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The General Motors Corporation recalled yesterday 130,000 of its 1972 model Vega automobiles to correct a defect in the fuel and exhaust system that it said created the danger of fires. [Details on Page 90.]
Soviet Embassy in Stockholm says, Apr 4, that it has refused to issue visa to sec of Swedish Acad Dr K R Gierow to travel to Moscow to present '70 Nobel Prize medal to Solzhenitsyn; embassy officials decline to comment on visa refusal, except to say that matter is open for discussion; Gierow says he docs not know why visa was withheld; refusal to issue visa comes 1 day after publication of long int between Solzhenitsyn and members of Western press; there is speculation that Solzhenitsyn's int has angered Soviet Govt; some think publicity was embarrassment to Swedish officials, who wished award to be given quietly; Swedish Foreign Min M Nilson says it is unlikely that Swedish Govt will intervene to apply pressure for visa
US orders, Apr 4, deployment of 10 to 20 more Bâ52 bombers from US to Vietnam to strengthen US ability to respond to Hanoi offensive; new planes will bolster existing fleet by up to 25%; 80 Bâ52s are already stationed in Thailand and Guam; US State Dept says Hanoi's extensive use of USSRâsupplied tanks and heavy artillery in its offensive adds a 'new factor' to the combat situation; says USSR equipment permits Hanoi to wage 'conventional' warfare rather than their traditional guerrillaâstyle attacks; Adm officials say that while Nixon might order heavy bombing of N Vietnam he has not made a decision; for 2d consecutive day, Kissinger presides at meeting of Washington Special Action Group to discuss retaliatory options available to US; Sen Mansfield opposes use of Amer air power or combat troops; repeats call for complete US withdrawal; says 'this is a time for Vietnamization to fish or cut bait'; Sen Goldwater argues opposite view; Adm acts to insure that its 3 principal spokesmen, R J McCloskey, R L Ziegler and Asst Sec D Z Henkin, speak with 1 voice; they meet to coordinate their statements; in subsequent briefings all stress that fullâscale conventional fighting is now going on; other officials imply that Nixon may freeze US troop strength in Vietnam at 69,000 after May 1; 1 spokesman backs away from suggesting offensive may effect major change in US relations with USSR
US, Apr 4, recognizes Bangladesh; decision marks sharp turn in hostile relations begun when US supported Pakistan in its war to keep control of eastern wing; Sec Rogers says US looks forward to good relations with Bangladesh, statement; affirms US intention to develop friendly bilateral relations and extend aid to meet immense task of relief and reconstruction; says US Dacca Consul Gen H D Spivak is returning to Dacca with message from Pres Nixon to Prime Min Mujibur informing him officially of US recognition; State Dept spokesman R J McCloskey, explaining long delay in US recognition of Bangladesh, cites presence of troops, troops stability of area, attitude of other govts in area and impact of US announcement as factors delaying recognition; suggests Nixon informed China of intention to recognize Bangladesh during recent visit and held exch of views on subject; says establishment of embassies in Dacca and Washington will depend on upcoming consultations
Hanoi radio statement, Apr 5, says Govt has declared that threats to bomb N Vietnam could not blunt Communist forces' 'determination to fight and to win' the war; says Vietnamese people would 'duly punish US imperialists' for any encroachment on North's sovereignty and security and would 'smash any of their mil adventures'; statement also denies by implication that troops from N Vietnam were involved in offensive, which Hanoi attributes solely to Vietcong; says US was 'cynically distorting S Vietnamese people's struggle against the US aggression' in an apparent reference to repts that N Vietnamese troops had invaded S Vietnam across the DMZ; earlier, press in China and N Vietnam acclaimed new offensive as a major triumph for the Vietcong and a blow to Vietnamization; Chinese Hsinhua says Vietcong launched attacks
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 5, 1972, covering April 5, 1972.
America
Neil Young
Nilsson
Paul Simon
Bread
1972Nima Arkani-Hamed, American-Canadian theoretical physicist[â ]
Nima Arkani-Hamed is an Iranian-American-Canadian theoretical physicist, with interests in high-energy physics, quantum field theory, string theory, cosmology and collider physics. Arkani-Hamed is a member of the permanent faculty at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He is also director of the Carl P. Feinberg Cross-Disciplinary Program in Innovation at the Institute and director of The Center for Future High Energy Physics (CFHEP) in Beijing, China.
1972Tom Coronel, Dutch race car driver[â ]
Tom Romeo Coronel is a Dutch professional racing driver. Tom's twin brother Tim is also a racer, just like their father Tom Coronel Sr. His most important results are winning the Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 race in 1997, the Formula Nippon championship in 1999, and the 2006 and 2009 World Touring Car Championship Independents' Trophy. As of September 2016, Tom Coronel has driven over 1,000 races.
1972Paul Okon, Australian footballer and manager[â ]
Paul Michael Okon is a former Australian soccer player who played as a defender or midfielder.
1972Duncan Spencer, English cricketer[â ]
Duncan Spencer is a former English cricketer. Born in Nelson, Lancashire, the family moved to Perth in Western Australia when he was five years old and Spencer played Western Australian grade cricket. He played as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. After playing aged group cricket for Western Australia in 1989, Spencer's first high-profile cricket appearances came in two one-day matches for Western Australia against a touring England A side in March 1994.
1972Yasuhiro Takemoto, Japanese animator and director (died 2019)[â ]
Yasuhiro Takemoto was a Japanese animator and television and film director. He worked at Kyoto Animation for almost his entire animation career after joining the company in 1996 until his death in 2019.
1972Junko Takeuchi, Japanese actress[â ]
Junko Takeuchi is a Japanese actress and voice actress employed by Ogipro The Next Co. Inc. & BQMAP. Taking a well-trod path by many voice actresses, she often voices young male characters, with generally very quirky and goofy personalities. One of her most well-known roles includes Naruto Uzumaki in the popular anime series Naruto. She has played Takuya Kanbara in Digimon Frontier, Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge in Yes! PreCure 5, Metabee in Medabots, Mamoru Endou in Inazuma Eleven and Inazuma Eleven GO, Gon Freecss in the 1999 version of Hunter Ă Hunter, MrBeast in the Japanese dub of MrBeast, and GingerBrave in the Japanese dub of Cookie Run: Kingdom.
1972Isabel Jewell, American actress and singer (born 1907)[â ]
Isabel Jewell was an American actress, who rose to prominence in the 1930s and early 1940s. Some of her more famous films were Ceiling Zero, Marked Woman, A Tale of Two Cities, and Gone with the Wind.
In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[â ]