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STOCKHOLM, April 23 (UPI) —Prime Minister Olof Palme, saddened by Ingmar Bergman's decision to leave Sweden because of tax difficulties, appealed today to the film director to come home.
High Treas and State Dept officials rept US will seek formation of Internatl Resources Bank to encourage private investment in production of raw materials in developing countries, and to counteract loss of investment funds from multinatl corps, which have been shying away from longârange projects in poor countries because of rising econ nationalism and increasing risk of expropriation (S)
NYC Consumer Affairs Dept curtails major parts of law enforcement operations; number of weights and measures inspectors have been reduced from 19 to 10; 10 inspectors now are responsible for mandated annual testing and sealing of 42,000 scales in 20,000 retail food establishments, including 2,000 supermkts (S)
O'Dwyer announces candidacy; describes himself as Dem most likely to bring âunity and enthusiasm to the diverse elements of the partyâ (L)
Soc Dem Center partisans battling Socialist Party members as Portuguese election campaign ends illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 21, 1976, covering April 24, 1976.
Wings
Led Zeppelin
Eagles
Queen
Johnnie Taylor
1976Hedda Berntsen, Norwegian skier[â ]
Hedda Berntsen is a Norwegian sportsperson who has competed internationally in telemark skiing, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing and skicross. She is world champion in Telemark classic from 1997. She later concentrated on the alpine slalom, her career peaking in the 2000â01 season with consistent performances in the World Cup as well as a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships. She later switched to skicross, receiving a silver medal at the 2008 Winter X Games. In the Vancouver Winter Olympics on 23 February 2010 she won the silver medal in the women's skicross competition.
1976Steve Finnan, Irish international footballer[â ]
Stephen John Finnan is an Irish former international footballer who played as a right-back.
1976FrĂ©dĂ©ric Niemeyer, Canadian tennis player and coach[â ]
Frédéric Niemeyer is a Canadian retired, professional tennis player and was tennis coach at Tennis Canada for 10 years and he is now a freelance Tennis Consultant and Coach.
1976Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (born 1890)[â ]
Mark George Tobey was an American painter. His densely structured compositions, inspired by Asian calligraphy, resemble Abstract expressionism, although the motives for his compositions differ philosophically from most Abstract Expressionist painters. His work was widely recognized throughout the United States and Europe. Along with Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves, and William Cumming, Tobey was a founder of the Northwest School. Senior in age and experience, he had a strong influence on the others; friend and mentor, Tobey shared their interest in philosophy and Eastern religions. Similar to others of the Northwest School, Tobey was mostly self-taught after early studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1921, Tobey founded the art department at The Cornish School in Seattle, Washington.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[â ]