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Felix G Rohatyn, chief of Gov Carey's new econ recovery program, asserts that blighted areas of NYC would have to be torn down wholesale and treated as virgin indus-development territory, as has been done in suburbs and in South, int; says that clearing of blighted neighborhoods is only 1 of number of ideas that, by force of city's desperate situation, he and aides will study (L)
Article on Swedish reaction to tax-fraud case against Ingmar Bergman; case revd; Bergman illus (L)
CIA official estimates Israel has 10 to 20 nuclear weapons 'available for use'; estimate disclosed in Washington Post article by Arthur Kranish, editor of Washington wkly Science Trends who attended CIA briefing of Washington members of Amer Inst of Aeronautics and Astronautics at which estimate was revealed in reply to question; recent CIA refusal to confirm similar estimate to NY Times noted; CIA officials deny Kranish statement no objections were raised to his writing article on briefing; CIA Dir George Bush issues statement in which he assumes full responsibility for disclosure of secret data at briefing, but says understanding was clear that discussions were private and not for publication; CIA spokesman Angus Thuermer, commenting on background to briefing, says CIA has made it practice to provide background briefings to select groups of public citizens (M)
Mar 16: Israeli mil authorities impose total curfew on West Bank town of Ramallah after another day of violent st demonstrations and protests against Israeli occupation of area; students and baton-wielding soldiers clash in sts in Ramallah: mayor of Ramallah, Karim Khalaf, who resigned recently, says he still intends to run in elections Apr 12 and head list of candidates who are committed to Palestinian nationalism; says overwhelming majority of Ramallah people support PLO and want to see creation of 'ind Palestinian natl authority' on West Bank; map (M)
Illinois will vote today in a Presidential preference primary, pick delegates to the national conventions and select candidates for Governor and a variety of other offices. Details are on page 24.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 10, 1976, covering March 16, 1976.
Eagles
Peter Frampton
Bob Dylan
Fleetwood Mac
David Bowie
1976Blu Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and producer[â ]
Tiffany Cobb, known professionally as Blu Cantrell, is an American R&B singer.
1976Zhu Chen, Qatari chess Grandmaster[â ]
Zhu Chen is a Chinese and Qatari chess grandmaster. In 1999, she became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China's 13th Grandmaster. In 2006, she obtained Qatari citizenship and since then has played for Qatar.
1976Kim Johnsson, Swedish ice hockey player[â ]
Kim Emil Jörgen Johnsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks. He played six seasons for the Malmö Redhawks in the Swedish Elitserien prior to his NHL career.
1976Leila Lejeune, French handballer[â ]
Leila Lejeune is a French handballer who plays for the French national team. She represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Lejeune scored six goals in the match against Hungary.
1976Susanne Ljungskog, Swedish cyclist[â ]
Susanne Ljungskog is a Swedish former cyclist. As a four-time Olympian, she won the world road race championship in 2002 and 2003. The same years, she was UCI points champion. She has also won two World Cup races.
1976Abraham NĂșñez, Dominican baseball player[â ]
Abraham Orlando NĂșñez Adames [NOO-nyez] is a Dominican former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1997 to 2008 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and New York Mets. NĂșñez primarily played third base, but was capable of playing all four infield positions.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[â ]