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Minot, ND, braces for its 5th flood in 7 yrs as Souris River begins to crest as result of heavier-than-normal spring runoff from winter snows; city's efforts to cope with expected flood described; map; illus (L)
Southern Calif Edison, San Diego Gas & Elec and Ariz Public Service cancel $3.5-billion Kaiparowits power project in southern Utah, citing econ, regulatory and environmental problems; Sierra Club exec dir Michael McCloskey, Gov Calvin L Rampton and Southern Calif Edison vp William R Gould comment; maps showing area to be serviced by project and project's proximity to 8 natl parks; illus (M)
New York State announced the successful completion of its $4 billion spring borrowing late yesterday, although the effort to sell large quantities of short‐term notes to out‐of‐state banks and corporations was likely to fall short of the state's goal. The shortfall was scheduled to he made up by additional investments from state employee pension funds. Page 22.
article on pol and econ problems in Italy focuses on Ital Communist Party's gains in latest crisis; situation assessed (L)
Gates and wife illus with Ford, Mrs Ford and Vice Pres Rockefeller after swearing in
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 14, 1976, covering April 15, 1976.
Eagles
Peter Frampton
Wings
Queen
Bad Company
1976Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Jason M. Bonsignore is an American former professional ice hockey forward and speedway promoter and racer.
1976Darius Regelskis, Lithuanian footballer[†]
Darius Regelskis is a Lithuanian professional footballer. He was playing the position of defender and is 1.78 m tall and weighs 71 kg. Regelskis spent the prime years of his career playing for FBK Kaunas. He is a former member of the Lithuania national football team.
1976Kęstutis Šeštokas, Lithuanian basketball player[†]
Kęstutis Šeštokas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, who plays at the power forward position. He last played for Molėtai Ežerūnas-Karys basketball team. He is the only player who has won the domestic leagues of all three Baltic states. His major trophies include the Euroleague title in 1999, the ULEB Cup title in 2005 and the Saporta Cup in 1998 as well as many regional and domestic titles.
1976Steve Williams, English rower[†]
Stephen David Williams is an English rower and double Olympic champion. In April and May 2011, Williams walked to the North Pole and achieved the summit of Mount Everest.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]