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NYS Gov Wilson charges that Dem Lt Gov candidate Sen Mary Anne Krupsak is 'soft on crime' because of her vote 'in favor of obscenity' (M)
Oct 1-15: Judge John J Sirica severs case of Gordon Strachan from that of 5 other Watergate cover-up defendants; orders separate trial; holds closed hearing with prosecution and defense attys; they discuss appearance of former Pres Nixon as witness at trial, sealed motion in which defendant John D Ehrlichman reptdly places some blame for cover-up on Nixon and White House tapes and requests by other defendants for separate trials; Sirica says he denied motion for severance for defendant Robert C Mardian and that trial will thus start Oct 1; says he reserved decision on other motions and issues, including those relating to Nixon; major subject of hearing was accuracy of transcripts that prosecution prepared of tapes, nearly all of them White House recordings, that it intends to submit as evidence; defense counsel have challenged accuracy of transcripts; asst prosecutor James F Neal says main cover-up trial will have to be completed before Strachan can be brought to trial; cover-up trial expected to last about 3 to 5 mos; Strachan por (L)
Burr C. Hollister, 32, law secretary to a State Supreme Court justice, was found murdered in a court building in Mineola, L. I. Page 45.
Portuguese Pres Antonio de Spinola accuses Armed Forces Movement of changing overseas policy that would have lead to peace among Portuguese of all races and creeds by 'antidemocratic measures' that went against real interests of populations in African territories, resignation speech, Sept 30 (S)
The Senate passed and sent to President Ford a bill to return the nation to standard time for four months, from Sunday, Oct. 27, to Sunday, Feb. 23, 1975. Page 81.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 25, 1974, covering October 1, 1974.
Bad Company
The Beach Boys
Stevie Wonder
Olivia Newton-John
Elton John
1974Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor[†]
Keith Peter Thomas Francis Julian John Duffy is an Irish singer, actor, radio and television presenter and drummer who began his professional music career as part of Irish boy band Boyzone alongside Ronan Keating, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately in 1993. The band decided to focus on solo projects in 2000, since which Duffy has taken acting roles in soap operas such as Coronation Street and Fair City. He has also presented The Box and You're a Star.
1974Nick Graham, Australian rugby player[†]
Nick Graham is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played as a lock and second-row forward in the 1990s and 2000s.
1974Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player and coach[†]
Mats Anders Lindgren is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward. He was selected in the first round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, 15th overall, by the Winnipeg Jets, although he never had the opportunity to play for them.
1974Sherri Saum, American actress[†]
Sherri Michelle Saum is an American actress. Saum is best known for her co-lead role as Lena Adams Foster in the Freeform drama series The Fosters (2013–2018) as well as a subsequent guest star role in its spinoff Good Trouble (2019–2024). She is also known for her television roles in Beggars and Choosers, Rescue Me, In Treatment and Locke & Key, as well as for her roles in the daytime soap operas Sunset Beach and One Life to Live.
1974Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (born 1901)[†]
Spyridon Marinatos was a Greek archaeologist who specialised in the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations of the Aegean Bronze Age. He is best known for the excavation of the Minoan site of Akrotiri on Thera, which he conducted between 1967 and 1974. He received several honours in Greece and abroad, and was considered one of the most important Greek archaeologists of his day.
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[†]