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Augustus A. Beekman, an assistant fire chief with 31 years in the department, was appointed New York City Fire Commissioner yesterday by Mayor Koch.
NYS cattle breeder Jerome Brody wins top hons for Black Angus bulls at Natl Western Stock Show, Denver Col (M)
Jan 18: foreign mins of Egypt and Israel open talks in Jerusalem; reiterate their differences in sharp public exchs but begin in private to discuss possible compromises; meeting is attended by Moshe Dayan, Mohammed Ibrahim Kamel and Sec Cyrus Vance; Prime Min Menachem Begin surprises guests at dinner by sternly lecturing Kamel; was apparently irritated by latter's earlier reiteration of Egypt's demands for Israeli withdrawal from all lands taken in '67 war and for self-determination for Palestinians; says peace could not be restored if Israel had to withdraw or to agree to partition of Jerusalem again; sr Egyptian official says that despite sharp comments a compromise could be reached on basis of expected US proposal arising from Pres Carter's 3-point statement at Aswan (L)
Commerce Dept says strike cut energy material production by 3% in Dec, holding indus output advance to just 0.2% (S)
Thomas E. Mullaney discusses President Carter's tax package, which is being dissected and debated even before its details are unveiled. Page D3.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 18, 1978, covering January 18, 1978.
Soundtrack
Rod Stewart
Earth| Wind & Fire
Electric Light Orchestra
Fleetwood Mac
1978Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player[†]
Brian Thomas Falkenborg is a former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, and St. Louis Cardinals. Internationally, he played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
1978Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist[†]
Thor Hushovd is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer. He is known for sprinting and time trialing; Hushovd is a three-time Norwegian national road race champion, and was the winner of the 2010 World Road Race Championships. He was the first Norwegian to lead the Tour de France, and first Scandinavian to win the road race in cycling world road championship. He is also the Scandinavian with the most stage wins in Grand Tours. He is widely considered the greatest Norwegian cyclist of all time. He retired in September 2014.
1978Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian footballer[†]
Bogdan Ionuț Lobonț is a Romanian professional football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper, currently technical director at Liga III club CSM Olimpia Satu Mare.
1978Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (born 1919)[†]
Muhammad Hasan Askari (1919 – 18 January 1978) was a Pakistani scholar, literary critic, writer and linguist of modern Urdu language. Initially "Westernized", he translated western literary, philosophical and metaphysical work into Urdu, notably classics of American, English, French and Russian literature. But in his later years, through personal experiences, geopolitical changes and the influence of authors like René Guénon, and traditional scholars of India towards more latter part of his life, like Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi, he became a notable critic of the West and proponent of Islamic culture and ideology.
1978The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.[†]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The court hears applications alleging that a contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights enumerated in the convention or its optional protocols to which a member state is a party. The court is based in Strasbourg, France.
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]