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Lindsay endorses statewide surcharge on NYS income tax to hold down NYC transit fare to 35c as part of package to aid mass transit systems in NYS; expresses doubt that Repub-controlled Legis will approve package
unimpeachable Indian sources say Indian troops entered E Pakistan Oct 31 and Nov 1 to silence guns shelling Kamalpur despite official denials of border crossings; map; rept 20 civilian casualties and heavy property damage to town; high Indian mil sources confirm crossings but decline to discuss number of troops, weapons employed or casualties of either side; other sources say 100 Indians crossed border; article notes exchange of charges by both sides of shellings, airspace intrusions, troop intrusions and violations of Kashmir cease-fire line; diplomatic observers speculate that both nations are trying to avoid pub discussion of really serious incidents for fear of impelling populations toward war
From their respective stadiums in Queens and the Bronk, the Jets and Giants engineered National Football League upsets yesterday.
Pub Health Service officials are concerned about small but increasing number of cases of food poisoning attributed to meals served aboard commercial airline flights; cite 11 such cases involving domestic and internatl flights, since Jan '70; IATA pres Tipton says 11 cases represent very low incidence since carriers have served 250-million meals since Jan '70
NY Times survey finds that results of 90-day wage-price freeze are subject of disagreement as nation enters final wk of 1st phase of Nixon's econ stabilization program; shows there is gen agreement that statistics indicate that freeze has brought wage-price spiral nearly to halt; Adm officials describe 1st phase of econ program as virtually unqualified success; labor and consumer groups are insisting that while program may have slowed inflation it was failure in that it was inequitable and did not make much progress toward solving unemployment problem and in rejuvenating sluggish econ
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 3, 1971, covering November 8, 1971.
Soundtrack
Santana
Rod Stewart
John Lennon
Carole King
1971Carlos Atanes, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Carlos Atanes is a Spanish film director, writer and playwright. He was born in Barcelona, and is a member of The Film-Makers' Cooperative, founded by Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, Ken Jacobs, Andy Warhol, Jack Smith and others. His first finished feature-length movie was FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions, which he released in 2004. The movie won the Best Feature Film Award at the Athens Panorama of Independent Filmmakers in 2005 and was also nominated for the Méliès d'Argent at Fantasporto that same year.
1971Tech N9ne, American musician, record producer, and actor[†]
Aaron Dontez Yates, better known by his stage name Tech N9ne, is an American rapper and singer. In 1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. He has sold over two million albums and his music has been featured in film, television, and interactive media. In 2009, he won the Left Field Woodie award at the mtvU Woodie Awards.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]