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May 20, 1973

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GOVERNOR URGES DELAY ON CHARTER

By M. A. Farber Special to The New York Times

Rockefeller request that Legis postpone until '75 any public referendum on changing NYC Charter seen effort to avoid controversial issue in 74, when he may be running for re‐election

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CAULFIELD IS SAID TO CONNECT DEAN TO CLEMENCY BID

By David E. Rosenbaum Special to The New York Times

investigators say that former White House official J Caulfield has told Sen investigators that when he offered exec clemency to J W McCord Jr in return for McCord's silence about Watergate conspiracy, he was operating on instructions from then‐White House counsel J W Dean 3d; investigators who particpated in int with Caulfield May 17 say May 19 that when they asked Caulfield whether he had invoked Pres Nixon's name when he met with McCord, Caulfield replied 'I might have, but I don't recall that I did'; McCord has testified that Caulfield said that Pres was aware of their clandestine meetings and that offer of clemency had come 'from very highest levels of the White House'; recent Gallup Poll indicates that concern over corruption in Govt increased from 1% in mid ‐Feb to 16%; questions Sens hope to ask McCord in future hearing noted; illus

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 16, 1973, covering May 20, 1973.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin

    Houses Of The Holy

    Led Zeppelin

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Beatles 1967-1970 by The Beatles

    The Beatles 1967-1970

    The Beatles

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    6
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Beatles 1962-1966 by The Beatles

    The Beatles 1962-1966

    The Beatles

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    6
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Best Of Bread by Bread

    The Best Of Bread

    Bread

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for They Only Come Out At Night by Edgar Winter

    They Only Come Out At Night

    Edgar Winter

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    24

Notable Births

1973Nathan Long, Australian rugby league player[†]

Nathan Long is an Australian former rugby league footballer. He played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Northern Eagles, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the St. George Illawarra Dragons as a second-row forward.

Notable Deaths

Renzo Pasolini

1973Renzo Pasolini, Italian motorcycle racer (born 1938)[†]

Renzo Pasolini, nicknamed "Paso", was an Italian professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1964 to 1972.

Jarno Saarinen

1973Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (born 1945)[†]

Jarno Karl Keimo Saarinen was a Finnish professional Motorcycle racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1968 to 1971 as Yamaha privateer, before receiving the Yamaha factory's full support in 1972 and 1973. In the early 1970s, he was considered one of the most promising and talented motorcycle road racers of his era until he was killed during the 1973 Nations Grand Prix in Italy. Saarinen's death led to increased demands for better safety conditions for motorcycle racers competing in the world championships. He remains the only Finn to have won a solo motorcycle road racing world championship. Saarinen was inducted into the F.I.M. MotoGP Hall of Fame in 2009.

Historical Context for May 20, 1973

In 1973, the world population was approximately 3,920,805,042 people[†]