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HR Armed Services Com rejects Adm proposal for $3,000 enlistment bonuses for men volunteering for combat specialties; approves proposal to reimburse recruiters for out-of-pocket expenses
informal poll shows more Sens back transport; Sen decision seen hinging on undecided vote; some opponents and proponents listed
rise in consumer prices moderates further in Feb, making 2 mos of considerably less inflation than there was in most of '69 and '70; BLS Consumer Price Index at 119.4, up 0.2% both before and after seasonal adjustment; index is 4.8% above yr ago but well below 6.3% rise in Feb '70 over Feb '69; table; Hodgson calls development good news; Ziegler, for White House, calls it encouraging; data released for 1st time in yrs without official briefing; Hodgson denies new procedure results from any discrepancy between interpretation by Dept officials and professionals at briefings; Repr Albert sharply criticizes 'muzzling' of briefers; sluggishness in Feb econ rounded out by Commerce Dept rept of decline in new factory orders for durables
indications grow that S Vietnamese prepare to end Laotian operation
Producer A Ruddy announces that he has eliminated all references to Mafia and Cosa Nostra in film The Godfather' at request of Italian-Amer Civil Rights League, news conf, NYC; says removal of 3 references to crime syndicate were result of several meetings with league reprs, including A Colombo; says syndicate in film will be referred to as 'the 5 families' and other non-Italian phrases; confirms that proceeds from picture's premiere will go to league; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 17, 1971, covering March 20, 1971.
Janis Joplin
Soundtrack
Various Artists
Chicago
Jimi Hendrix
1971Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player[†]
Manuel De Jesús Alexander is a Dominican former professional baseball infielder. He has played for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets (1997), Chicago Cubs (1997–1999), Boston Red Sox (2000), Texas Rangers (2004) and San Diego Padres (2005–2006). He bats and throws right-handed.
1971Touré, American journalist and author[†]
Touré is an American writer, music journalist, cultural critic, podcaster, and television personality. He was a co-host of the TV show The Cycle on MSNBC. He was also a contributor to MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan Show, and the host of Fuse's Hiphop Shop and On the Record. He serves on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. He taught a course on the history of hip-hop at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, part of the Tisch School of the Arts in New York.
1971Falih Rıfkı Atay, Turkish journalist and politician (born 1894)[†]
Falih Rıfkı Atay was a Turkish journalist, writer and politician between 1923 and 1950.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]