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April 28, 1976

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Polaroid Sues Kodak

By Unknown Author

Polaroid. has filed suit against Eastman Kodak, charging that Kodak's new instant‐picture system infringed on 10 Polaroid patents. Page 57.

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Breakthrough for Carter

By R. W. Apple Jr. Special to The New York Times

PHILADELPHIA, April 27—Jimmy Carter's decisive victory in the Pennsylvania primary today established him, at least for the moment, as the most likely Democratic nominee for President. Althciugh the results of the separate delegate races were still unclear, the Georgian's success in the preferential vote g??ve him the breakthrough in industrial state he had sorely needed.

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36 REPORTEDDEAD AS JET CRASHES IN VIRGIN ISLANDS

By Richard Within

Amer Airlines Boeing 727 jetliner with 88 aboard, on NYC‐Charlotte Amalie, VI, flight, crashes on Apr 27 during landing attempt at Harry S Truman Airfield; 36 aboard reptd dead; slams into service station at end of runway after landing too far along tarmac; cockpit crew survives; listed; Natl Transportation Safety Bd initiates probe; map of crash site; rescue workers illus (L)

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Drug Convictions Upheld Even if Police Set Up Sale

By Lesley Oelsner Special to The New York Times

US Sup Ct, 5‐3, upholds constitutionality of drug convictions of persons for selling contraband narcotics, even when undercover agents or Govt informers initially supplied seller with drugs and other agents were purchasers; rules no amt of govt ‘misconduct’ or involvement in crime may bar defendant's conviction as long as defendant is ‘predisposed’ to make illegal sale, and that where defendant is ‘predisposed to commit crime police involvement in crime would have to reach demonstrable level of outrageousness before it could bar conviction; affirms previous ruling in case involving heroin sales by Charles S Hampton; Thurgood Marshall, William J Brennan Jr and Potter Stewart are dissenting justices (L)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 28, 1976, covering April 28, 1976.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Presence by Led Zeppelin

    Presence

    Led Zeppelin

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for At The Speed Of Sound by Wings

    At The Speed Of Sound

    Wings

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 by Eagles

    Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975

    Eagles

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  4. 4
    Album cover for A Night At The Opera by Queen

    A Night At The Opera

    Queen

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    19
  5. 5
    Album cover for Eargasm by Johnnie Taylor

    Eargasm

    Johnnie Taylor

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    8

Notable Deaths

Richard Hughes (British writer)

1976Richard Hughes, American author and poet (born 1900)[†]

Richard Arthur Warren Hughes was a British writer of poems, short stories, novels and plays.

Historical Context for April 28, 1976

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