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June 1, 1971

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Headlines from June 1, 1971

The Outer City: Negroes Find Few Tangible Gains

By Paul Delaney Special to The New York Times

3d article in NY Times series on outer cities discusses racial struggles and problems of blacks who have moved to suburbs; move seen meaning little more than exchanging '1 hand-me-down neighborhood for another'; if there is improvement over inner-city ghetto, it is seen as more in state of mind than in quality of life; hostility of middle-income whites and blacks toward making any room for those with low or moderate incomes noted; most outer-city integration has been restricted to areas contiguous to black secs of inner city, leaving heavier concentrations of poorer blacks at inner-city lines, and a few in middle- and upper-income suburbs farther away from city; way in which blacks replaced whites in E Cleveland, Ohio, and Compton, Calif, which is called typical, described; E Cleveland City Mgr Chandler and Compton City Mgr Johnson comment; illus

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ENEMY REPORTED TO CAPTURE SNOUL

By Unknown Author

N Vietnamese troops reptdly drive S Vietnamese forces from Cambodian town of Snoul; S Vietnamese fight their way towards border; retreat opens up supply route for N Vietnamese that leads to S Vietnam's Mil Region III; map; S Vietnamese forces claim major victory in sweep through cluster of villages S of Danang; rept 215 enemy killed and 35 wounded; terrorist bomb destroys Saigon bldg; 5 Vietnamese killed, 12 hurt

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 26, 1971, covering June 1, 1971.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

    Sticky Fingers

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Jesus Christ Superstar by Various Artists

    Jesus Christ Superstar

    Various Artists

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    28
  3. 3
    Album cover for 4 Way Street by Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    4 Way Street

    Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  4. 4
    Album cover for Tapestry by Carole King

    Tapestry

    Carole King

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon by James Taylor

    Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon

    James Taylor

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    4

Notable Births

Mario Cimarro

1971Mario Cimarro, Cuban-American actor and singer[†]

Mario Antonio Cimarro Paz is a Cuban actor. His television career began in the late 1990s and solidified in the early 2000s with leading roles in dramatic productions.

Notable Deaths

Reinhold Niebuhr

1971Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian and academic (born 1892)[†]

Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr was an American Reformed theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary for more than 30 years. Niebuhr was one of America's leading public intellectuals for several decades of the 20th century and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. A public theologian, he wrote and spoke frequently about the intersection of religion, politics, and public policy, with his most influential books including Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man.

Historical Context for June 1, 1971

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