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February 29, 1972

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MASTER PLAN ASKS 100 CHANGES HERE IN POLICE POLICIES

By David Burnham

confidential 'master plan' for improving NYC Police Dept contains more than 100 recommendations for change, including elimination of some precincts, dismissal of unproductive policemen and development of a 'police West Point' for training of commanders; copy of plan was obtained by NY Times; plan also proposes extension of present 6‐mo probationary period for ptl to 1 1/2 yrs and adoption of policy in which assignment to busiest precincts would no longer be used to punish 'problem' ptl; plan, sent to top commanders by Patrol Chief Cawley, will probably generate concern among various departmental orgns and community groups; Cawley comments on plan; plan detailed; Cawley por

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U.S SAYS JAPAN REMAINSKEY ALLY

By John M. Lee Special to The New York Times

US Asst Sec Green and J H Holdridge, in Tokyo, assure Japanese Govt Nixon made no secret deals during visit to China; Green sees Premier Sato and Min Fukuda; illus with Fukuda

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Nyquist Rules Parents May See Children's Full School Records

By Leonard Buder

NYS Educ Comr Nyquist rules parents have right to see all school records concerning their children, including teachers' comments, guidance notes and other informal data placed in students' file; up to now, parents of ps pupils have generally had access to children's official school records but not to data considered by school officials to be unofficial; suit was brought by NYC ACLU chapter in behalf of NYC ps pupil and her mother; spokesman for NYC Schools Chancellor Scribner says Scribner supports ruling; Nyquist also rules that it is illegal for school system to exclude pupils from grad exercises on grounds of bad citizenship; ruling supports order issued last Dec by Scribner that hs diplomas must be awarded on basis of educ standards and cannot be denied, delayed or withheld to punish students for poor conduct in school

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 23, 1972, covering February 29, 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

Sylvie Lubamba

1972Sylvie Lubamba, Italian showgirl[†]

Sylvie Lubamba is an Italian model, showgirl and TV presenter.

Mike Pollitt

1972Mike Pollitt, English footballer and coach[†]

Michael Francis Pollitt is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Antonio Sabàto Jr.

1972Antonio Sabàto Jr., Italian-American model and actor[†]

Antonio Sabàto Jr. is an American model and actor. Born in Italy, he rose to fame in the 1990s as an underwear model for Calvin Klein and playing Jagger Cates on the soap opera General Hospital from 1992 to 1995. By the early 2000s, most of his acting credits were guest appearances, reality television, and budget films. Sabàto ran unsuccessfully as the Republican candidate for U.S. Congress against incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Julia Brownley for California's 26th district in the 2018 elections.

Pedro Sánchez

1972Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain[†]

Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón is a Spanish politician who has served as Prime Minister of Spain since 2018. He has also been Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) since July 2017, having previously held that office from 2014 to 2016, and has also been serving as the ninth president of the Socialist International in 2022.

Dave Williams (singer)

1972Dave Williams, American singer (died 2002)[†]

David Wayne Williams was an American singer best known as the original lead vocalist for the rock band Drowning Pool.

Saul Williams

1972Saul Williams, American singer-songwriter[†]

Saul Stacey Williams is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, poet, writer, and actor. He is known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop, and for his lead roles in the 1998 independent film Slam and the 2013 jukebox musical Holler If Ya Hear Me.

Pedro Zamora

1972Pedro Zamora, Cuban-American activist and educator (died 1994)[†]

Pedro Pablo Zamora was a Cuban-American AIDS educator and television personality. As one of the first openly gay men with AIDS to be portrayed in popular media, Zamora brought international attention to HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ issues and prejudices through his appearance on MTV's reality television series The Real World: San Francisco.

Notable Deaths

Tom Davies (American football)

1972Tom Davies, American football player and coach (born 1896)[†]

Thomas J. Davies was an American football player and coach. He played as a halfback at the University of Pittsburgh and was a consensus All-American in 1918 and 1920. After retiring as a player, Davies worked as a football coach for the next 26 years, including stints at the University of Pennsylvania, Geneva College, Allegheny College, the University of Rochester, the Carnegie Institute of Technology, the University of Scranton, and Western Reserve University. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970.

Historical Events

South Vietnam

1972South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from South Vietnam as part of Nixon's Vietnamization policy in the Vietnam War.[†]

South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam, was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the French Union, with its capital at Saigon, before becoming a republic in 1955, when the southern half of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 division of Vietnam. South Vietnam was bordered by North Vietnam to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and Thailand across the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. Its sovereignty was recognized by the United States and 87 other nations, though it failed to gain admission into the United Nations as a result of a Soviet veto in 1957. It was succeeded by the Republic of South Vietnam in 1975. In 1976, the Republic of South Vietnam and North Vietnam merged to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Historical Context for February 29, 1972

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