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January 14, 1976

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Headlines from January 14, 1976

Shifting Convention From City Weighed By Some Democrats

By Warren Weaver Jr.Special to The New York Times

some Dem leaders are reptdly exploring prospects of moving party's natl conv from NYC to Miami, fearing revelations of party corruption in NY might coincide with conv; recent indictments and/or charges against NY Dem leaders recalled; Dem Natl Chmn Robert S Strauss denies repts of conv moving to another state (M)

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REAGAN DISAVOWS $90 BILLION FIGURE

By Philip SharecoffSpecial to The New York Tiems

LI, NY, businessman Carl Rosen is indicted, Fed Dist Ct, NYC, for submitting fictitious invoices to obtain bank loans for defunct Blue Fox Industries (S)

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Gulf Ousts 3 Executives Over Political Donations

By Michael C. JensenSpecial to The New York Times

Gulf Oil dirs request and receive resignations of chmn and chief exec Bob R Dorsey, sr vp Fred Deering and div pros William L Henry; vp Herbert C Manning resigns as officer but will remain as employee; Gulf Canada pres Jerry McAfee succeeds Dorsey as chmn, chief exec and dir; findings of McCloy Rept on roles of Dorsey, Deering, Henry and Manning in Gulf's illegal pol activity revd; bd condemns abuses disclosed by rept and adopts its recommendations on strengthening auditing procedures (M)

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ISRAEL ATTACKED IN U.N. BY EGYPT, SYRIA AND JORDAN

By Bernard GwertzmanSpecial to The New York Times

Jan 14: Egypt, Syria and Jordan assail Israel on Jan 13 in varying degrees of harshness and call upon UN Security Council to insure Israel's withdrawal from all occupied Arab territory and give new importance to acceptance of ‘natl rights’ of Palestinians; Egyptian repr Ahmed Esmat Abdel Meguid urges Council to adopt resolution that would include Palestinians’ ‘natl rights'; calls for Council to urge reconvening of Geneva conf in near future with Palestinian participation; affirms his Govt's adherence to Resolutions 242; Syrian delegate Mouaffak al‐Allaf criticizes Resolution 242 as inadequate for not taking into acct Palestinian question; criticizes Israel's absence from Council; Jordanian delegate Sherif Abdul Hamid Sharaf says Council should create Middle East peace if its program ‘involves a timetable for Israeli withdrawal’ and ‘endorsement of the Palestinian right of natl self‐determination'; illus of Meguid, Allaf, Japanese delegate Shizuo Saito and PLO repr Farouk Kaddoumi (L)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 14, 1976, covering January 14, 1976.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Gratitude by Earth| Wind & Fire

    Gratitude

    Earth| Wind & Fire

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits by Chicago

    Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits

    Chicago

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  3. 3
    Album cover for History/America's Greatest Hits by America

    History/America's Greatest Hits

    America

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    9
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell

    The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

    Joni Mitchell

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    7
  5. 5
    Album cover for Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits by Helen Reddy

    Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits

    Helen Reddy

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    7

Notable Births

1976Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer[†]

Vincenzo Chianese is an Italian former footballer who spent most of his career in Serie B and Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Chianese had a scoring ratio of 0.4 goals per game in Lega Pro Prima Divisione where he scored more than 90 goals, but just a handful in Serie B.

Notable Deaths

Abdul Razak Hussein

1976Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (born 1922)[†]

Abdul Razak bin Dato’ Hussein was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the second prime minister of Malaysia from 1970 until his death in 1976. He also served as the first deputy prime minister of Malaysia from 1957 to 1970. He is referred to as the "Father of Development" of Malaysia.

Historical Context for January 14, 1976

In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]