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79 persons are arrested for selling $2 million worth of stolen merchandise to police officers acting as fences in decoy storefront, Bklyn, in what is described as most successful operation of its kind in NY history; Detectives Chief Louis C Cottell comments; illus (M)
Gov Carey proposes changes in NYS laws affecting med malpractice suits as recommended by special advisory panel but appears unwilling to accept more sweeping recommendations, which could eliminate jury trials in malpractice cases; recommendations were drawn up by panel headed by Columbia Univ pres Dr William J McGill; proposals are generally endorsed by med socs and malpractice com of Assn of Bar of NYC; opposition is expected in Legis, many of whose members are lawyers (M)
Ford Adm officials say bitter election campaign, in which Ford has been forced on defensive by Reagan's attacks on his detente and defense policies, has persuaded adm not to push ahead with kind of negotiating approach that might have facilitated conclusion of strategic arms agreement with USSR (S)
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 10—Twelve years after the armed forces took power with a strong commitment to save and expand private enterprise, Brazil appears well on the road to creating the most successful and pervasive system of state capitalism in South America.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 7, 1976, covering April 11, 1976.
Peter Frampton
Eagles
Carole King
Bob Dylan
Bad Company
1976Marta Breen, Norwegian journalist, non-fiction writer, and organizational leader[†]
Marta Breen is a Norwegian non-fiction writer, journalist, and organizational leader. Her books often center on women's history and feminism.
1976Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player[†]
Kelvim José Escobar Bolívar is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Toronto Blue Jays (1997–2003) and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He won 101 games, but his career was cut short by shoulder injuries.
1976Kotomitsuki Keiji, Japanese sumo wrestler[†]
Kotomitsuki Keiji is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Okazaki City. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1999. He reached the top makuuchi division in November 2000 and won one yūshō or tournament championship, in September 2001. He was a runner-up in eight other tournaments, and earned thirteen sanshō or special prizes. He is one of six wrestlers in the history of sumo to receive all three sanshō in the same tournament, accomplishing the feat in the November 2000 honbasho. After a record 22 tournaments at sekiwake, he achieved promotion to sumo's second highest rank of ōzeki in July 2007 upon winning 35 out of 45 bouts in three consecutive tournaments. This made him at 31 the oldest man to reach ōzeki in the modern era. He wrestled for Sadogatake stable. On July 4, 2010, he was expelled from professional sumo by the Japan Sumo Association for his involvement in an illegal gambling ring.
1976The Apple I is created.[†]
The Apple Computer 1 (Apple-1), later known predominantly as the Apple I , is an 8-bit personal computer designed by Steve Wozniak and released by the Apple Computer Company in 1976. The company was initially formed to sell the Apple I – its first product – and would later become the world's largest technology company. The idea of starting a company and selling the computer came from Wozniak's friend and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. A differentiator of the Apple I was that it included video display terminal circuitry, allowing it to connect to a low-cost composite video monitor and keyboard instead of an expensive accompanying terminal. The Apple I and the Sol-20 were some of the earliest home computers to have this capability.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]