1971 In Review

1971 Top 40

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SONG TITLE, Artist (Label)

1. JOY TO THE WORLD, Three Dog Night (Dunhill)

2. I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE, Carole King (Ode)

3. MAGGIE MAY, Rod Stewart (Mercury)

4. ONE BAD APPLE, Osmonds (MGM)

5. HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART, Bee Gees (Atco)

6. INDIAN RESERVATION, Paul Revere and The Raiders (Columbia)

7. GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL, Donny Osmond (MGM)

8. COUNTRY ROADS, John Denver (RCA)

9. JUST MY IMAGINATION, Temptations (Gordy)

10. KNOCK THREE TIMES, Tony Orlando & Dawn (Bell)

11. ME AND BOBBY MCGEE, Janis Joplin (Columbia)

12. TIRED OF BEING ALONE, Al Green (Hi)

13. WANT ADS, Honey Cone (Hot Wax)

14. SMILING FACES, Undisputed Truth (Gordy)

15. UNCLE ALBERT, Paul McCartney (Apple)

18. BROWN SUGAR, Rolling Stones (Rolling Stone)

17. YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND, James Taylor (Warner Bros.)

18. MR. BIG STUFF, Jean Knight (Star)

19. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, Lee Michaels (A&M)

20. THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN, Joan Baez (Vanguard)

21. WHAT'S GOING ON?, Marvin Gaye (Tamla)

22. TREAT HER LIKE A LADY, Cornelius Brothers (United Artists)

23. AIN'T NO SUNSHINE, Bill Withers (Sussex)

24. SIGNS, Five Man Electrical Band (Lionel)

25. SHE'S A LADY, Tom Jones (Parrot)

28. I FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN, Free Movement (Decca)

27. SUPERSTAR, Murray Head with the Trinidad Singers (Decca)

28. AMOS MOSES, Jerry Reed (RCA)

29. TEMPTATION EYES , Grass Roots (Dunhill)

30. SUPERSTAR, Carpenters (A&M)

31. MY SWEET LORD, George Harrison (Apple)

32. SWEET AND INNOCENT, Donny Osmond (MGM)

33. PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND, Ocean (Kama Sutra)

34. CHICK-A-BOOM, Daddy Dewdrop (Sunflower)

35. FOR ALL WE KNOW, Carpenters (A&M)

38. IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND, Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise)

37. HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT, Sammi Smith (Mega)

38. RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS, Carpenters (A&M)

39. GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES, Cher (Kapp)

40. NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE, Jackson 5 (Motown)



1971 Sports

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Football

Superbowl VI : DALLAS 24 - Miami 3

Pro MVP: Alan Page, Minnesota, DT & Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB

College Football: Nebraska

Heisman Trophy: Pat Sullivan, Auburn, QB

Rose Bowl: Stanford 13, Michigan 12

Orange Bowl: Nebraska 38, Alabama 6

Cotton Bowl: Penn St. 30, Texas 6

Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma 40, Auburn 22

High School Football: Trinity 34, Wash High 13

Basketball

NBA Championship

Winner: Milwaukee 4-0 - Coach: Larry Costello

Opposing Team: BALT. BULLETS - Coach: Gene Shue

NBA MVP: Lew Alcindor, Milwaukee, C Ave Score: 31.7

NCAA National Champions: UCLA 29-1 - Coach: John Wooden

High School Girls Basketball: Trinity 49, Wash High 15

Baseball

World Series

Winner: PITTSBURGH 4-3 (LLWWWLW) - Coach: Danny Murtaugh

Opposing Team: Baltimore - Coach: Earl Weaver

National League

MVP: Joe Torre, St.L - 3B

Rookie of the Year: Earl Williams, Atl - C

American League

MVP: Vida Blue, Oak - P

Rookie of the Year: Chris Chambliss, Cle - 1B

Soccer

High School: Trinity 3, Char Valley 0

Wrestling

High School: Trinity 42, Canon-McMillan 9




1971 Economy / Prices

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Economy

President: Richard M. Nixon

Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew

Population: 207,660,677

Life expectancy: 71.1 years

Dow-Jones

High: 950

Low: 790

Federal spending: $210.17 billion

Federal debt: $408.2 billion

Inflation: 5.7%

Consumer Price Index: 40.5

Unemployment: 4.9%

Prices

Cost of a new home: $28,300.00

Cost of a new car: $3,500

Median Household Income: $9,028.00

Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.06 ($0.08 as of 5/16/71)

Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.36

Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.53

Cost of a gallon of Milk: $1.18




1971 TV

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Americas Top 20 TV Favorites

1 ) All in the Family

2 ) The Flip Wilson Show

3 ) Marcus Welby M.D.

