malfunction
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 30, 1970, covering December 31, 1970.
George Harrison
Santana
Stephen Stills
The Partridge Family
Grand Funk Railroad
1970Jorjão, Brazilian footballer[†]
Jorge Alberto da Costa Silva, known as Jorjão or sometimes Jorgeao, is a former Brazilian footballer.
1970Danny McNamara, English singer-songwriter[†]
Embrace are an English rock band formed in Bailiff Bridge, West Yorkshire, in 1990. The band consists of brothers singer Danny McNamara and guitarist Richard McNamara, bassist Steve Firth, keyboardist Mickey Dale, and drummer Mike Heaton. The group have released eight studio albums: The Good Will Out (1998), Drawn from Memory (2000), If You've Never Been (2001), Out of Nothing (2004), This New Day (2006), Embrace (2014), Love Is a Basic Need (2018), and How to Be a Person Like Other People (2022).
1970Carlos Morales Quintana, Spanish-Danish architect and sailor[†]
Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark is the eldest child of Constantine II and Anne-Marie, who were King and Queen of Greece from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1973. She was heiress presumptive to the Greek throne from her birth in 1965 until the birth of her brother Crown Prince Pavlos in 1967.
1970Bryon Russell, American basketball player[†]
Bryon Demetrise Russell is an American former professional basketball player. During a National Basketball Association (NBA) career that spanned from 1993 to 2006, he played for the Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Lakers and was a key member of the Utah Jazz, helping them reach back-to-back NBA finals appearances in 1997 and 1998. Russell also played for the Hollywood Fame and Long Beach Breakers of the American Basketball Association (ABA). He finished his career with the Los Angeles Lightning of the International Basketball League (IBA), winning a championship in 2009.
1970Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (born 1879)[†]
Cyril Meir Scott was an English composer, writer, poet, and occultist. He created around four hundred musical compositions including piano, violin, cello concertos, symphonies, and operas. He also wrote around 20 pamphlets and books on occult topics and natural health.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]