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The Mots lost two games to the Reds in Cincinnati yes terday, 7‐2 and 5‐3, and fell 10 games behind the Pitts burgh Pirates, the leaders of the National League Eastern Division. (Details on Page 35.)
Pres Allende denounces 'avarice for profits and poor planning' by US mgt of largo copper mines at Chilean Cong meets to vote on nationalization of mines; attack seen part of Govt campaign to build up pub opinion against payment of substantial compensation for expropriation of mines; Cong adopts const reform authorizing nationalization of properties of Kennecott, Anaconda and Cerro
NY Times survey finds const amendment granting 18-yr-olds right to vote has started major controversy in coll towns over whether coll students should be allowed to regis to vote near school or at home; says controversy has generated ct tests in at least 11 states and proposals for new unified regis projects by US Sens; notes many feel issue will go to Sup Ct and may eventually require state-level legis; says present laws and practices mean most students are not able to vote in town in which they attend school; situation in some specific areas described
White House announces Nixon will sign emergency pub service jobs bill
Hassan says 4 gens led 'Libyan-style' coup, news conf; says surviving rebel officers will be executed very soon; says coup failed mainly because main leader, Gen Medbouh, was accidentally slain by rebel jr officer shortly after coup began; Army units seek out last of holdouts; illus; about 50 persons were reptdly killed by rebels who suffered about 150 casualties; Hassan repeats charge that plot had foreign ramifications; says actions of many rebel officers showed they were drugged; Rockwell describes coup, int
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 7, 1971, covering July 12, 1971.
Carole King
Carpenters
The Rolling Stones
Paul & Linda McCartney
Various Artists
1971Andriy Kovalenco, Ukrainian-Spanish rugby player[†]
Andriy Kovalenco is a Ukrainian-born Spanish rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half.
1971Loni Love, American comedian, actress, and talk show host[†]
Loni Love is an American comedian, television host, actress, author, and former electrical engineer. While working as an electrical engineer in the early 2000s, she switched to music engineering, until later launching a career in stand-up comedy. She was the runner-up on Star Search 2003 and was named among the "Top 10 Comics to Watch" in both Variety and Comedy Central in 2009. She was one of the co-hosts of the syndicated daytime talk show The Real, which ran from July 15, 2013, and ended on June 3, 2022.
1971Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater[†]
Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi is an American former competitive figure skater, author and philanthropist. A former competitor in women's singles, Yamaguchi is the 1992 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion, and the 1992 U.S. champion. In 1992, she became the first Asian American to win a gold medal in a Winter Olympic competition. As a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo, she is the 1988 World Junior champion and a two-time national champion.
1971Yvon Robert, Canadian wrestler (born 1914)[†]
Yvon Robert was a French Canadian professional wrestler who was best known to fans as Yvon "The Lion" Robert.
1971The Australian Aboriginal flag is flown for the first time.[†]
The Australian Aboriginal flag is an official flag of Australia that represents Aboriginal Australians. It was granted official status in 1995 under the Flags Act 1953, together with the Torres Strait Islander flag, in order to advance reconciliation and in recognition of the importance and acceptance of the flag by the Australian community. The two flags are often flown together with the Australian national flag.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]