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Scientists rept progress in isolating cause of post-transfusion hepatitis cases not caused by either type A or B viruses, news conf at Natl Insts of Health; have produced that form of hepatitis in chimpanzees; Drs Harvey J Alter and Edward Tabor comment (S)
WASHINGTON; March 27 .-FoIloiving- are the highlights of President Carter's proposed urban policy:
Carter visit set, (S)
UMW and Assoc Bituminous Contractors reach agreement on new contract on Mar 27, but picketing construction workers still keep many miners off the job, and it is feared that pickets may close other mines on Mar 28; resentment has grown between miners and construction workers since miners' walkout began last yr, before construction contract expired; was sharpened when miners voted to return to work before affiliated div could settle its contract; illus (M)
Announcing new urban policy
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 22, 1978, covering March 28, 1978.
Soundtrack
Billy Joel
Eric Clapton
Jackson Browne
Steely Dan
1978Nathan Cayless, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player and coach[†]
Nathan Frederick Cayless is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, and has coached in the 2010s. He played at representative level for New Zealand (captain), and at club level in the National Rugby League (NRL) for the Parramatta Eels, for whom he was a long-time captain, as a prop. He captained the New Zealand national team to a Rugby League World Cup victory over Australia in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, and coached at club level in the Intrust Super Premiership for the Wentworthville Magpies from 2016 to 2018.
1978The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.[†]
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law. It also has original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases, specifically "all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party." In 1803, the Court asserted itself the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the Constitution via the landmark case Marbury v. Madison. It is also able to strike down presidential directives for violating either the Constitution or statutory law.
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]