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The National Football League players' strike produced a drastic drop in attendance figures and revenue during the weekend's first full schedule of preseason games. Crowds were down 256,748 compared to the first 10 games last year and losses were estimated at more than $1.8‐million. Page 17.
Reputed assoc of Joseph Gallo organized crime family Steve Cirillo killed by shot fired from outside as he stood at gambling table at B'nai Israel synagogue's Las Vegas Nite in Bklyn on Aug 4
NY Times survey of NYS proprietary homes for released mental patients; says investigation that included visits to such homes and to state insts and ints with mental health experts, legislators, law enforcement officers and community leaders found many officials consider such homes new human 'snake pits'; homes are intended as major step in rehabilitation of men and women discharged into community by state mental insts; operations of these homes have become matter of increasing concern to legislators, spurred by fear about new state policy of transferring inmates of Matteawan State Hosp for criminally insane to state mental insts that have inadequate security arrangements; Bklyn Boro Pres Sebastian Leone says public is convinced that state has no effective follow-up treatment of supervision of mental patients; Gerald R Coleman of City Planning Comm, Dr Alexander Thomas, Dr William L Werner and several police officers comment (M)
nationwide strike by CWA against AT&T is averted on Aug 4 as union and mgt negotiators agree on new 3-yr contract; CWA pres Glenn E Watts, AT&T vp Rex R Reed and FMCS dir W J Usery Jr announce agreement; Watts repts contract calls for 35% increase in wages and fringe benefits; repts that number of local issues are still to be settled and much bargaining remains (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 31, 1974, covering August 5, 1974.
Elton John
John Denver
Bob Dylan
Rick Wakeman With The London Symphony Orchestra & The English Chamber Choir (Measham)
Eric Clapton
1974Alvin Ceccoli, Australian footballer[†]
Alvin Ceccoli is an Australian footballer who played for three A-League clubs and was capped internationally for Australia.
1974Kajol, Indian film actress[†]
Kajol Devgan, known mononymously as Kajol, is an Indian actress. Described in the media as one of the most successful actresses of Hindi cinema, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, such as six Filmfare Awards, which include a record-tying five Best Actress wins. In 2011, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.
1974Olle Kullinger, Swedish footballer[†]
Olle Kullinger is a Swedish retired footballer.
1974Antoine Sibierski, French footballer[†]
Antoine Sibierski is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his career at hometown club Lille OSC, going on to play for AJ Auxerre, Nantes, with whom he won the Coupe de France twice, and RC Lens. He then moved to England and played for Manchester City, Newcastle United, with whom he won the UEFA Intertoto Cup, Wigan Athletic, and Norwich City. At international level, he made three appearances for France at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is currently Sporting Director of ES Troyes.
1974Watergate scandal: President Richard Nixon, under orders of the US Supreme Court, releases the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded on June 23, 1972, clearly revealing his actions in covering up and interfering investigations into the break-in. His political support vanishes completely.[†]
The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon. The scandal began in 1972 and ultimately led to Nixon's resignation in 1974, in August of that year. It revolved around members of a group associated with Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign, who broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1972, where they planted listening devices, and Nixon's later attempts to conceal his administration's involvement in the burglary.
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[†]