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January 27, 1974

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Headlines from January 27, 1974

ERVIN UNIT DELAYS HEARINGS ON GIFTS TO NIXON CAMPAIGN

By Warren Weaver Jr. Special to The New York Times

Sen Watergate com postpones indefinitely hearings on contributions to Pres Nixon's re‐election campaign at request of US Atty Paul J Curran, who fears publicity would be prejudicial to upcoming trial of former Nixon Cabinet officers John N Mitchell and Maurice H Stans; trial beings Feb 19, 9 days before com's scheduled expiration, leaving in doubt fate of hearings into contributions by Howard Hughes, and by dairy indus (M)

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Oil Mr. Nikon

By Unknown Author

Rev of events of wk of Jan 25 in Watergate affair notes that former White House aide Egil Krogh Jr was sentenced to 6 mos for his part in burglary of office of Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr Lewis J Fielding

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Home Builders’ Very Own Recession

By Martin Waldron

Housing indus is having recession and housing starts in US were at annual rate of 1.36‐million in Dec ‘73, down from 1.7‐million in Nov ‘73 and from avg monthly rate of 2.4‐million in 1st qr of ‘73; repercussions are being felt in appliances, lumber, carpeting, furniture and construction employment; home sales dropped drastically in last half of ‘73 when interest on mortgages climbed to 9% or more in some areas; construction materials have also climbed in price and land values have gone up; in addition some bldg materials are in short supply; builders across US comment; George C Martin, pres of Govt Natl Mortgage Assn, says Govt is slow to realize that nation is heading toward housing crisis; illus; graphs showing number of housing starts from Dec ‘72 through Dec ‘73 and rise in mortgage rates from Dec ‘72 through Dec ‘73 (L)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 23, 1974, covering January 27, 1974.

  1. 1
    Album cover for You Don't Mess Around With Jim by Jim Croce

    You Don't Mess Around With Jim

    Jim Croce

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    49
  2. 2
    Album cover for I Got A Name by Jim Croce

    I Got A Name

    Jim Croce

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Singles 1969-1973 by Carpenters

    The Singles 1969-1973

    Carpenters

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  4. 4
    Album cover for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

    Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

    Elton John

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Joker by The Steve Miller Band

    The Joker

    The Steve Miller Band

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    15

Notable Births

Ole Einar Bjørndalen

1974Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Norwegian skier and biathlete[†]

Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a retired Norwegian professional biathlete and coach, often referred to by the nickname, the "King of Biathlon". With 13 Winter Olympic Games medals, he is second on the list of multiple medalists behind Marit Bjørgen who has won 15 medals. He is also the most successful biathlete of all time at the Biathlon World Championships, having won 45 medals. With 95 World Cup wins, Bjørndalen is ranked first all-time for career victories on the Biathlon World Cup tour. He has won the Overall World Cup title six times, in 1997–98, in 2002–03, in 2004–05, in 2005–06, in 2007–08 and in 2008–09.

Andrei Pavel

1974Andrei Pavel, Romanian tennis player and coach[†]

Andrei Pavel is a Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13 and won three titles, including the 2001 Canada Masters. He also reached a career-high in doubles of No. 18 and won six doubles titles.

Chaminda Vaas

1974Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach[†]

Deshabandu Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who represented the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a fast medium pace bowler and regarded as one of the greatest bowlers from Sri Lanka and one of the most successful bowlers in international cricket. He was a part of the Sri Lankan squad which won the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

Notable Deaths

Georgios Grivas

1974Georgios Grivas, Cypriot general (born 1898)[†]

Georgios Grivas, also known by his nickname Digenis, was a Greek Cypriot officer of the Hellenic Army and founder and leader of the Greek and Greek Cypriot paramilitary organisations Organization X (1942–1949), EOKA (1955–1959) and EOKA B (1971–1974). He was also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in Cyprus, then-known as the Supreme Military Defence Command of Cyprus (ASDAK), which in the event of war would lead the Cyprus National Guard and the Hellenic Force in Cyprus (ELDYK).

Historical Context for January 27, 1974

In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[†]