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April 13, 1971

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Headlines from April 13, 1971

NEWARK WARNED BY HEAD OF POLICE

By Fox Butterfield Special to The New York Times

Police Dir Redden warns some persons seek to plunge city into repetition of '67 riots, statement; says time has come for pub and officials to decide course of action to save city; Jones has characterized Redden, white, as racist; Newark Policemen's Benevolent Assn issues statement supporting both Gibson and Redden in their attempts to restore peace and harmony to city

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Commander Shifted In a Police Scandal

By David Burnham

NYC Police Capt S M Salmieri, commanding officer of Precinct 6 in Greenwich Village, removed from his command after 8 of his ptl are suspended on departmental charges of stealing cartons of meat from packing plant; removal is 1st known instance in which Comr Murphy acted on his previous statements that he intended to hold superior officers responsible for what occurs in their commands; case revd; charged with taking part in removing meat are patrolmen E V Kuck, W J Cianci, E T Cunningham, J R Garcia, E B Krombar, R Ornstein, J Maher and J W Vanderstar; charged with failing to take proper police action are Lt L Rocioppo, Sgts W Casazza, L Tepper and P T Machules and Ptl A C Zawadaki

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 7, 1971, covering April 13, 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

1971Franck Esposito, French swimmer[†]

Franck Esposito is a former World Record holding, and four-time Olympic, butterfly swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics; and won the bronze medal in the 200 Butterfly at the 1992 Olympics. During his career, he set the short course World Record in the 200 fly four times.

1971Danie Mellor, Australian painter and sculptor[†]

Danie Mellor is an Australian artist who was the winner of 2009 National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Born in Mackay, Queensland, Mellor grew up in Scotland, Australia, and South Africa before undertaking tertiary studies at North Adelaide School of Art, the Australian National University (ANU) and Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. He then took up a post lecturing at Sydney College of the Arts. He works in different media including printmaking, drawing, painting, and sculpture. Considered a key figure in contemporary Indigenous Australian art, the dominant theme in Mellor's art is the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian cultures.

Bo Outlaw

1971Bo Outlaw, American basketball player[†]

Charles "Bo" Outlaw is an American former professional basketball player. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, and is a 1989 alumnus of John Jay High School.

Notable Deaths

Michel Brière

1971Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1949)[†]

Michel Edouard Brière was a Canadian professional ice hockey player for one season in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1969–70. Following his rookie season with the Penguins, Brière was involved in a car accident in which he suffered major head trauma. After multiple brain surgeries and 11 months in a coma, he died as a result of his injuries at the age of 21.

Juhan Smuul

1971Juhan Smuul, Estonian author, poet, and screenwriter (born 1921)[†]

Juhan Smuul was an Estonian writer. Until 1954 he used the given name Johannes Schmuul. Smuul was one of the most recognized writers in Soviet Estonia and was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia, a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR, chairman of the Estonian Writers' Union, secretary of the board of the Union of Soviet Writers.

Historical Context for April 13, 1971

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