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September 30, 1971

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Headlines from September 30, 1971

Visiting Day at Attica Stirs New Charges of Brutality

By Eric Pace Special to The New York Times

ATTICA, N. Y., Sept. 29— More than 200 visitors streamed through Attica prison's iron gate to spend an hour with in mate relatives today, and many emerged weeping, relaying prisoners' accounts of brutality since the five‐day revolt here was put down.

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Lockheed Is Accused of Waste and Deceit on C‐5A

By Unknown Author

H M Durham, former Lockheed production control officer, testifies at Joint Cong Econ Subcom hearing into cost overruns on C-5A that Lockheed is guilty of mismanagement, waste and deceit in its dealings with Defense Dept; illus; Lockheed vp-operations Poore denies charges; Sen Proxmire says he will seek Gen Acctg Office investigation into 'what appears to be collusion with the Air Force' to receive credit and payment for work on aircraft which had not been accomplished

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ROGERS STEPS UP MIDEAST EFFORTS

By Terence Smith Special to The New York Times

Rogers meets with Riad, Washington, and advances some compromise proposals on possible interim settlement in 1st step of intensified US effort to reopen canal; Rogers and Riad illus; US officials say Riad responded 'satisfactorily' but give no indication whether even preliminary agreement on substantive issues was reached; Rogers reptdly outlined some but not all compromise proposals on canal agreement presented to Israel in July but apparently did not discuss areas on which 2 sides are furthest apart; 2 men reptdly concurred that interim agreement with only partial Israeli withdrawal might become permanent; Riad reiterates this concern and says that nothing less than permanent and final peace is satisfactory; says Egypt still welcomes US effort but is open to any initiative, including that of Big 4 or UN, that might lead to peace; he also meets with Pres adviser Kissinger and Sen Foreign Relations Com chmn Fulbright to test Adm and Cong attitudes; Fulbright says that Riad appeared discouraged about possibility of achieving settlement; Rogers will conf again with Riad in NY after meeting separately with Eban

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 29, 1971, covering September 30, 1971.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

    Every Picture Tells A Story

    Rod Stewart

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  2. 2
    Album cover for Tapestry by Carole King

    Tapestry

    Carole King

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
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    26
  3. 3
    Album cover for Every Good Boy Deserves Favour by The Moody Blues

    Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

    The Moody Blues

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    7
  4. 4
    Album cover for Shaft by Soundtrack

    Shaft

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    7
  5. 5
    Album cover for Ram by Paul & Linda McCartney

    Ram

    Paul & Linda McCartney

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    18

Notable Births

Jenna Elfman

1971Jenna Elfman, American actress and producer[†]

Jenna Elfman is an American actress. She is best known for her leading role as Dharma on the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg (1997–2002), for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1999, and three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. After making her film debut in Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), she has appeared in Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), Dr. Dolittle (1998), EDtv (1999), Keeping the Faith (2000), Town & Country (2001), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004), and Big Stone Gap (2014).

Historical Context for September 30, 1971

In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]