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MIAMI, Dec. 25—French Corners, a 63‐to‐1 shot who appeared hopelessly outdistanced on the backstretch, took the long way home in the $25,000 added Christmas Handicap at Tropical Park today, but he got there in plenty of time and paid $128 for $2 to win.
comment on White House document lauding Adm's achievements says that âSanta Nixonâ actually left Amer pub âmixed bagâ of gifts; cites various unsolved natl problems; cartoon
I put down Roy A. Medvedev's book with the same feeling of glazed horror that comes when reading of a tidal wave in West Bengal, an earthquake in the interior of Turkey or a cholera epidemic in preCommunist China. Stalin's terrible impact on the world, specifically the world of Russia but spreading far beyond its borders to touch almost every human being in one way or another, is so monumental, so epic in its evil that even now, nearly two decades after his melodramatic death, we find ourselves like archeologists on site still trying to trace out its colossal dimensions.
NY Commerce and Indus Assn proposes that cos charter buses, form car pools and reserve temporary lodging for such workers as guards, phone operators, payroll accountants and maintenance men in event NYC transit employes strike, lr to membership
Dec 26: India feels it will have to keep its army in E Pakistan for many months; Indian civil servants on loan in Dacca may have to remain longer to restore damaged econ, communication system and generally put E Pakistan on its feet; foreign diplomats share Indian assessment of volatile situation and need to keep army in area, regarding as myopic Nixon Adm call for immediate withdrawal; diplomats in Dacca believe hundreds of thousands and maybe 1âmillion or more Bengalis were killed in E Pakistan in W Pakistani attempt to crush seccessionist movement
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 22, 1971, covering December 26, 1971.
Sly & The Family Stone
Led Zeppelin
Carole King
Cat Stevens
Chicago
1971Jared Leto, American actor and musician[â ]
Jared Joseph Leto is an American actor and musician. Known for his method acting in a variety of roles, he has received numerous accolades over a career spanning three decades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Additionally, he is recognized for his musicianship and eccentric stage persona as frontman of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.
1971Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer[â ]
Mika Nurmela is a Finnish football coach and former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder or winger. He was most recently the assistant head coach of Finland national team.
1971Tatiana Sorokko, Russian-American model and journalist[â ]
Tatiana Sorokko is a Russian-born American model, fashion journalist, and haute couture collector. She walked the runways for the world's most prominent designers and fashion houses, appeared on covers of leading fashion magazines, and became the first Russian model of the post-Soviet period to gain international recognition. After modeling, Sorokko worked as contributing editor for Vogue, Vanity Fair and Harper's Bazaar. Her distinct personal style and her private collection of historically important haute couture clothing were subjects of museum exhibitions in Russia and the U.S.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[â ]