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The conflict over railroad work rules, which has been sharpening ever since the railroads lost their monopoly on intercity freight move ments, may possibly have moved out of the realm of economic pushing, shoving and shouting into a labora tory demonstration of just how an accord could be reached.
Apollo dir Petrone orders launching crews to begin fueling, battery installation and other final countdown steps; flight crew operations dir Slayton repts astronauts are 'fit and ready to go'; Apollo 15 test supervisor J Harrington says all countdown operations are proceeding smoothly; launch pad technicians pump liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen into spacecraft; hundreds of thousands of visitors are gathering in Cape Kennedy area to witness launch; Scott and Irwin plan to land near rim of Hadley Rille, 1,200-ft-deep canyon; landing site is 465 mi north of lunar equator and on southeastern edge of Sea of Rains; described; 2 astronauts plan to make 3 lunar excursions and collect 250 lbs of rock and soil; will leave behind nuclear-powered set of scientific instruments to monitor moonquakes and other lunar phenomena; Worden will operate number of remote-sensing devices to gather data on moon's surface chem and take detailed photos for mapping purposes; spacecraft will deploy 78.5-lb satellite, which will radio data on moon's gravitational, magnetic and elec fields for at least 1 yr; flight plan detailed; 3 astronauts illus
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speculation on effects of Nixon visit to Peking on Vietnam war; Kissinger held likely to have sounded out Chou on whether China would help US bring war to end
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 21, 1971, covering July 25, 1971.
Carole King
James Taylor
The Rolling Stones
Various Artists
Paul & Linda McCartney
1971Roger Creager, American singer-songwriter[â ]
Roger Creager is an American Texas country music singer and songwriter from Corpus Christi, Texas.
1971Tracy Murray, American basketball player[â ]
Tracy Lamont Murray is an American former professional basketball player who works as an analyst with the UCLA Sports Network for all of the games during the UCLA Bruins' basketball season. Tracy is also a part-time analyst on the Slam Dunk Show on ABC7 Los Angeles. He worked as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the 2015â16 NBA season.
1971Billy Wagner, American baseball player and coach[â ]
William Edward Wagner, nicknamed "Billy the Kid", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, and Atlanta Braves from 1995 to 2010. A seven-time All-Star and the 1999 National League (NL) Rolaids Relief Man Award winner, Wagner is one of only eight major league relief pitchers to reach 400 career saves. A left-handed batter and thrower, Wagner stands 5Â feet 10Â inches (1.78Â m) tall and weighs 180 pounds (82Â kg).
1971John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (born 1880)[â ]
John Meyers was an American freestyle swimmer and water polo player for the Missouri Athletic Club who won a bronze medal for the U.S. in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.
1971Leroy Robertson, American composer and educator (born 1896)[â ]
Leroy Robertson was an American composer and music educator.
1971The Sohagpur massacre is perpetrated by the Pakistan Army.[â ]
The Sohagpur massacre was a mass killing of 187 civilians on 25 July 1971 in the Mymensingh District of East Pakistan during the Liberation War. The massacre was perpetrated by the Pakistan Army and Al-Badr, a paramilitary force opposing Bangladeshi independence. Following the massacre, Sohagpur became known as the "village of widows."
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[â ]