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March 14, 1976

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Historical Context for March 14, 1976

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

Notable Births

Brian Quinn (comedian)

1976Brian Quinn, American improvisational comedian and actor[†]

Brian Michael "Q" Quinn is an American podcaster, improvisational comedian, actor, and retired firefighter. He is a member of The Tenderloins, a comedy troupe also consisting of Sal Vulcano, James Murray, and formerly Joe Gatto. Along with the other members of The Tenderloins, he stars in the television series Impractical Jokers, which premiered in 2011, on TruTV.

Phil Vickery (rugby union)

1976Phil Vickery, English rugby player and sportscaster[†]

Philip John Vickery MBE DL is an English former rugby union player. A tighthead prop he won 73 international caps for England squad and was a member of England's World Cup winning squad in 2003, playing in all seven matches in the tournament.

Notable Deaths

Busby Berkeley

1976Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (born 1895)[†]

Berkeley William Enos, known professionally as Busby Berkeley, was an American film director and musical choreographer. Berkeley devised elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Berkeley's works used large numbers of showgirls and props as fantasy elements in kaleidoscopic on-screen performances.

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Headlines from March 14, 1976

Let's Put the Land In Landscapes

By ByAlan Gussow

Comment on renewed interest in landscape painting; US Dept of Interior has become major patron of landscape art; gave 45 Amer painters $2,000 each, use of govt cars, per diem traveling allowances and freedom to paint wherever they wish, as long as it is on land under dept's jurisdiction; some current exhibits of landscape painting noted; illus (L)

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Rise in Birth Defects Laid to Job Hazards

By Unknown Author

NY Times survey of growing awareness that hazards in work may damage reproductive process of women, and to lesser degree, men, which has confronted govt, business and labor with array of new and difficult ethical, legal and const questions; such hazards may account for increasing number of tens of thousands of miscarriages and birth defects that occur in US each yr; studies indicate that, beyond fetal damage, conditions found in some workplaces may cause genetic damage to men, which may also lead to spontaneous abortions, still-births, deformed children and abnormalities in future generations; Drs David Wegman, John F Finklea, William H Flynt, Vilma Hunt, Andrew M Hricko and Sidney M Wolfe comment; Govt has already taken action regarding lead, vinyl chloride and radiological exposure (L)

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On Making Movies About Madness

By ByWalter Goodman

The subject of obsession is enjoying a flurry on movie screens around town, where obsessed persons of diverse era, gender and nationality are being carried inexorably to their appointed ends. The newest of these films, “Confrontation,” focuses on young Jewish medical Student who is forced out ot Germany in the mid1930's and works himself up to killing a Nazi bigwig in

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JOBS BILL OFFERED BY LIBERAL BLOC

By Unknown Author

Cong coalition of liberals, blacks and labor offer bill requiring Govt to follow policies that would create full employment; measure contains no mention of wage and price controls or voluntary price restraint, a concession to AFL-CIO pres Meany and other labor leaders (M)

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400 PROFESSORS OUSTED IN KOREA

By Unknown Author

Govt forces dismissal or resignation of more than 400 univ professors under provisions of new academic 'tenure' law; officials say ousters are designed to weed out idle and incompetent instructors from 31 public and 67 private insts; dissidents say, however, that move represents yet another step in determined effort by Park Govt to sever contacts between students and opponents of regime in faculties (M)

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Mr. Kissinger Says a Lot, But Rarely Without a Purpose

By Bernard Gwertzman

article on Sec Kissinger's style of dispensing information and protecting secrets says Sheehan article appeared when Kissinger was castigating Cong for leaks of intelligence material and when Kissinger told Israelis he was upset with material provided to Israeli journalist Matti Golan for his unflattering book on Kissinger's Middle East diplomacy; drawing (M)

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4 ‘Zebra’

By Unknown Author

Four Black Muslims were convicted of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the so‐called “Zebra” killings of whites in San Francisco in late 1973 and early 1974. During the search for the killers, 600 black men were stopped on the streets for questioning, a tactic that later was ruled unconstitutional. Pap 57.

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End of Giants’

By Steve Cady

article on stadium; Raymond Walsh, vp and gen mgr of Giants, says team is very hopeful of being in NJ; club will not call itself Jersey Giants but will drop 'NY' from its helmets and will retain corp name of NY Football Giants; NJ Sports and Exposition Authority, which financed stadium, is also optimistic; illus of stadium (L)

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Carey Cleared Again

By Unknown Author

A House subcommittee said yesterday that its staff had found no evidence that Governor Carey had exerted influence while in Congress to obtain oil export licenses on behalf of his brother Edward. The report followed a similar one by Attorney General Ed. ward H. Levi two weeks ago, Details are on page 35.

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