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informed pol sources speculate that carrying out proposals offered to Portuguese Council of State by former Premier Adelino da Palma Carlos would have allowed Pres and Govt to deal more decisively with conflicts in African territories (S)
MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., July 11—William Wheeler, the 21‐year‐old civilian injured in a confrontation involving himself, a second civilian and a company of Army trainees in a remote section of Fort Dix, died today in Burlington Memorial Hospital, apparently of a cerebral concussion.
unattended computers at Hayden Stone Inc automatically handle stock buying and selling orders transmitted over telephone lines as bldg is evacuated because of fire; illus (M)
US Sen, 64-31, repeals controversial 'no-knock' provision of Fed drug laws; Sen Sam J Ervin Jr, sponsor of amendment maintains law violated 'privacy of the individual and the sanctity of his home'; Sen Charles H Percy says law represented 'an invitation to official lawlessness;' Sen Roman L Hruska says law was valuable tool against drug traffickers; Sen adds $875-million to authorization measure to extend life of Drug Enforcement Adm for additional 5 yrs (M)
Pres Nixon's chief defense atty James D St Clair tries to discredit ex-White House counsel John W Dean 3d before HR Judiciary Com in what 1 com member calls 'real bloodletting'; apparent consensus of com members is that Dean withstood challenge; com releases heretofore secret grand jury testimony bearing on $75,000 paid to E Howard Hunt Jr last yr; grand jury records show Hunt testified that he was clearly threatening White House when he made his demand for money and John D Ehrlichman told grand jury that 'blackmail' was involved; Dean refuses to say whether he thought Nixon, at their critical Mar 21 '73 meeting, wanted hush money paid to Hunt; com members agree that Dean stood by story he told Sen Watergate com last summer and that St Clair attacked his testimony with ferocity and dexterity; St Clair tries to rebut what he believes to be central allegation against Pres: that Nixon ordered or at least sanctioned payment of hush money to Hunt; intermediaries in payment, among them J N Mitchell and Frederick C La Rue, have told com that they believed no blackmail was involved in payoff; testimony of Dean, Hunt and Ehrlichman tend to refute this; Reprs H P Smith 3d, B C Jordan, L J Hogan and J R Waldic comment; illus of com counsel John Doar with St Clair and White House atty John A McCahill; illus of com Chmn Repr P W Rodino Jr and Dean (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 10, 1974, covering July 12, 1974.
Elton John
John Denver
Gordon Lightfoot
Paul McCartney And Wings
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1974Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer-songwriter[†]
Sharon Janny den Adel is a Dutch singer who is the lead vocalist of the symphonic metal band Within Temptation. She has been performing since age 14, and co-founded Within Temptation with partner Robert Westerholt in 1996. She was also elected to be the Dutch chairperson of the jury for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.
1974Stelios Giannakopoulos, Greek footballer and manager[†]
Stylianos Giannakopoulos, known mononymously as Stelios due to his long surname, is a Greek football manager and former player. During his playing career, Stelios was a winger or attacking midfielder and a well-known figure in Greek football, especially during his tenure at Bolton Wanderers and at UEFA Euro 2004, where Greece won.
1974Gregory Shane Helms, American professional wrestler[†]
Gregory Shane Helms is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under a legends contract, and currently works for the company as a backstage producer. In WWE, Helms has wrestled as The Hurricane, Gregory Helms, and Hurricane Helms. He is also known for his time with World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he wrestled as "Sugar" Shane Helms.
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[†]