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NYC Controller Beame repts nonprofit charitable insts, which handle some city pub assistance cases, have submitted $402-million budget request for fiscal '72, $76-million above fiscal '71 level; proposed increase attributed partly to expected rise in caseloads
The high command of the city's labor movement yester day dominated what had been scheduled as a public hearing on taxicab legislation—packing the City Council chamber at City Hall with taxi drivers and lining up spokesmen against a proposed commission to regu late the taxi business.
US Appeals Ct orders Environmental Protection Agency Admr Ruckelshaus to issue immediate cancellation notices of all DDT uses; asks him to determine if interstate shipment of DDT should be suspended pending outcome of lengthy cancellation procedures; rules law requires issuance of cancellation notices whenever there is 'substantive' question about safety of registered pesticide; decision seen victory for Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club, Mich Environmental Action Council and Natl Audubon Soc, which filed '69 suit against Agr Dept to force Sec Hardin to ban DDT; case revd
US Natl Comm on Reform of Fed Criminal Laws proposes draft code including tough new penalties on corps guilty of consumer frauds
USSR steps up campaign to protest against harassment of Soviet reprs in US; 5 delegations visit US Embassy, Moscow, to present petitions protesting against 'Zionist hooligans' in US; illus; Amer diplomat and his wife are accosted on st, Moscow, and questioned about Jews' actions in US; over 200 students stage demonstration near Soviet UN Mission, NYC
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 6, 1971, covering January 8, 1971.
George Harrison
Santana
Stephen Stills
The Partridge Family
Sly & The Family Stone
1971Jason Giambi, American baseball player[†]
Jason Gilbert Giambi is an American former professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter. In his Major League Baseball (MLB) career, which began in 1995, Giambi played for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Colorado Rockies, and Cleveland Indians. He is the older brother of the late MLB player Jeremy Giambi.
1971Andreas Kollross, Austrian politician[†]
Andreas Kollross is an Austrian politician and former member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Thermenregion from November 2017 to October 2024.
1971Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer and coach[†]
Pascal Zuberbühler is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]