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Mayor Beame stresses his commitment to 'open govt' by listing for 1st time items that have been camouflaged in previous capital budgets, fiscal '75 capital budget presentation, City Hall (S)
Asst special Watergate prosecutor Richard J Davis says there is no evidence John W Dean 3d lied in his Watergate testimony, as has been charged by Dwight L Chapin's atty Jacob A Stein; Dean is scheduled to be Govt witness against Chapin in perjury trial; Judge Gerhard A Gesell denies Stein's motion for change of venue for trial; Stein argues Chapin will not get fair trial in predominantly black Dist of Columbia; says black juror would be repulsed by evidence expected to be introduced at trial, such as suggestion by convicted pol saboteur Donald H Segretti to libel Repr Shirley Chisholm by falsely alleging she 'spent time in insane asylum'; Chapin illus (M)
HR Judiciary Com unanimously adopts resolution asking that full const authority for impeachment inquiry on Pres Nixon, including subpoena power, be given com by HR; unanimous action supports gen impression on Capitol Hill that Nixon's nationally televised State of Union address did little to distract or delay determination of Cong to investigate Watergate scandal and its aftermath; amendment setting Apr 30 as cutoff date for com's work is defeated, 23-14, with all Dems and 2 Repubs opposing cut-off; illus of Reprs P W Rodino Jr and E Hutchinson (L)
Mobil Oil increase price of gasoline to retailers by 3c a gal; decreases price of home heating oil and diesel fuel by 1.5c a gal, kerosene and diesel special by 6c and jet fuels and aviation gasoline by 3c; Standard Oil Co (Ohio) announces 5.4c rise in retail price of gasoline at stations operated by its subsidiaries (M)
key features of Pres Nixon's proposed 6-yr urban transportation program, which will provide $2.5-billion to $2.7-billion on natl basis each yr, outlined
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 30, 1974, covering February 1, 1974.
Jim Croce
Jim Croce
John Denver
Elton John
The Steve Miller Band
1974Walter McCarty, American basketball player and coach[†]
Walter Lee McCarty is an American basketball coach and former professional player who serves as the head coach of the Freseros de Irapuato in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). McCarty played for the NBA's New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, and the Los Angeles Clippers. He last served as head coach of the Evansville Purple Aces from 2018 to 2019.
1974A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.[†]
Edifício Praça da Bandeira, formerly known as the Joelma Building, is a 25-story building in downtown São Paulo, Brazil, completed in 1971, located at Avenida 9 de Julho, 225. On 1 February 1974, an air conditioning unit on the twelfth floor overheated, starting a fire. Because flammable materials had been used to furnish the interior, the entire building was engulfed in flames within twenty minutes. Of the 756 people occupying the building at the time, 179 were killed and 300 injured.
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[†]