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Article on development of new light-wave communications tech that enables glass fiber as thin as human hair to carry TV pictures in place of standard 3/4 inch coaxial cable; engineers say use of fiber for TV is most significant advance in electronics since introduction of transistor; Telepromter Cable pres William J Bresnan comments (M)
Mrs. Richard M. Nixon, wife of the former President, was in serious condition in a Long Beach, Calif., hospital after suffering a stroke. Page A28.
Riad returns, Cairo; says Arab peacekeeping force in Beirut is powerless to act; Arafat reptdly informs Sadat that Syrians plan attack on Beirut and have joined in hostilities against Tell Zaatar; reptdly charge Christians with complicity; Arab sources say Saudi Arabia and Sudan sent fewer than 1,500 men to Lebanon; say Saudi Govt sent 300 soldiers for peacekeeping force and informed league that it would airlift small contingent of Somali troops to help in peacekeeping (M)
Indonesian Govt says death toll from earthquake and subsequent landslides in W New Guinea has surpassed 9,000 and could go higher; quake, which hit island on June 26, was spread over 1,000 sq miles of remote and primitive areas of island; map (M)
Justice Dept inquiry into alleged criminal misconduct within FBI is reptdly focusing on 2 aides closest to Dir Clarence M Kelley, as well as growing number of past and present bureau execs; phase of inquiry investigating possible financial corruption within bureau is looking into activities of Nicholas P Callahan, assoc FBI dir and Kelley's most important aide, and Thomas J Jenkins, Callahan's deputy, as well as John P Mohr, 2d most powerful man in FBI under J Edgar Hoover until his '72 retirement; this phase of inquiry, being conducted under guidance of Michael Shaheen, head of office of prof responsibility, concerns allegations of kickbacks to bur execs from cos that supplied electronic and other equipment to FBI investigators; inquiry is also focusing on Ivan W Conrad, former head of FBI lab; sources say that 2d phase of investigation, into illegal burglaries by agents within last 5 yrs, would uncover far broader pattern of illegal conduct by agents, including illegal wiretaps, unprovoked assaults, gratuitous destruction of property and at least 1 kidnapping; FBI Dir Kelley is reptdly trying to determine who within bureau withheld from him until few months ago knowledge of illegal burglaries; Kelley illus (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 7, 1976, covering July 9, 1976.
Wings
The Beatles
Aerosmith
George Benson
Peter Frampton
1976Thomas Cichon, Polish-German footballer and manager[†]
Thomas Joachim Cichon is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
1976Fred Savage, American actor, director, and producer[†]
Frederick Aaron Savage is an American actor and director. He is best known for his role as Kevin Arnold in the American television series The Wonder Years (1988–1993). He has earned several awards and nominations, such as People's Choice Awards and Young Artist Awards. He is also known for playing the Grandson in The Princess Bride, and voiced the title protagonist in Oswald. Savage has worked as a director, and in 2005 later starred in the television sitcom Crumbs. Savage returned to acting in the television series The Grinder, as well as the Netflix series Friends from College.
1976Radike Samo, Fijian-Australian rugby player[†]
Radike Samo is an Australian retired rugby union player. He plays lock, flanker, number 8 and can even play on the wing.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]