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youths rob 3 teachers and 3 parents at PS 175, Forest Hills, Queens, on Oct 24; few hrs later, youth robs 1st-grade teacher in PS 26, Bronx; 2 robberies are latest in recent rash of incidents involving teachers; they bring to 16 number of teachers and parents robbed in schools or in front of classes this mo; proposed security measures for grade schools revd
Article describes intensive retraining program by US Army instructors of entire S Vietnamese Army; program is a tacit acknowledgment that Vietnamization has not worked as US officials hoped it would; deficiencies of S Vietnamese Army cited; illus of US sgt with S Vietnamese troops
(Alleged Espionage Against Dem Candidates) P E Griffin says she was part of Repub scheme to sabotage Pres campaign of Sen Muskie in Fla last winter; says she served as Muskie volunteer to carry out anti-Muskie plot; says she was recruited by R Benz, who had told her he worked for D H Segretti; her admission is 1st direct evidence of Repub sabotage against Dems; is made to Tampa Times reporter J Perry; details about her activities are sparse; Perry says he talked with her only briefly before she asked legal advice; says she denies knowing anything about scurrilous letter on Muskie letterheads attacking Sens Jackson and Humphrey; her admission detailed
Sen McGovern charges Nixon needlessly prolonged the Vietnam war to satisfy right-wing war hawks, TV int; charges that the terms under which the Nixon Adm may be able to settle the war appear to be exactly the same terms under which the war could have ended 4 yrs ago; says none of Nixon's escalation of the war has worked; does not think end to the war before the election would destroy his chances to win; thinks it would destroy Nixon's
Essex County, NJ, grand jury on Oct 24 finds allegations that apptment of R Notte as exec dir of Newark Housing Authority had been supported by organized crime 'without substance'; Sup Ct Judge Giuliano also frees P Bridge, former reporter for Newark Evening News, who was jailed for refusing to give source of story about housing authority that appeared in now-defunct Newark News last May
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 25, 1972, covering October 25, 1972.
Curtis Mayfield
Leon Russell
The Moody Blues With The London Festival Orchestra (Knight)
Rod Stewart
Chicago
1972Cristian Dulca, Romanian footballer[â ]
Cristian Alexandru Dulca is a Romanian professional football coach and former player, who played as a defender.
1972Rodolfo FalcĂłn, Cuban swimmer[â ]
Rodolfo A. FalcĂłn Cabrera is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Cuba, and has been called the country's best swimmer ever. Since 2006, he has been the country's National Commissioner for swimming.
1972Maxi Mounds, American nude big-bust model and pornographic actress[â ]
Maxi Mounds is an American nude big-bust model, stripper and occasional pornographic actress originally from the Long Island, New York area. Mounds is known for her extremely large breast implants. Mounds' implants are polypropylene string breast implants, which irritate the breast tissue, causing the breasts to grow continuously as they fill with fluid. According to her official website, Mounds' breasts each weigh twenty-eight pounds. She is 6Â feet 0Â inches in height. Mounds has polypropylene string breast implants which are also used by fellow big-bust entertainers Chelsea Charms, and Minka, to achieve very large bust sizes.
1972Jonathan Torrens, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter[â ]
Jonathan Ormond Torrens is a Canadian actor and television personality best known for his co-hosting of Street Cents, his talk show Jonovision, and his role as "J-Roc" in the popular Canadian mockumentary Trailer Park Boys. In October 2009, Torrens began hosting TV with TV's Jonathan Torrens, a comedic newsmagazine program broadcast on the TVtropolis network. In January 2014, he teamed up with fellow Canadian Jeremy Taggart to create the Taggart and Torrens Podcast. They discuss everything from sports to politics and offer a unique perspective on current issues.
1972Persia White, American actress, singer, and musician[â ]
Persia White is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lynn Searcy on the UPN/CW sitcom Girlfriends. She is also known for her role as Abby Bennett Wilson in The Vampire Diaries (2012â2017). White is also a singer, and released a solo album, Mecca, in 2009.
1972Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (born 1918)[â ]
Johnny Mantz was an American racecar driver.
In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[â ]