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In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]
1978Jared Crouch, Australian footballer[†]
Jared Crouch is a former Australian football player with the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League (AFL), who is colloquially known as "Crouchie" to Swans fans and the media. He currently serves as a development coach at the Sydney Swans.
1978Mike Hessman, American baseball player and coach[†]
Michael Steven Hessman is an American former professional baseball first baseman and third baseman. He is currently a hitting coach for the Toledo Mud Hens. He played in MLB for the Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, and New York Mets, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes.
1978Kimberly McCullough, American actress, singer, and dancer[†]
Kimberly Anne McCullough is an American actress and television director. She is best known for her role as Robin Scorpio on the soap opera General Hospital, a role which she originated at age seven, playing the character on and off from 1985 to 2000 and 2004 to 2018, in addition to 2021. She has subsequently taken a step back from acting in order to focus on directing.
1978Carlos Ochoa, Mexican footballer[†]
Carlos Augusto Ochoa Mendoza is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a striker.
1978The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.[†]
Landsat 3 is the third satellite of the Landsat program. It was launched on March 5, 1978, with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite imagery. Unlike later Landsat satellites, Landsat 3 was managed solely by NASA. Landsat 3 decommissioned on September 7, 1983, beyond its design life of one year. The data collected during Landsat 3's lifetime was used by 31 countries. Countries that cannot afford their own satellite are able to use the data for ecological preservation efforts and to determine the location of natural resources.
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Ania Savage article describes her tour of Cape Canaveral's launching facilities and its exhibits; illus (M)
ANY DAY now, there might be a crocus or a robin. And a spring day when woolly hats and mufflers become unnecessary and one can shake out one's hair and show one's face again.
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TO help Long Islanders with the difficult task of finding and purchasing the best hospital care, Community Advocates has prepared a guide showing costs, what is available, where it is and how to get there.
Article on FHA mortgage ins notes liberalized regulations is fueling single-family home mkt as flow of funds into savings insts is shrinking; new regulations, contained in Housing and Community Development Act of '77, raises limit on ins from $45,000 to $60,000, up from $30,000 to $45,000 in '72 (L)
V Canby article on Acad of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards; illus (M)
AT the time of his death at the age of 55 last May 9, James Jones had completed all but the three closing chapters of “Whistle,” the third volume of the massive World War II trilogy that he began in 1951 with “From Here to Eternity” and continued with “The Thin Red Line” in 1962. His close friend
Article revs continuing setbacks for dollar; cites delay in confirmation of G William Miller as Fed Reserve Bd Chmn and disclosure of another trade deficit for US; notes news conf in which Pres Carter said US is doing all it can to support dollar; graph depicts dollar declines against Ger mark and Swiss franc, '70-78 (M)
Article on demolition cos in NYC; notes heyday of demolition, during urban renewal and construction boom of '50s, '60s and early '70s; is over; House Wreckers Union Local 95 mgr Michael Novak says membership is 320, down from 2,500 contractors in late '30s; illus (L)
Pres Carter's econ advisers consider proposed contract highly inflationary; say it will mean substantial rise in coal and elec prices, signal to other unions and employers that White House is not ready to enforce standards for non-inflationary wage-price behavior and indicate to teamsters that Carter will get them a more generous contract if they wait for shutdown of trucking to create air of natl crisis (M)