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PROVIDENCE, R. I., Oct. 16 —Unbeaten Dartmouth, a two‐ touchdown favorite, cracked Brown's stubborn defense in the first period, then settled for a 10.7 Ivy League football victory in a defensive battle today.
IT is the autumn of 1951 a Saturday night in Anarene, Tex and SOO Crawford (Timothy Bottoms), the co‐captain of the high sehool foot ball team, and Charlene Duggs, (Sharon Taggart) sit in the last row of the Royal Theater necking, without a great deal of enthusiasm, and watching “Father, of the Bride,” one of Louis B. Mayer's less stern conceptions of what America would be if it had any sense. Sonny, you understand, accepts the difference be tween the reality of Charlene, who Is a mess, and the fantasy of Elizabeth. Taylor, who, to understate the case, isn't (or, at least, she wasn't).
TORONTO, Oct. 16—The New York Rangers, evidently with out reverence for history, dumped the Maple Leafs, 5‐3, tonight as the Toronto hockey club began its 40th season in Maple Leaf Gardens.
author Henry Miller recalls his life as child in Williamsburg sec of Bklyn; Miller illus in 1890s and at present; ed note
H E Heinemann article on approaching demise of concept of prime rate as fixed, infrequently changed minimum charge on loans to biggest cos; bankers seen likely to try to tie charges to some measure of money costs in open mkt, that would fluctuate with mkt rates from wk to wk; hold present prime rate concept is too inflexible for money mkt and is inviting target for politicians interested in trying to preserve facade of low interest rates; C H Golembe views on issue discussed; graph of prime rate vs mkt rates
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 13, 1971, covering October 17, 1971.
Rod Stewart
John Lennon
Carole King
Soundtrack
Carpenters
1971Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer-songwriter and dancer[†]
Christopher Alan Kirkpatrick is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, music producer, podcaster, and actor. He founded the pop group NSYNC, in which he sang countertenor. The band has sold over 70 million records, becoming one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Kirkpatrick was the lead singer in various songs including "Thinking of You ", "Together Again", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", "I Thought She Knew", "Just Got Paid", and many songs from their Christmas album, Home for Christmas.
1971Kim Ljung, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player[†]
Kim Ljung is a musician from Tønsberg, Norway. He is best known as the bassist in Norwegian alternative rock band Seigmen and industrial band Zeromancer. He also appeared as guest vocalist on SubGud's Time Machine.
1971Martin Heinrich, American politician[†]
Martin Trevor Heinrich is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Mexico, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Heinrich served as the U.S. representative from New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2009 to 2013. He and fellow Senator Ben Ray Luján are the co-deans of New Mexico's congressional delegation.
1971Derrick Plourde, American drummer (died 2005)[†]
Derrick William Plourde was an American drummer, musician and artist. Born in Goleta, California, he was active from 1989 until his death in 2005. Although best known as a former member of Lagwagon, Plourde also played in several different bands like Bad Astronaut, Jaws, The Ataris, Mad Caddies and Rich Kids on LSD, among others. Besides drums, he played guitar and was described as a multi-instrumentalist. Aside from music, he was known as a skilled painter and gifted carpenter, and was appreciated for his off-beat sense of humor. After a long battle with drug addiction, Plourde died by suicide on March 30, 2005.
1971Blues Saraceno, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer[†]
Blues Saraceno is an American rock guitarist, composer and music producer, currently residing in Los Angeles, California. He was discovered by Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine at the age of 16, which assisted him in releasing instrumental recordings on an independent basis.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]