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June 8, 1972

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Headlines from June 8, 1972

Appeals Court Invalidates State Vote Residency Law

By William E. Farrell

NYS Ct of Appeals unanimously declares on June 7 that state's 90‐day residency law is unconst and that a 30‐day residency requirement gives election officials adequate time to determine instances of possible voter fraud; also upholds section of state election law designed to prevent students from registering to vote in towns where their colleges are located; says that merits of cases involving students seeking to register in college towns must be considered on an individual basis; decision will not effect June 20 primary, but will have some impact on Nov elections

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Times Study:Debates Hurt McGovern

By Jack Rosenthal Special to The New York Times

Sen Humphrey assails Sen McGovern's advocacy of recalculation and reduction of US defense budget, series of 3 nationally televised debates; NY Times/Yanlekovich survey of 570 Cal Democrats measures marked voter dissatisfaction with McGovern proposals on defense spending cuts

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 7, 1972, covering June 8, 1972.

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    Album cover for Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull

    Thick As A Brick

    Jethro Tull

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
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    Album cover for First Take by Roberta Flack

    First Take

    Roberta Flack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    18
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    Album cover for Harvest by Neil Young

    Harvest

    Neil Young

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
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    15
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    Album cover for Manassas by Stephen Stills

    Manassas

    Stephen Stills

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    7
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    Album cover for Joplin In Concert by Janis Joplin

    Joplin In Concert

    Janis Joplin

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    5

Historical Events

Vietnam War

1972Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim PhĂșc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running naked down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.[†]

The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct US military involvement escalated from 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian and Cambodian Civil Wars, which ended with all three countries becoming communist in 1975.

Historical Context for June 8, 1972

In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[†]