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October 4, 1976

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Federal Curbs on Spending Cramp Campaign's Style

By R. W. Apple Jr.; Special to The New York Times

New Fed spending curbs cause less eleborate style in Pres campaigns compared to previous yrs; new system frees campaigns from fund‐raising activities but forces them to limit spending and acct for every expenditure; comments from Terry O'Connell, coordinator of Carter Calif campaign, and Martin Hamberger and Richard B Ogilvie, who head Ford's Penna and Ill campaigns resppectively (M)

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Police Moonlighting in Uniform Widespread in Many Big Cities

By Grace Lichtenstein; Special to The New York Times

NY Times survey of 15 large police forces in US finds that it is becoming common practice to allow moonlighting policemen in uniform to hold security jobs for private employers; Denver, Colo, has among most lenient regulations and NYC has among most restrictive; police officials comment; illus (M)

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Control of Hospitals At Issue in the Bronx

By Unknown Author

NYC 1st Deputy Mayor John E Zuccotti, State, County and Munic Employees Dist Council 37 exec dir Victor Gotbaum, Health & Hosps Corp pres John L S Holloman, Chief State Health Comr Frank T Cicero and Dr Kevin Cahill, special asst to Gov for health affairs, meet Oct 3 to discuss North Central Bronx Hosp controversy; issues and possible solutions revd (M)

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ARABS AND ISRAELIS CLASH ON WEST BANK

By William E. Farrell; Special to The New York Times

Rioting and violent clashes erupt between Arab youths and Israeli security forces after Moslems and Jews accuse one another of desecrating Moslem and Jewish artifacts; map; illus (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 29, 1976, covering October 4, 1976.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

    Frampton Comes Alive

    Peter Frampton

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    Peak
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    36
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    Album cover for Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs

    Silk Degrees

    Boz Scaggs

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    Peak
    2
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    29
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    Album cover for Hasten Down The Wind by Linda Ronstadt

    Hasten Down The Wind

    Linda Ronstadt

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    Peak
    3
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    6
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    Album cover for Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac

    Fleetwood Mac

    Fleetwood Mac

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    Peak
    1
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    62
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    Album cover for Wild Cherry by Wild Cherry

    Wild Cherry

    Wild Cherry

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    Peak
    5
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    11

Notable Births

Mauro Camoranesi

1976Mauro Camoranesi, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager[†]

Mauro GermĂĄn Camoranesi Serra is an Argentinian-Italian football manager and former player who played as a right midfielder or right winger.

1976Elisandro Naressi Roos, Brazilian footballer[†]

Elisandro Naressi Roos known as Santiago is a Brazilian footballer.

Alicia Silverstone

1976Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author[†]

Alicia Silverstone is an American actress. She made her film debut in the thriller The Crush (1993), earning the 1994 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, and gained further prominence as a teen idol when she appeared in the music videos for Aerosmith's songs "Cryin'", "Amazing" and "Crazy". She went on to star as Cher Horowitz in the teen comedy film Clueless (1995), which earned her a multi-million-dollar deal with Columbia Pictures. In 1997, she starred in the superhero film Batman & Robin, playing Batgirl.

Ueli Steck

1976Ueli Steck, Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (died 2017)[†]

Ueli Steck was a Swiss rock climber and alpinist. He was the first to climb Annapurna solo via its South Face, and set speed records on the North Face trilogy in the Alps. He won two Piolet d'Or awards, in 2009 and 2014. Having previously summitted Mount Everest, Steck died on 30 April 2017, after a fall during an acclimatizing climb for an attempt on the Hornbein route on the north face of Everest without supplemental oxygen.

Historical Context for October 4, 1976

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