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CLEVELAND, March 24 (UPI)—The Cleveland Indians traded a catcher, Ray Fosse, and a shortstop, Jack Heidemann, to the Oakland Athletics today for a catcher, Dave Duncan, and an outfielder, George Hendrick.
M Troop article on using subway as studio to practice portraiture; illus
NY Times survey details gathering momentum in women equality groups' fight against sex discrimination in extension of credit to women; shows some barriers are falling more quickly than expected with support from politicians and from retailers and bankers who are aware that female 53% of population dominates consumer econ; outlines following developments in fight: bills on sex discrimination in credit extension are pending in both Cong houses and at least 6 state legis; community property law amendment in Washington (DC) to make wives equal mgrs of property; Natl Comm on Consumer Finance and state comm hearings on subject; Center of Women Policy Studies receipt of Ford Foundation grant to study problem; Natl Orgn for Women's manual for groups wishing to set up credit project; inequities in credit extension to women and various cases of discrimination involving single, married and divorced women described
Critic A Kazin article on subway scene today, contrasted with his rememberances of subway system in '30s when fare was 5c and trip was peaceful ride from his home to classroom; illus of sketches of people on subway by illustrator M Troop
Chem Bank and First Penna Banking & Trust, bowing to Adm pressure as result of unusual round of Saturday telephone calls by Burns, cut prime rate on March 24 to 6 1/2% from 6 3/4%; Continetal Ill Natl Bank & Trust, Marine Midland Bank (NYC), First Natl Bank of Boston, Repub Natl Bank (Dallas, Tex) rollback of rates to 6 1/2% noted; First Penna Banking chmn J R Bunting statement on cutback action detailed; controversy revd
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 21, 1973, covering March 25, 1973.
Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
Elton John
Diana Ross
John Denver
Deodato
1973Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier[â ]
Michaela Dorfmeister is an Austrian former alpine ski racer who competed in the Olympic Games and World Cup. Her specialities were both the downhill and the super-G disciplines, although she skied in and had success in giant slalom.
1973Anders FridĂ©n, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer[â ]
PÀr Anders Fridén is a Swedish vocalist, best known as the lead singer of the melodic death metal band In Flames. He was also the vocalist of Dark Tranquillity and side project Passenger.
1973Bob Sura, American basketball player[â ]
Robert Sura Jr. is an American World Series of Poker player and former professional basketball player who played ten seasons for five different teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). At 6Â ft 5Â in (1.96Â m), 200 pounds (91Â kg), he played as a shooting guard and point guard.
1973Jakob Sildnik, Estonian photographer and director (born 1883)[â ]
Jakob Sildnik was an Estonian photographer and filmmaker, based in Tartu. Together with Fjodor Ljubovski, he directed one of the first Estonian films, the short drama Must Teemant, released in 1923.
1973Edward Steichen, Luxembourgian-American photographer, painter, and curator (born 1879)[â ]
Edward Jean Steichen was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter and curator and a pioneer of fashion photography. His gown images for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 were the first modern fashion photographs to be published. From 1923 to 1938, Steichen served as chief photographer for the Condé Nast magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair, while also working for many advertising agencies, including J. Walter Thompson. During these years, Steichen was regarded as the most popular and highest-paid photographer in the world.
In 1973, the world population was approximately 3,920,805,042 people[â ]