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February 27, 1972

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Headlines from February 27, 1972

Track Acquiring Sex Appeal

By Neil Amdur

With her flowing shoulder‐length blond hair, pretty facial features and tall, shapely figure, Laurie Barr easily qualifies as one of the new “golden girls” in women's track and field.

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Yes, Virginia, in the Old Days They

By Roy Bongartz

AILEY, N. C.—We lucky Americans, living inside a cornucopia of riches, often overlook the tinier, tastier morsels of places to go, things to do and sights to see that surround us. Take just the simple example of museums, with which we are blessed with an official total, including the Canadian ones, of 6,657. Very few of us have given them due attention. In fact, many of us have never even heard of the gas museum, the fourwheel‐drive museum, the ham museum, the air gun museum, the coffee mill museum, the live steam museum, to mention a few that come to mind. And many of us who know them do not actually go to them; in case the accusation seems too strong, consider that the speed skating museum had only 14 visitors in all of 1970.

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Weiskopf and McLendon Tie Player With 210's

By Lincoln A. Werden Special to The New York Times

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 26—“The closer you get to $52,000, the tougher the course gets,” said Tom Weiskopf after he tied for the 54hole lead in the $260,000 Jackie Gleason Inverrary golf tournament for the richest first prize of the year.

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International Travel

By Madhur Jaffrey

NEW DELHI, India—If you are afraid of being jostled by staring, antimony‐eyed urchins, unholy cows, greedy newspapermunching goats, freewheeling bicycles (carrying families of four), burping silversmiths and matted‐hair mendicants, this place is certainly not for you. You can glide around the city of Delhi in chauffeured limousine, stepping out only at the well‐tended tombs, mausoleums, forts, museums, boutiques and tourist‐oriented shops. On the other hand, if you are curious and courageous, and wish to see the crowded heart of an

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News off the Rialto

By Lewis Funke

Ho! Ho! Ho! A Miracle Play (Play): Actress R Gordon writes play Ho! Ho! Ho! A Miracle Play, set for production; comments on play

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 23, 1972, covering February 27, 1972.

  1. 1
    Album cover for American Pie by Don McLean

    American Pie

    Don McLean

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  2. 2
    Album cover for Music by Carole King

    Music

    Carole King

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Concert For Bangla Desh by George Harrison

    The Concert For Bangla Desh

    George Harrison

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for Fragile by Yes

    Fragile

    Yes

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    6
  5. 5
    Album cover for Hot Rocks 1964-1971 by The Rolling Stones

    Hot Rocks 1964-1971

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    8

Notable Births

1972Richard Coyle, English actor[†]

Richard Coyle is an English actor. He portrayed the lead role of Father Faustus Blackwood in the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and Jeff Murdock in the sitcom Coupling.

Historical Context for February 27, 1972

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