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In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[â ]
1972Eric Dane, American actor[â ]
Eric William Dane is an American actor. After multiple television roles in the 1990s and 2000s, which included his recurring role as Jason Dean in Charmed, Dane was cast as Mark Sloan on Grey's Anatomy. Following this, he made appearances in films such as Marley & Me (2008), Valentine's Day (2010), and Burlesque (2010). Dane has since played Captain Tom Chandler in The Last Ship and Cal Jacobs in HBO's Euphoria.
1972Naomi ShindĹ, Japanese voice actress and singer[â ]
Naomi ShindĹ is a Japanese voice actress who works for Aoni Production. She is best known for her voice roles as Shizuru Fujino (Mai-hime), Jane Diethel in Shaman King, Risai in 12 Kingdoms, Elias "Ace" Hono in Shitsugeki! Machine Robo Rescue and Cagalli Yula Athha. She was born in Kyoto Prefecture, and her nickname is "Cindy" (ăˇăłăăŁăź).
1972Corin Tucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[â ]
Corin Lisa Tucker is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for her work with rock band Sleater-Kinney. Tucker is also a member of the alternative rock supergroup Filthy Friends, and previously recorded with the punk band Heavens to Betsy as well as The Corin Tucker Band.
1972Victor Adamson; American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (born 1890)[â ]
Albert Victor Adamson was a New Zealand director, producer, screenwriter, and actor most famous for directing and starring in very-low-budget westerns in 1920s and 1930s. Adamson often used pseudonyms to credit himself, most often using the name Denver Dixon. His son, Al Adamson, would later follow his father in producing B movies during the 1960s and 1970s.
white Canarsie parents keep thousands of children out of schools in Bklyn Dist 18 on Nov 8, rejecting appeals of parents assn leaders and local school officials to end dispute over busing of black children from lowâincome Tilden housing project in Brownsville to Wilson JHS in Canarsie; Dist 18 Acting Supt H Garner says 1,853 of Canarsie's 9,700 pupils attended school on 1st day after boycott ended; 480 pupils, half of them white, attended Wilson; Garner predicts attendance at Wilson and 7 other Canarsie schools will be normal within few days, now that Combined ParentâTeacher Assns of Canarsie is no longer sponsoring boycott; 2 dozen white adults demonstrate outside Bildersee JHS urging parents to continue boycott; parents assn called off boycott after central Educ Bd removed its trustee D Schreiber from dist and restored full authority of dist's local bd; 600 Canarsie parents form orgn called Concerned Parents of Canarsie that seeks to hold local school bd accountable to community; group agrees to accept pupils from Tilden on condition that there be no further transfers; 52 civic, religious and community orgns in Canarsie form permanent group United Canarsie Council, led by N Marcone and G Meissner; group pledges full support to Dist 18 bd's efforts to rezone dist; illus of Wilson JHS
Ruskin to resign as NYC Investigation Comr effective Dec 1; illus at news conf with Mayor Lindsay
Hanoi Communist party newspaper says, Nov 8, that draft truce agreement provided for release of all mil and civilian pol prisoners in S Vietnamese jails; US officials deny existence of this provision; Kissinger, in Oct 26 news conf, said provision provided that release of S Vietnamese civilians in Saigon's prisons 'should be determined through negotiations among the S Vietnamese parties, so that the return of our prisoners is not conditional on the disposition of Vietnamese prisoners in Vietnamese jails on both sides of the conflict'; Hanoi paper charges that there is Saigon Govt campaign on to 'secretly dispose of patriots illegally kept in over 1,000 jails in S Vietnam'; charges assassinations of prisoners are taking place; investigation by the NY Times_over the past few wks has uncovered no evidence of deliberate killings in prisons; most of the bestâknown pol prisoners are reptd to be alive and well; 40,000 to 60,000 pol prisoners are estimated to be in jail; there are at least 36,000 POWs in S Vietnam
Sen McGovern's defeat for Presidency opens way on Nov 8 for fierce struggle for control of Dem party, its structure and its rules; loose coalition, including some labor officials, Govs, Congressmen and other party functionaries, is discussing series of possible moves to 'recapture' party from supporters of Sen McGovern; coalition is likely to focus on objectives including removal of Dem Natl chmn Westwood, and changing or reinterpreting new party rules for selecting delegates to natl conv; McGovern will apparently play no major role in struggle; at Dem Natl Com meeting on Dec 9, com must approve selection of 25 additional atâlarge members and ratify membership of comm to draft new party charter; labor officials are urging rollback of reform procedures that brought more blacks, youth and women into party affairs; possible replacements for Westwood noted
NYS Dem Chmn J F Crangle is reptd to be quietly seeking support for Dem Natl Com chairmanship; will be opposed by fellow New Yorkers B A Paterson, com Vice Chmn and J F English, who has been named gen counsel to com; will not acknowledge his bid for natl chairmanship but concedes there is 'feeling something should be done' about present leadership of Natl Com
Consolidated Carriers Corp, Greenberg's Express Inc and Dynamic Delivery Corp, garment district trucking cos that have been linked by NYC Police Dept to Mafia, sue Police Comr Murphy and Deputy Comr McCarthy on Nov 8 for $1,005,000 in damages; suit, filed in Federal Dist Ct, seeks to halt police campaign of ticketing cos' trucks for illegal parking; in announcing ticketing campaign Oct 31, police charged that 6 Mafiaâconnected trucking cos are monopolizing curb space in midtown garment center; Greenberg's and Dynamic have not been named by police as Mafiaâconnected cos, but they have same owners and officers as Consolidated, which was named; in addition to cos, plaintiffs in case are H Ruff, T Gambino and J Gambino, pres, vp and secâtreas, respectively, of 3 cos
The stock market rallied strongly yesterday morning in response to President Nixon's victory, but profit taking moved in later and the market closed generally lower. Wall Street leaders said the President's victory had been discounted in advance to some extent. Page 67.
NYCTA repts flooding cut service on BMT 14th St Canarsie line from 1st Av in Manhattan to MyrtleâWyckoff station, Bklyn, for short time during Nov 8 evening rush
Pres Nixon flies to his home in Key Biscayne, Fla from Washington, DC on Nov 8; illus
elections results indicate that, despite Nixon landslide, as many as half of voters switched their votes to Dems in gubernatorial races
Nov 9: White House announces, Nov 8, Gen A M Haig Jr, chief aide to Kissinger, is flying to Saigon to conf with Pres Thieu on efforts to conclude a truce accord; it is assumed that following Haig's talks with Thieu, Kissinger may hold a 'final' round of talks with Hanoi negotiators to complete details of 9âpoint agreement worked out in draft form; Nixon Adm officials believe Thieu will not risk an end to US support by refusing to concur in a 'final' settlement; speculate that Nixon's Pres election victory will increase pressure on both Saigon and Hanoi to reach an early settlement; one official says Hanoi has probably noted the prompt, friendly message sent to Nixon by USSR Pres Podgorny congratulating him on his victory