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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)
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)
Team renews Seaver's contract without his consent; Seaver says he considers statement an 'economic ploy'; Seaver became focus of dispute while he was key figure in labor negotiations over baseball's reserve clause issue; illus (L)
Kodama charged with failure to pay more than $2.8-million in natl income taxes; sources indicate Kodama's back taxes and penalties for last 3 yrs may total $5.1-million (M)
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
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 10, 1976, covering March 14, 1976.
Eagles
Peter Frampton
Bob Dylan
Fleetwood Mac
David Bowie
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.
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.
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.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]