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In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[†]
1972Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)[†]
Max Theiler was a South African-American virologist and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for developing a vaccine against yellow fever in 1937, becoming the first African-born Nobel laureate.
1972Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.[†]
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.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10— Clark MacGregor, President Nixon's campaign director, attacked the Democratic Pres idential nominee with his own words today, imploring Senator George McGovern to “come. home, George,” from what he termed a “giveaway” welfare program, “massive and reck less” defense cuts and a “beg ging” foreign policy.
August 11: (McGovern Campaign--Wagner Named NYS Chmn) NYC ex-Mayor R F Wagner to replace R C Wade as chmn of Sen McGovern's NYS election campaign; Wagner accepts post on Aug 10 after telephone conversation with McGovern; Wagner seen having advantage of professing no further pol ambitions and of having maintained good ties with state's organized Dems; Wagner had backed Sen Muskie for Dem Pres nomination before Muskie's bid failed; served as at-large alternate delegate at conv; Wade to remain with campaign in 'policy advisory role'; others who were mentioned as successors to Wade noted; Wagner illus
Aug 11: US Defense Dept document, 'The Economics of Defense Spending', reveals that extra cost of Vietnam war, resulting from renewal of heavy bombing and other US air and naval action since Hanoi offensive began, will be $1.1-billion in current fiscal yr; document contains 1st disclosure in detail on war costs ever made by Nixon Adm; table on cost of war estimates the 'incremental' cost in current fiscal yr at $5.8-billion; other document figures detailed; Sec Laird, in announcing a proposed supplemental appropriation to cover the extra post-offensive costs of the war, had left the impression that it could be as much as $5-billion; when the supplemental request was later sent to Cong, the Office of Mgt and Budget used a figure much closer to the one mentioned in the document, an estimated $1.2-billion; Sec Laird illus with document and Asst Sec R C Moot
2.7% rise in domestic air fares is expected to increase airline revenues by more than $170-million per yr
NYC police see definite connection between death of C Lombardi on Aug 10 in Sullivan County (NY) and recent gangland slayings in NYC, but no link between Lombardi's death and killings of 2 Manfredis on same day
NYC Mayor Lindsay, 1 yr after he joined Dem party, is seen as making overtures to regular Dem leaders in what some top party leaders believe could be a prelude to an alliance between Lindsay and orgn leaders in '73 mayoral campaign or '74 NY gubernatorial campaign; at same time, Lindsay appears to be antagonizing many of liberal anti-orgn Dems; top NYC Dem leaders comment
Sen Public Works Com on Aug 10 votes to continue prohibiting use of Fed hwy money for bldg subways and other rapid rail systems in urban areas; Sen experts say vote is crippling blow to Nixon Adm proposal allowing cities to spend part of Fed hwy trust fund on construction of mass transit systems; com, which is considering bill apportioning trust fund among states, had voted, 8-7, on Aug 9 to allow states to use part of their share of fund for rapid rail systems in urban areas; vote was then reversed by Sen R T Stafford, who says he initially planned to vote against proposal but decided to vote for it after talking with Transportation Sec Volpe; Sens Cooper and Muskie, who sponsored amendment allowing trust fund money to be spent on rail systems, say they will offer their amendment again when bill reaches Sen floor; Stafford por
Sen Foreign Relations Com, 11-0, rejects on Aug 10 proposed amendments by Jackson and others for interpretations to be added to US-Soviet interim agreement on offensive missiles; approves statement saying that Sen should not approve any amendments; Sen Repub leader Sen Scott abstains on vote; HR Foreign Affairs Com, earlier in day, repts out agreement favorably; Fulbright, in issuing Sen com statement, specifically notes that com disapproves Jackson amendment; Jackson and his staff express confidence Jackson amendment will carry on Sen floor; say they had predicted Sen com would reject amendment; Nixon Adm position remains ambiguous; Scott abstention in com vote indicates issue is not one on which Nixon wants to make a test; com, in its statement, quotes approvingly from a briefing given by Kissinger to Congressmen on June 15 in which he stressed US forces under agreement will be 'completely sufficient'; com action also apparently rejects amendments offered on Aug 10 by Sens Brooke and Hughes calling on US and USSR not to develop weapons that might be construed as having 1st-strike potential
HR on Aug 10 rejects, 228-178, amendment to foreign aid bill demanding end of all hostilities and withdrawal of all US forces by Oct 1, subject to release of POWs and limited cease-fire with N Vietnam to assure the safe withdrawal of the troops; amendment sponsors are Reprs L H Hamilton and C W Whalen Jr; vote is victory for Nixon Adm, which lobbied intensively to defeat the amendment; action makes it seem improbable that any end-the-war legis will be passed in this session of Cong; attempt by Whalen to pick up votes for amendment by changing deadline to Dec 31 fails
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USSR on Aug 10 proposes internatl convention to prevent nations from directing TV broadcasts from satellites to private homes in other countries without those countries' express consent; USSR press agency Tass makes public proposal, formally submitted by lr from Foreign Min Gromyko to UN Sec Gen Waldheim on Aug 10; lr requests that USSR proposal and draft convention be submitted to UN Gen Assembly this fall; proposal is seen as effort to head off future use by US or China of satellite relay systems to beam TV programs directly to sets of USSR viewers; scientists have written that transmission by satellite to home TV is technically feasible, but such system has yet to be used
West Side Airlines Terminal Corp announces on Aug 10 that West Side Airlines Terminal, NYC, will cease operations on Aug 27; cites declining passenger traffic in relation to its cost of operation; terminal was starting point for millions of travelers who used Newark Airport; described; map