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tome miners in Appalachian region begin walking off jobs at contract expires; spokesmen for both sides describe talks as amicable and say they are fairly close to gen agreement althought there are unresolved issues involving money, contract language and noncontract issues; some indus observers hope strike will last no more than a couple of days
Min Gromyko and Sec Rogers sign pacts providing for modernization of hot line between Washington and Moscow for common procedures to prevent accidental outbreak of nuclear war, State Dept ceremony attended by several hundred foreign ambs, Adm officials and members of Cong; illus; praise accords as 1st practical results of SALT talks
Pope pays warm tribute to Mindszenty, calling him man of 'intrepid faith and untiring service to ch,' opening ceremonies, 3d Synod of Bishops; Vatican, in statement on Hungarian Govt's suspension of remainder of life sentence imposed on Mindszenty in '49, asserts Vatican did not request measure and that action does not change judgment Vatican expressed at time about trial; stresses that granting of pardon 'therefore concerns only Hungarian Govt'; recalls Mindszenty 'always declared that he could accept nothing less than total rehabilitation'; illus
Under Sec Gen Bunche, ailing, retires from UN; por; his career in UN
IRS repts that Govt agents who made 1,728 spot checks across nation on adherence to wage-price freeze discovered 88 violations, 5% of total; Weber discloses that analysis of 2,608 complaints about freeze for wk ending Sept 21 shows only 5% were for wage increases, compared with 73% for price increases
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 29, 1971, covering October 1, 1971.
Rod Stewart
Carole King
The Moody Blues
Soundtrack
Paul & Linda McCartney
1971Yvette Hermundstad, Swedish journalist[†]
Maria Yvette Hermundstad, née Pettersson is a Swedish sports journalist and presenter of SVT Sport at SVT.
1971Andrew O'Keefe, Australian lawyer and television host[†]
Andrew Patrick O'Keefe AM is an Australian former television presenter and lawyer. He co-hosted the weekend edition of breakfast program Weekend Sunrise from 2005 until 2017 as well as the Australian versions of game shows Deal or No Deal, and The Chase Australia. In 2024, he was convicted of drug and domestic violence offences.
1971Jim Serdaris, Australian rugby league player[†]
Jim Serdaris is an Australian former professional rugby league. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Western Suburbs Magpies, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. He also represented New South Wales and played one game for the Australian national side. He primarily played at hooker.
1971Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.[†]
The Walt Disney World Resort is an entertainment resort complex located about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Orlando, Florida, United States. Opened on October 1, 1971, the resort is operated by Disney Experiences, a division of the Walt Disney Company. The property covers nearly 25,000 acres, of which half has been developed. Walt Disney World contains numerous recreational facilities designed to attract visitors for an extended stay, including four theme parks, two water parks, four golf courses, conference centers, a competitive sports complex and a shopping, dining and entertainment complex. Additionally, there are 19 Disney-owned resort hotels and one camping resort on the property, and many other non-Disney-operated resorts on and near the property.
1971The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.[†]
The history of X-ray computed tomography (CT) traces back to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen's discovery of X-ray radiation in 1895 and its rapid adoption in medical diagnostics. While X-ray radiography achieved tremendous success in the early 1900s, it had a significant limitation: projection-based imaging lacked depth information, which is crucial for many diagnostic tasks. To overcome this, additional X-ray projections from different angles were needed. The challenge was both mathematically and experimentally addressed by multiple scientists and engineers working independently across the globe. The breakthrough finally came in the 1970s with the work of Godfrey Hounsfield, when advancements in computing power and the development of commercial CT scanners made routine diagnostic applications possible.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]