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US Sen rejects, 52-21, Nelson amendment to draft law barring assignment of draftees to combat in Vietnam after the end of the yr without their assent; in debate on amendment, Nelson quotes Defense Dept statistics in arguing that draftees bear heaviest burden of war; Sen Stennis says proposal could create 2 classes of soldiers
EVERY week, more then 26.000 Jobs ere advertised In The New York Times. Sec the Employment Columns today, Advt.
S Vietnam says it is ready to accept N Vietnamese conditions for June 4 release of POWs from S Vietnamese camps
City Hall sources rept Rockefeller and Repub Legis leaders are considering $470-million revenue pkg consisting of $320-million in taxing authority for city and $150-million in new Fed aid; under proposal, Lindsay adm would be required to cut budget by $250-million; Repr Carey, who meets with Rockefeller and Fed officials, says Fed funds could come from aid programs already enacted and revenue-sharing program that is expected to be passed this yr; Duryea holds rept that he has proposed budget plan is 'totally without foundation'
Sen Repub sources rept CIA has concluded that at least 2/3 of large new silo holes recently detected in USSR were intended for relatively small SS-11 ICBM, not SS-9 as Defense Dept had suggested; some arms control specialists suggest that USSR, rather than seeking to achieve 1st-strike capability against US, is following Amer course of trying to protect its missiles against attack with 'hardened' silos
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 26, 1971, covering May 26, 1971.
The Rolling Stones
Various Artists
Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young
Carole King
James Taylor
1971Zaher Andary, Lebanese footballer[†]
Zaher Toufic Al Indari is a Lebanese former professional footballer who played as a striker.
1971Matt Stone, American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer[†]
Matthew Richard Stone is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, and musician. He is best known for co-creating South Park and The Book of Mormon (2011) with his creative partner Trey Parker. Intrigued by a career in entertainment at a young age, he studied film and mathematics at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he met Parker. During their attendance, the two worked on various short films and starred in the feature-length musical Cannibal! The Musical (1993).
1971Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.[†]
The Bangladesh Liberation War, also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which resulted in the independence of Bangladesh. The war began when the Pakistani military junta based in West Pakistan—under the orders of Yahya Khan—launched Operation Searchlight against East Pakistanis on the night of 25 March 1971, initiating the Bangladesh genocide.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]