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January 3, 1971

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Headlines from January 3, 1971

Graduate Faculties Improve, Poll Finds

By Robert M. Smith Special to The New York Times

Amer Educ Council, in survey of 37 acad fields and 130 schools in US, finds grad faculties have improved substantially between '64 and '69 at most schools; study is follow-up to earlier survey released in May '66: finds Columbia has slipped noticeably in rank since '64 due to extensive campus unrest there; other univs leading in grad educ and other major findings discussed; chart shows some ratings of grad faculties at schools; council pres Wilson says purpose of survey is to assist scholars in examining their insts; G Washington univ pres Elliott criticizes rept; rept, which is entitled A Rating of Graduate Programs, was directed by K D Roose

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Khrushchev Remembers

By Harrison E. Salisbury

Khrushchev Remembers: With an introduction, commentary and notes by Edward Crankshaw; translated and edited by Strobe Talbott

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In Helen, Ga. We'll Do Backflips to Get on the Map...

By Roy Bongartz

HELEN Ga.—It seems hard to be lieve that it is only a couple of years now since that fateful noon??ne in january when Jim W??kins Bob Towler and Pete Hodkin son sat thoughtfully over their lunch in the Mountain Air‐ Restaurant and gazed out the window at Helen's bleak main street Jim. Bob and Pete ex changed angaished books their minds working as one—the town was ?? ??

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And a Terrific Tap Dancer

By Tom Burke

“ME,I'm’ a terrific person, a great tap dancer, and of course I'm tremendously rich and don't have to act for a living.” And that's about as serious as Mau reen Stapleton, who isn,t rich and can't tap dance, gets when you try to get serious about her genius; about the stun ning light‐show of emotion and of self satire she furnishes for any theater she plays, the extra baby spots she tarns on all by herself when she steps on stage.. Try analyzing her stupendous giftS and she just laughs, a phlegmy yet startlingly young noise, like a col leen with her first real Irish whisky hangover.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 30, 1970, covering January 3, 1971.

  1. 1
    Album cover for All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

    All Things Must Pass

    George Harrison

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Abraxas by Santana

    Abraxas

    Santana

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  3. 3
    Album cover for Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

    Stephen Stills

    Stephen Stills

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    6
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Partridge Family Album by The Partridge Family

    The Partridge Family Album

    The Partridge Family

    Last week
    9
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    10
  5. 5
    Album cover for Live Album by Grand Funk Railroad

    Live Album

    Grand Funk Railroad

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    5

Notable Births

1971Sarah Alexander, English actress[†]

Sarah Alexander is an English actress. She has appeared in British series including Armstrong and Miller, Smack the Pony, Coupling, The Worst Week of My Life, Green Wing, Marley's Ghosts and Jonathan Creek.

1971Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]

Cory Cross is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman, who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Historical Context for January 3, 1971

In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]