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Nixon Adm on Aug 15 tells auto indus that it wants answer by 'end of wk' to its demand that indus withdraw proposed price increases which indus says are necessary to cover '73 model cost increases resulting from Govt safety, emission-control and factory standards
NYC police officials comment on gathering of members of reputed Mafia family of J Colombo Sr at Manhattan Upper East Side restaurant Neopolitan Noodle where S Epstein and M Tekelch were shot by hired killer on Aug 11; say meeting was to discuss whether family should turn to narcotics to increase declining revenues; reconstruct events of night; say death of T Eboli last mo was prompted by his strong opposition to family plans to go into narcotics trade
(Repub Conv & Platform--'76 Conv Delegates' Distribution) Rules Subcom of Repub Natl Conv votes 6-5 on Aug 15 to enlarge number of delegates to Natl Conv in '76 from present 1,346 to 1,944, distributing additional delegates according to formula that would shift political strength away from smaller, more conservative states; issue is due to be voted on by full Rules Com on Aug 16, where influence of Adm and Repub Natl Chmn Dole could reverse outcome; rev of formula used to choose '72 conv delegates and details of new formula for distribution of delegates; subcom defeats plan to increase '76 conv size to 1,476, distributing extra delegates on same basis as now; proposal, presented by Sen Tower and Repr Kemp, was attacked by liberal leaders as perpetuating present unbalanced power structure of party; Tower-Kemp proposal had backing of Repub Natl Com; criticized by Sens Javits and Percy; new plan could deprive Vice Pres Agnew of Pres nomination in '76 because of increased emphasis on liberal urban states; subcom also approves proposal requiring states to try to have equal representation of men and women in '76 delegations, but subcom ignores reform proposals to give youth and minority members proportional representation in coms and in convs; illus of Sen Tower describing plan
Aug 16: Sen McGovern, Aug 15, declines Pres invitation to be briefed on the Vietnam situation by Dr Kissinger; says official White House briefings customarily 'go wide of the mark'; says he has learned more about the realities of Vietnam from good newspapers than from talks he has had a dozen or so times during the last 4 yrs with Kissinger; expresses doubt that anything will come of Kissinger trip to Saigon; hopes war issues will die 'the only way it can die', by ending the war, but says the Nixon Adm still hangs on to the Thieu Adm, which, he says, is 'what the war is all about'
B Fischer and B Spassky draw in 14th game after 40th move in world champ chess match; score is 8 1/2 to 5 1/2 in Fischer's favor
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 16, 1972, covering August 16, 1972.
Chicago
Elton John
Alice Cooper
Carpenters
Simon & Garfunkel
1972Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer[†]
Stan Lazaridis is an Australian former soccer player. He was predominantly a left winger though he was known to perform at left-back. He notably played for Birmingham City and West Ham United and made 58 official appearances for Australia and was in the Australian 2006 FIFA World Cup squad.
1972Emily Strayer, American singer and musician[†]
Emily Burns Strayer is an American songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and a founding member of the country band the Chicks, formerly known as the Dixie Chicks. Strayer plays banjo, dobro, guitar, lap steel, bass, mandolin, accordion, fiddle, piano, and sitar. Initially in her career with the Chicks, she limited her singing to harmony with backing vocals, but within her role in the Court Yard Hounds, she took on the role of lead vocalist.
1972Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (born 1905)[†]
Pierre Brasseur, born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor.
1972In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.[†]
A coup d'état, or simply a coup , is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to power through legal means, tries to stay in power through illegal means.
In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[†]