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May 17, 1974

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Headlines from May 17, 1974

GUERRILLA CALLS PEACE BID TARGET

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Popular Dem Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader Nayef Hawatmeh says on May 16 that attack on Israeli school in Maalot, that 3 members of his orgn staged on May 15, was aimed at Sec Kissinger's Middle East peace mission, news conf; accuses Kissinger of wanting to insure settlement that would ‘mean the surrender of the Palestinian people'; says Maalot operation was intended to warn US against turning west bank of Jordan River over to Jordanian King Hussein as part of any solution involving Israeli evacuation of that area; Hawatmeh illus (M)

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Israelis Scream ‘Revenge!’ At Rites for Slain Students.

By Terence Smith Special to The New York Times

several hundred angry and grief‐stricken demonstrators on May 16 call for revenge at state funeral held in Safad, Israel, for 18 teenaged students murdered in Arab terrorist assualt on town of Maalot; enraged by Govt's failure to curb terrorists, demonstrators focuse their wrath on Deputy Premier Yigal Allon and Pres Ephraim Katzir, who came to Safad to represent nation; neither Allon nor Katzir are able to speak; unable to control situation, authorities are forced to cut ceremony short; Safad ceremony is largest of 4 funerals held simultaneously in northern Israel for 26 victims of Arab attack; crowd of townspeople stage protest demonstration in Maalot; many demand end to municipal coupling of town with Tarshicha, neighboring Arab village; 2 towns have been linked for 10 yrs as part of experiment designed to encourage Jewish‐Arab coexistence; Tarshicha Arabs stay away from their jobs at sweater factory where men from 2 villages work because of fear; illus of Israeli soldiers bearing coffins of victims; map of targets bombed by Israeli planes in Lebanon during day (M)

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Nixon Stands Firm

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President Nixon says he has given long thought to the possibility of resignation but has decided he will not quit “under any circumstances,” James J. Kilpatrick, the syndicated columnist, wrote following an interview with the President. Page 24.

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Impeachment Panel Hears Evidence on Hush Money

By James M. Naughton Special to The New York Times

House Judiciary Com in May 16 closed session hears White House tape of conversation between Pres Nixon and then‐White House counsel John W Dean 3d detailing how $450,000 in funds from Nixon re‐election campaign could be gathered and distributed to Watergate burglars to obtain their silence; com to again ask White House to supply voluntarily recordings of about 66 discussions related to pledges of large pol contributions to Nixon campaign by ITT and dairy indus groups (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 15, 1974, covering May 17, 1974.

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    Album cover for The Sting by Soundtrack

    The Sting

    Soundtrack

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    Peak
    1
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    17
  2. 2
    Album cover for Buddha And The Chocolate Box by Cat Stevens

    Buddha And The Chocolate Box

    Cat Stevens

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    Peak
    2
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    6
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    Album cover for Maria Muldaur by Maria Muldaur

    Maria Muldaur

    Maria Muldaur

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    Peak
    3
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    35
  4. 4
    Album cover for John Denver's Greatest Hits by John Denver

    John Denver's Greatest Hits

    John Denver

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    Peak
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    24
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    Album cover for Shinin' On by Grand Funk Railroad

    Shinin' On

    Grand Funk Railroad

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    Peak
    5
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    8

Notable Births

Andrea Corr

1974Andrea Corr, Irish singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress[†]

Andrea Jane Corr is an Irish musician and actress. Corr debuted in 1990 as the lead singer of the Celtic folk rock and pop rock group The Corrs along with her three elder siblings Caroline, Sharon and Jim. Aside from singing lead vocals, Corr plays the tin whistle, the mandolin, the ukulele and the piano.

1974Wiki González, Venezuelan baseball player[†]

Wiklenman Vicente González [Wiki] is a former Venezuelan catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners and Washington Nationals in parts of seven seasons spanning 1999–2006. Listed at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 175 pounds (79 kg), González batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Maracay, Aragua.

Eddie Lewis (American soccer)

1974Eddie Lewis, American international soccer player[†]

Edward James Lewis is an American former soccer player and entrepreneur.

Notable Deaths

Ernest Nash

1974Ernest Nash, German-American photographer and scholar (born 1898)[†]

Ernest Nash was a student of Roman architecture and pioneer of archaeological photography. Nash was born as Ernst Nathan in Potsdam, Germany, but later changed his name to Nash when he was living in the United States between 1939 and 1952.

Historical Events

The Troubles

1974The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland.[†]

The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Although the Troubles mostly took place in Northern Ireland, at times violence spilled over into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England, and mainland Europe.

Los Angeles Police Department

1974Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.[†]

The City of Los Angeles Police Department, commonly referred to as Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), is the primary law enforcement agency of Los Angeles, California, United States. With 8,832 officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the third-largest municipal police department in the United States, after the New York City Police Department and the Chicago Police Department.

Historical Context for May 17, 1974

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