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As if the Mets’ injury problems were contagious to whoever steps onto the field at Shea Stadium. Bob Gibson. the dean of the st. Louis pitching staff suffered a knee injury yesterday that could turn the Cardinals’
Playwright J A Walker comments on apparent lack of coverage given to black plays and playwrights by NYC critics
article on TVA on occasion of its 40th anniversary details charges that project has become too committed to expansion and has under-emphasized its role as public servant and protector of environment; recounts critics' arguments that auth has become equivalent to large power co and that majority of its generating capacity comes from fossil-fuel generating stations powered by strip-mined coal, noting comments of various individuals; revs auth's contests with Natural Resources Defense Council in its efforts to curb auth's usage of strip-mined coal, with environmentalists who oppose TVA proposal to build 2 dams on 268-mi-long Duck River, and with Environmental Defense Fund, which has filed suit with others to block Tellico Dam on Little Tenn River; illus; map
Article discusses grain deal between USSR and Continental Grain Co, which has resulted in Cong investigation of Govt officials on whether they withheld or leaked information to favored exporters; notes that Govt has charged that Continental 'willfully' filed false repts to conceal magnitude of sales to USSR; revs deal and investigation; illus
US Sup Ct Justice Douglas, Aug 4, orders immediate halt to US bombing of Cambodia, but hours later, Ct overrules him in an order issued by Justice Marshall and supported by the 7 other ct members; during intervening period, between 9:30 AM and 3:30 PM, Defense Dept refuses to comply with Douglas decision; says Govt seeks to win reversal in Sup Ct; Dept spokesman repts that bombing operations were in effect during the 6 hrs; Sup Ct order reinstates stay of execution of Judge O G Judd ruling that the bombing was unconst; Marshall conducted unusual poll of the 7 justices to get vote; Douglas says he considered the matter 'a capital case' in that 'we know that someone is about to die'; Asst Sec Friedheim says Defense Dept will not take any legal action because US Govt was trying to get Douglas decision reversed; original ct action brought by Repr Holtzman; she says after 8-to-1 ruling she will pursue every legal method to end the bombing; background of case revd; Marshall and Douglas pors
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 1, 1973, covering August 5, 1973.
Chicago
Pink Floyd
Carpenters
George Harrison
Seals & Crofts
1973Paul Carige, Australian rugby league player[†]
Paul Carige is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. He played for the Illawarra Steelers, Parramatta Eels, and the Salford City Reds. He mostly played at centre, but occasionally he played the odd game at fullback or wing.
1973Justin Marshall, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster[†]
Justin Warren Marshall is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He played 81 games for the New Zealand All Blacks between 1995 and 2005.
1973Mars 6 is launched from the USSR.[†]
Mars 6, also known as 3MP No.50P was a Soviet spacecraft launched to explore Mars. A 3MP bus spacecraft launched as part of the Mars program, it consisted of a lander, and a coast stage with instruments to study Mars as it flew past.
In 1973, the world population was approximately 3,920,805,042 people[†]