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March 19, 1972

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Headlines from March 19, 1972

STATE WARNS CITY ON DELAYS IN PLAN FOR WORK RELIEF

By Peter Rims

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

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The Nation

By Unknown Author

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.”

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The Nation

By Unknown Author

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.

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The Easter Shopping Spree

By Isadore Rarmash

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.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 15, 1972, covering March 19, 1972.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Harvest by Neil Young

    Harvest

    Neil Young

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for America by America

    America

    America

    Last week
    9
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    5
  3. 3
    Album cover for American Pie by Don McLean

    American Pie

    Don McLean

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    19
  4. 4
    Album cover for Fragile by Yes

    Fragile

    Yes

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    9
  5. 5
    Album cover for Nilsson Schmilsson by Nilsson

    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[†]