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State Regents Bd forms 17-member council under Pace Coll pres Mortola to devise master plan for joint development of pub and private higher educ in NYC; council members include Chancellor and Deputy Chancellor of CUNY and presidents of 4 colls of univ; issues to be considered by council include study of role of private insts in helping to implement CUNY's yr-round open admissions program
US command acknowledges that US planes bombed mil oil storage areas as well as AA sites on Sept 21; some mil sources say raids had no relation to any buildup of N Vietnamese troops; note that decision to make attacks of such magnitude is always made in Washington and is cleared by the White House
Pres Nixon, at special dinner meeting of Econ Club of Detroit, says he understands that Ruckelshaus will announce shortly development of new engine that in preliminary tests meets strict standards of Clean Air Act; leaves some members of audience mystified as to what engine he might be referring to; says while attention must be paid to cleaning up air, other factors such as costs of cleaning up air must also be weighed
US officials caution S Vietnamese generals that any coup d'etat against Nguyen Van Thieu in election crisis will lead to ending of US support; generals are urged by officials to stick to business of security; officials, however, do not rule out widespread demonstrations against one-man-candidacy; US troops to be put on alert in move seen designed to keep them out of demonstrations; Amer sources see generals in the main satisfied with status quo; say, however, they may feel different later; say they may act if country appears to be near collapse; views of 6 key generals summarized
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 22, 1971, covering September 24, 1971.
Carole King
Rod Stewart
The Moody Blues
Paul & Linda McCartney
The Who
1971Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist and entomologist[†]
Michael S. Engel, FLS, FRES is an American paleontologist and entomologist, notable for contributions to insect evolutionary biology and classification. In connection with his studies he has undertaken field expeditions in Central Asia, Asia Minor, the Levant, Arabia, eastern Africa, the high Arctic, and South and North America, and has published more than 925 papers in scientific journals. Some of Engel's research images were included in exhibitions on the aesthetic value of scientific imagery.
1971Mike Michalowicz, American businessman and author[†]
Michael Michalowicz ( mick-AL-ə-wits; is an American author, entrepreneur, and lecturer. He is the author of eight business books published by Penguin Random House, including All In, Get Different, Profit First, and Clockwork Revised & Expanded, and the former host of the "Business Rescue" segment for MSNBC's Your Business. He was a guest small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and hosted a reality television program called Bailout!.
1971Kevin Millar, American baseball player and sportscaster[†]
Kevin Charles Millar is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and is a current analyst for MLB Network and NESN. He played in MLB for the Florida Marlins, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, and Toronto Blue Jays from 1998 through 2009. He is currently a host along with Siera Santos and Ryan Dempster on the MLB Network show Intentional Talk, and the show's companion audio podcast Intentional Talk: Caught Listening.
1971Peter Salisbury, English drummer[†]
Peter Anthony Salisbury is an English rock drummer, best known as the drummer for The Verve, whom he co-founded in 1990.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]