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Article on Gov George C Wallace as ‘76 Pres aspirant notes he was able to exploit ct-ordered busing in ‘72 when it was boiling natl issue; holds busing is now largely a subsidiary issue (S)
NYS Gov Carey says he strongly doubted Maurice Nadjari's ‘credibility’ as long ago as last spring but did not seek to dismiss him as special state prosecutor until he found replacement; Carey's remark is 1 in series of ints by NY Times with all major figures in Nadjari controversy aimed at retracing public and private events surrounding Carey's attempt to dismiss Nadjari and replace him with Manhattan Dist Atty Morgenthau; Carey dates start of controversy to last spring when he says Nadjari misled him by contending that Morgenthau had approved superceding investigation of Manhattan Surrogates Ct by Nadjari; Carey says that Morgenthau had not approved such a move; Nadjari, expressing different version, says that Morgenthau initially approved move and then changed his mind; other major points emerging from ints noted; chronology of events in connection with Carey-Nadjari controversy, beginning on Dec 4, listed; illus (L)
Deputy Chief Edwin T Dreher, Queens, NYC, chief of detectives, to head police arson explosion squad looking into explosion; Dreher's previous successes noted; police continue sifting debris at La Guardia for clues (L)
Ohio State went into the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif., needing a victory to clinch the national championship, but it didn't get it: the University of California. Los Angeles, scored a 23‐10 upset.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 31, 1975, covering January 2, 1976.
Chicago
Earth| Wind & Fire
America
Joni Mitchell
Paul Simon
1976Paz Vega, Spanish actress[†]
María de la Paz Campos Trigo, known professionally as Paz Vega, is a Spanish actress. She became popular for her performance in comedy television series 7 vidas. Her film credits include Sex and Lucia (2001), Mine Alone (2001), The Other Side of the Bed (2002), Carmen (2003), Spanglish (2004), 10 Items or Less (2006), Theresa: The Body of Christ (2007), Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), All Roads Lead to Rome (2015), Acts of Vengeance (2017), and Rambo: Last Blood (2019). She played the role of Catalina Creel in the 2019 television series Cradle of Wolves.
1976The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.[†]
The Gale of January 1976, widely known as the "Capella" storm in Germany and the Ruisbroek flood in Belgium, was one in a series of extratropical cyclones and storm surges, which occurred over January 1976. The gale of 2–5 January 1976 resulted in severe wind damage across western and central Europe and coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts. At the time, this was the most severe storm of the century over the British Isles. Total fatalities reached 82 across Europe, although a figure of 100 is given by the World Meteorological Organization. Of these 24 were reported in Britain and 4 in Ireland. Overall losses of US$1.3 billion were incurred, with insured losses standing at US$500 million (1976).
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]