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Plight of 500 residents of Elmhurst Towers apt bldg, who spent 3 days without power or water because of Aug 29 blackout, described; residents score Con Ed; co asserts bldg's plight was untended because of more pressing problems; illus
NJ Public Utilities Comm on Aug 31 appeals for curtailed power use as heat wave enters 5th day; Atlantic City and Camden cut voltage
Ford dies, Aug 31, Palm Springs, Calif, at age 78; career detailed; illus
China makes public on Aug 31 Premier Chou En-lai's rept to recent 10th natl Cong of Chinese Communist party in which Chou speaks out against both US and USSR, charging they are 'contending for hegemony,' but clearly indicates that China now considers USSR greater threat than US; Chou says recent Soviet charges that China is not for relaxation of tensions are meant to win money and favors from 'monopoly capitalists'; challenges USSR to show its good faith in relaxation of tensions by, among other things, withdrawing its armed forces from Czech; says US and USSR will always contend with each other, that their 'collusion' is only temporary; alleging that West seeks to divert Soviet threat toward China, says 'China is an attractive piece of meat coveted by all. But this piece of meat is very tough and for yrs no one has been able to bite into it'
7 antiwar veterans and 1 supporter are acquitted of charges of plotting violent disruption of Repub 72 natl conv after jury deliberates less than 4 hrs on Aug 31; trial of Vietnam Veterans Against the War is latest case Govt has lost in series of conspiracy cases against radicals and dissenters brought by Justice Dept's Internal Security Div; Gainesville Eight illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 29, 1973, covering September 1, 1973.
Chicago
Pink Floyd
Cat Stevens
The Allman Brothers Band
Diana Ross
1973J.D. Fortune, Canadian singer-songwriter[†]
Jason Dean Bennison, better known by his stage name J.D. Fortune, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He was the frontman of the Australian rock band INXS for six years after winning the first season of the CBS reality television series Rock Star: INXS; in 2005, replacing its late lead singer Michael Hutchence. After the show, Fortune fronted INXS through an extended 2+1⁄2-year world tour supporting the release of the album Switch, INXS's first studio album with Fortune, and the only album with new INXS material after Hutchence's death.
1973Simon Shaw, English rugby player[†]
Simon Dalton Shaw MBE is a former English rugby union player who played as a lock. He played for Bristol, London Wasps and Toulon. He won 71 caps for England between 1996 and 2011, and 2 for the British & Irish Lions, with whom he toured 3 times.
1973Ram Kapoor, Indian actor[†]
Ram Kapoor is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films and television. One of the highest paid television actor in India, he is known for portraying Jai Walia in Kasamh Se and Ram Kapoor in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain. He is a recipient of several awards including three ITA Awards and three Indian Telly Awards.
1973A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea resulted in the Rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.[†]
The Celtic Sea is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the southern coast of Ireland bounded to the north by Saint George's Channel; other limits include the Bristol Channel, the English Channel, and the Bay of Biscay, as well as adjacent portions of Wales, Cornwall, parts of Devon and Brittany. The continental shelf, which drops away sharply, delimits the southern and western boundaries. The Iroise Sea off Brittany is entirely included within it. The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago of small islands in the sea.
In 1973, the world population was approximately 3,920,805,042 people[†]