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June 3, 1971

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Headlines from June 3, 1971

The Outer City: Growth Turning Into a Menace

By Linda Greenhouse Special to The New York Times

final article in Times series on outer cities discusses their struggle with problems of growth; politicians, planners and residents of outer cities are increasingly worried about growth rates they once welcomed and pointed to with pride; for all their numbers and potential power, outer cities remain largely masses of little islands, unable to work together to harness forces shaping future; development continues to accelerate beyond their grasp; despite planners' new importance and leverage, private mkt remains most powerful engine of growth, shaping future of new outer city; new pub concern about unltd development has challenged both local govts and private mkt; govts' attempts to channel growth seen largely ineffective; private mkt seen having responded to challenge with new attention to quality in planning and design; cycle seen beginning anew and even areas that grew up as satellites to inner cities must, as they themselves grow, create their own poor cores; speculation on outer cities' future; illus of map of planned new city near Santa Ana, Calif

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Russians Berate the U.S. On Recent Mideast Moves

By Bernard Gwertzman Special to The New York Times

USSR, in 1st substantive comment on situation since signing of treaty with UAR, scores recent US efforts to promote peace and improve ties with UAR; Pravda and Izvestia charge US with attempting to drive wedge between UAR and USSR and seeking to deceive Arab states in order to establish US hegemony in Middle East; statements seen shift towards more belligerent attitude towards US; Western diplomats question USSR's motivations in light of recent slowing of diplomatic activity; attacks seen linked to 4th anniv of '67 war, Soviet determination not to permit US to make inroads in UAR or to put up with Arab overtures to US; text of Pravda's editorial; USSR does not comment on Nixon's news conf in which he urged that flow of arms be halted but Izvestia states that US call for maintaining arms balance is direct encouragement to Israel to continue to occupy Arab territory; declares that US only desires settlement that meets its own needs at expense of Arab countries; charges US with casting shadow on Soviet policy in Middle East and attempting to discredit Soviet motives; referring to Rogers's visit, Izvestia charges that US mediation is camouflage to conceal desire of US imperialism to preserve its hegemony in area

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A $5‐BILLION PLAN TO PROVIDE JOBS IS V0IED BY llOSE

By Marjorie Hunter Special to The New York Times

Nixon announces that Fed Govt will provide $303-million to create summer jobs for 674,000 poor teen-agers in '71; says Natl Alliance of Businessmen will sponsor 150,000 additional jobs; notes number of jobs will be 30% above '70 level and highest in history of Govt's summer jobs program

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ROCKEFELLER TURNS TO KEY DEMOCRATS IN TAX DEADLOCK

By Frank Lynn Special to The New York Times

Lindsay phones Rockefeller in effort to reopen communications; one result is trip to Albany by Hamilton to discuss what state aides call 'corrections in city's estimated budget gap of $1.1-billion, state contending that gap is closer to $700-million; Hamilton, after com with NYS Budget Dir Dunham and aides of Repub leaders, says session was tech, that there were no substantive negotiations; Duryea says there is no plan to invite Lindsay again; illus of Hamilton in Albany

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SAIGON ASSEMBLY

By Unknown Author

Natl Assembly lower house approves, 101-21, bill containing restrictive nomination clause whereby a pres candidate must got his nomination paper signed by 40 deputies and sens or by 100 members of elected provincial councils; vote overrules earlier Sen defeat of bill; bill could leave Nguyen Van Thieu with no serious challenger in election; observers believe Nguyen Cao Ky cannot get backing required to enter race

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 2, 1971, covering June 3, 1971.

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

    Sticky Fingers

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  2. 2
    Album cover for Jesus Christ Superstar by Various Artists

    Jesus Christ Superstar

    Various Artists

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    29
  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
    7
  4. 4
    Album cover for Tapestry by Carole King

    Tapestry

    Carole King

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    9
  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
    5

Notable Deaths

Heinz Hopf

1971Heinz Hopf, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (born 1894)[†]

Heinz Hopf was a German mathematician who worked on the fields of dynamical systems, topology and geometry.

Historical Context for June 3, 1971

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