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MOSCOW, Aug. 31—In this land of dancing bears, expert gymnasts and champion weightlifters, ordinary Rus sians came by the thousands today for a final Western style fling at the interna tional carnival in Gorky Park before school starts tomor row.
US bishops name Msgr G Higgins and Rev B Ahern 'priest auditors' at RC bishops synod
Police Commissioner Patrick V. Murphy announced yesterday that he had relieved six cap tains of their commands be cause investigators had found repeated instances of police men under their supervision sleeping on duty. Five of them headed precincts.
Woodcock meets with Sec Hodgson, tells him UAW will not make 'no strike' pledge during 2nd stage of Adm's econ program; says that if some form of controls is maintained on wages after freeze ends, union will seek profit-sharing program, which could be viable alternative to excess-profits tax; says another possibility would be profits tax geared to wages
By the end of the eight‐ month registration period this week, 57.7 per cent of New York City's newly enfranchised youths 18, 19 and 20 years old had taken advantage of their eligibility—a percentage that almost exactly matches that of their elders in registering to vote.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 8, 1971, covering September 10, 1971.
Carole King
The Moody Blues
Rod Stewart
The Who
Paul & Linda McCartney
1971Joe Bravo, American jockey[†]
Joe Bravo is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. The son and grandson of jockeys, he began his professional career in Thoroughbred flat racing at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida, at the latter end of 1988.
1971Pier Angeli, Italian-American actress and singer (born 1932)[†]
Anna Maria Pierangeli, known internationally by the stage name Pier Angeli, was an Italian actress, model and singer. She won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress for her debut role in the 1950 film Tomorrow Is Too Late, and subsequently won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for her performance in the American film Teresa (1951).
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]