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Browning says that Patricia Hearst will be turned over to Calif authorities this wk to face series of charges jointly with Emily and William Harris in Los Angeles; says that he expects other indictments, possibly the Harrises, in Hibernia Bank robbery (M)
jurors in Patricia Hearst bank robbery trial, in series of ints, comment on why they found her guilty; sketch (M)
Brown will seek to control Calif delegation to Dem Natl Conv as favorite-son candidate in hopes that this can be converted into party nomination for Pres; may enter other primaries; insists he is not stalking horse for natl Dems such as Sen Hubert Humphrey; does not rule out Vice Presidency; says central issue in campaign is how to restore confidence and momentum to US within context of changing world; has conferred recently with Walter W Heller on econ, with Prof Christopher Jencks on domestic issues and Allard K Lowenstein on campaign strategy; illus (M)
Exporters, apparently concerned about breaching NYS 'Lisa Law,' that makes aiding Arab boycott of Israel a misdemeanor, are diverting cargo destined for Middle East from NYC to other ports; NY Shipping Assn pres James J Dickman says it is too early to tell how hard port has been hit, but estimates there is loss of 2-million tons of freight annually; NY Freight Forwarders Assn gen counsel Gerald H Ullman and NY C of C vp Gilbert Weinstein comment; freight forwarder Behring Internatl Inc says its volume has fallen 10% to 20% since law went into effect; already has moved 40-person purchasing unit that served Arabian Amer Oil Co from NYC to Houston; denies move was prompted by Lisa Law; law, amendment to NYS Human Rights Act sponsored by Assemblyman Joseph F Lisa, has backing of Amer Jewish Cong (L)
Student involvement in '76 Pres campaign is far less marked than it was in Sen George McGovern's '72 campaign; possible reasons cited; student forces of Dem aspirants noted; illus (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 17, 1976, covering March 22, 1976.
Eagles
Peter Frampton
Fleetwood Mac
Carole King
Bob Dylan
1976Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player[†]
Teun Floris de Nooijer is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who twice became Olympic champion with the Dutch national squad, in 1996 and in 2000, and was on the team in 2012. He currently plays for Dutch side HC Bloemendaal and in Hockey India League for Uttar Pradesh Wizards.
1976Asako Toki, Japanese singer-songwriter[†]
Asako Toki is a Japanese singer-songwriter and lyricist. Born to jazz saxophonist Hidefumi Toki, she was the lead vocalist for the rock band Cymbals between 1997 and 2003. Following Cymbals' breakup, Toki began her solo career with the release of Standards in 2004 and made her major label debut under Avex's Rhythm Zone with Talkin in 2007. To date, she has released nine original albums and eight cover albums, many of which are performed in both Japanese and English.
1976Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer[†]
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon is an American actress and producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 and 2015, and Forbes listed her among the world's 100 most powerful women in 2019 and 2021. In 2021, Forbes named her the world's highest earning actress, and in 2023, she was named one of the richest celebrities in America with an estimated net worth of $440 million.
1976John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (born 1898)[†]
John Dwyer McLaughlin was an American abstract painter. Based primarily in California, he was a pioneer in minimalism and hard-edge painting. Considered one of the most significant Californian postwar artists, McLaughlin painted a focused body of geometric works that are completely devoid of any connection to everyday experience and objects, inspired by the Japanese notion of the void. He aimed to create paintings devoid of any object hood including but not limited to a gestures, representations and figuration. This led him to the rectangle. Leveraging a technique of layering rectangular bars on adjacent planes, McLaughlin creates works that provoke introspection and, consequently, a greater understanding of one's relationship to nature.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]