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WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—With a brass band as an opener and 0, musical comedy as a finale, Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger spent the day today trying to prevail upon four European defense ministers to buy an American fighter plane.
source says former Pres Nixon returned to San Clemente from Palm Springs, Calif, estate of Amb Walter H Annenberg on Sept 12 so he could be closer to Camp Pendleton in case he had to be hospitalized; illus of Nixon taken by amateur photographer Dwight Brill on Aug 14 at beach near Ventura, Calif, where Nixon was having a picnic with his daughter and son-in-law Patricia and Edward F Cox (S)
Fed Reserve Bd links part of decline in indus production index in Aug to strikes (S)
Stock prices plunged yesterday in active trading, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average down 14.55 points to 627.19, its lowest closing level in almost 12 years. Details on Page 35.
Associate of Pres Ford says Ford told him he will dismiss USIA dir James Keogh, who has stirred resentment among Dem Cong members who believe he penalized USIA employes he deemed unfriendly to Pres Nixon; cites case of Voice of Amer program dir Nathan Kingsley, who was suddenly transferred to State Dept; agency officials say 1 reason was that Kingsley had authorized coverage of Watergate scandal, which Keogh disliked; Keogh denies this, telephone int (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 11, 1974, covering September 14, 1974.
Stevie Wonder
Bad Company
Eric Clapton
The Beach Boys
Rufus
1974Chad Bradford, American baseball player[†]
Chadwick Lee Bradford is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) on the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, and Tampa Bay Rays between 1998 and 2009.
1974Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan runner[†]
Hicham El Guerrouj is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder for the 1500 metres and mile, and the former world record holder in the 2000 metres. He is the only man since Paavo Nurmi to win a gold medal in both the 1500 m and 5000 metres at the same Olympic Games.
1974Mattias Marklund, Swedish guitarist[†]
Mattias Marklund is a guitarist who plays in Vintersorg, Casket Casey, The Derelict Dead, and TME. He also did guest guitar work for Vintersorg bandmate, Andreas Hedlund's progressive rock band, Waterclime.
1974Sunday Oliseh, Nigerian footballer and manager[†]
Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh is a Nigerian football manager and former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Physical yet technically gifted, he played for top European clubs including Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus. He is widely regarded as one of the best African midfielders of all time.
1974Helgi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer[†]
Helgi Sigurðsson is an Icelandic former professional footballer and manager of ÍBV. A forward, he played for clubs in Iceland, Germany, Norway, Greece, and Denmark and represented Iceland at international level.
1974Patrick van Balkom, Dutch sprinter[†]
Patrick Petrus Marinus van Balkom is a former Dutch sprinter. Together with Caimin Douglas, Timothy Beck and Troy Douglas he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. With this same team he also participated in the 4 x 100 meters relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but they were eliminated in the series due to a mistake in the changing area and did not qualify for the final.
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[†]