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The next time your wife or girl friend tries to talk you into a camping trip, don't laugh: camping is second only to swimming in the, sporting hearts and habits of American women.
Comments by Sen J L Buckley, Pres Nixon, Repub Natl Com Chmn George Bush and Sen J K Javits, in light of Buckley's recent statement urging Pres Nixon to resign, on question of whether resignation of any Pres, not accused formally of serious wrongdoing, is compatible with orderly const processes
NYC and NYS officials are planning to revive their controversial effort to get Fed Govt to designate broad strip on Manhattan's western shore, from Battery to George Washington Bridge, as interstate hwy route; vehement community protests greeted 2 previous attempts to obtain designation, which local officials say is needed to get 90% Fed financing for studies on what to do about dilapidated route of West Side Hwy; West Side Hwy Project staff estimates that interstate hwy between Battery and 42d St will cost $900âmillion to $1.1âbillion; Transportation Comr Raymond T Schuler and project dir Lowell K Bridwell comment (M)
Utah, the highest scoring and hottest shooting team, and Purdue, the most poised and disciplined, gained the final round of the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden yesterday.
No US co has suffered so swift and stunning blow from energy crisis as GM; co has slid into its worst sales slump since â58 recession; car sales in â74 are down 35.7%; GM has been toppled from its pedestal as nation's most profitable corp; has closed as many as 15 of its 22 plants to reduce glut of unsold big cars and convert production to smaller cars; has laid off 65,00 workers and has put 57,000 more on temporary furlough; mgt expert Peter F Drucker and auto analyst Arvid Jouppi blame GM mgt for misjudging longârange energy problems; GM pres Richard C Gerstenberg and pres Edward Cole comment; Gerstenberg illus (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 20, 1974, covering March 24, 1974.
Barbra Streisand
John Denver
Joni Mitchell
Mike Oldfield
Bob Dylan
1974Alyson Hannigan, American actress[â ]
Allison Lee Hannigan, known professionally as Alyson Hannigan, is an American actress and television presenter. She began her film career with supporting roles in the comedy films Impure Thoughts (1986) and My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), receiving a Young Artist Award nomination for the latter. In 1999, she began starring in the American Pie film series as Michelle Flaherty, the films' primary love interest, appearing in every film in the series from 1999 to 2012. For her role in the series, she was nominated for three Teen Choice Awards and won a Young Hollywood Award. She went on to star in the parody film Date Movie (2006), the slasher film You Might Be the Killer (2018), and the superhero film Flora & Ulysses (2021).
1974Sergey Klyugin, Russian high jumper[â ]
Sergey Petrovich Klyugin is a Russian high jumper. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with 2.35m, one centimetre behind his personal best jump from 1998. A bronze medal at 1998's European championships was his only other international medal.
1974Tado, Filipino comedian and activist (died 2014)[â ]
Arvin Impuesto Jimenez, known mononymously as Tado, was a Filipino comedian, actor, radio personality, businessman, published author and activist. His nickname "Tado" comes from a Tagalog expletive (tarantado) that he frequently blurts out. Tado was primarily known for the offbeat television program Strangebrew and the U92 radio program The BrewRATs!.
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[â ]