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The Federal deadline for a 90 per cent reduction in air pollutants emitted by new automobiles should be relaxed until 1980, it was proposed in a study released yesterday by three leading universities.
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 17 —The Oakland A's, fussing and feuding to the end, swept to their third straight baseball championship tonight when they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3‐2, and won the 71st World Series.
White House and key Sens reptd to have reached agreement on compromise that will provide trade benefits to USSR in return for major liberalization of Soviet emigration policies; White House official reptdly phones Sen Henry M Jackson's office about 10 PM Oct 17 to say Pres Ford has agreed in principle on last remaining issue; details expected after White House meeting Oct 18 between Ford, Jackson, Sec Kissinger and Sen Jacob K Javits; background to latest development and projected exch of lrs between Ford and Jackson revd (M)
Reprs D Edwards, R W Kastenmeier, E Holtzman and J R Mann, members of HR Judiciary Subcom on Criminal Justice, declaring that Pres Ford's testimony concerning his pardon of former Pres Nixon has raised new questions, say they will press to call additional witnesses; 4 subcom Repubs, Reprs W Mayne, H P Smith, L J Hogan and D W Dennis, say they are satisfied that full story had been told and that there is no need to question additional witnesses; subcom Chmn W L Hungate indicates that he, too, feels that some further questions need to be answered; options open to subcom noted; Reprs B Abzug and J Conyers Jr, authors of 2 resolutions of inquiry that brought Ford before subcom, say they feel Ford's appearance failed to answer satisfactorily questions they had raised; say they do not think evidence is clear that no deal had been made on granting pardon to Nixon; Abzug says she feels additional witnesses, including Alexander M Haig Jr and Benton L Becker, should be called to testify; Abzug illus (L)
Vice Pres-designate N A Rockefeller's wife undergoes surgery for removal of cancerous left breast
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 16, 1974, covering October 18, 1974.
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Barry White
John Denver
Olivia Newton-John
Emerson| Lake & Palmer
1974Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer and sportscaster[†]
Robert William Savage is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, now a football pundit and head coach at National League North club Macclesfield.
1974Peter Svensson, Swedish guitarist and songwriter[†]
Anders Peter Svensson is a Swedish record producer, songwriter, and musician. He is the former main songwriter and guitarist of the band the Cardigans. Svensson started playing guitar at the age of eight, and in his teens he went on to play with local bands. After meeting bass player Magnus Sveningsson, they formed The Cardigans in 1992. Svensson is credited with writing the music and melodies for almost all of the group's original songs.
1974Amish Tripathi, Indian author[†]
Amish Tripathi is an author, former diplomat and broadcaster from India. He is among the fastest-selling authors in Indian publishing history, known best for The Shiva Trilogy and Ram Chandra Series.
1974Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer[†]
Zhou Xun is a Chinese actress and singer. Zhou rose to prominence with the film Suzhou River (2000), followed by films such as Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002), Perhaps Love (2005), The Equation of Love and Death (2008), Painted Skin (2008), The Message (2009), Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011), Our Time Will Come (2017), and Across the Furious Sea (2023). She is also known for TV dramas such as Palace of Desire (2000), The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2003), Red Sorghum (2014), Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018), A Little Mood for Love (2021), and Imperfect Victim (2023).
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[†]