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Rev of events surrounding release of Pentagon papers and subsequent Govt attempts to halt their publication, culminating with trial of Dr D Ellsberg and A J Russo on charges of espionage
Smith, in last few days, has quietly resigned as Arms Control and Disarmament Agency dir and is leaving Govt service; por
Manhattan Dist Atty F S Hogan asseverates on Jan 3 that it was 'harmful' and 'unfair' for NYS Deputy Atty Gen M H Nadjari, state's special anticorruption prosecutor, to have offered some of Hogan's most experienced staff members salary increases to go to work for Nadjari, int; avers circumstance has become saddest element in his dispute with Nadjari; remarks that personnel issue came to head when Asst Dist Atty B L Gershman, one of most senior members of his Rackets Bur, accepted $30,000-a-yr position with Nadjari--$9,000 more than he earned with Hogan; 8 of 15 lawyers Nadjari has hired thus far have worked under Hogan; 2 of 8 came directly from Hogan's employ; starting salary in Manhattan Dist Atty's office is $12,500 and only few employes receive more than $20,000; Nadjari offers salaries ranging from $14,500 to about $25,000
thousands of riot police on Jan 3 use tear gas, bamboo staves and truncheons to keep rebellious Cairo Univ students from marching on downtown Cairo; police seal Cairo Univ campus with several thousand students inside; number of students injured cannot be determined; Govt issues statement announcing that all univs will be closed for remaining 9 days of current semester; 2-wk mid-yr vacation is to begin on Jan 13; violence marks breakdown of arrangement between Egyptian Pres Sadat's Govt and students; Govt tolerated political activities on campuses, but made it clear that no student demonstrations will be tolerated in city streets; demonstrators planned to march on Liberation Sq and perhaps on Natl Assembly, both in center of city, to demand release of student leaders; official total of those arrested on Dec 29 is 45; at Ain Shams Univ and Alexandria Univ, where there were partial strikes and sitins during last few days, no incidents take place; Jan '72 student riots recalled
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 3, 1973, covering January 4, 1973.
The Moody Blues
Carole King
Jethro Tull
Al Green
Artist not listed
1973Frank Høj, Danish cyclist[â ]
Frank Høj is a retired Danish professional road bicycle racer. Høj started as a stagiaire for the ZetelhallenâVosschemie team in 1994, and became professional in 1995 for CollstropâLystex. His first win as a professional came the year after. In a live interview with Danish media station TV2 during the coverage of Tour de France 2015, Høj admitted to have used EPO in the early periods of his career, namely 1995â1998. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.
In 1973, the world population was approximately 3,920,805,042 people[â ]