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Five New Jersey teen‐alters, including a 17‐year‐old girl, were charged yesterday with kidnapping 8‐year‐old John Calzadilla, as agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation pressed their search for two more suspects.
MIAMI, March 9 — Tom Weiskopf, who has been fishing the last few days with Jerry Heard, teamed up today with Bruce Devlin to catch a prize fish — Heard himself.
Article on Pres Nixon's atty James D St Clair, the 'urbane strategist' (M)
A taped message—the first in 16 days—from the reputed kidnappers of Patricia Hearst was received yesterday by a San Francisco radio station. A voice said to be Miss Hearst's was heard. Details on Page 28.
A taped message—the first In 16 days—from the reputed kidnappers of Patricia Hearst was received yesterday by a San Francisco radio station. A voice said to be Miss Hearst's was heard. Details on Page 28.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 6, 1974, covering March 10, 1974.
Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Carly Simon
John Denver
Barbra Streisand
1974Cristián de la Fuente, Chilean actor, model, producer, and television host[†]
Cristián Andrés de la Fuente Sabarots is a Chilean actor, presenter, model and producer. He began his career appearing in the Chilean telenovelas before moving to United States for starring in television series Family Law (1999–2001) and Hidden Hills (2002–2003). De la Fuente later made his big screen debut in the 2001 action film Driven and later appeared in films Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) and Basic (2003). In later years he was a regular cast member in In Plain Sight (2008–12) and Devious Maids (2015). De la Fuente also acted in a number of Spanish-language telenovelas.
19741974 Belgian general election: Elections are held in Belgium for all 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives, the Belgian Socialist Party taking the majority with 59.[†]
General elections were held in Belgium on 10 March 1974. The Belgian Socialist Party emerged as the largest faction in the Chamber of Representatives with 59 of the 212 seats. Voter turnout was 90.3%. Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils, as well as for the Council of the German Cultural Community for the first time.
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[†]