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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 14—They call Lee Trevino “the Super‐Mex.” But today his partner, Jack Nicklaus, was the superstar as he scored a record 63 that put him and the United States team at the top in the World Cup Golf Tourney.
Sen, 65-0, approves Sen Kennedy amendment aimed at making certain that auto dealers pass on to consumers the lower auto prices resulting from planned repeal of 7% excise tax on cars
Updike book Rabbit Redux revd; Updike por
reptd enemy massing of supplies in N Vietnam for major drive down Ho Chi Minh Trail network and into Cambodia and Laos seen as chief reason for Nixon's threat to intensify US air raids; some mil planners in Saigon, though agreeing with idea of withdrawing more US troops, feel it will be dangerous for the level to fall too low too fast in view of the uncertainty over the combat intentions of Hanoi and the need for further improvements in Saigon's forces; see need for a residual force of about 50,000 Amers in '72; there are now 19 Amer combat-maneuver bns in Vietnam, representing about 20,000 of the 191,000 men still there; their activities detailed; map
Columbia's cliffhanging Lions scored two touchdowns in the third quarter yesterday to defeat Pennsylvania, 17‐3, and clinched their first winning season in 10 years.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 10, 1971, covering November 14, 1971.
Santana
Soundtrack
Rod Stewart
John Lennon
Cat Stevens
1971Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer and sportscaster[†]
Adam Craig Gilchrist is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer and captain of the Australia national cricket team. He was an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australia national team through his aggressive batting. Widely regarded as the greatest wicket-keeper-batsman in the history of the game, Gilchrist held the world record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in One Day International (ODI) cricket until it was surpassed by Kumar Sangakkara in 2015 and the most by an Australian in Test cricket. Gilchrist was a member of the Australian team that won three consecutive world titles in a row: the 1999 Cricket World Cup, the 2003 Cricket World Cup, and the 2007 Cricket World Cup, along with winning the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.
1971Vikas Khanna, Indian chef and author[†]
Vikas Khanna is an Indian-American Michelin star celebrity chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer, and filmmaker. He is one of the judges of MasterChef India since its beginning.
1971Marco Leonardi, Australian-Italian actor[†]
Marco Leonardi is an Australian-born Italian film and television actor. He has been nominated twice for the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor.
1971Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.[†]
Mariner 9 was a robotic spacecraft that contributed greatly to the exploration of Mars and was part of the NASA Mariner program. Mariner 9 was launched toward Mars on May 30, 1971, from LC-36B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and reached the planet on November 14 of the same year, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet – only narrowly beating the Soviet probes Mars 2 and Mars 3, which both arrived at Mars only weeks later.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]