Poverty Flag for Black Americans Stays Steady in 1971
Census Bureau reports about one third of the nation’s 23 million Black residents lived below the official poverty level in 1971, little change from 1970. Whites below poverty reached 17.8 million, 10 percent of the white population, while Black families facing poverty remained about 29 percent. Education gains and metropolitan concentration noted. college enrollment among Black youth rising.
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Washington Daily News Sells Ahead of Merger to Evening Star
The tabloid Washington Daily News ceased publication and will be absorbed by the Evening Star under a new masthead The Meeting Star and Washington Daily News The sale aims to consolidate three independent Washington D C papers citing unprofitability and leaving New York as the only city with more than two independently owned papers The News vice president Richard Hollander and Star president John W Kauffman announced the move with a dramatic front page later that day.
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Navy delivers deep submersible rescue vessel RUNNYVALE
The 50 foot submersible rescue vessel RUNNYVALE has dived beyond 5000 feet in a recent test and is delivered to the Navy for use at Point Loma, San Diego Bay. Built by Lockheed, it is the second deep submergence rescue vessel in a twin system to rescue crewmen of operational submarines stranded on the ocean floor.
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