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In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 22, 1971, covering September 25, 1971.
Carole King
Rod Stewart
The Moody Blues
Paul & Linda McCartney
The Who
Soundtrack
Carpenters
Black Sabbath
The Partridge Family
James Taylor
1971Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player and manager[†]
Nikolaos "Nikos" Boudouris is a former Greek professional basketball player and coach. During his pro playing career, Boudouris won what were at the time, all three of the major European-wide club championships, as he won the top-tier level FIBA EuroLeague championship in 2000, the second-tier level FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup championship in 1991, and the third tier level FIBA Korać Cup championship in 1994.
1971John Lynch, American football player and sportscaster[†]
John Terrence Lynch Jr. is an American professional football executive and former safety who is the general manager of the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 1993 NFL draft, later winning Super Bowl XXXVII with them. Lynch also spent four seasons with the Denver Broncos before retiring in 2008 and working as a color commentator for NFL on Fox games until being named general manager of the 49ers in 2017. He made nine Pro Bowls during his career and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021.
1971Seb Sanders, English jockey[†]
Seb Sanders is a former flat race jockey. Sanders was British Champion Flat Jockey in 2007, a title he shared with Jamie Spencer.
1971Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician (born 1886)[†]
Hugo Lafayette Black was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party and a devoted New Dealer, Black endorsed Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the 1932 and 1936 presidential elections.
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UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Sept. 24—The General Assem bly, in its first test vote on China, today gave the United States and the co‐sponsors of its China item the right to put it on the agenda.
NYC Police Dept releases figures showing that in 1st 10 mos of Comr Murphy's tenure more than twice as many officers were dismissed for criminal and departmental infractions as in any comparable previous period; statistics
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24— The Securities and Exchange commission approved today with only one small change, the new schedule of sales commis sions on stock transactions that the New York Stock Exchange proposed in June.
Educ Comr Nyquist announces 1-yr moratorium on approval of new PhD programs in NYS because of his deep concern over expansion or programs in pub and private insts in face of evidence that present and future needs are now met, lr to univ heads throughout state; says he will appt advisory com to make comprehensive assessment of status and long-term need for PhD programs and recommend post-moratorium measures; cites recent rept by Calif Univ Berkeley campus, which urged no inst start new PhD program unless it is highly innovative, or in discipline where there is natl shortage; moratorium does not bar planning of new programs and does not apply to professional fields; state approved 70 new doctoral programs between '67 and now
Rockefeller says 'radical reforms' in NYS system of criminal justice can no longer be delayed, s, NYS Bar Assn; illus
Justice Schweitzer charged with extensive misconduct, suspended from office by Ct on the Judiciary pending determination of the charges; crimes charged to him include conspiracy, obstruction of justice and having private business inconsistent with canons of judicial ethics; crimes occurred several yrs ago, are misdemeanors and their prosecution is ruled out by statute of limitations; at issue is Schweitzer's fitness as a judge and will be determined by ct at hearing scheduled to begin Dec 13; specific charges involve Schweitzer's meetings with N Voloshen, a convicted influence peddler, his acceptance of 'substantial' gift of shrubs from a nurseryman seeking influence in condemnation proceedings, his alleged acceptance of bribes to mete out a light sentence amd others; his atty says Schweitzer welcomes an opportunity to appear before the ct, notes there are no charges that he accepted money to dispense favors from the bench; Fed grand jury probe of Schweitzer and other judges in NYC during tenure of former US Atty Morgenthau revd; Schweitzer illus
Brit note demands that USSR halt espionage activities in GB before negotiations for Eur security conf are held
Sen Harris, calling for redistribution of power and income in US, says GM should be broken up into 5 cos, s announcing candidacy for Dem Pres nomination; says redistribution of GM can be accomplished by making 5 vps of each div presidents; plans to introduce legis to effect breaking up of GM and other large corps
Sup Ct, faced with likelihood that only 7 Justices will be on bench, postpones scheduled hearings on several major issues including suit by 17 states accusing major auto mfrs of conspiring to delay development of antismog devices
E Ranzal on case of Judge Crater, whose disappearance in '30 is still being investigated by NYC Police Dept; case revd
details of Soviet apparatus and spying operations are revealed in wake of expulsion order, snowing they extend from banking and indus to embassy itself; number of Soviet employes in GB are held to be more than in any other country, excluding US; some specific espionage projects detailed; recent accusations by Soviet Govt of Brit spying activities in Moscow noted