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A strike by lay teachers in the Archdiocese of New York forced two parochial schools in the city to shut down yesterday, but had lesser or no impact on 327 other Roman Catholic schools in the 10county area.
20āmo study by Urban Design Council of NY, headed by W S Paley, charges architectural services rendered city fall far short of highest standard and urges radical revision of bldg process, including apptmt of City Architect to coordinate city agencies and outside architects and control entire bldg procedure from beginning to end; also calls for revision of 'Basic Services Contract,' reform of method of payment to architects and repeal of State Multiple Contracts Law requiring separate bidding and contracts by construction trades; rept, prepared for Mayor Lindsay, alleges city receives poorest design for pub bldgs at greatest cost and with longest delays; cites unrealistic plans and budgets, cartābeforeātheāhorse system of design and site selection as among factors for poor service; other factors listed; rept is response to Feb '70 directive from Mayor asking council to rev way in which pub works projects are initiated and carried out; repr for Lindsay says many of council's recommendations have been implemented through Mayor's Construction Bd, under direction of Admr Musicus; reforms which city has already instituted outlined; some council members listed
PSC allows increase to $335,000 in water rates by Port Chester Water Works, holding it to be consistent with Fed econ stabilization program
US, faced with objections from Israel and Egypt, halts efforts to promote interim Mideast peace agreement and says there are no signs of any special mil buildāup along Suez Canal despite Sadat's threatening rhetoric; State Dept views Sadat's ss as part of campaign to arouse internatl concern prior to UN Gen Assembly debate on Mideast; believes that neither side has eliminated possibility of interim agreement but that focus of coming wks will be on debate; says US will rev situation after debate but gen mood is that Rogers's efforts have reached dead end; Rogers's plan, Egyptian and Israeli reactions to it recalled; Nixon Adm remains silent except to say that US believes continuation of ceaseāfire is in interest of all parties; Conf of Presidents of Major Amer Jewish Orgns urges US ship jets to Israel because of Sadat's statements, telegram to Rogers
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 17, 1971, covering November 23, 1971.
Santana
Soundtrack
Cat Stevens
John Lennon
Rod Stewart
1971Khaled Al-Muwallid, Saudi Arabian footballer[ā ]
Khalid Massad Al-Muwalid is a Saudi Arabian former footballer. He played most of his career for Al Ahli and Al Ittihad.
1971Ashraf Amaya, American basketball player[ā ]
Ashraf Omar Amaya is an American former professional basketball player.
1971Vin Baker, American basketball player and coach[ā ]
Vinny Lamont Baker is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He appeared in four consecutive All-Star Games. He currently serves as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks.
1971Chris Hardwick, American comedian, actor, producer, and television host[ā ]
Christopher Ryan Hardwick is an American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer, and producer. He hosted Talking Dead, an hourlong aftershow on AMC affiliated with the network's zombie drama series The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, as well as Talking with Chris Hardwick, a show in which Hardwick interviews prominent pop culture figures, and The Wall, a plinko-inspired gameshow on NBC, Hardwick created Nerdist Industries, operator of the Nerdist Podcast Network and home of his podcast The Nerdist Podcast, which later left the network and was renamed to ID10T with Chris Hardwick. His podcast had broadcast 1,000 episodes as of December 2019.
1971Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.[ā ]
China is one of the members of the United Nations and is one of five permanent members of its Security Council. One of the victorious Allies of World War II, the Republic of China (ROC) joined the UN as one of its founding member countries in 1945. The subsequent resumption of the Chinese Civil War between the government of Republic of China and the rebel forces of the Chinese Communist Party, led to the latter's victory on the mainland and the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. Nearly all of mainland China was soon under its control and the ROC government retreated to the island of Taiwan.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[ā ]