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Viking I arm successfully scoops up Martian soil and deposits it into spacecraft's automated biological labs; project mgr James Martin comments; illus (M)
Brit Govt breaks diplomatic relations with Uganda; decision follows 4 yrs of growing tension between 2 countries, culminating in Uganda's failure to explain whereabouts of Dora Bloch (M)
Clarke Reed, chmn of Miss delegation to Repub Natl Conv, endorses Pres Ford candidacy, July 28 statement issued at Miss Repub hq, Jackson; links endorsement to Ronald Reagan's designation of liberal Sen Richard S Schweiker as his running mate; speaks of Ford assurance that he will choose compatible running mate; Schweiker says he has persuaded 20 Penna delegates to abandon Ford, July 29 press conf; NY Times poll of Penna delegation turns up only 1 Reagan convert; Sen Hugh Scott and Repr John J Rhodes illus after meeting with Pres Ford July 28; Reed and Scott illus (L)
Article on long waits by NYC police in cts before arraignment of suspects; prearraignment proposal to reduce wait is focus of debate over its efficiency; proponents say it would save Police Dept $3-million a yr in overtime as well as strengthen st force; opponents contend it would violate defendants' rights and ultimately cost city more money in additional ct costs; Legal Aid Soc opposed; Deputy Comr Francis B Looney and Dist Atty Mario Merola comment (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 28, 1976, covering July 29, 1976.
George Benson
Peter Frampton
Wings
Chicago
Jefferson Starship
1976Mickey Cohen, American gangster (born 1913)[†]
Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen was an American gangster based in Los Angeles and boss of the Cohen crime family during the mid-20th century.
1976In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.[†]
David Richard Berkowitz, also known as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer and former U.S. Army soldier who committed a series of stabbings and shootings between 1975 and 1977 in New York City, killing six people and wounding eleven others. Armed with a .44 Special caliber Bulldog revolver during most of his crimes, he terrorized New Yorkers with many letters mocking the police and promising further crimes, leading to possibly the biggest manhunt in the city's history.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]