On this day
March 19, 1972
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Headlines from March 19, 1972
STATE WARNS CITY ON DELAYS IN PLAN FOR WORK RELIEF
NYS Soc Services Dept warns NYC and other localities that 8‐mo‐old program requiring able‐bodied home relief recipients to work out their public assistance grants in public service jobs has been disappointingly slow; is revg reasons for delay in each locality and will set minimum timetable for creating and filling more such jobs, with state reimbursement for employable recipients to be cut off unless schedule is met; dept notes that 8,855 recipients have been placed in jobs out of 31,599 employable clients and that 7,957 more such jobs are available but remain unfilled; table shows number of employables reptg, public jobs filled and public jobs unfilled in 9 counties
The Nation
CHICAGO— “We're going to shake their eyeteeth out,” George Corley Wallace liked to tell his rallies on the sultry evenings that led up to the Florida primary last week. “We're going to send them a message, those national Democrats.”
The Nation
WASHINGTON—NO one will admit to being worried, but some of the cockiness and complacency seem to have ebbed of late from the Adrninistration's view of how well things are going with its economic stabilization program.
The Easter Shopping Spree
Yesterday, there was quite a crowd on the fifth floor of Maison Blanche, the big New Orleans department store. Children in a wide range of ages were trying on shoes, the older ones soberly contemplating new styles, the younger ones finding an opportunity to squirm out of reach and dash across the floor.
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 15, 1972, covering March 19, 1972.
- 1
Harvest
Neil Young
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 3
- 2
America
America
- Last week
- 9
- Peak
- 2
- Weeks
- 5
- 3
American Pie
Don McLean
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 19
- 4
Fragile
Yes
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 4
- Weeks
- 9
- 5
Nilsson Schmilsson
Nilsson
- Last week
- 6
- Peak
- 5
- Weeks
- 16
Historical Context for March 19, 1972
In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[†]