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Commerce Dept repts personal income in Mar up by unusually small amt of $3.3-billion to $905.1-billion, but Feb figure was revised upward by large amt of $4-billion; graph
Dem leadership of Sen thwarts attempt, Apr 19, by group of Repub conservatives to rush through resolution condemning N Vietnamese as aggressors and endorsing US policies in Vietnam; resolution offered by Sen Goldwater; Adm now faces task in both houses of beating back Dem-supported amendments to set by legis a termination date for US involvement in war; HR Dems at caucus vote 105-97 against placing themselves on record in favor of legis that through a cut-off of funds would terminate all US mil activities in Vietnam in 30 days; Dems, however, lay groundwork for probable adoption Apr 20 of resolution calling on Foreign Affairs Com to rept within 30 days legis designed to achieve a prompt termination of the involvement in the war; resolution, sponsored by Repr T P O'Neill, also condemns recent bombings of North as 'a dangerous escalation' of US role and a direct contradiction of Adm's stated policy of winding down the war; Sen G P Allott scores USSR role in war
US BLS presents broad, statistical analysis of NYC econ to 115 city officials, economists and businessmen, Apr 19 meeting, Manhattan; presentation is at inv of NYC Econ Educ Council; BLS repts city's shift from mfg to service econ is accelerating; holds loss of 29,447 businesses, most of them small, marginal establishments, and net gain of 143 in large businesses with more than 100 employes during past decade is indication of trend
Rept on Brit official inquiry into shooting of 13 civilians in Londonderry in Jan is issued, Apr 19; inquiry, headed by Lord Chief Justice Lord Widgery, absolves Brit Army of gross misconduct in killings; rept questions some troop tactics but concludes 1st shot came from IRA sniper; blames organizers of illegal march for creating dangerous situation; says firing by troops bordered on reckless; holds that if army had not launched large-scale operation to arrest civilians, march might have passed without incident; rejects major charges from Londonderry Cath community of breakdown of discipline among troops and that troops acted without provocation; finds no conclusive evidence that any of victims were shot while handling firearms or bombs, thus disputing army's claim that troops fired only at gunmen or bombers during march; is not seen likely to end controversy over circumstances of incident as rept rulings are based on testimony that was often contradictory; Brit Govt officials, although worried about renewed violence in Ulster, welcome rept's findings; Brit Prime Min Heath, in presentation of rept to House of Commons, seeks to offset rept's conclusion that some troops were reckless, saying soldiers' lives were being risked; says such incidents in future can be avoided by ending violence and illegal acts; Brit Defense Min says no action will be taken against any of soldiers involved in shootings; says no changes will be made in troops' standing orders; Cath civil rights leaders in Ulster call rept whitewash and attempt to excuse murder; illus of Widgery
Chinese and UN table tennis teams hold exhibition match in Trusteeship Council chamber, Apr 19, proceeds from which will to to UN Internatl School; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 19, 1972, covering April 20, 1972.
America
Neil Young
Roberta Flack
Yes
The Allman Brothers Band
1972Carmen Electra, American model and actress[†]
Carmen Electra is an American actress, model, singer, and media personality. She began her career as a singer after moving to Minneapolis where she met Prince who produced her self-titled debut studio album, released in 1993. Electra began modeling in 1996 with appearances in Playboy magazine, before relocating to Los Angeles, where she had her breakthrough portraying Lani McKenzie in the action drama series Baywatch (1997–1998).
1972Stephen Marley, Jamaican-American musician[†]
Stephen Robert Nesta Marley is a Jamaican-American musician. The son of Bob Marley, Marley is an eight-time Grammy Award winner, three times as a solo artist, twice as a producer of his younger paternal half-brother Damian Marley's Halfway Tree and Welcome to Jamrock albums, and a further three times as a member of his older brother Ziggy Marley's group Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers.
1972Apollo program: Apollo 16 Lunar Module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the Moon.[†]
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo followed Project Mercury that put the first Americans in space. It was conceived in 1960 as a three-person spacecraft during President Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration. Apollo was later dedicated to President John F. Kennedy's national goal for the 1960s of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" in an address to Congress on May 25, 1961. It was the third American human spaceflight program to fly, preceded by Project Gemini conceived in 1961 to extend spaceflight capability in support of Apollo.
In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[†]