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January 24, 1972

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Historical Context for January 24, 1972

In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[†]

Notable Births

Beth Hart

1972Beth Hart, American singer-songwriter and musician[†]

Beth Hart is an American musician from Los Angeles, California. She rose to fame with the release of her 1999 single "LA Song " from her second album Screamin' for My Supper. The single was a number one hit in New Zealand, as well as reaching the top 5 of the US Adult Contemporary and Top 10 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 charts.

Historical Events

Shoichi Yokoi

1972Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.[†]

Shōichi Yokoi was a Japanese soldier who served as a sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second World War, and was one of the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of hostilities in 1945. He was discovered in the jungles of Guam on 24 January 1972, almost 28 years after U.S. forces had regained control of the island in 1944.

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Headlines from January 24, 1972

Aborigines of Australia Are Suddenly Militants

By Robert Trumbull Special to The New York Times

Australians are increasingly concerned over sudden emergence of a militant black-power movement among dissatisfied young aborigines; incidents attributed to such movements have occurred recently in major Australian cities; activism revealed after Cabinet Min Howson, Min in Charge of Aboriginal Affairs, and Sen Bonner, 1st aboriginal member of the Australian Parliament, disclose they are under police protection because of threats attributed to black-power groups; aborigine groups criticize Bonner as an 'Uncle Tom'; their leaders dissociate themselves from reptd threats against Howson and Bonner; P Coe, 23-yr-old Sydney activist, says charges of threats are part of a 'police plot' to discredit the movement, int; concedes 'violence is inevitable'; discusses revival of cultural identity and ind soc development as major objectives of activists; Howson and Bonner pors

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KENNEDY STATUS AN OREGON ISSUE

By R. W. Apple Jr. Special to The New York Times

Jan 24: Sen Kennedy's name will not appear on ballot in 22 of 23 states that hold Pres primaries because he intends to file affidavits of non-candidacy, but his name may appear on ballot in Ore because State Sec Myers, under state law, is empowered to make decision whether to place Kennedy's name on ballot; Myers says he is inclined to enter Kennedy's name, int; Ore law was amended in '69 to eliminate affidavit of noncandidacy because, according to Myers, Ore Legis was tired of people declaring they were not candidates only to enter race later; Ore politicians view possibility that if Dem race has not been resolved by late May, authorized or semi-authorized Kennedy campaign could gain momentum; prospect aroused concern among backers of Sen McGovern, whose local mgr, N L Lindstadt, wrote Myers telling him that including Kennedy's name would make primary meaningless; what happens in Ore depends on outcome of 17 preceding primaries; Sen Muskie seen leader at present with little support indicated for either Mayor Lindsay or Sen Humphrey; Sens McGovern and Jackson seen Muskie's main rivals; their activities in state noted

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Bengalis’ Land a Vast Cemetery

By Sydney H. Schanberg Special to The New York Times

article on discovery of mass graves throughout Bangladesh recalls daily executions by Pakistan Army; says evidence shows killings were carried out on larger scale and more sadistically than newsmen and others earlier believed; cites confirmed repts that Pakistani Army kept Bengali women as sexual slaves and other ind repts that Pakistanis killed many, if not all, of Indian soldiers they took prisoner; quotes missionary I Hawley rept that Pakistani Army killed its own wounded as it retreated before Indian Army and guerrillas and other missionaries saying Pakistani Army killed hundreds of razakars by burning them alive; says every day new mass graves are discovered; illus; map

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MOST COMMUNITIES IN JERSEY FACING SCHOOL‐AID LOSS

By Ronald Sullivan Special to The New York Times

over half of NJ's 567 communities face loss of $100-million or more in state school aid under Botter ruling declaring state's ps financing system unconst; money will be shifted from about 370 richer dists to about 230 poorer dists; shifts will be on graduated basis, starting with dists that have approximately $33,000 in tax-ratable assessments for each pupil; ruling will involve efforts by Gov Cahill to persuade state Legis to approve graduated state income tax and uniform property tax, which combined, would go toward assuming major share of costs of local schools

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Swiss Police Hunt A Woman as Link To Hughes Checks

By Clyde H. Farnsworth Special to The New York Times

Zurich Canton police issue warrant for arrest of Helga Hughes, described as 31-yr-old slim brunette, in connection with $650,000 in bank deposits in Hughes-McGraw-Hill affair; warrant went out presumably after Swiss Credit Bank identified woman as holder of controversial account; earlier repts said that woman was blonde; discrepancy between those repts and description on warrant is not immediately clarified

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EGYPT'S PREMIER PEACES ECONOMY ON A WAR FOOTING

By Raymond H. Anderson Special to The New York Times

Premier Sidky offers program of austerity and econ mobilization to prepare Egypt's home front for conflict with Israel, TV s to People's Assembly; says waste in Govt spending will be ended, unproductive activities curbed and 'slackers' punished; austerity measures, including 50% rise in customs duties on imported luxuries, ban on import of many luxuries and crackdown on black mkt in such items, will squeeze middle class; Sidky restricts wholesale trade in basic commodities to state-owned cos; says Cabinet is sincere in plans for overcoming 'internal problems'; sets rise in land taxes; Sidky illus

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Subsidized Housing Rise In Suburbs Alarms Cities

By John Herbers Special to The New York Times

NY Times survey of growing subsidized housing field; authorities on subject say investors and builders are increasingly sponsoring projects in suburbs and are avoiding troubled inner cities; finding, along with Govt's newly tightened policy against bldg in areas of poor and minority groups, points up accelerating trend away from bldg in central city neighborhoods, many of which are experiencing housing failures and abandonment; Natl Assn of Housing and Redevelopment officials charge Fed guidelines show bias toward assisted housing in suburban and rural areas; indus decision to build outside central cities said to possibly be as important as Govt policy; developments have raised questions about controversial housing programs; comments of realtors and officials noted

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Peking's Delegates at U.N. Call In Translators for Criticism

By Kathleen Teltsch Special to The New York Times

Recent meeting between UN Chinese translators and Peking's delegates, during which delegates criticized translators' work and advised them to improve it, described; translators vary in analysis of tone of meeting; UN authorities maintain that Chinese delegation did not violate UN Charter, which prohibits govts from trying to instruct or influence internatl staff; assure staff that UN will uphold their job contracts; illus of head of Chinese delegates C Chu

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Buckley, in Taipei, Hails Nationalist Fortitude

By Unknown Author

Sen Buckley, at rally in Taipei, congratulates Nationalist Chinese on 'fortitude and resolve' they have shown since their expulsion from UN; Pres Chiang Kai-shek says Communist Chinese have usurped Nationalists position at UN and exposed ferocity of their true selves

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