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1,925 US families learn over weekend, from list of 555 Amer POWs who will be released in next two mos, whether their husbands, fathers and sons were identified captives or were still missing; reaction of some family members described; some illus
D L Chapin, Pres Nixon's apptmts sec, who has been linked to pol espionage activities of Repub re-election com, has reptdly decided to leave White House staff; 1 high-ranking Adm official tells NY Times that Chapin is being forced to leave as result of newspaper disclosures naming him as White House contact with D H Segretti, Calif lawyer who has said he played key role in what he describes as widespread Repub efforts to disrupt Dem primaries and harass Dem Pres candidates; 1 source says Chapin was initially asked to quit his job by his immediate superior, H R Haldeman, White House chief of staff, soon after Pres Nixon's re-election but that Chapin allegedly protested decision bitterly, telling Haldeman that his chance for getting good job in business would be lessened if he became White House scapegoat for Segretti's pol espionage activities; Haldeman is said to have agreed to permit interval to elapse; background of Chapin's involvement with Segretti noted; illus of Chapin
Lt Col W B Nolde, 43, of Mt Pleasant, Mich, identified by US Defense Dept as last Amer to die in Vietnam war; he was killed by artillery shell at An Loc 11 hrs before the truce took effect; he was a sr US adviser in An Loc Prov; comment on Nolde biog and career; his por
NJ Gov Cahill on Jan 29 will recommend budget that includes $1.04-billion allocation for state aid and operating costs for local public educ and state coll system, representing increase of $90-million
US Adm officials rept on Jan 28 that about 100 US planes, including B-52 bombers, have attacked suspected Communist positions and supply lines in Laos since Vietnam cease-fire has gone into effect; US Defense Dept, on orders from White House and State Dept, originally declined to comment; later, Pentagon spokesman confirmed raids; indirect confirmation of raids came earlier from Dept Asst Sec Sullivan on TV program; Sullivan said that in interim period between now and cease-fire in Laos, US will continue to provide air support to Laotian Govt forces; emphasized mil purpose of halting Communist offensive under way in country and stated that continued bombing is permissible under Vietnam peace accord signed in Paris on Jan 27; Adm's silence on bombing seen as attempt to hold out threat of continued bombings if Communists do not move to cease-fire; Sen Mansfield has deplored continued bombing; Repr Abzug describes it as violation of cease-fire
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 24, 1973, covering January 29, 1973.
Carly Simon
War
Carole King
Stevie Wonder
Various Artists
1973Megan McArdle, American journalist[†]
Megan McArdle is an American columnist and blogger based in Washington, D.C. She writes for The Washington Post, mostly about economics, finance, and government policy.
1973Jason Schmidt, American baseball player[†]
Jason David Schmidt, is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. In his career, he has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (2007–2009), San Francisco Giants (2001–06), Pittsburgh Pirates (1996–2001) and Atlanta Braves (1995–96), by whom he had been drafted in the eighth round, 206th overall, of the 1991 draft.
1973Johannes Paul Thilman, German composer (born 1903)[†]
Johannes Paul Thilman was a German composer.
1973EgyptAir Flight 741 crashes into the Kyrenia Mountains in Cyprus, killing 37 people.[†]
EgyptAir Flight 741 was a flight between Cairo International Airport and the now-defunct Nicosia International Airport that crashed on 29 January 1973. All 37 people on board died.
In 1973, the world population was approximately 3,920,805,042 people[†]