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US HRâSen joint conf com repts on Sept 14 severe limitations on spending for dayâcare centers; unlimited amts, within ceiling allocated, could provide child care that is necessary to enable a parent to work
McKinsey & Co confidential survey for Fed Reserve Bd of 114 cos concludes that Price Comm profitâmargin rule has had little effect in restraining price increases by big mfg and mining cos; was given to NY Times by Dems, who reptdly hoped to discredit Nixon Adm wageâprice controls program; says it is unlikely rule will have significant impact prior to Apr 30 '73, when Econ Stabilization Act expires; finds that of cos surveyed, only 15 had avoided all price increases over last fall's freeze levels, and of 15, only 5 said profitâmargin rule was significant consideration
NYS Gov Rockefeller, in Sept 14 speech to NYC Police Dept PBA, vows to root out corruption among police, prosecutors and judges; says he will disclose his specific anticorruption plan next week; speech is 1st public indication that Rockefeller has decided to respond to recommendations by Knapp Comm, NYC Mayor Lindsay and NYS Sen J J Hughes for continuing effort to combat corruption in criminal justice system; Rockefeller says he has been studying these recommendations as well as repts from 2 Fed prosecutors in NYC and NYS Comm of Investigation; Rockefeller illus
Pres Nixon on Sept 14 places his Adm firmly behind efforts of Hollywood unions to force 3 TV networks to cut back on number of reruns programed in prime evening time, lr to Screen Actors Guild pres J Gavin; contends that unless networks voluntarily reduce amt of prime time devoted to reruns, Adm 'will explore whatever regulatory recommendations are in order'; text of lr is released to coincide with speech delivered in San Francisco by White House Office of Telecommunications Policy Dir C T Whitehead, who alludes to 'the spreading blight of reruns'; network spokesmen contend spiraling cost of film production in West Coast studios have forced networks to use reruns; NBC pres D Durgin comments on Nixon lr; Whitehead speech discussed
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 13, 1972, covering September 15, 1972.
Chicago
Rod Stewart
Cheech & Chong
Leon Russell
Neil Diamond
1972Jimmy Carr, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter[â ]
James Anthony Patrick Carr is an Irish-British comedian, presenter, writer and actor. He is known for his rapid-fire deadpan delivery of one-liners. He began his comedy career in 1997, and he has regularly appeared on television as the host of Channel 4 panel shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and The Big Fat Quiz of the Year.
1972Kit Chan, Singaporean singer-songwriter[â ]
Chan Kit Yee (Chinese: éæŽä»Ș; Jyutping: Can4 Git3 Ji4; born 15 September 1972), known professionally as Kit Chan, is a Singaporean singer and actress.
1972Queen Letizia of Spain[â ]
Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano is Queen of Spain as the wife of King Felipe VI.
1972Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (born 1906)[â ]
Ulvi Cemal Erkin was a member of the pioneer group of symphonic composers in Turkey, born in the period 1904â1910, who later came to be called The Turkish Five. These composers set out the direction of music in the newly established Turkish Republic. These composers distinguished themselves with their use of Turkish folk music and modal elements in an entirely Western symphonic style.
1972Baki SĂŒha EdiboÄlu, Turkish poet and author (born 1915)[â ]
Baki SĂŒha EdiboÄlu was a Turkish poet and author.
1972Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (born 1887)[â ]
Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth, was an English Anglican priest, and 99th Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from 1945 to 1961.
1972A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport.[â ]
The Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), commonly known as Scandinavian Airlines, is the national airline of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It is part of SAS Group and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.
In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[â ]