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Lefkowitz is turned down by dozen prominent lawyers for job of investigating Carey's ouster of Nadjari; Carey to grant Nadjari request for order to expedite grand jury probe; order detailed; Lefkowitz reacts cooly to ACLU-NY chap request to curb kind of 'prejudicial public statements' made by Nadjari in affidavit (L)
Pres Ford will reptdly name outgoing Commerce Sec Rogers C B Morton to new post of White House coordinator of Ford campaign; ex-Gov William W Scranton, a Ford campaign adviser, says Morton consented to job after initially refusing; high regard for Morton among Repubs noted; 71 state and natl officials of Ford campaign meet for briefings at White House (M)
illus of Moslem gunmen in Beirut
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9—The death notice for Chou En‐lai that was published in Peking yesterday filled in an irn. portant piece in the Chinese political jigsaw puzzle
CHICAGO, Jan. 9—At least 324 persons were injured today when a rapid‐transit train, crowded with morning rushhour passengers, crashed into the rear of another crowded train that was starting away from a Chicago Transit Authority station.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 7, 1976, covering January 10, 1976.
Chicago
Earth| Wind & Fire
America
Joni Mitchell
John Denver
1976Khairy Jamaluddin, Malaysian politician, Malaysian Minister of Health[†]
Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, commonly known as KJ, is a Malaysian politician, radio presenter, and podcaster. He is currently a presenter on Hot FM and co-hosts the political podcast Keluar Sekejap with Shahril Hamdan. Khairy previously served as Minister of Health from August 2021 to November 2022 under Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
1976Adam Kennedy, American baseball player[†]
Adam Thomas Kennedy is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Washington Nationals, Seattle Mariners, and Los Angeles Dodgers.
1976Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1910)[†]
Chester Arthur Burnett, better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. He was at the forefront of transforming acoustic Delta blues into electric Chicago blues, and over a four-decade career, recorded blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and psychedelic rock. He is regarded as one of the most influential blues musicians of all time.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]