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In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[†]
1972Derrick Alston, American basketball player[†]
Derrick Samuel Alston Sr. is an American basketball coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. In February 2023, Alston became the second head coach of the Montreal Alliance of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He previously coached primarily in the NBA G League, including as the head coach of the Westchester Knicks.
1972Melvin Booker, American basketball player[†]
Melvin Jermaine Booker is an American former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 185 lb (84 kg) point guard, he played for the University of Missouri.
1972Chaney Kley, American actor (died 2007)[†]
Chaney Kley Minnis was an American actor. During his career he was best known for his recurring role as Officer Asher on the FX drama The Shield and as the lead in the horror movie Darkness Falls.
1972Scott Quinnell, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster[†]
Scott Quinnell is a Welsh former rugby union and rugby league player who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He was a number eight for Wales, Llanelli RFC, Llanelli Scarlets, Richmond and the British & Irish Lions in rugby union. He won 52 caps for Wales and three for the Lions, and scored 11 international tries for Wales and one for the Lions.
1972Anna Umemiya, Japanese model and actress[†]
Anna Umemiya is a Japanese television personality and model. Born in Tokyo, she is the daughter of a Japanese father and an American mother, herself a former model. Her father, Tatsuo Umemiya, was an actor, and former original Iron Chef judge.
The meandering Mets drew—but did not especially reward—a remarkable crowd of 50,400 persons yesterday in. Shea Stadium, where they suffered another mauling at the hands of the big red machine of Cincinnati.
T D Allman article on day spent with 4 Masai natives waiting for bus in Tanzania; illus
Aug 20: Dem Pres candidate McGovern says on Aug 18 that he expects Pres Thieu and his 'cohorts' to flee and Communist‐dominated coalition to take control of S Vietnam if he is elected US Pres, int with 8 reporters, Milwaukee; says arrangements should be made, perhaps including pact with Communists, to bar assassination and recriminations against pol and mil leaders loyal to Thieu; disputes Nixon stand that Communist take‐over would spur widespread killing and terror; holds US more responsible than N Vietnam or Vietcong for 'massive suffering inflicted on the population'; says he has been told that N Vietnam 'went all out to improve the treatment' of Amer POWs 2 yrs ago; says POWs are in better shape than Nixon Adm indicates; says his attempts through P Salinger to gain release of some POWs now is aimed at showing Amers that POWs will be freed if US changes its policy; lauds Salinger for telling N Vietnamese not to delay serious talks with Nixon until after US election; says he did not know Salinger made statement and handled matter 'badly' in denying news acct about it on Aug 16; sees Communists, following his election victory, possibly accepting someone such as Gen Duong Van Minh as temporary leader; sees no sense of 'urgency' to reunite N and S before end of decade; defends S Shriver charge that Nixon missed chance in early '69 to end war; notes Pres Johnson also ignored N Vietnamese peace signal in late '68
DO YOU KNOW ANY IMPORTANT MAN IN BUSINESS WHO DOES NOT READ FORBES MACAZINE?—ADVT.
SUTTON, Mass., Aug. 19—‐Bruce Devlin of Australia, who plans to pack his clubs and leave the tour for three months after tomorrow's play, apparently means to take leave in grand style. By carding birdies on two of the last four holes in the third round of the $200,000 U.S. Industries Classic, the former plumber from Canberra scored a 69 and took a twostroke lead with a 54‐hole total of 206.
number of black athletes, including several members of US Olympic track team, boycott W Ger track and field meet as feeling intensify over mounting Rhodesian debate at Olympic Games; blacks boycott meet to protest Rhodesia's participation in Olympic Games; athletes comment; illus; other pre‐Olympic developments noted
hundreds of Ugandans march through downtown Kampala on Aug 19 in demonstration supporting Govt's move to expel Asian shopkeepers and businessmen who are not Uganda citizens; Uganda African Traders Assn pres H M Sebaduka says Asians have taken 'our commerce and trade and now it is Africans' turn'; status of all Asians in Uganda, whether citizens or not, is thrown into doubt after Pres Amin says in speech that ouster of citizens of Asian origin will follow current expulsions; comments of Ugandans at demonstration indicate resentment toward Asians who have developed into dominant business force, owning most of small shops and controlling powerful coffee and cotton indus
ARLINGTON, Tex., Aug. 19 —Bobby Murcer was reduced to bunting a plastic cup in pregame clubhouse “batting practice” tonight, but then went outside and clouted baseball far enough to start the Yankees on the way toward ending their four‐game losing streak.
I CONFESS that I went to see the summertime revival of “Sunny,” which once starred Marilyn Miller and still has a score by Jerome Kern, at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn., with a question in mind. I certainly didn't go out of nostalgia. Couldn't have, because I never saw “Sunny,” never saw “Sally” or “Irene” or “Sally, Irene and Mary” or any of those girls. I came along just too late.
At least 264 persons are killed, 258 injured and 57 missing on Aug 19 in floods and landslides caused by worst rains ever recorded in S Korea; most casualties reptd in Seoul area and 3 central provs; 18 inches of rain fall in Seoul; more than 150,000 persons reptd homeless; Han River, Seoul, swells close to flooding point, as 6 bridges spanning it are closed; Imjin River overflows, inundating farmland; specific incidents noted; map; illus
Candidacy of Black Panther B Scale for Mayor of Oakland is viewed as 1 indication that dominant faction of natl Black Panther party has rejected militant confrontation as weapon and turned to electoral pol
WASHINGTON—In the spring of 1971, as he planned to unveil his projected “journeys for peace” to Peking and Moscow, President Nixon was quoted by his staff as saying at White House meeting: “Anyone who tries to make a political issue out of Vietnam in 1972 will have the rug