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In 1973, the world population was approximately 3,920,805,042 people[†]
1973Diego Albanese, Argentine rugby player[†]
Diego Luis Albanese is an Argentine retired rugby union player who played as a winger. He played for the San Isidro Club in Argentina, French side Grenoble, Gloucester and Leeds Tykes. Albanese made 17 appearances for Gloucester scoring three tries.
1973Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer[†]
Themistoklis "Demis" Nikolaidis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the forty second president of AEK Athens, and is considered one of the greatest forwards Greece has produced. In his early childhood and teenage years he lived in the city of Alexandroupoli, in the northeast part of Greece. In a sterling career with Ethnikos Alexandroupolis, Apollon Smyrnis, AEK Athens and Atlético Madrid, Nikolaidis earned his reputation as a "born goalscorer", scoring prolifically for club and country. His power, pace and skill on the ball have been widely praised.
1973Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (born 1909)[†]
Hugo Winterhalter was an American easy listening arranger and composer, best known for his many arrangements and recordings for RCA Victor.
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif, is working on hydrogen additive for gasoline that, when used in modified internal combustion engines, will reduce pollutant emissions; project mgr H Cotrill says method is promising but needs further development; lab dir Dr W H Pickering says cos have been invited to assess utility of method; expects $4- to $5-million will have to be spent to develop method; research described
FPC chief economist H P Wald, in Sept 10 lr of Sen Jackson on forthcoming Sen repts on natl fuel and energy policies, scores public comments by comrs and Nixon Adm officials that gas rates are too low; asserts such comments have led producers to curtail production and development; hearing on deregulation of gas rates, proposed by Pres Nixon to ease shortage, set
Sen Mondale warns on Sept 16 that US must resist Watergate-bred temptations to 'emasculate' Presidency, speech to be delivered to Sen on Sept 17 urging study of Presidency; says Watergate case is consequence of 36-yr trend toward a Presidency 'larger than life and larger than the law'; charges that Pres Nixon abetted trend by substituting White House 'efficiency' for accountability but says it occurred with implicit sanction of a 'docile' Cong; says Pres Nixon, in urging Cong to tend to nation's business and to move beyond Watergate, 'misread the will of the people and misrepresented the actions of the Cong'; says Nixon Adm has produced Watergate 'crisis of confidence' because there has never existed 'sense of mutual trust and respect between this Pres and the Cong, and between this Pres and the people'; Mondale illus
OPEC ministerial meeting, Vienna, set; reptdly will seek to break earlier pricing accords and obtain new increases
Chilean mil junta repts on Sept 16 that armed civilians are still resisting mil authorities and warns them that they will be killed unless they lay down their weapons; repts it has already executed 3 persons, while other sources put figure at 11; estimates of people arrested and detained at 2 soccer stadiums vary from 3,000 to 4,000; official estimates that 16 people were killed and 110 injured since start of coup are also well below unofficial estimates which range from 500 to several thousand for deaths and higher for injuries; junta envoy J David is sent to Mendoza, Argentina, to appeal for food
NY Times survey of Amer libraries and librarians finds that innovation, hospitality showmanship and sometimes outright gimmickry which have invaded nation's libraries have done little to offset concern about security, budget problems and Nixon Adm's desire to cut back Fed funds; several librarians and professionals comment
Members of Lay Faculty Assn on Sept 16 vote, 166-57, to strike 8 RC high schools in Brooklyn and Queens to press demand for wage increase; about 14,000 students will be affected; diocese official says he expects 250 religious personnel to continue to teach, but other spokesman says principal of each school will have to decide whether to keep it open; strike vote comes after teachers reject final offer of $300 across-the-bd wage increase made by negotiators for diocese; faculty assn pres H Kranepool says teachers originally sought $1,000 raise but reduced demand to $800; calls diocese's offer 'ridiculous and outrageous' in light of fact that teachers have not recd raise since '70 and cost of living has increased 18% since then; list of schools affected by strike
Swedish Soc Dem party, in power for 41 yrs, apparently wins narrow victory on Sept 17 over non-Socialist coalition in closest election in modern Swedish history; Soc Dems and their tacit allies, Communist party, with 91% of votes counted by 4 AM, Sept 17, hold 2-seat margin in seesaw battle over 350 seats in Parliament; experts still do not rule out possibility of pol confusion with 175-to-175 seat deadlock when all votes are counted; Premier O Palme, if he retains power, will be more dependent on Communist support in single-chamber Parliament; Palme controlled 163 seats at onset of election, which, combined with 17 held by Communists, provided him with workable majority of 180 seats; election returns show that Soc Dems lost considerable ground with electorate; latest figures show that Soc Dems lost 7 seats--down to 156 seats--but were saved by strong showing of Communists, who gained 3 seats for total of 20; Soc Dems, still largest single party in Parliament, manage to win only about 43% of vote, 3d lowest total for party in 15 elections since it came to power in '32; Communists appear to gain about 7% for about 5.5% of total; challenge to Palme Govt came from coalition of 3 parties, which had agreed if victorious to form new Govt under T Falldin, leader of fast-growing Center party, a former Agrarian group that made large gains in election; Center party wins 25% of votes, gain of 5%, and Liberal party loses nearly 7%; Conservatives gain close to 3%; voter turnout is unusually high at about 90%; death of King Gustav VI Adolf cast shadow over voting with official declaration of mourning; new King Carl XVI Gustaf arrives back in Stockholm from Halsingborg, in southern Sweden, where King died; Carl Gustaf will be officially installed on Sept 19-there is no coronation in Sweden--and will speak to his 8-million subjects for 1st time as king; Gustav VI Adolf will be buried on Sept 25; pol analysts are unable to judge whether death of king had any impact on voting; illus of King Carl Gustaf XVI arrival in Stockholm
Brezhnev, according to intelligence repts recently recd in Washington, has emphasized to E Eur leaders that movement toward improving relations with West is a tactical policy change to permit USSR bloc to establish its superiority in next 12-15 yrs; repts, summarized by US State and Defense Dept officials, suggest USSR will use period of accommodation to build up its own mil and econ strength and be in position by mid-'80s to establish ind, superior position in dealing with West; most civilian analysts see Brezhnev's statements emphasizing accommodation as way of achieving econ, rather than mil build-up, not as long-range master plan for mi) superiority over US
governing Congress party on Sept 16 chides Indian Govt for 'tardy' action on party policies; directs party members to aid govt agencies speed execution of programs
Communists shell S Vietnamese mil position near Tam Quan, Sept 16; action has been heavy there in recent days
French Pres Pompidou leaves Shanghai, China, for Iran