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Murphy announces that to reduce possibility of police corruption he is changing methods and orgn of ptl assigned to enforce gambling, prostitution and liquor laws, s, Commerce and Indus Assn, NYC; says major change being instituted involves shift from emphasizing number of arrests plainclothes man makes to concentrating on improving quality of arrests; other changes noted; illus
NYC City Council, 23-13, approves bill establishing comm to regulate medallion taxicabs and limousines; Mayor Lindsay hails passage
NYC Housing Auth Chmn Golar announces that last-minute $5-million allocation from Fed Govt will help meet operating expenses in pub housing and forestall rent increases for 153,000 low-income families, news conf; Golar says that allocation was part of money authorized by Cong, but that he had not expected it and had already begun processing papers for 15% rent increase in Apr; says that in addition to $5-million for immediate operating expenses, Fed Govt has promised to make qrly payments to auth to help it overcome deficits that otherwise could be expected to continue
Israeli Min Galili says UAR's reptd willingness to sign peace agreement is 'positive element' that should not be ignored but, referring to demand for withdrawal from all occupied territories in exch for recognition, describes UAR's answer as disappointing; reveals that UAR memo contains words 'agreement with Israel' and says that such positive expression should not be ignored and real pol meaning behind words should be examined; questions why UAR refuses to talk directly with Israel if it is really ready for agreement without preliminary conditions; reiterates Israel's long-standing demand for direct talks and says Israel is willing to open such talks within 24 hrs notice either indirectly or in secret; Rabin confs with Govt; confs reptdly will include issue of what is described as deteriorating US-Israeli ties; US reptdly is pressing Israel for timetable for withdrawal from occupied territories; Israel has refused to set any timetable or move from position that withdrawal from Sinai Peninsula and other occupied territories must be in context of written peace agreement and only then would withdrawal be to borders that would be secure and defensible; Rabin denies rept of US-Israeli rift
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 17, 1971, covering February 20, 1971.
Various Artists
Chicago
George Harrison
Santana
Elton John
1971Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer[†]
Jari Olavi Litmanen is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or a second striker. He was the first-choice captain of the Finland national team between 1996 and 2008 in an international career that ran from 1989 to 2010. Litmanen is widely considered to be Finland's greatest football player of all time. He was chosen as the best Finnish player of the last 50 years by the Football Association of Finland in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003. He also finished 42nd in the 100 Greatest Finns voting in 2004. The Association of Football Statisticians' compendium of 'Greatest Ever Footballers' listed Litmanen as the 53rd best footballer ever. Litmanen was inducted into the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2015.
1971Joost van der Westhuizen, South African rugby player (died 2017)[†]
Joost van der Westhuizen was a South African professional rugby union player who made 89 appearances in test matches for the national team, scoring 38 tries. He mostly played as a scrum-half and participated in three Rugby World Cups, most notably in the 1995 tournament, which was won by South Africa. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest scrumhalves in the history of this sport.
1971The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.[†]
The Emergency Broadcast System (EBS), sometimes called the Emergency Action Notification System (EANS), was an emergency warning system used in the United States. It was the most commonly used, along with the Emergency Override system. It replaced the previous CONELRAD system and was used from 1963 to 1997, at which point it was replaced by the Emergency Alert System.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]