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list of voluntary hosps struck
Queen arrives in Washington, DC, for 48-hr Bicentennial visit; is greeted by Pres and Mrs Ford as well as 21-gun salute; revs honor guard; lunches with Pres; to attend State Dinner at White House; other highlights of visit noted; illus with Pres and Mrs Ford and at Lincoln Memorial (L)
NY Times survey of NYS uncommitted delegates finds Pres Ford has 12 or more 'hidden' supporters, which could give Ford at least 129 of NYS's 154 delegates; Ford efforts to woo delegates noted; shifts detailed; list of uncommitted delegates (M)
US says that USSR in recent mos has sharply reduced level of microwave radiation beamed at US Embassy in Moscow; State Dept, in its 1st detailed public acct of situation, rebukes USSR for continuing radiation even at current insignificant level; dept repr Robert L Funseth says that as result of official talks, level of radiation is now less than 2 microwatts per sq centimeter, press conf; this is well below established US safety standards; he refuses to comment on why USSR beams rays; USSR justifies beams as necessary to curb US electronic devices on embassy bldg roof; US officials privately concede existence of devices; say monitoring effort is impaired by jamming waves; US officials are irritated because USSR Embassy in Washington carries out similar interceptions of radio and phone talks but has not been subject to countermeasures because of concern for Amers working in area (M)
IRS probes whether employees who revd co taxes regularly accepted gratuities from co reprs; returns have been under investigation as result of disclosures that co funneled $12.3-million through foreign subsidiaries to be used as payments to domestic and foreign pol figures and parties between '60 and '73 (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 7, 1976, covering July 8, 1976.
Wings
The Beatles
Aerosmith
George Benson
Peter Frampton
1976Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan footballer[†]
Talal El Karkouri is a Moroccan former professional footballer and former coach of Qatar Stars League club Umm Salal SC. He played top-flight football in Morocco, France, Greece, England and Qatar before retiring in 2012. He made his international debut for Morocco in 2000, and earned 53 caps, playing at three African Cups of Nations.
1976Ellen MacArthur, English sailor[†]
Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur is an English retired sailor and charity founder. MacArthur is a successful solo long-distance yachtswoman – on 7 February 2005, she broke the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe, a feat which gained her international renown. Francis Joyon, the Frenchman who had held the record before MacArthur, was able to recover the record again in early 2008. Following her retirement from professional sailing on 2 September 2010, MacArthur announced the launch of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a charity that works with business and education to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]