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November 30, 1971

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Headlines from November 30, 1971

Pakistani Arms Streaming to Border

By Malcolm W. Browne Special to The New York Times

Pakistani war equipment is streaming toward W Pakistan border with India in civilian trucks commandeered by Army; trains and trucks move steady flow of mil equipment, including combat bridges, to border; Sialkot residents seem unconcerned with mil preparations; villages closer to border have been evacuated but there is no mass movement of civilians to rear and little apparent fear of Indian army 8 mi away; some are returning to border villages they lately evacuated; Pakistani mortar unit illus; map

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COUNCILMEN BACK ARBITRATION PLAN

By Alfonso A. Narvaez

NYC City Council's Civil Service and Labor Com approves bill that imposes binding compulsory arbitration in deadlocked labor disputes involving munic employes but excludes current negotiations between city and PBA; future negotiations with police, however, will be included under bill's provisions

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INDIA SAYS BATTLE IN STRATEGIC AREA IS IN ITS THIRD DAY

By Sydney H. Schanberg Special to The New York Times

Indian officials say battle between Pakistanis and Indians in Balurghat-Hilli area continues for 3d day, making it longest continuous clash thus far; importance of area lies in railhead at Hilli that supplies Pakistanis in sector with supplies and reinforcements from Jessore city; loss of railhead could mean fall of Dinajpur and Rangpur sectors to guerrillas; Indian spokesman lists casualties and damage of Hilli and other actions

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 24, 1971, covering November 30, 1971.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Santana III by Santana

    Santana III

    Santana

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for Shaft by Soundtrack

    Shaft

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
  3. 3
    Album cover for Teaser And The Firecat by Cat Stevens

    Teaser And The Firecat

    Cat Stevens

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for Imagine by John Lennon

    Imagine

    John Lennon

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  5. 5
    Album cover for There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone

    There's A Riot Goin' On

    Sly & The Family Stone

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    3

Notable Births

Ray Durham

1971Ray Durham, American baseball player[†]

Ray Durham is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman. He is a 14-year major league veteran owning a .277 lifetime batting average with 1,249 runs scored, 2,054 hits, 440 doubles, 79 triples, 192 home runs, 875 run batted in (RBIs) and 273 stolen bases in 1,975 career games.

Historical Events

Pahlavi dynasty

1971Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.[†]

The Pahlavi dynasty is an Iranian royal dynasty that was the last to rule Iran before the country's monarchy was abolished by the Iranian Revolution in 1979. It was founded in 1925 by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a non-aristocratic Iranian soldier of Mazanderani origin, who took on the name of the Pahlavi scripts of the Middle Persian language from the Sasanian Empire of pre-Islamic Iran. The dynasty largely espoused this form of Iranian nationalism rooted in the pre-Islamic era during its time in power, especially under its last king Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Historical Context for November 30, 1971

In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]