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In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]
1976Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.[†]
The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.
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Dem Platform Com on June 15 adopts platform agreeable to all factions of party and completely reflecting views of Jimmy Carter, who is almost certain to be Dem nominee; Sen Henry M Jackson, Gov George C Wallace and Repr Morris K Udall endorse platform; Dem Chmn Robert S Strauss sees Dem unity leading to victory over divided Repubs in Nov; unified platform seen as result of delegates' willingness to accept stands somewhat short of their personal goals and result of urging by Carter spokesman Stuart Eizenstat to delete words and issues that would 'give Repubs pot shots'; examples of compromises cited; specific planks detailed
Nadjari receives Long Island Ad Club's 'Man of the Yr Award'
Chinese Govt, in statement on Mao's age and health, says he is no longer receiving visiting foreign leaders (S)
Dem State Com designates NYC Council Pres Paul O'Dwyer as candidate for US Sen; also qualifies Repr Bella S Abzug, Ramsey Clark and Daniel P Moynihan for Sept 14 primary; Sen hopeful Abraham Hirschfeld says he will seek place on ballot by collecting at least 20,000 signatures; aspirants illus (L)
Jimmy Carter offers views on pol, people, prejudice and Presidency in expansive conversation with reporters June 16 aboard plane from Texas to Sea Island, Ga; says his post-conv campaign will include commitments to guarantee civil rights, end racial discrimination and alleviate poverty, hunger and inadequate housing, even if it costs him votes; says country is resilient and can start over again; recalls Kennedy and Johnson Adms; hopes to preside over era of social progress that fulfills promises of their Adms; says he has support of prominent black Amers such as Repr Andrew Young and Rev Martin Luther King Sr because he understands their problems; sees Gov Wallace as anachronism; sees Ronald Reagan as tougher opponent than Pres Ford (M)
FBI Dir Clarence M Kelley says that lr bombs that are turning up throughout US possibly could be linked to extortion demands addressed to about 200 leading business execs since last fall; says most lrs were postmarked from Atlanta, Tex, or Texarkana, Tex; says that sums demanded in earlier lrs had totaled millions of dollars with 'threat of terrorist tactics unless these demands were met'; at least 16 packets containing low-grade explosive devices have been discovered since last night, including several in NYC and 1 at Passaic County (NJ) Prosecutor's office; only devise that exploded so far slightly injured 4 women employes at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith in Manhattan; other packets were found in Gen Post Office in Manhattan addressed to official of Continental Grain Co and 3d is found in Manhattan apt bldg addressed to exec of Bunge Corp; other locations, corps and names of some execs that have received packets listed; illus (M)
Finley sells Vida Blue to NY Yankees for $1.5 million and sells Rollie Fingers and Joe Rudi to Boston Red Sox for $1 million each; sale of players seen caused by their failure to sign baseball contracts this season; each would have become free agent at end of current season and would have been eligible to sign contract with any team under terms of arbitrator's decision in Andy Messersmith-Dave McNally case, which has been upheld in 2 Fed cts; Blue and Fingers pors (M)
George Foreman knocked down Joe Frazier twice and scored a technical knockout at 2:26 of the fifth round of their 12‐round heavyweight bout last night at Nassau Coliseum. Details, page 29.
Rabin warns that Israel's security interests and stability in Middle East would be jeopardized if Lebanese civil war ends with Syrians or Palestinians in control of country, speech to Parliament; says parties in Lebanon know at what point Israel would consider their activities intolerable; says progress toward peace could be facilitated by interim agreement on Sinai concluded by Sec Kissinger and by periodic extension of mandate of UN peacekeeping force on Golan Hts (M)
Treas Dept officials say they had asked NYC to submit revised financial plan and obtain new labor agreements as condition for further Fed loans (M)
Sen Judiciary Com votes, 8-7, to rept Petroleum Indus Competition Act, which would break up 18 oil cos into separate production, refining and refining-mktg entities; Sens Robert C Byrd, Charles McC Mathias Jr and Hugh Scott vote to rept bill, but retain right to oppose it on Sen floor; Mathias to press for alternative bill prohibiting oil producers and refiners from selling to affiliates at prices lower than those they charge to nonaffiliated customers, or for less than cost; Sen Philip Hart says this would amount to Govt price-fixing; Sen Birch Bayh, who has taken on role of principal sponsor from Sen Hart, argues that bill will create competition in indus in which it is lacking, view challenged by Sen Hiram L Fong (M)