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White Press press sec Ziegler discloses Nov 1 that Nixon will make campaign stops in Chicago, Tulsa and Providence Nov 3 and stops in NC and NM Nov 4 before spending rest of weekend in Ontario, Calif
PARIS, Nov. 1—American sources in close touch with the Vietcong's delegation in Paris said today that the Vietcong were irritated and unhappy with North Vietnam for having dropped three of its crucial demands in reaching a cease‐fire agreement with the United States.
The stock market scored one of its best gains of 1972 yesterday, buoyed mainly by hopes for a cease‐fire, agreement in Indochina. The DowJones industrials rose 13.02 to 968.54, closing five points below the 1972 high, as volume expanded to 21.36 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Page 63.
Avg interest rate just below 3.36% that NYC incurred on sale of $545âmillion of notes reflects decline in borrowing costs for NYC at time when Fed Govt's costs have risen; NYS Controller Beame notes that while interest rates on various notes sold by city declined considerably from past rates, interest rates on Treas bills increased
S Vietnamese opposition leader Gen Duong Van Minh, Nov 1, say he disagrees with draft ceaseâfire plan; says that as a mil man he opposes a ceaseâfire in place; asks who would police 'all those little spots'; favors withdrawal of opposing forces into regrouping areas as it was done in '54; Pres Thieu repeats his opposition to the presence of N Vietnamese troops in S Vietnam after a ceaseâfire, speech; Minh avoids mention of Thieu but cites overriding need for natl reconciliation and unity; Saigon opposition seen fearing that peace accord leaves them in the worst possible position, with both the Communists and Thieu remaining in control; its hope that the US would negotiate a transition period in which the dem, nonâCommunist forces held in check by Thieu would be allowed to replace him is dashed by announcement of terms of the accord; pol leaders close to Minh note Thieu's repression of pol opposition
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 1, 1972, covering November 2, 1972.
Curtis Mayfield
Cat Stevens
The Moody Blues With The London Festival Orchestra (Knight)
Rod Stewart
The Temptations
1972Marion Posch, Italian snowboarder[â ]
Marion Posch is an Italian snowboarder.
1972DarĂo Silva, Uruguayan footballer and coach[â ]
DarĂo Debray Silva Pereira is a Uruguayan retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
1972Vladimir Vorobiev, Russian ice hockey player and coach[â ]
Vladimir Anatolievich Vorobiev is a Russian former professional ice hockey player. He was selected in the tenth round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, 240th overall, by the New York Rangers, and played 33 games in the National Hockey League with the Rangers and Edmonton Oilers between 1997 and 1999. The vast majority of his career, which lasted from 1989 to 2011, was spent in the Russian Super League and its successor, the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Internationally Vorobiev played for the Russian national team at the 1995 and 1996 World Championships. After his retirement Vorobiev has worked in coaching roles in the KHL, and currently is an assistant coach with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.
1972Samantha Womack, British actress, singer and director[â ]
Samantha Zoe Womack is an English actress, singer, model and director who has worked in film, television and stage. Womack initially planned a career in singing and she represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991. Her song for the contest, "A Message to Your Heart", was released as her only single in April 1991 and reached number 30 in the UK singles chart.
1972Grigoriy Plaskov, Soviet artillery lieutenant (born 1898)[â ]
Grigoriy Davydovich Plaskov, also known as G.D. Plaskov and Hirsch Plaskov, was a Lieutenant General of Artillery for the Soviet Union. He is known for being one of the most prominent Jews in the Red Army.
In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[â ]