Nadia Comaneci Takes Gymnast Title on 4th, 5th Perfect Scores
Dave Anderson on Comaneci (M)
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Dave Anderson on Comaneci (M)
PASADENA, Calif., July 21 —Viking 1 transmitted today its first color photograph of Mars, revealing light blue skies above reddish soil and rocks of apparently varied chemistry, and also gave scientists further reason to suspect that life might exist on the distant planet.
CAB recommends that 11 additional US met areas be permitted direct airline service to Eur; proposes that Delta and Northwest be given trans-Atlantic routes; Pan Amer chmn William T Seawell scores decision; cities listed; map (L)
warrants are issued on July 21 for arrest of at least 3 San Mateo (Calif) County residents; while officials do not identify suspects, it is learned that they are sons of prominent residents in community of Portola Valley; UPI repts that heavily armed policemen moved into 100-acre estate owned by Fred Newhall Woods 3d, pres of Calif Rock and Gravel Co, which owns quarry where kidnapped children were held; law enforcement officials comment; map (M)
Transportation Sec William T Coleman Jr says NYC will receive $66.2-million Fed mass transit grant (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 21, 1976, covering July 22, 1976.
Peter Frampton
Wings
George Benson
Chicago
Fleetwood Mac
1976Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.[†]
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. With a population of over 110 million, it is the world's twelfth-most-populous country.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]