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US has sent frigate Beary and Navy patrol plane to Kenya in symbolic show of support for Kenya in dispute with Uganda; it is 1st landing in Kenya for 1 of planes that now are patrolling Indian Ocean from base on Diego Garcia island; Pentagon officials presumably hope that US presence will deter Ugandan Pres Idi Amin from taking any mil action against Kenyans; map (M)
Players Assn exec bd and Player Relations Com approve intricate pkg that will enable player to become free agent after 6 yrs of major league service; agreement, which replaces so-called reserve system, is divided into 2 parts; part 1 is 4 yr basic agreement covering working conditions and econ terms other than players' salaries; part 2 is 4 yr benefit plan; settlement detailed; negotiations history detailed; Marvin Miller illus (M)
Carter completes ints with Vice-Pres prospects; Hamilton Jordan reptdly leans to Sen Mondale; another aide Charles Kirbo favors Sen John Glenn; party Chmn Robert S Strauss urges RC candidate, and Sen Muskie is only Catholic on Carter's list of prospects; Repr Peter W Rodino Jr withdraws as possible candidate, citing glaucoma condition; reptdly backs Mondale; Glenn is reptdly fading; Muskie and Mondale are said to have performed best in news confs that followed their interviews with Carter; illus of Sen Humphrey with Mondale (M)
Agr Dept predicts record 6.55-billion-bu corn crop in '76 and 2.04-billion-bu wheat crop; '75 wheat crop of 2.13-billion-bu noted (S)
The stock market closed yesterday at its highest level in 41 months as the Dow Jones industrial average reached 1,011.21, up 8.10. Analysts attributed the increase to the continuing economic recovery. Page 47.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 7, 1976, covering July 13, 1976.
Wings
The Beatles
Aerosmith
George Benson
Peter Frampton
1976Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Sheldon Souray is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers, Dallas Stars, and Anaheim Ducks. He was best known for his heavy slapshot, once setting a previous unofficial NHL record for the hardest recorded shot at the Oilers' 2009 Skills Competition.
1976Frederick Hawksworth, English engineer (born 1884)[†]
Frederick William Hawksworth, was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR).
1976Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (born 1915)[†]
Joachim Peiper was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) colonel, convicted war criminal and car salesman. During the Second World War in Europe, Peiper served as personal adjutant to Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SS, and as a tank commander in the Waffen-SS. German historian Jens Westemeier writes that Peiper personified Nazi ideology, as a purportedly ruthless glory-hound commander who was indifferent to the combat casualties of Battle Group Peiper, and who tolerated, expected, and indeed encouraged war crimes by his Waffen-SS soldiers.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]