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June 7, 1974

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Headlines from June 7, 1974

Kidnapping Suspect Leads Jersey Police To Two Girls Bodies

By Unknown Author

Charles D Haley Jr held, June 6, after leading police to bodies of 2 teen-age girls whose parents reptd them missing in Mar and Apr; told police about bodies as they were questioning him about his alleged abduction of 2 women found in trunk of his car when ptl, acting on tip, stopped him on Black Horse Tpk; dead girls identified as Cheryl Murphy, 16, and Barbara Woods, 15, of Bridgeton, NJ; women found in car are Candice Newton and Elizabeth Stotler, who were forced into car at knifepoint on June 5 in Bridgeton (M)

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JURY NAMED NIXON A CO‐CONSPIRATOR BUT DIDN'T INDICT

By Anthony Ripley Special to The New York Times

WASHINGTON, June 6—President Nixon was named last February by a Watergate grand jury as an unit dicted co‐conspirator in the alleged attempt to cover up the Watergate burglary, his lawyer, James D. St. Clair, confirmed today.

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Rutgers Compensates

By Unknown Author

Rutgers University has agreed to pay more than $375,000 in compensation to women and ethnic minority faculty members who have been receiving lower salaries than their white male colleagues. It was said to be the largest such payment made by any university in the nation. Page 39.

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Data on Politicians Traced To Wiretaps for ‘Security’

By James M. Naughton Special to The New York Times

Members of HR Judiciary Com disclose on June 6 that White House obtained some information about Pres Nixon's pol opponents but no evidence of 'national security' leaks from 17 wiretaps secretly undertaken in '69 against reporters and others; hear 12-min segment of '71 White House tape in which Pres Nixon expressed alarm that NY Times had published details of US plans for talks with USSR on limiting strategic arms; examines evidence pertaining to break-in by members of White House plumbers unit at office of psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked secret Pentagon Papers to press (L)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 5, 1974, covering June 7, 1974.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Band On The Run by Paul McCartney And Wings

    Band On The Run

    Paul McCartney And Wings

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    25
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Sting by Soundtrack

    The Sting

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    20
  3. 3
    Album cover for Buddha And The Chocolate Box by Cat Stevens

    Buddha And The Chocolate Box

    Cat Stevens

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    9
  4. 4
    Album cover for Maria Muldaur by Maria Muldaur

    Maria Muldaur

    Maria Muldaur

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    38
  5. 5
    Album cover for John Denver's Greatest Hits by John Denver

    John Denver's Greatest Hits

    John Denver

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    27

Notable Births

Bear Grylls

1974Bear Grylls, English adventurer, author, and television host[†]

Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls is a British adventurer, writer, television presenter and former SAS trooper who is also a survival expert. He first drew attention after embarking on a number of notable adventures, including several world records in hostile environments, and then became widely known for his television series Man vs. Wild (2006–2011). He is also involved in a number of wilderness survival television series in the UK and US, such as Running Wild with Bear Grylls and The Island with Bear Grylls. In July 2009, Grylls was appointed as The Scout Association’s youngest-ever Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories at the age of 35. He held the post until September 2024, becoming the second-longest-serving Chief Scout after Robert Baden-Powell.

Historical Context for June 7, 1974

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