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North American Chemical Corp pres N N Sobol, testifying before Sen Commerce Com investigating infiltration of legitimate businesses by organized crime, says that he paid $2,156.25 per mo for 8 yrs to Best Sales Co, which was run by reputed Mafia head E J Catena; testimony detailed
Pakistan's chief UN delegate M Ali charges India carries on clandestine war against Pakistan, s, Assembly; says India has concentrated 200,000 troops on border and is shelling and sending armed personnel into Pakistan; says India is equipping frogmen who are bombing ships in E Pakistan ports of Chittagong and Chalna; notes Pakistan acceptance and Indian refusal of Thant offer to have UN observers on both sides of border; charges India refuses to cooperate with com of Security Council to supervise border and reduce tensions; warns that 70-million E Pakistanis face famine; Indian repr S Sen rejects charges, holding Pakistan is shelling India
Sec Hodgson summons chief negotiators for UMW and Bituminous Coal Operators Assn to Labor Dept to tell them not to use current wage-price freeze as excuse for failing to reach contract settlement; both sides deny that positions are 'polarized'; Boyle and Moody resume talks
Strike Force Against Organized Crime and Racketeering for Eastern Dist of NY head D Dillon announces that force has obtained evidence that teams of NYC policemen have received bribes up to $25,000 to let individual narcotics dealers avoid arrest; alleged payoffs, described as widespread, are being jointly investigated by Fed prosecutors in Manhattan and Bklyn; Comr Murphy, following Dillon's disclosures, holds news conf to announce that in last 18 days dept had made total of 45 bribery arrests, action which he termed unpreceedented and highly encouraging; other dept officials, however, say that they are discouraged by fact that only 4 of 45 arrests were made by policemen assigned to narcotics and gambling enforcement; details
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 —Agents of the Federal Immigration and Naturalization Service raided today a factory owned by President Nixon's nominee for Treasurer of the United States, Mrs. Romana A. Banuclos, and arrested 36 illegal immigrants.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 6, 1971, covering October 6, 1971.
Rod Stewart
Carole King
John Lennon
Soundtrack
The Moody Blues
1971Phil Bennett, English race car driver[†]
Phil Bennett is a British racing driver.
1971Takis Gonias, Greek footballer and manager[†]
Panagiotis 'Takis' Gonias is a Greek football manager and a former player.
1971Emily Mortimer, English actress[†]
Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer is a British and American actress and filmmaker. She began acting in stage productions and has since appeared in several film and television roles. In 2003, she won an Independent Spirit Award for her performance in Lovely and Amazing. She is also known for playing Mackenzie McHale in the HBO series The Newsroom (2012–2014). She co-created and co-wrote the series Doll & Em (2014–2015) and wrote and directed the miniseries The Pursuit of Love (2021), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress.
1971Alan Stubbs, English footballer, coach, and manager[†]
Alan Stubbs is an English football manager and former professional footballer.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]