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Two scientists at Rice Uni versity said yesterday that geysers of water vapor had been detected erupting through cracks in the surface of the moon, providing the first evi dence that pools of water may lie beneath the otherwise dry and barren lunar landscape.
2 policemen are killed by machine-gun fire, Belfast; policemen are probing recent wave of bank and post-office robberies in city; Brit army repts 3 gunmen were hit in battles throughout city but that they escaped; 3 explosions occur in Londonderry and 2 bombs are defused
Asst Atty Gen W R Wilson resigns because of his assn with stock manipulator F W Sharp, lr to Pres Nixon; asserts that loans he recd from Sharp bank were innocent and proper, saying he seeks to spare Adm embarrassment in view of Dem criticism
Kennedy illus with Japanese Min Tanaka
Police Comr Murphy removes Detectives Chief Seedman after receiving information from Knapp Comm that Seedman and 3 guests had received free $83 meal from NY Hilton Hotel; Dept's Pub Affairs Office issues statement saying that Seedman has been reassigned to office of chief inspector pending investigation of charge; Murphy names Asst Chief Inspector J L Kinsella to temporary command of detective bureau; Knapp Comm atty Armstrong, in discussing charge against Seedman, says that his staff had begun probe last June into repts that large number of policemen receive free meals from hotels, especially those in midtown Manhattan; says staff only recently began analyzing records subpoenaed from hotels and that names of 'number of high-ranking officers,' including Seedman, had turned up; Chief Inspector Codd issues statement saying that he had 'complete and utter faith' in Seedman's integrity
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 13, 1971, covering October 16, 1971.
Rod Stewart
John Lennon
Carole King
Soundtrack
Carpenters
1971Frank Cuesta, Spanish television presenter[†]
Francisco Javier Cuesta Ramos, also known as Frank Cuesta, is a Spanish adventurer, television presenter, tennis coach, and Youtuber.
1971Chad Gray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Chad Gray is an American singer, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal bands Mudvayne and Hellyeah.
1971Paul Sparks, American actor[†]
Paul Sparks is an American actor. He is known for his roles as gangster Mickey Doyle in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire, writer Thomas Yates in the Netflix political drama series House of Cards, mall owner John Breem in the Apple TV+ comedy-drama series Physical, attorney David Tellis in the Starz anthology drama series The Girlfriend Experience, and a recurring role in the limited series The Night Of. Sparks has also starred in the films Deception (2008), Afterschool (2008), The Missing Person (2008), Mud (2012), Parkland (2013), Stealing Cars (2015), Thoroughbreds (2017), and The Greatest Showman (2017).
1971Robin Boyd, Australian architect and educator, designed the Domain Park Flats (born 1919)[†]
Robin Gerard Penleigh Boyd was an Australian architect, writer, teacher and social commentator. He, along with Harry Seidler, stands as one of the foremost proponents for the International Modern Movement in Australian architecture. Boyd is the author of the influential book The Australian Ugliness (1960), a critique on Australian architecture, particularly the state of Australian suburbia and its lack of a uniform architectural goal.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]