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E B Pierce lr, commenting on A E Woolley Mar 26 article lauding treatment he has received by airlines on numerous flights, also extols treatment she has received since her 1st flight in '41
US Agr Sec Butz in Moscow for confs on grain sales to USSR as prelude to Nixon's visit to Moscow in May; USSR press continues to criticize some US policies but 2 recent major articles express 'positive potential' of Nixon's visit; foreign affairs specialist A A Gromyko, son of Min Gromyko, sees US now more interested in bilateral relations with USSR because of pressures created by Vietnam war
THERE'S supposed to be some sort of law or something to the effect that you can only revive musicals that are between 20 and 200 years old. John Gay's “The Beggar's Opera,” for instance, is a smart 200 years old and thereby qualifies, which is how it happens to be running at the Brooklyn Academy of Music right now. It's been given a physically handsome production by the Chelsea Theater Center there, though its pleasant and talented company hasn't quite figured out what was funny enough about the celebrated burlesque to make it the first long‐running show in the history of the British theater.
US Surgeon Gen J L Steinfeld confirms, Apr 8, that Fed Govt may be about to shift its policy on laundry detergents, perhaps allowing ltd use of banned chem nitrilotriacetic add (NTA); confirms policy change is under consideration; charges technical data resulting from detergent studies he ordered have been withheld from him by other HEW Dept officials; findings 2 yrs ago by Natl Inst of Environmental Health Sciences and Harvard Univ that NTA has pernicious effects noted; Steinfeld played major role in banning NTA 16 mos ago; Nixon Adm, in recent series of confusing events, set up scientific advisory com to rev technical questions surrounding NTA, but did not inform Steinfeld; columnist J Anderson charges White House aides have exerted influence to have NTA put back on mkt; Proctor & Gamble Co exec B Harlow, former Nixon adviser, denies Anderson's charges; Asst Sec M K DuVal apptd advisory com, headed by Dr L A Woods; Dr S S Epstein says it would be 'madness' to put NTA back on mkt without further study; Woods and DuVal deny pol pressure has been exerted in hurrying rev along; DuVal concedes Steinfeld has not been fully consulted; Steinfeld's stand on NTA noted
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 5, 1972, covering April 9, 1972.
America
Neil Young
Nilsson
Paul Simon
Bread
1972Bernard Ackah, German-Japanese martial artist and kick-boxer[†]
Bernard Ackah is a German taekwondo practitioner, kickboxer, mixed martial artist and comedian.
1972Siiri Vallner, Estonian architect[†]
Siiri Vallner is an industrious Estonian architect. She works mostly in community projects, as well as in many competitions. She is a member of the Union of Estonian Architects.
In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[†]