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EVERY week, more than 26,000 jobs are advertised In The New York Times. See, the Employment Columns today. Advt.
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EVERY week, more than 26,000 jobs are advertised In The New York Times. See, the Employment Columns today. Advt.
police arrest 1,146 young people for 'unlawful assembly' on Capitol grounds, apparently ending last major confrontation planned in a 3-wk 'peace offensive' this spring; protesters had massed on HR bldg steps to demand that Cong ratify a 'people's treaty' with N Vietnam to end the war; failed to disrupt Cong; protest leaders decide to continue taking to sts in protest; plan march on S Vietnamese Embassy; DC Appeals Ct affirms lower ct ruling that police acted improperly on May 3 in arresting individuals in groups and carting them to impromptu prisons without making specific individual charges; revert to customary procedure of 1 arrest at a time; some Reprs scuffle with protesters; Chief Wilson issues statement assuming responsibility for May 3 order to suspend arrest procedures and make mass arrests
Amer visitors in Switzerland surprised that their travelers checks have ltd usefulness because of internatl monetary crisis; situation detailed; Amer Express repr says co will maintain normal travelers check services
US tourists reptdly are not seriously inconvenienced by monetary crisis but some are having difficulty exchanging dollars for Eur currency in several countries
riots erupt, Brownsville sec, Bklyn following day of massive demonstrations against state budget cuts in welfare and other areas
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 5, 1971, covering May 6, 1971.
Various Artists
Janis Joplin
Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young
The Partridge Family
Three Dog Night
1971Chris Shiflett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Christopher Aubrey Shiflett is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters, which he joined in 1999 following the release of the band's third album There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999). Shiflett was also previously a member of the punk rock bands No Use for a Name (1995–1999) and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (1995–2019).
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]