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Gov Cahill orders R Dilts superseded as Bergen County prosecutor and announces that Dilts is being investigated for 'official conduct in office'; authoritative sources rept that State's Criminal Justice Div is investigating charges that Dilts interceded in behalf of alleged hijacker in obtaining lesser charge against him; details; Criminal Justice Dir E W Juhos apptd prosecutor
officials rept that NJ commuters relied on buses to commute to work during rr strike; rept that record total of 1,006 buses used special lane of Lincoln Tunnel during morning rush; Westchester and Conn residents use private cars and buses to commute to outlying subway stops in Bronx; illus
Russians, in SALT talks, urge Amers not to worry about new, large silos being built in USSR for big SSâ9 ICBMs; say they are part of 'modernizationâ program similar to US modernization of its Minuteman and Polaris missiles; do not state that older missiles will be retired; some Amer officials in Washington point out that USSR would weaken its bargaining position by voluntarily dismantling some of its older missiles
Nixon, in statement responding to 60 demands made by 13 Negro Reprs. says he has made fight against hunger and malnutrition one of his highest priorities
Broadcasting and Film Comm of the Natl Council of Chs and Natl Cath Office for Motion Pictures issue joint statement saying they withdraw their support of film indus rating system; say main reason is that GP rating has become unreliable; question GP ratings of some films; say their criterion for evaluating rating system is whether it protects 'the young from material beyond their ability to cope;â Rev W Fore, dir of comm, and Rev P J Sullivan, dir of Cath group, comment, int; 2 groups also declare they warned pub and indus a yr ago of their disapproval of system; Valenti says vast majority of US theaters comply with ratings; holds system has proved to be 'pub service'; Natl Assn of Theater Owners pres E Picker confirms Valenti rept that 80% of assn's theaters comply with ratings; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 19, 1971, covering May 19, 1971.
The Rolling Stones
Various Artists
Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young
The Partridge Family
James Taylor
1971Ross Katz, American director, producer, and screenwriter[â ]
Ross Katz is an American film producer, screenwriter and film director. He has executive produced films including In the Bedroom and Lost in Translation, and has directed the films Adult Beginners (2014) and The Choice (2016), and the HBO film Taking Chance (2009).
1971Andres Salumets, Estonian biologist, biochemist, and educator[â ]
Andres Salumets is an Estonian biologist, biochemist, and international infertility expert. He currently is Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the Karolinska Institute.
1971Ogden Nash, American poet (born 1902)[â ]
Frederic Ogden Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote more than 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by The New York Times to be the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry.
1971Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.[â ]
The Mars program was a series of uncrewed spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union between 1960 and 1973. The spacecraft were intended to explore Mars, and included flyby probes, landers and orbiters.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[â ]