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Imposition by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of a $3,000 fine against Dr. Charles G. Sibley, director of Yale's Peabody Museum, for illegally importing birds’ eggs from Britain has raised a controversy among ornithologists and conservationists here.
July 13: Israeli Information Min Aharon Yariv says on July 12 that negotiations between Israel and Palestine Liberation Orgn (PLO) could be held if Palestinians acknowledge existence of Israel as Jewish state and terminate hostile actions against it, int on Israeli radio; says Israel cannot ignore fact that all Arab countries have recognized PLO, headed by Yasir Arafat, as repr of Palestinian people; repeats Govt's contention that Palestinian question should be considered in context of negotiations between Israel and Jordan; sr Govt officials say later that Yariv's remarks represent new tone in Israeli statements on Palestinians if not substantive change in official position; it is 1st time that Israeli Govt min has acknowledged circumstances under which Israel would agree to negotation with guerrilla orgns; although conditions Yariv laid down are unlikely to be acceptable to PLO, fact that he offered them seems to demonstrate new awareness on part of Govt of Premier Yitzhak Rabin that Israel will eventually have to address itself to Palestinian question; on July 11, 21 prominent figures representing left and right issued manifesto calling on Govt to take steps 'realistically and speedily' to foster dialogue between Israel and Palestinians; Israelis are also aware that views are changing in US Govt about need to bring Palestinians into Middle East negotiations and feel that Israel should reformulate its policies before US has direct contact with Palestinian groups; newspaper Haaretz says Foreign Min Yigal Allon is in favor of formal statement that would at least recognize existence of Palestinians--something former Premier Meir was always reluctant to do (M)
Pres Nixon will shortly nominate Alan Greenspan, consulting economist in NYC, to be Econ Advisers Council chmn, replacing Herbert Stein who plans to leave Govt and teach economics at Univ of Virginia; Greenspan is conservative who advocates continuing present policies of credit restraint and continuation or intensification of control of Fed budget spending; confirmation may run into difficulties in Sen Banking Com, where Sen William Proxmire plans delaying action to make sure Greenspan has severed ties with previous business interests, and to try to force Nixon's econ counselor Kenneth Rush to agree to testify before Joint Econ Com, which Rush has thus far declined to do; Greenspan's background and business interests as pres of Townsend, Greenspan & Co outlined (M)
NYC Mayor Beame orders round-the-clock talks with firemen's and sanitationmen's unions in apparent effort to isolate newly instated militant PBA leadership, which has vowed to break parity relationship among uniformed unions (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 10, 1974, covering July 13, 1974.
Elton John
John Denver
Gordon Lightfoot
Paul McCartney And Wings
Soundtrack
1974Deborah Cox, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress[†]
Deborah Cox is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Toronto, she began performing on television commercials at age 12, and entered various talent shows in her teenage years before becoming a professional backing vocalist for Celine Dion. In 1994, Cox relocated to the United States and was signed to Arista Records by Clive Davis, releasing her self-titled debut album the following year. Her second studio album, One Wish (1998), was certified platinum in the United States. It was marked by the commercial success of the pop crossover single "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here", which would become her most successful entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number two and remaining there for eight consecutive weeks. Cox signed with J Records for her third studio album The Morning After (2002), which saw moderate commercial success.
1974Jarno Trulli, Italian race car driver[†]
Jarno Trulli is an Italian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1997 to 2011. Trulli won the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix with Renault.
1974Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)[†]
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett was an English physicist who received the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1925, he was the first person to prove that radioactivity could cause the nuclear transmutation of one chemical element to another. He also made major contributions to the Allied war effort in World War II, advising on military strategy and developing operational research.
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[†]