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June 6, 1971

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Headlines from June 6, 1971

The Nation

By —Tom Buckley

article discusses problem of drug addiction among Amer servicemen in Vietnam; cartoon

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PLAYER, WITH 204, LEADS AT ATLANTA

By Lincoln A. Werden Special to The New York Times

ATLANTA, June 5 — With holes cut in his golf cap to give him improvised air‐conditioning on this hot, humid day, Gary Player of South Africa moved ahead of Jack Nicklaus to lead the $125,000 Atlanta Golf Classic. “I never get tired,” said the Johannesburg professional after he posted a five‐under‐par 67 for a 54‐hole total of 204 and a one‐stroke lead.

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SIX SCORE IN 7TH

By Murray Crass

Relief pitching—last year the New York Yankees spelled it with a capital R and a capital P and never tired of talking about it. This year they use small r and and a small p and would prefer no one mention the subject.

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Nader Asserts Monopolies Mulct the Public of Billions

By Eileen Shanahan Special to The New York Times

Nader releases rept by group under M J Green entitled The Closed Enterprite System which charges that Amer pub pays billions of dollars annually in various forms because of practices of monopolies it charges no one it trying to break up; rept also charges nation pays in many ways for pol power of econ giants, including alleged power to block antitrust suits against them; recommends new legis to authorize breaking up of most corps with assets in excess of $2-billion but proposes that suits against 'shared monopolies, where few cot control half or more of production of an indus, be attempted under present law; other major recommendations detailed; rept suggests that, to minimize prospect grades successful pol intervention, pub disclosure of all contacts between business execs and top officials of Justice Dept or White House be required; suggests Asst Atty Gen in charge of Antitrust Div be permitted to file civil antitrust suits and take other actions without specific approval of Atty Gen; suggests outright ban on any further mergers by 500 largest indus corps; recommends breaking up 'shared monopolies'; proposes merging Antitrust Div and FTC into single Competing Protection Agency; evaluates antitrust enforcement under various officials; gives worst marks to Johnson Adm and Atty Gen Katzenbach and Asst Atty Gen Turner; gives mixed grade to McLaren; lauds McLaren for fighting hard, reptdly to point of threatening resignation, for some anti-merger cases; Justice Dept issues statement denying McLaren threatened to resign; does not deny he had been overruled in some cases by Atty Gen Mitchell; Katzenbach denies yielding to pol pressure; Turner also denies pol motivation; allegations of pol influence involve Repr Celler and former Sen E J McCarthy, neither of which can be reached for comment; Nader illus

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 2, 1971, covering June 6, 1971.

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

    Sticky Fingers

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
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    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
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    29
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    Album cover for 4 Way Street by Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    4 Way Street

    Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
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    7
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    Album cover for Tapestry by Carole King

    Tapestry

    Carole King

    Last week
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    Peak
    4
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    9
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    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

Historical Events

Soyuz 11

1971Soyuz 11 is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are suffocated by uncontrolled decompression of the capsule during re-entry on 29 June.[†]

Soyuz 11 was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station, Salyut 1. The crew, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev, arrived at the space station on 7 June 1971, and departed on 29 June 1971. The mission ended in disaster when the crew capsule depressurised during preparations for re-entry, killing the three-person crew. The three crew members of Soyuz 11 are the only humans to have died in space.

Hughes Airwest Flight 706

1971Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collides with a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the United States Marine Corps over the San Gabriel Mountains, killing 50.[†]

Hughes Airwest Flight 706 was a regularly scheduled flight operated by American domestic airline Hughes Airwest from Los Angeles, California to Seattle, Washington, with several intermediate stops. On Sunday, June 6, 1971, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 serving as Flight 706 departed Los Angeles just after 6 p.m. en route to Seattle as a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the United States Marine Corps was approaching Marine Corps Air Station El Toro near Irvine at the end of a flight from Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada. The two aircraft collided in midair over the San Gabriel Mountains near Duarte, killing all 49 aboard the DC-9 and the F-4 pilot; the F-4 radar intercept officer ejected and survived.

Historical Context for June 6, 1971

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