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Official close to Mayor Beame's investigation into corruption in construction indus says that action had been initiated and spurred as result of articles on graft in indus that appeared in NY Times in '72 and '73
Fed Trade Comm proposes to require food advertisers, who assert that products are nutritional, to meet minimum standards of quality and to make extensive disclosures of important ingredients; regulation, if adopted, would require detailed substantiation in ads of certain phrases, or ban such statements; would set various requirements for products to which certain values are attributed; advertiser who makes 'emphatic nutrition claims' would be required to identify in ad 'any nutrient on which claim is based,' disclose for each of nutrients percentage of Govt's recommended daily allowance that is contained in normal serving of food and ensure that each serving contains at least 35% of recommended daily allowance for each of nutrients named; comm's Consumer Protection Bur Dir J Thomas Rosch says that comm has worked nearly 2 yrs on proposed rules, claiming rules are most 'complex and comprehensive' effort ever undertaken by FTC; Natl Ad Assn says some $2.3-billion was spent on food and beverage ads in '72, nearly 20% of total ad outlay; some ad sources argue that rules will have little impact, contending that much of food ad is nonnutritional, while others claim that impact would be substantial; Rosch illus (L)
Fed Energy Admr-designate Andrew E Gibson expects another Arab oil embargo against US; por (S)
AFL-CIO pres George Meany scorns suggestions that Dems have mandate in new Cong as result of landslide in '74 elections, news conf; acknowledges that Dem candidates backed by labor movement did 'quite well'; Meany illus (M)
Judge John J Sirica rules that prosecution has provided enough proof of authenticity of 26 additional White House tapes to enable it to introduce them as evidence at Watergate cover-up trial; ruling means that, unless defense can prove that any portions of any of tapes are irrelevant, all 26 tapes may be played to jury, if prosecution wishes; tapes include several that, on basis of previously released transcripts, are considered to be extremely damaging to defendant H R Haldeman, and other tapes that are considered potentially damaging in various degrees to 4 other defendants; former Pres Nixon's atty Herbert J Miller Jr repts in affidavit to Sirica that Nixon, who has been subpoenaed as witness, will not be able to 'participate' for at least 2 or 3 mos in any 'activity requiring substantial mental or physical effort'; such activity presumably would include ints in Calif by defense attys; Sirica indicates that he is troubled by 2 counts in indictment that charge Ehrlichman and ex-Atty Gen J N Mitchell with making false statements to FBI; says law on which charges are based 'is not a very popular statute,' and that, while he will not dismiss charges now, he will consider motions for directed verdict of acquittal on counts after proof is in; chief prosecutor James F Neal comments; testimony of Powell Moore, public information officer for Nixon's re-election com, appears to blunt prosecution's case against Robert C Mardian; prosecution presents what Neal terms 'technical evidence' on several counts in indictment, charging various defendants with making false statements; 2 ct stenographers testify about transcripts they prepared of testimony by Ehrlichman before grand jury; Ehrlichman's ally William S Frates elicits from 1 of stenographers admission that system of ct reptg she uses, like other systems and 'all human endeavors,' is subject to substantial error; Neal presents into evidence for use later in trial a videotape of appearances before Sen Watergate com last yr by Haldeman; Haldeman is charged with perjuring himself in that testimony; prosecution is submitting videotape because Haldeman defense is contesting prosecution's contention that Haldeman spoke in precisely the manner the indictment says; Neal concedes, under pressure from Haldeman's atty John J Wilson, that prepared text from which Haldeman read a certain statement at hearings did not place quotation marks around the statement; indictment does place quotation marks around it; statement is line about Nixon's comments on Mar 21 '73 about hush money payments for 7 burglars; illus of former White House atty J Fred Buzhardt Jr (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 6, 1974, covering November 8, 1974.
Carole King
John Lennon
Jim Croce
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
America
1974Joshua Ferris, American author[†]
Joshua Ferris is an American author best known for his debut novel Then We Came to the End (2007). The novel is a comedy about the American workplace, is narrated in the first-person plural, and is set in a fictitious Chicago ad agency facing challenges at the end of the 1990s Internet boom.
1974Penelope Heyns, South African swimmer[†]
Penelope ("Penny") Heyns OIS is a South African former swimmer, who is best known for being the only woman in the history of the Olympic Games to have won both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events – at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games – making her South Africa's first post-apartheid Olympic gold medallist following South Africa's re-admission to the Games in 1992. Along with Australian champion Leisel Jones, Heyns is regarded as one of the greatest breaststroke swimmers.
1974Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese author and illustrator, created Naruto[†]
Masashi Kishimoto is a Japanese manga artist. His manga series, Naruto, which was in serialization from 1999 to 2014, has sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 46 countries as of May 2019. The series has been adapted into two anime and multiple films, video games, and related media. Besides the Naruto manga, Kishimoto also personally supervised the two anime films, The Last: Naruto the Movie and Boruto: Naruto the Movie, and has written several one-shot stories. In 2019, Kishimoto wrote Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru which ended in March 2020. From May 2016 through October 2020 he supervised the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations manga written by Ukyō Kodachi and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto. In November 2020 it was announced that he had taken over as writer on the series, replacing Kodachi.
1974Seishi Kishimoto, Japanese illustrator[†]
Seishi Kishimoto is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for 666 Satan, which was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 2001 to 2007 and licensed by Viz Media in North America as O-Parts Hunter. He has since completed four more manga series, Blazer Drive (2008–2011), Kurenai no Ōkami to Ashikase no Hitsuji (2011–2013), Sukedachi 09 (2014–2016), and Mad Chimera World (2017–2019).
1974Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor[†]
Matthew Rhys Evans is a Welsh actor. He gained recognition for playing Kevin Walker in the family drama series Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011) and Philip Jennings in the spy drama series The Americans (2013–2018). For his performance in The Americans, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2018 and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2019. He was also Emmy-nominated for his guest role in Girls (2017) and for playing the title role in the period series Perry Mason (2020–2023).
1974Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1914)[†]
Ivory Joe Hunter was an American rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. After a series of hits on the US R&B chart starting in the mid-1940s, he became more widely known for his hit recording "Since I Met You Baby" (1956). He was billed as The Baron of the Boogie, and also known as The Happiest Man Alive. His musical output ranged from R&B to blues, boogie-woogie, and country music, and Hunter made a name in all of those genres. Uniquely, he was honored at both the Monterey Jazz Festival and the Grand Ole Opry.
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[†]