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Gen George S Brown, chmn of Joint Chiefs of Staff, regrets Oct 10 speech at Duke Univ in which he said that another Arab oil embargo might cause Amer people to 'get tough-minded enough to set down Jewish influence in this country and break that lobby'; is rebuked by Pres Ford (S)
NYS Investigation Comm is looking into possible corruption in awarding by NYC Educ Bd and local school dists of $25-million in contracts for program evaluations and other services; investigation goes beyond recent disclosure that comm had accused payroll processing co, Computer Specifics, of giving money, gifts and services of call girls to Educ Bd employes; Educ Bd officials meet with city's Corp Counsel to discuss whether there are grounds for bd suit against co; persons close to comm's current investigation say that it is still too early to tell where it will lead or who may be involved; bd pres James F Regan comments (M)
Car dealer Ronald DeFeo Sr, wife Louise, daughters Dawn, 18, and Allison, 13, and sons Mark, 12, and John Matthew, 7, killed in their beds in Amityville, LI, home on Nov 13; bodies are discovered by oldest son Ronald Jr when he returns from work; map (M)
Vice Pres-designate Nelson A Rockefeller makes public list of his pol contributions since '57, including $200,000 gift to '68 Pres campaign of George Romney (S)
Palestine Liberation Orgn (PLO) chief Yasir Arafat addresses Gen Assembly Nov 13; speech is highlight of one of most dramatic and tension-fraught days in UN history; Israeli delegation seats are empty during speech; in afternoon meeting, Israeli Amb Yosef Tekoah delivers rebuttal, at beginning of which PLO delegation and delegations of all Arab states walk out; Arafat, partly through rulings of Assembly Pres Bouteflika, is accorded treatment usually reserved to heads of state; S Africa's seats are empty, that nation having been suspended from participation in session; Arafat, in his speech, hints Israel might be similarly suspended; people near Arafat notice holster under his windbreaker; spokesman denies Arafat carried gun during speech; Arafat illus acknowledging applause after speech, with holster visible; in same illus are Sec Gen Waldheim, Boutfelika, Under Sec Gen Bradford Morse and protocol chief Sinan Korle; Tekoah illus delivering his speech (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 13, 1974, covering November 14, 1974.
John Lennon
Jim Croce
The Rolling Stones
America
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
1974Adina Howard, American singer-songwriter and chef[†]
Adina Marie Howard is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to fame during the mid-1990s with her debut album, Do You Wanna Ride? and her debut single, "Freak like Me". Some of her other minor hits include "What's Love Got to Do with It?", "(Freak) And U Know It", "Nasty Grind", "Freaks" and "T-Shirt & Panties".
1974Sofie Merckx, Belgian politician[†]
Sofie Merckx is a Belgian physician, politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of the Workers' Party of Belgium, she has represented Hainaut since June 2019.
1974David Moscow, American actor[†]
David Raphael Moscow is an American actor, producer and activist. He is best known for his role as young Josh Baskin in the 1988 film Big and as David Jacobs in the 1992 musical film Newsies.
1974Joe Principe, American singer and bass player[†]
Joseph Daniel Principe is an American musician. He is the bassist, backing vocalist, and co-founder of the punk rock band Rise Against.
1974Johnny Mack Brown, American football player, actor, and singer (born 1904)[†]
John Brown was an American college football player and film actor billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. He acted and starred mainly in Western films.
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[†]