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article describes open, friendly mood at Pres Ford's 1st news conf; describes Ford's demeanor; notes differences between Ford's news conf and those of former Pres Nixon (L)
Pres Ford, Aug 28 news conf, says US will act in concert with rest of OAS in any moves to improve relations with Cuba asserts Washington's approach is determined by sanctions voted by OAS and US will abide by those actions; leaves it to Cuba to change its policy toward US and its Latin Amer neighbors; Castro reptdly has moderated his comments about US in wake of possibility of new OAS policy; reptdly sees resignation of former Pres Nixon as opening way to new US policy; Costa Rican Foreign Min Gonzalo Facio Segreda seeks special meeting of OAS Council to discuss lifting embargo; Argentina has been authorized by orgn's foreign mins to canvass member states to see if Cuba should be invited to meeting in Buenos Aires in March '75; Castro says he will attend, if invited, since it is unofficial function (M)
J Guadalupe Zuno, 83-yr-old father-in-law of Pres Luis Echeverria Alvarez, has reptdly been kidnapped by band of terrorists; Zuno is former Gov of Jalisco State and founder of Univ of Guadalajara and is still highly influential politically; AP repts say kidnappers reptdly demand $1.6-million ransom and freedom for group of persons described as pol prisoners; Echeverria adopted policy in '73 not to negotiate with kidnappers following abduction of US Consul Gen Terrence G Leonhardy; other kidnappings noted; Zuno por (S)
Pres Ford, in 1st news conf since he took office Aug 9, confirms Statements of his spokesmen that he will 'probably be a candidate' for Pres in '76; speaks favorable of his Vice-Pres nominee Nelson A Rockefeller as running mate in '76; Ford illus (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 28, 1974, covering August 29, 1974.
Eric Clapton
Stevie Wonder
John Denver
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Bad Company
1974Kumi Tanioka, Japanese keyboard player and composer[†]
Kumi Tanioka is a Japanese composer and pianist. Born in Hiroshima, Japan, she graduated from Kobe University with a degree in musical performance, and began working as a video game composer in 1998. She joined video game developer and publisher Square that same year, and worked on over 15 games for them before leaving to work as an independent composer in 2010.
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[†]