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April 7, 1971

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Headlines from April 7, 1971

District Attorney Investigating Sanitation Union

By Emanuel Perlmutter

Dist Atty F S Hogan probes charge that DeLury has misused union funds; declines to discuss investigation; probe started by complaint last summer that DeLury and others have been diverting union money to their personal use; DeLury denies wrongdoing, news conf; asserts charge is unfounded and result of vendetta against him by unnamed aspirant for munic appointive position who he refused to back; says Hogan's office has requested examination of books every yr at time when union is either involved in negotiations or pol action

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3 Radicals Appear Victors In Berkeley City Election

By Unknown Author

3 of 4 City Council candidates on 'radical-leaning slate' lead in election; Councilman Widener, Negro allied with slate, leads Councilman Sweeney, also Negro, for Mayor; controversial plan to split police force into Negro, white and campus depts apparently losing; 4-man slate backed by April Coalition and Black Caucus, which have proposed eliminating city mgr in favor of direct mayoral govt and restructuring fiscal system and police force; Calif State Sec Brown in city to oversee voting and probe irregularity charges; voters illus

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KOSYGIN PROPOSES ALL‐EUROPE GRID

By Bernard Gwertzman Special to The New York Times

USSR Premier Kosygin, noting improved USSR trade relations with W Eur, reasserts USSR opposition to dealing directly with EEC; links opposition to refusal to recognize EEC as pol entity, econ rept to Soviet Communist Party Cong; notes country is against closed groupings in trade, such as EEC; cites support for broad development of multi-lateral econ ties without any discrimination at all

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 7, 1971, covering April 7, 1971.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Pearl by Janis Joplin

    Pearl

    Janis Joplin

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  2. 2
    Album cover for Love Story by Soundtrack

    Love Story

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    15
  3. 3
    Album cover for Jesus Christ Superstar by Various Artists

    Jesus Christ Superstar

    Various Artists

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    21
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Cry Of Love by Jimi Hendrix

    The Cry Of Love

    Jimi Hendrix

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    6
  5. 5
    Album cover for Love Story by Andy Williams

    Love Story

    Andy Williams

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    8

Notable Births

Guillaume Depardieu

1971Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (died 2008)[†]

Guillaume Jean Maxime Antoine Depardieu was a French actor, winner of a César Award, and the second oldest child of Gérard Depardieu.

Victor Kraatz

1971Victor Kraatz, German-Canadian figure skater[†]

Victor Kraatz, is a Canadian former ice dancer. In 2003, he and his partner, Shae-Lynn Bourne, became the first North American ice dancers to win a World Championship.

Historical Events

Vietnam War

1971Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.[†]

The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct US military involvement escalated from 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian and Cambodian Civil Wars, which ended with all three countries becoming communist in 1975.

Historical Context for April 7, 1971

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