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In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[ā ]
1976Ty Conklin, American ice hockey player[ā ]
Ty Curtis Conklin is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. Throughout his National Hockey League (NHL) career, he played for the Edmonton Oilers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues and two stints with the Detroit Red Wings.
1976Obadele Thompson, Barbadian sprinter[ā ]
Obadele "Oba" Thompson BSS is a Barbados-born former sprinter, lawyer, author, and speaker. He won Barbados's first and only Olympic medal as an independent country by placing third in the 100 metres at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He is a three-time Olympian, and a finalist at each Olympics. His personal best performances are 9.87 seconds for the 100 m, 19.97 seconds for the 200 metres, and 45.38 seconds for the 400 metres. He has held the indoor 55 metres world record since 1997.
1976Troels Lund Poulsen, Danish politician, Minister for Education of Denmark[ā ]
Troels Lund Poulsen is a Danish politician, who is the Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark and leader of Venstre. He also serves as Minister of Defence. He previously served as Minister for the Environment from 2007 to 2010, Minister for Taxation from 2010 to 2011, Minister of Education in 2011, Minister for Commerce, Business and Growth from 2015 to 2016, Minister for Employment from 2016 to 2019, and Minister for Economic Affairs from 2022 to 2023. He has been a member of the Folketing since 2001, representing the Hedensted nomination district.
1976Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day.[ā ]
The IsraeliāPalestinian conflict is an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. Key aspects of the conflict include the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security, water rights, the permit regime in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian freedom of movement, and the Palestinian right of return.
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Indiana won the National Collegiate basketball title by defeating Michigan, 86‐68, last night at Philadelphia. Rutgers lost, 106‐92, to the University of California, Los Angeles, in the third‐place game. Details on page 25.
Kissinger, in testimony before HR Internatl Relations Com, says Evans and Novak misconstrued remarks about E Eur by Sonnenfeldt; holds US does not accept Soviet sphere of influence in E Eur; White House releases text of Kissinger lr to Sen James L Buckley stressing US policy does in no sense accept Soviet 'dominion' of E Eur (S)
Pres Ford's threat to veto any defense spending that he deems inadequate is linked by some to his NC primary defeat by Ronald Reagan, who campaigned against Ford Adm's mil and diplomatic policies; Howard Callaway meets with Richard B Cheney, Ford's chief of staff (S)
NYC spends close to $600,000 a yr subsidizing 6 cheap Bowery hotels where derelict men receive night's lodging in tiny, poorly ventilated and often filthy cubicles; situation came to light afer several derelicts on Bowery complained about conditions at hotels, which house 11,000 men each yr; hotels are Mascot, Newport, Delevan, Sunshine, Palace and Kenton (M)
NYCTA Chmn David L Yunich says cost-of-living raise for transit workers paid for by productivity savings would provide 'possibility of settlement' in current contract talks (M)
Patricia Hearst formally charged with 11 counts of kidnapping, robbery and assault arising from shoplifting incident 22 mos ago; Johnson files motions to sever Miss Hearst's trial from Emily and William Harris on ground of conflict of interest and to bar her state trial altogether; Miss Hearst's arraignment is continued until Apr 14 when she will enter plea to her indictment; Superior Ct Judge Mark Brandler denies motion by Harrises to delay trial for 1 yr; other developments noted; illus (M)
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Latest cease-fire proposals by Syrian mediators are rejected by Lebanese Moslem leaders, and fighting continues in Beirut and nearby mountains; Christians shell Aleih, where Jumblat holds talks; no casualties reptd; leftist-Moslem groups are pushing eastward from hotel dist and into maze of sts of old commercial qr behind port; qr controls access to port and Ashrafiyah, Maronite Christians' bastion; civil war has wrecked econ, and virtually entire work force is unemployed; about only ones earning wages are guerrillas who fight for Moslem or Christian forces; illus (M)
Jackson says his Cong record proves him to be 'urban Amer's truest friend' among Pres candidates, 2d in series of NY Times ints with candidates in NYS Dem Pres primary; discusses NYC financial crisis, welfare and tax reform and public works and energy research programs; expects to win majority of delegates in NYS primary; believes Govs Carey, Grasso and Byrne are qualified to be Vice Pres; illus (M)
Fed Enegy Admr Zarb sends to Cong proposal for step-by-step elimination of allocation controls for petroleum products (S)
US Sup Ct rules, 6-3, that states may prosecute and imprison people for committing homosexual acts even when both parties to act are consenting adults and act occurs in private; ruling sharply departs from 10-yr trend in which Ct had increasingly expanded concept of const right to privacy; Ct affirms without comment 2-1 ruling last fall of lower Fed ct that had rejected challenge to Va law prohibiting consensual sodomy; lower ct found that law violated neither right to privacy nor series of const protections; Justices William J Brennan Jr, Thurgood Marshall and John Paul Stevens dissent; 36 states prohibit sodomy with laws of varying strictness; Sup Ct ruling does not require states that have repealed sodomy prohibition to reinstitute it but lessens pressure on other states to repeal their laws (M)
violent st demonstrations occur in small village in western Galilee; demonstrations appear to be part of gen strike scheduled to protest Govt plan to expropriate several thousand acres of Arab land in Galilee for regional development program (M)