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The prime interest rate to large corporate borrowers was increased by a quarter of a point to a record 12 per cent yesterday by a number of banks across the nation. The move reflects a tightening of available credit in the banking system. Page 25.
Paul L O'Brien, former atty for Pres Nixon's re-election campaign com, describes early stages of scheme that led to $75,000 cash payment to convicted Watergate burglar E Howard Hunt Jr in '73, HR Judiciary Com hearing on possible impeachment of Nixon; former Nixon campaign aide Frederick C LaRue also tesifies about payment; com members say neither answered question of whether Nixon had ordered or acquiesced in payment; O'Brien and LaRue were summoned before com at request of Nixon's defense atty James D St Clair; O'Brien says on March 16 '73 Hunt asked him for $130,000 for legal fees and family suppport while he was in prison; says Hunt threatened to disclose 'seamy things' he had done for White House if he did not get money; says he reptd conversation to John W Dean 3d, then Nixon's legal counsel, and had no further dealings in case; Reprs Charles E Wiggins, Hamilton Fish Jr, Jack Brooks and Barbara Jordan comment on O'Brien's testimony; illus of St Clair speaking to Repr Robert F Drinan at impeachment inquiry (L)
Sen Watergate inquiry into activities of CIA reveals that in '72 drunken CIA agent in Latin Amer disclosed information about agency's clandestine operations to Soviet KGB operative (L)
John Newcombe and Billie Jean King, favorites in the Wimbledon tennis championships, were upset in the guarterfinals, Newcombe lost to Ken Rosewall and Mrs. King to Olga Morozova. Page 11.
Nixon returns to US from Moscow July 3; makes TV-radio address to nation from Loring Air Force Base, Me; calls chances for peace now 'brightest' in generation; praises various accords on arms control and in other fields and says they give Amer people 'not just a negative, but a positive stake' in peace; lauds NATO and holds it important to maintain Western strength despite improved relations with Russians; says Russians understand US will not make progress with them at expense of traditional allies; introduced by Vice Pres Ford; his daughter Mrs Julie Eisenhower is also present
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 3, 1974, covering July 4, 1974.
Paul McCartney And Wings
Gordon Lightfoot
Soundtrack
Cat Stevens
Elton John
1974Jill Craybas, American tennis player[â ]
Jill N. Craybas is an American former professional tennis player.
1974La'Roi Glover, American football player and sportscaster[â ]
La'Roi Damon Glover is an American professional football coach and former player who is the defensive line coach for the St. Louis BattleHawks of the United Football League (UFL). He played as a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). Glover played college football for the San Diego State Aztecs. He enjoyed a 13-year career in which he made six-consecutive Pro Bowls and was a four-time All-Pro selection. He spent five seasons with the New Orleans Saints (1997â2001), four seasons with the Dallas Cowboys (2002â2005) and finished his playing career with the St. Louis Rams (2006â2008).
1974Adrian Griffin, American basketball player and coach[â ]
Adrian Darnell Griffin Sr. is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA as a shooting guard and small forward from 1999 to 2008. Griffin grew up in Wichita, Kansas, and played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates.
1974Georgette Heyer, English author (born 1902)[â ]
Georgette Heyer was an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the Regency romance and detective fiction genres. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story conceived for her ailing younger brother into the novel The Black Moth. In 1925 Heyer married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer. The couple spent several years living in Tanganyika Territory and Macedonia before returning to England in 1929. After her novel These Old Shades became popular despite its release during the General Strike, Heyer determined that publicity was not necessary for good sales. For the rest of her life she refused to grant interviews, telling a friend: "My private life concerns no one but myself and my family."
1974AndrĂ© Randall, French actor (born 1892)[â ]
André Randall was a French screen actor. He was born André Ayaïs in Bordeaux and died at Sainte-Foy-la-Grande.
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[â ]