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Adm has offered Dr E D Pellegrino, dean of SUNY Med School at Stony Brook, NY, post of Asst Sec for Health and Scientific Affairs to replace Dr Egeberg; Egeberg reptdly will be apptd to new post in Sec Richardson's office
mil sources say S Vietnamese troops abandon Lolo fire base 9 mi SE of Tchepone under heavy enemy pressure, leaving behind their arty pieces; say abandonment is ordered because US helicopters can no longer supply base; map
Sen Mondale reveals rept by Gen Acctg Office accusing Nixon Adm of improper handling of funds designed to ease school desegregation; Mondale says $75-million made available by Cong last yr has been allocated in return for applications showing token efforts at integration; rept cites examples of questionable efforts at integration; notes 25 or 28 Southern applications for funds that it revd failed to contain adequate explanations of how funds would be used to ease desegregation; concludes improper adm of program was caused by HEW Dept's desire for expeditious funding; Sec Richardson notes in statement that he told Sen subcom that speed with which desegregation program was put into effect led to some unavoidable mistakes, says dept is moving ahead with comprehensive program to deal with problems; Mondale notes Adm's haste in distributing funds was in close proximity to last yr's election
Allied base at Khesanh comes under intense shelling, forcing Amer helicopters to scatter into sky; shelling said to be heaviest since '68 siege; spokesmen describe damage as light, with no fatalities; 2 US helicopters downed in Laos; Amer pilots rept destroying 7 enemy tanks in Laos near Tchepone; S Vietnamese command spokesman says S Vietnam still has forces operating in Tchepone vicinity; S Vietnamese forces continue operation close to Laotian and Cambodian borders; map
City Councilman at Large Michael J. Lazar, Democrat of Queens, yesterday was named chairman of the new Taxi and Limousine Commission by Mayor Lindsay.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 10, 1971, covering March 16, 1971.
Janis Joplin
Soundtrack
Chicago
Various Artists
Elton John
1971Greg Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2019)[†]
Gregory C. Johnson was a Canadian professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Chicago Blackhawks, and Nashville Predators.
1971Alan Tudyk, American actor[†]
Alan Wray Tudyk is an American actor. His film work includes roles in 28 Days (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), voice and motion capture for Sonny in I, Robot (2004), and 3:10 to Yuma (2007). He starred in the black comedy horror film Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010). Tudyk has also appeared in the films Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), 42 (2013), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Trumbo (2015). He has voiced characters in most Walt Disney Animation Studios films since 2012.
1971Bebe Daniels, American actress (born 1901)[†]
Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" Daniels was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer.
1971Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York (born 1902)[†]
Thomas Edmund Dewey was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in 1944 and 1948, losing the former election to Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the latter election to Harry S. Truman in a major upset.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]