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France, in immense effort to make Eur less dependent on foreign energy supplies, announces on Nov 23 that it will start construction next Jan on plant to make fuel for nuclear power reactors in '80s
Libyan leader Col M el-Qaddafi on Nov 23 arrives in Paris on visit during which he is expected to demand that France deliver more and better arms to his country, possibly including atomic weapons, and lift restrictions on transfer of French arms to Egypt and Syria; it is Qaddafi's 1st trip to Western country since he seized power in '69; French Premier P Messmer greets Qaddafi at Orly airport; Qaddafi has both praised French position in Middle East crisis and complained that France has not gone far enough in support of Arabs; French sources say they expect Qaddafi to seek removal of their embargo on arms to 'battlefield states' imposed at outbreak of '67 war and to ask for 30 Mirage F-1 fighter-bombers, in addition to 110 older Mirage 3s already sold; 70 of 110 Mirage 3s have been delivered; hint that Qaddafi might ask for atomic weapons in exch for unrestricted access to Libyan oil comes from Cairo Al Ahram article by its editor M H Heykal, published on Nov 23; Heykal reptdly mentions Libyan efforts to obtain atomic weapons for Arabs and speaks of Israeli 'atomic threat'; French officials have taken lead in persuading other Eur countries to endorse pro-Arab diplomacy as best defense against 'oil weapon'; it is understood that oil supplies to France have been cut by internatl cos because cos are diverting non-Arab oil to countries suffering more from Arab actions, such as Netherlands; Qaddafi is expected to offer France important industrial contracts, as well as oil; will meet with Pres Pompidou; illus of Qaddafi with Messmer
Gov Rockefeller and NYC Mayor-elect Beame hope to persuade Fed officials that energy crisis has underscored need for Fed funds for mass transit; they seek such funds to avoid fare rise in NYC
NYC regional office of Fed Office of Petroleum Allocations is deluged with calls from state and local officials, people in private indus and homeowners who want to find out how much of dwindling oil supply they can get; dir J J Mastroianni will get detailed statements from oil suppliers on vol of oil on hand and demand from customers on supply; Mastroianni discusses present unsettled state of procedures for dealing with cos; describes relationship office will have with state and local energy programs; Mastroianni illus
Xerox Corp application to build 104-acre hq campus in Greenwich (Conn) is rejected on Nov 23 by Greenwich Planning and Zoning Comm, which contends proposal is 'not in the best interests and gen welfare of Greenwich'; Xerox, which had bought land in '70 for $4.5-million, embarked early in '73 on $250,000 campaign to convince town to accept office bldg; contended that noise from nearby Westchester County Airport made area undesirable as residential neighborhood and that office campuses there would preclude other, less desirable, uses; Xerox bd chmn and chief exec C P McColough expresses 'disappointment' with decision but does not say if co plans to appeal decision in ct
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 21, 1973, covering November 24, 1973.
Elton John
The Who
Ringo Starr
The Rolling Stones
Jim Croce
1973Alejandro Ávila, Mexican actor[†]
Alejandro Ávila is a Mexican telenovela actor.
1973Danielle Nicolet, American actress[†]
Danielle Nicolet is an American actress known for roles on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), Second Time Around (2004–05), The Starter Wife (2008), Family Tools (2013), Born Again Virgin (2015–16) and The Flash (2015–23).
1973John Neihardt, American author and poet (born 1881)[†]
John Gneisenau Neihardt was an American writer and poet, amateur historian and ethnographer. Born at the end of the American settlement of the Plains, he became interested in the lives of those who had been a part of the European-American migration, as well as the Indigenous peoples whom they had displaced.
1973A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasts only four months.[†]
The Autobahn is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official term is Bundesautobahn, which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word Bundesautobahn is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'.
In 1973, the world population was approximately 3,920,805,042 people[†]