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leaders of striking NYC bldg service employes are marshaling support for drive to sign agreements with landlords on individual basis; Realty Advisory Bd, representing landlords, says it is holding firm in refusing to accept recommendations of Mayor Beame's negotiating panel; list of some of bldgs where union said mgt had signed agreements; strike may expand to Bronx if it continues (L)
Breaking his silence on his new role in the state Democratic Party, former Mayor Robert F. Wagner made it clear yesterday that he would be an active party leader and not merely a figurehead or messenger for Governor Carey.
Credit Lyonnais pres Jacques Chaine is shot to death on May 14 and wife Anne is wounded by Jean Bilski, who then kills himself, Paris, France; police describe Bilski as anarchist from southern France; incident is 2d apparently politically motivated st assassination in Paris within 3 days; Mrs Chaine is reptd to be in satisfactory condition at St Louis Hosp, Paris; incident detailed; Chaine's politically-motivated background noted; illus (L)
India and Pakistan, moving to ease yrs of bitter hostility, agree to resumption of diplomatic relations 'within short period of time'; decision to exchange ambs again, after hiatus of 4 1/2 yrs, is part of broad agreement that includes resumption of airline and rr links; agreement is announced in joint statement issued following 3 days of negotiations in Islamabad between teams headed by Indian Foreign Sec Jagat S Mehta and Pakistani Foreign Sec Agha Shahi (M)
A special drawing in the New York State Lottery scheduled for Tuesday, to make up for drawings not held last October after the lottery was suspended, was barred yesterday by an order in State Supreme Court in Manhattan. Page 29.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 12, 1976, covering May 15, 1976.
The Rolling Stones
Wings
Peter Frampton
Led Zeppelin
Marvin Gaye
1976Torraye Braggs, American basketball player[†]
Torraye L. Braggs is an American professional basketball player. During his pro club career, Braggs played in the NBA, and also in seventeen other countries' national domestic leagues, including: Spain, Venezuela, Greece, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Israel, Russia, South Korea, China, Latvia, Mexico, Jordan, Iran, Uruguay, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, and Colombia.
1976Mark Kennedy, Irish footballer[†]
Mark John Kennedy is an Irish football coach and former professional footballer and most recently the head coach of EFL League Two club Swindon Town.
1976Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer[†]
Jacek Kamil Krzynówek is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
1976Ryan Leaf, American football player and coach[†]
Ryan David Leaf is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the San Diego Chargers and the Dallas Cowboys between 1998 and 2001, and also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Seattle Seahawks.
1976Anže Logar, Slovenian politician[†]
Anže Logar is a Slovenian politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs in the third Janša cabinet from March 2020 to June 2022.
1976Tyler Walker, American baseball player[†]
Tyler Lanier Walker is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He is an alumnus of San Francisco University High School, where he was closely mentored by Duncan Lyon, and University of California, Berkeley. Walker pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets (2002), San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2006), Philadelphia Phillies (2009), and Washington Nationals (2010).
1976Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes near Viktorivka, Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, killing 52.[†]
Aeroflot Flight 1802 was a commercial flight from Vinnytsia to Moscow that crashed after the rudder deflected sharply and the propellers feathered on 15 May 1976. All 52 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft perished in the crash.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]