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Pres Nixon on Nov 15, in speech to Natl Realtors Assn, promises to sign trans-Alaska pipeline bill to cope with energy crisis; scores bill's opponents; urges development of shale
law enforcement sources say on Nov 15 that Repr S Chisholm is target of Fed investigations into 3 areas of alleged wrongdoing; central investigation involves possible misuse of $23,000 surplus in Chisholm's Cong campaign; Chisholm says campaign surplus was merely temporary and existed because all of bills had not been paid; calls investigation 'fishing expedition' but has told pol colleagues that she was fearful of Fed indictment; career sketch
NY Junior League and NYC Bur of VD Control on Nov 15 announce joint campaign to get women to demand regular testing for gonorrhea; bur dir V Cave predicts 200,000 new cases of gonorrhea among women and girls in NYC this yr; says figures are based partly on 44,000 new cases among both sexes reptd in '72 combined with bur survey of private physicians; bur educ dir F Santora says league's support in VD problem is 'a first'; all testing is confidential and no results are disclosed; league will conduct gonorrhea information 'hot line' 2 hrs a day after Jan 1; VD educ com chmn C Valentine notes league has been involved in area of health for 75 yrs; league com members have helped write and record radio spot announcements for gonorrhea detection program
Article on Commerce Dept's 3d qr rept on US balance of internatl payments holds that trade balance has been helped by dollar devaluations, which made imports more expensive to Amers and US goods cheaper to foreigners; notes favorable swing in balance of payments in 3d qr includes $1-billion from trade
HR, 391-20, on Nov 15 approves 11% increase, in 2-steps, in Soc Security benefits for some 29-million retired Amers; bill goes to Sen, where Finance Com approved similar increase on Nov 14; it appears likely that both houses will approve Soc Security increases to reflect rise in living costs before adjorning next mo; it is not known whether Pres Nixon will sign bill; Soc Security recipients, under HR bill, will receive 7% increase beginning with Apr '74 checks and 4% increase starting with July's checks; to help pay for increased benefits, amt of a person's annual income subject to Soc Security tax will be raised to $13,200 starting Jan '74 from $12,600 wage base that had been scheduled to take effect in Jan; maximum wage base in '73 was $10,800; additional increase in wage base means that maximum Soc Security tax in '74 would rise to $772.20, compared with $631.80 in '73, but increase would be paid by those making more than $10,800 a yr; Soc Security increase would replace 5.9% cost-of-living increase approved last spring by Cong that had been scheduled to take effect in June '74; minimum Soc Security payments, under new benefit schedule, would be increased from present $84.50 a mo to $90.50 in Apr and $93.80 in July; avg payment for single person would rise from present $167 a mo to $178 in Apr and $186 in July, while avg benefit for couple would increase from present $277 to $296 in Apr and $310 in July; main difference between HR bill and measure approved by Sen Finance Com is that Sen version would make 1st increase of 7% effective immediately on enactment instead of with Apr's checks; Repubs on HR Ways and Means Com assert that bill approved on Nov 15 would increase Fed expenditures $1.1-billion in fiscal '74
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 14, 1973, covering November 16, 1973.
Elton John
The Rolling Stones
The Allman Brothers Band
The Who
Cheech & Chong
1973Christian Horner, English race car driver and manager[†]
Christian Edward Johnston Horner is a British motorsport executive and former racing driver. Since 2005, Horner has served as team principal and CEO of Red Bull Racing in Formula One, winning six World Constructors' Championship titles between 2010 and 2023.
1973Brendan Laney, New Zealand-Scottish rugby player and sportscaster[†]
Brendan James Laney, is a former professional rugby union player who represented Scotland as one of the original 'kilted Kiwis'. Nicknamed "Chainsaw" for the way he cut through defences, he was also a good goal kicker. From South Canterbury in New Zealand, he began his professional rugby career at full back for the Highlanders in the Super 12. He played for Yamaha Jubilo in Japan at the end of his career.
1973Alan Watts, English-American philosopher, author, and educator (born 1915)[†]
Alan Wilson Watts was a British and American writer, speaker, and self-styled "philosophical entertainer", known for interpreting and popularising Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience.
1973Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.[†]
Skylab was the United States' first space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three trios of astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4. Skylab was constructed from a repurposed Saturn V third stage, and took the place of the stage during launch. Operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory, Earth observation and hundreds of experiments. Skylab's orbit eventually decayed and it disintegrated in the atmosphere on July 11, 1979, scattering debris across the Indian Ocean and Western Australia.
1973U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.[†]
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961, and also as a representative and senator from California. His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal.
In 1973, the world population was approximately 3,920,805,042 people[†]