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In 1973, the world population was approximately 3,920,805,042 people[†]
1973Marshall Faulk, American football player[†]
Marshall William Faulk is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons and is the current running backs coach at the University of Colorado. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time.
1973Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer and manager[†]
Ole Gunnar Solskjær is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who currently manages Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. He spent the majority of his playing career with Manchester United and made 67 appearances for the Norway national team.
1973Jenny Thompson, American swimmer[†]
Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competition swimmer and anesthesiologist.
article on Irish Repub Prime Min Lynch's campaign before election on Feb 28 notes he is barnstorming country, using his full mastery of symbolism, sentiment, humor and above all intimacy that traditionally wins Irish votes; notes Lynch's Fianna Fail party has won elections over all but 4 of last 41 yrs; says that when Lynch called election for this mo he was conceded easy victory; notes that Fine Gael, main Opposition party, has arranged coalition with smaller Labor party with program calling for attack on inflation, increased social benefits and reduction of unpopular tax on rents; says that Fianna Fail is using last days of campaign to exploit its strongest cards: its own formidable electoral tradition and political appeal of Lynch; notes opposition, led quietly by unobstrusive L Cosgrave, has nothing so spectacular; Lynch illus
Joint mil comm fails, Feb 26, to give US details of next release of 100 Amer POWs, meeting of subcomm on captured persons; US sources say word of a POWs exch may still be delivered by Communist delegates outside the meeting
PARIS, Feb. 25—Secretary of State William P. Rogers began private talks tonight with Foreign Minister phi Peng‐fei of China on settling each country's financial claims against the other, and set up a meeting later this week with Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko of the Soviet Union.
Survey of efforts being made by American cities to resurrect their downtown areas; increasing numbers of city residents have moved to suburbs, leaving many downtown areas literally deserted after dark; now some of afflicted cities have begun to fight back with carefully planned developments that will hopefully bring families back to inner city areas; most plans are being refinanced with pre-Nixon Adm urban renewal money and munic bond issues and private development funds; redevelopment plans for Denver, Oklahoma City, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Detroit are discussed; illus of construction in Denver
Demonstrators throw rocks at barracks of N Vietnamese members of Four-Party Joint Mil Comm in Da Nang and Hue on Feb 25; 5 N Vietnamese in Hue are reptd slightly injured; melee is brought to an end after more than an hr by a colonel from S Vietnamese delegation to Mil Comm, who told demonstrators that it is senseless to damage S Vietnamese property; illus of melee
Met Museum dir Hoving soys that R E Hecht Jr, who sold Euphronios vase to museum, met with him on Feb 23 and personally delivered sworn statement of vase's reptd owner D A Sarrafian, confirming krater's provenance; Hecht's background sketched; Hoving says Hecht had told him vase was not 'hot pot' and that he had no reason to suspect Hecht; expresses doubt that fragments Italian bootleg digger A Cenere described to Italian police were those in museum's vase; says he also has sworn statement from F Buerki declaring that Swiss restorer had received vase from Sarrafian in Aug '71; London Observer says it interviewed Sarrafian, who stated that Hecht got 'bulk of the money' for vase
NYS Div of Housing and Community Renewal issues annual rept Feb 25; state figures show that bldg permits issued in NYC for 1972 authorized construction of 33,563 new housing units, highest figure since 1963, and 9% increase over 1971; 80% of units were built with Fed or state aid
FTC Econ Bur draft rept tentatively concludes series of mergers between oil, coal and uranium producers in '60s has led to only small increase in concentration of ownership of energy resources; conclusion reptdly will disappoint oil indus critics who contend mergers should be attacked on antitrust grounds; findings detailed
NYC Dems face intra-party struggle in upcoming mayoral race as City Council Pres Garelik on Feb 26 will become 6th aspirant for party's mayoral nomination; issues outlined; Dem observers hope aspirants who are defeated will support winner but express fear that situation may continue to be 'free-for-all'; Garelik por
Israeli Govt on Feb 25 says it will reimburse families of victims 'in deference to humanitarian considerations'; maintains Israeli Air Force acted 'in strict compliance with internatl law'; IATA Dir Hammarskjold calls for 'neutral internatl investigation' of incident to 'establish unbiased facts'
delegates are expected to complete and sign pact calling for protection of animals threatened with extinction by March 1; have already agreed on tentative list of species that need protection and are expected to establish stringent system that will eventually eliminate commercial trade involving endangered species; conv was called at suggestion of US after Cong approved Endangered Species Conservation Act of '69; problems delegates are encountering while attempting to create pact cited