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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11—The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Soviet Central Army team, 4.1, today at the Spectrum in a game nearly forfeited when the Russians left’ the ice midway in the first period in protest against the Flyers’ rough tactics.
Cuban Deputy Prime Min Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, in informal talk with US correspondents, says that Cuba will continue to provide troops to Popular Movement for Liberation of Angola regardless of any resolution adopted by African Unity Orgn calling for end to foreign intervention in Angolan civil war; Cuba, since Oct â75, has dispatched what US officials estimate to be more than 7,500 soldiers to Angola to fight alongside Popular Movement for Liberation of Angola forces (S)
hundreds of thousands of griefâstricked Chinese pour into sts of Peking on Jan 12 to watch cortege carrying Chou's body from hosp where it was lying in state along Av of Eternal Tranquility; if tradition is followed, Chou's body will be cremated before 2d phase of mourning begins; illus (M)
R W Apple Jr article says Dem Pres aspirants fall into 3 groups; includes in group most likely to win nomination Sens Henry M Jackson, Birch Bayh and Hubert H Humphrey and Jimmy Carter; lists as possibly able to win nomination Sargent Shriver, Fred R Harris and Repr Morris K Udall; claims those most unlikely to be nominated are Sens Lloyd Bentsen and Robert C Byrd, Gov Milton J Shapp, Sen Frank Church, Terry Sanford and Gov George C Wallace; details strategies of front runners and serious problems of others; holds that only Wallace among list of âunlikelysâ appears destined for major role in contest, that of a spoiler; concedes current outlook could change if any candidate could find issue on which he, uniquely, seems to be speaking the mind of Amer people; holds none have done so thus far (L)
Jan 12: US has informed Arab nations that it will veto any resolution in UN debate that dictates that PLO participate in Geneva talks or that sets new conditions for overâall settlement; US Asst Sec Alfred L Atherton Jr traveled in Dec to Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Israel to warn against any attempt to use Council to force change in Geneva negotiating framework; US position was outlined to Allon in Washington by Kissinger; Allon, addressing meeting of Amer Jewish leaders in NYC, says he received âfirm commitmentâ that US would not permit any change in negotiating framework (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 7, 1976, covering January 12, 1976.
Chicago
Earth| Wind & Fire
America
Joni Mitchell
John Denver
1976Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1890)[â ]
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, was an English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime"âa nickname now trademarked by her estateâor the "Queen of Mystery". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. She is the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
1976The United Nations Security Council votes 11â1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).[â ]
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter. Its powers as outlined in the United Nations Charter include establishing peacekeeping operations, enacting international sanctions, and authorizing military action. The UNSC is the only UN body with authority to issue resolutions that are binding on member states.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[â ]