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April 7, 1976

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Headlines from April 7, 1976

New Cheating Case Erupts at West Point

By James Feron Special to The New York Times

US Mil Acad, West Point, NY, is investigating possibility of major cheating scandal; officers confirm cadet hon com is conducting investigation regarding ‘the possibility of unathorized collaboration on academic assignment'; information is made available to NY Times by unidentified cadet; incident may be 1st major scandal of kind since ‘73, when 15 cadets were expelled or resigned after being found guilty of cheating; William Anderson, chmn of Cadet Honor Com, confirms between 15 and 20 members of com are investigating cadets; ‘73 scadal recalled (M)

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Notes on People

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Pres Ford dedicates 15 acres of Fed land along Potomac River as memorial to late Pres Johnson; it will be called LBJ Memorial Grove; Natl Park Service estimates 1,000 persons attended ceremony, including Mrs Johnson, Luci Baines Johnson Nugent, Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, Charles Robb and Robbs’ 2 daughters; illus (S)

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GEORGIAN IS THIRD

By Frank Lynn

Jackson wins NY Pres primary with 107 delegates, falling short of 51% goal he had predicted; pub opinion and voting details (L)

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Kissinger Sees NATO End If Europeans Elect Reds

By David Binder Special to The New York Times

State Dept summary of remarks by Kissinger to meeting of ambs in London in Dec reveals he held that if Communist govts are elected in W Eur, NATO will be smashed and US isolated; summary, along with one of Helmut Sonnenfeldt's remarks on E Eur, were sent to ambs in cablegrams Feb 12; are stamped ‘secret’ but have been made available to NY Times and Human Events, conservative Washington wkly; both came into hands of Sen James L Buckley, who made copies available to other Congressmen; apparent intent of disclosure is pol ammunition against Kissinger, Sonnenfeldt and Ford; Buckley aide Leonard Saffir denies copies were distributed to anyone; premise on which Kissinger based remarks was emergence of USSR as superpower (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 7, 1976, covering April 7, 1976.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

    Frampton Comes Alive

    Peter Frampton

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  2. 2
    Album cover for Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 by Eagles

    Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975

    Eagles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  3. 3
    Album cover for Thoroughbred by Carole King

    Thoroughbred

    Carole King

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    10
  4. 4
    Album cover for Desire by Bob Dylan

    Desire

    Bob Dylan

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  5. 5
    Album cover for Run With The Pack by Bad Company

    Run With The Pack

    Bad Company

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    9

Notable Births

Kevin Alejandro

1976Kevin Alejandro, American actor and producer[†]

Kevin Michael Alejandro is an American actor and director. He has worked steadily in TV since 2003, with some film credits.

1976Martin Buß, German high jumper[†]

Martin Buß is a German high jumper who won the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is a five-time outdoor national champion for Germany in the men's high jump event and three-time champion at the German Indoor Athletics Championships.

1976Jessica Lee, English lawyer and politician[†]

Jessica Katherine Lee, Lady Harrington of Watford is a British former Conservative Party politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Erewash in Derbyshire in 2010. She served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, before stepping down for the 2015 general election.

1976Aaron Lohr, American actor[†]

Aaron Lohr is an American actor.

1976Barbara Jane Reams, American actress[†]

Barbara Jane Reams, is a former American television actress.

1976Gang Qiang, Chinese anchor[†]

Gang Qiang is an anchor for China Central Television.

Historical Events

John Stonehouse

1976Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party after being arrested for faking his own death.[†]

John Thomson Stonehouse was a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician, businessman and minister who was a member of the Cabinet under Prime Minister Harold Wilson. He is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt at faking his own death in 1974. It is alleged that Stonehouse had been an agent for Czechoslovak military intelligence.

Historical Context for April 7, 1976

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