4 ) Gunsmoke

5 ) ABC Movie of the Week

6 ) Sanford and Son

7 ) Mannix

8 ) Funny Face

9 ) Adam 12

10 ) The Mary Tyler Moore Show

11 ) Here's Lucy

12 ) Hawaii Five-O

13 ) Medical Center

14 ) The NBC Mystery Movie

15 ) Ironside

16 ) The Partridge Family

17 ) The F.B.I.

18 ) The New Dick Van Dyke Show

19 ) The Wonderful World of Disney

20 ) Bonanza

Emmy Awards

Drama

Best Drama - Masterpiece Theatre: Elizabeth R (PBS)

Best Actor - Peter Falk, NBC Mystery Movie: Columbo

Best Actress - Glenda Jackson, Masterpiece Theatre: Elizabeth R

Supporting Actor - Jack Warden, Movie of the Week: Brian's Song

Supporting Actress - Jenny Agutter, Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Snow Goose

Comedy

Best Comedy - All in the Family (CBS)

Best Actor - Carroll O'Connor, All in the Family

Best Actress - Jean Stapleton, All in the Family

Supporting Actor - Edward Asner, The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Supporting Actress - Valerie Harper, The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Best Variety- The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)




1971 News

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News Headlines

Priest Daniel Berrigan Is Charged With Conspiracy to Kidnap Henry Kissinger

Apollo XIV Lands On Moon

Charles Manson and His Cult Members Sentenced To Death

Lieutenant William Calley Is Found Guilty In My Lai Massacre

Supreme Court Upholds Busing For Desegregation

Prisoners Riot At Attica 10 Hostages and 39 Convicts Die

Joe Frazier Beats Muhammad Ali in 15 Rounds, Each Receive 3.5 Million

Mount Etna Erupts After 43 Years

In The News

First legalized off track betting begins in New York

New York Times prints Pentagon Papers, Danial Ellsberg is arrested for disclosure

Nixon institutes price wage control

Nixon ends 21 year trade embargo with China

26th Amendment is passed lowering voting age to 18

"Intel" of California introduces the microprocessor, the "computer on a chip"

Mariner IX orbits Mars

Hot Pants are in

Military look becomes popular, patches and insignias on everything




1971 Books

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Fiction Best Sellers

Wheels - Arthur Hailey

The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty

The Passions of the Mind - Irving Stone

The Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth

The Betsy - Harold Robbins

The Winds of War - Herman Wouk

The Drifters - James Michener

The Other - Thomas Tyron

Rabbit Redux - John Updike

Nonfiction Best Sellers

The Sensuous Man - "M"

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - Dee Brown

Better Homes and Gardens Blender Cook Book

I'm O.K., You're O.K. - Thomas Harris

Any Woman Can! - David Reuben

Inside the Third Reich - Albert Speer

Honor Thy Father - Gay Talese

Fields of Wonder (poetry) - Rod McKuen

Pulitzer Fiction

None Awarded

Pulitzer Non-fiction

The Rising Sun, John Toland




1971 Potpourri

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Potpourri

Priest Daniel Berrrigan is charged with conspiracy to kidnap Henry Kissinger

Nixon ends 21 year trade embargo with China

Steve Sienkiel crowned Football King

Median age at first marriage is 23.2 for males and 20.8 for females

Stanly Kubrick's "Clockwork Orange" opens at theaters

Dirty Harry starring Clint Eastwood is a movie hit

John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a top single record

"Santana" by Santana is a top selling album

Debbie Mosier crowned May Queen

The "Exorcist" (William Peter Blatty) is a best seller book

Alan Sheperad, Allen Rosa, and Edgar Mitchell explore the moons surface

"Computer on a chip" (Microprocessor) is introduced by Intel

Diana Ross begins a solo career

The Trinity Class of '71 graduated

Barbers change over to "Hair stylist"

Cigarette advertising is banned from TV

Look Magazine closes down publication

New words: hot pants, gross out, demo, right on, workaholic, think tank