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September 11, 1972

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Headlines from September 11, 1972

Aliens in Cambodia Fear New Purge

By Malcolm W. Browne Special to The New York Times

alien population in Cambodia, including Chinese, are fearful of being blamed for current crisis in Cambodia and becoming targets of a new pogrom; crisis seen involving mil reverses, threats to rice supply, price rises and xenophobia; one Chinese rice merchant was shot to death during the week and many others were chased out of their shops, robbed or threatened; in most cases soldiers lead the anti‐Chinese activity; pub sentiment against Chinese runs too high to stop the abuses; Vietnamese population also threatened; action against Vietnamese population in '70 recalled; since then the blood feud between the 2 nations has been smoothed over to achieve at least nominal cooperation in fighting the N Vietnamese, who currently occupy much of Cambodia; one of the few links between Cambodia and S Vietnam is Premier Son Ngoc Thanh, who spent much of his life in exile in Saigon; comment on history of Cambodian‐S Vietnamese enmity

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Economic Future Clouded By Virgin Island Slayings

By Jon Nordheimer Special to The New York Times

Sept 6 slaying of 4 Amer tourists and 4 workers at golf course in St Croix, VI, clouds econ future of VI and raises questions about future race relations in predominantly black island; crime has caused introspection about enormous changes in St Croix in last 15 yrs, during which population tripled in size and islands began to feel effects of soc and econ ills besetting US; Gov Evans rejects suggestion that crimes were racially inspired; failure of blacks to participate in St Croix's econ success discussed; illus

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Attica a Year Later: Calmer. but Grievances Persist

By Murray Schumach Special to The New York Times

ATTICA, N. Y., Sept. 10—“I don't want to be a puppet just to prevent a riot,” said Edwin Temple, one of 28 prisoners elected by fellow inmates to speak for them to administrators of the state prison here.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 6, 1972, covering September 11, 1972.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Chicago V by Chicago

    Chicago V

    Chicago

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for Never A Dull Moment by Rod Stewart

    Never A Dull Moment

    Rod Stewart

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    5
  3. 3
    Album cover for Big Bambu by Cheech & Chong

    Big Bambu

    Cheech & Chong

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    11
  4. 4
    Album cover for Honky Chateau by Elton John

    Honky Chateau

    Elton John

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  5. 5
    Album cover for Moods by Neil Diamond

    Moods

    Neil Diamond

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    9

Historical Events

Bay Area Rapid Transit

1972The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.[†]

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California. BART serves 50 stations along six routes and 131 miles of track, including eBART, a 9-mile (14 km) spur line running to Antioch, and Oakland Airport Connector, a 3-mile (4.8 km) automated guideway transit line serving Oakland International Airport. With an average of 167,700 weekday passenger trips as of the first quarter of 2025 and 50,791,900 annual passenger trips in 2024, BART is the seventh-busiest rapid transit system in the United States.

Historical Context for September 11, 1972

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