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September 9, 1976

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65 of West Point's Cadets Swear Top Students and Athletes Cheat

By Pranay Gupte Special to The New York Times

sworn statements by 65 cadets accused of violating honor code assert that nearly 700 colleagues, including high-ranking students and capts of athletic teams, engaged in cheating in 'fixing' of student honor bds to obtain not-guilty verdicts; accuse '74 graduate Frederick Borman of accepting $1,200 bribe to change vote on honor bd; Borman's father is chmn of 5-member rev panel apptd by Hoffmann to rev cheating scandal (M)

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Police in New York Will Reinforce Midnight Patrol and Cut Days Off

By Selwyn Raab

Codd approves new schedules that will substantially raise number of officers assigned to midnight-to-8 AM patrol duty; schedules also cut 1,000 hq and clerical officers from 8 1/2-hr work day to 8 hr work day, forcing them to give up 16 days off a yr they get for working extra half hour a day; cut officers on patrol to 8 hr and 15-min day, forcing them to give up 10 days off; police comdr says Codd decided to 'beef up' midnight-to-8 shift because it was severly cut following police layoffs last yr; tour will be increased by some 300 officers from present 1,167 avg; other patrol tours will also be increased, but not as much as midnight tour; dept reptdly plans to put schedules into effect early in Oct; PBA again scores police layoffs, conv, Tannersville, NY; will oppose cut in days off for desk officers in ct (M)

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Carter Suggests That U .S. Foster Rights Overseas

By Charles Mohr Special to The New York Times

Carter gives foreign policy address to Natl Conf of B'nai B'rith, Sept 8, Washington, DC; visits Ohio mill towns and Polish area of Pittsburgh; Carter campaign in Northeast and Midwest seen emphasizing white ethnic groups, many predominantly Roman Catholic; Cater illus (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 8, 1976, covering September 9, 1976.

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    Album cover for Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

    Frampton Comes Alive

    Peter Frampton

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    33
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    Album cover for Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac

    Fleetwood Mac

    Fleetwood Mac

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    59
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    Album cover for Spitfire by Jefferson Starship

    Spitfire

    Jefferson Starship

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    10
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    Album cover for Breezin' by George Benson

    Breezin'

    George Benson

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    22
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    Album cover for Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs

    Silk Degrees

    Boz Scaggs

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    26

Notable Births

Emma de Caunes

1976Emma de Caunes, French actress[†]

Emma de Caunes is a French actress.

1976El Intocable, Mexican wrestler[†]

René "Ricky" Gómez Espinoza, better known under the ring name El Intocable, is a Mexican professional wrestler, actor, and model, best known for his work in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) from 1997 until his departure in 2008. He also played the role of Gaspar on the Mexican telenovela Duelo de Pasiones.

Hanno MöttölÀ

1976Hanno MöttölĂ€, Finnish basketball player[†]

Hanno Aleksanteri MöttölÀ is a Finnish basketball coach and a former professional basketball player. He is currently working as an assistant coach of Finland national team. A power forward, MöttölÀ played for the Atlanta Hawks in the National Basketball Association (NBA), becoming the first player from Finland to play in the NBA.

1976Joey Newman, American composer and conductor[†]

Joey Newman is an American film composer, orchestrator, arranger and conductor working in the fields of film and television.

Mattias Öhlund

1976Mattias Öhlund, Swedish ice hockey player[†]

Kenneth Mattias Öhlund is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Vancouver Canucks and Tampa Bay Lightning. Öhlund played two seasons in the Swedish Allsvenskan, the second highest tier of hockey in Sweden, with PiteĂ„ HC before being selected by the Canucks 13th overall in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He then joined LuleĂ„ HF of the Elitserien, the highest league in Sweden, winning the Le Mat Trophy as league champions in 1996. He began his NHL career with Vancouver in 1997–98, the start of an 11-year tenure with the club in which he became the Canucks' all-time leader in points for a defenceman. Öhlund would play the final two seasons of his professional career with the Tampa Bay Lightning before retiring in 2011. A serious eye injury before his third NHL season was the first of many injuries Öhlund has sustained over his career, and he only played a full season twice in his 13-year NHL career.

Aki Riihilahti

1976Aki Riihilahti, Finnish footballer and coach[†]

Aki Pasinpoika Riihilahti is a Finnish sports executive and a former professional footballer. He was known as a hard working defensive midfielder. He is the CEO of HJK Helsinki. He was voted by leading European clubs to be the vice-chairman of European Club Association (ECA), and has also important positions both in the UEFA club competition committee and in the FIFA stakeholders committee.

Kristoffer Rygg

1976Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer[†]

Kristoffer Rygg, also known as Garm, Trickster G. Rex and God Head, is a Norwegian vocalist, musician and producer known primarily for his work with Ulver, Arcturus, and Borknagar.

Notable Deaths

Mao Zedong

1976Mao Zedong, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician, 1st Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (born 1893)[†]

Mao Zedong was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949 and led the country from its establishment until his death in 1976. Mao served as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1943 until his death, and as the party's de facto leader from 1935. His theories, which he advocated as a Chinese adaptation of Marxism–Leninism, are known as Maoism.

Historical Events

1976 Anapa mid-air collision

1976Two Aeroflot flights collide in mid-air over Anapa, Soviet Union, killing 70.[†]

The 1976 Anapa mid-air collision was the collision of Aeroflot Flight 7957 and Aeroflot Flight S-31 on 9 September 1976, off the coast of Anapa in the Soviet Union. All 70 people on the two aircraft were killed in the crash. The primary cause of the accident was determined to be error by the air traffic controller; investigators never recovered the fuselage of the Yak-40.

Historical Context for September 9, 1976

In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]