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NY Times survey conducted by Yankelovich, Skelly & White shows 50% of New Yorkers are seriously concerned over econ conditions and high prices, as compared with 25% in '70 survey; 50% expect no '30-type depression, but 39% do; 43% expect econ to worsen in next 2 yrs, while 33% are optimistic (M)
econ uncertainty and threat of growing unemployment cost W Ger Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's Soc Dem party seats in state legislatures of Hesse and Bavaria; Opposition Christian Dems knock Soc Dems out of their position as biggest party in Hesse for 1st time in 28 yrs, but fail to push Soc Dems and Free Dems out of power; Christian Dem Alfred Dregger wins 47.3% of vote; Soc Dems win 43.2%, down from 45.9% in '70; will have total of 57 seats in Parliament compared with 53 for Christian Dems; Christian Dems, led by Franz Josef Strauss, win 62.1% of vote in Bavaria; election results do not radically change any power relationships at Fed level but will have impact on '76 election for chancellor (M)
another in series of articles on world food situation notes estimate that 1/2 of world's food supply is consumed or destroyed by pests that attack foodstuffs in fields during shipments and in storage; points out that experts believe that control of these losses may be fastest and least costly way of substantially increasing food available to world's hungry and malnourished people, who survive primarily on grains; experts estimate that additional 200-million tons of grain would be available to feed 1-billion people each yr if field pests and pathogens that attack principal cereal grains were more adequately controlled; Edwin M Martin, Amer chief deputy to World Food Conf, Rome, says US is expected to emphasize need for research and investment directed toward reducing such losses; Minn Univ pathologist Dr Elvin C Stakman comments; pest problems in several parts of world discussed (L)
RABAT, Morocco, Oct. 27—King Hussein of Jordan and the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, taking equally adamant positions, told Arab leaders today that they had to choose between them and could not hope for a compromise in their conflict.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 23, 1974, covering October 28, 1974.
Barry White
Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young
John Denver
Emerson| Lake & Palmer
Carole King
1974Braden Looper, American baseball player[†]
Braden LaVerne Looper is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for several teams between 1998 and 2009.
1974Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager[†]
Vicente Moreno Peris is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and is currently the manager of La Liga club Osasuna.
1974Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer[†]
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix is an American actor. Widely described as one of the most preeminent actors of his generation and known for his roles as dark, unconventional and eccentric characters in independent film, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.
1974Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer and coach[†]
Dejan Stefanović is a Serbian former professional footballer, who is the president of the Slovenian footballers and sportsmen union.
1974Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993[†]
Dayanara Torres Delgado is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, singer, model, and beauty queen who won the Miss Universe 1993 pageant. and she was the third Puerto Rican to win Miss Universe since Marisol Malaret in 1970 and Deborah Carthy Deu in 1985 to do so.
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[†]