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F Butterfield describes current econ, pol and soc scene; refugee repts, lrs from Vietnamese and accounts of few foreigners still in Saigon reptdly describe gradual but profound transformation in city; part of poem, written by popular Saigon poet Vu Hoang Chuong and recently smuggled out of country, noted; illus (M)
DiLorenzo is acquitted on all 4 counts of perjury (S)
Humphrey's announcement that he will not actively run for Pres greeted by Jackson and Udall as boon to their candidacies, but party experts expect Carter to be real beneficiary (M)
Soviet news agency Tass on Apr 29 repts explosion occurs at gates of Soviet Embassy, Peking, killing 2 Chinese guards; rept spurs high‐level interest in Washington, DC, and considerable curiosity since it is unclear how blast occurred and whether there is any pol motivation behind action; Tass says no Soviet members of mission were injured and that ‘protest is lodged with Chinese authorities in connection with incident'; Yugoslav press agency Tanyug also repts explosion, but says 2 Chinese guards, apparently part of regular patrol that is stationed outside foreign embassies, were ‘seriously injured’ and not killed; explosion is 1st rept of death occurring since publicized border clashes between Soviet and Chinese frontier guards in ‘69; past tensions between 2 nations revd; illus (L)
Bank of England to investigate its staff in move seen related to recent chaos in natl monetary system because of yr‐long plunge in value of pound; MP John M H Lee demands investigation of possible violations of currency‐control law by Brit Treas, rather than investigation of bank itself (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 28, 1976, covering April 30, 1976.
Led Zeppelin
Wings
Eagles
Queen
Johnnie Taylor
1976Davian Clarke, Jamaican sprinter[†]
Davian Clarke is a Jamaican former athlete, who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was born in Spanish Town, St. Catherine and went to St. Catherine Primary & Kingston College HS won the bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1996 Olympics, and many relay medals followed, before he won his first individual medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Davian Clarke is also a graduate of University of Miami Patti & Allan Herbert Business School with Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA).
1976Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist[†]
Amanda MacKinnon Palmer is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and performance artist who is the lead vocalist, pianist, and lyricist of the duo the Dresden Dolls. She performs as a solo artist and was also a member of the duo Evelyn Evelyn and the lead singer and songwriter of Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra. She has gained a cult fanbase and was one of the first musical artists to popularize the use of crowdfunding websites.
1976Daniel Wagon, Australian rugby league player[†]
Daniel Wagon is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship. He is a professional rugby league rugbyman who played for the Aston DSC Bulls in the AMNRL. He primarily played in the back row. He previously played for the St. George Dragons and Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League where he started his career in the centres before moving to the back row.
1976Victor J. Glover, American astronaut[†]
Victor Jerome Glover is a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013 and pilot on the first operational flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. and F/A-18 pilot in the U.S. Navy and is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. He was a crew member of Expedition 64, and served as a station systems flight engineer.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]