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Vance says his Feb 10 comments were mere repetition of views expressed publicly before; State Dept official says Carter Adm did not endorse Begin's peace proposal, but simply found it a possible basis for negotiations; Dayan, in int with NY Times, raises questions about ability of US to continue as neutral intermediary; still plans to meet with Vance on Feb 16 (M)
McGuire, in surprise prelude to union negotiations, hopes for 'real dollar increases' for police in coming contract talks with PBA; PBA officials applaud action; McGuire discusses stand; por (M)
Teachers at Staley JHS, Rome, score proposed basic competency test for hs grad, contending standards are too low; fear scores will be used to 'deceive' parents and employers; are also concerned that adm and scoring of test will take time away from classroom teaching time (S)
Bankers Trust Co projects demand for credit will increase $335.5-billion in '78, up from $329.6-billion rise in '77; Salomon Brothers forecasts $348.1-billion rise in net demand; Bankers Trust economist Donald E Woolley, who prepared credit forecast with Beverly Lowen, does not expect financial mkts to be strained this yr; Salomon rept, written by Henry Kaufman and James McKeon, predicts credit mkts face difficult challenge; both repts project higher short- and long-term interest rates; other figures (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 8, 1978, covering February 13, 1978.
Soundtrack
Rod Stewart
Earth| Wind & Fire
Queen
Billy Joel
1978Niklas BĂ€ckström, Finnish ice hockey player[â ]
Niklas Oskar BÀckström is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender and current goaltending coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets. He played ten seasons for the Minnesota Wild and Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League (NHL), during which he won both the William M. Jennings Trophy and Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award. He also has won both Urpo Ylönen trophy and Jari Kurri trophy twice. BÀckström is a Swedish-speaking Finn, but also speaks Finnish.
1978Philippe Jaroussky, French singer[â ]
Philippe Jaroussky is a French countertenor. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the Versailles conservatory, and then took up the piano before turning to singing.
1978Cory Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[â ]
Cory Murphy is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently a player development coach for the Seattle Kraken.
1978Hilton bombing: A bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.[â ]
The Sydney Hilton Hotel bombing occurred on 13 February 1978, when a bomb exploded outside the Hilton Hotel in George Street, Sydney, Australia. The hotel was hosting the first Commonwealth Heads of Government Regional Meeting (CHOGRM), a regional offshoot of the biennial meetings of the heads of government from across the Commonwealth of Nations.
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[â ]