Currency Comptroller Heimann rept on '77 performance of natl banks finds improved earnings, other favorable statistics; expresses concern that assets grew faster than capital; finds assets grew 13% to nearly $800-billion; finds capital grew 9% to $48-billion (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 29, 1978, covering March 29, 1978.

1
Saturday Night Fever
Soundtrack
Last week
1
Peak
1
Weeks
32
2
Slowhand
Eric Clapton
Last week
3
Peak
2
Weeks
19
3
The Stranger
Billy Joel
Last week
2
Peak
2
Weeks
26
4
Even Now
Barry Manilow
Last week
6
Peak
4
Weeks
6
5
Aja
Steely Dan
Last week
5
Peak
3
Weeks
25

Notable Births

1978Ian Holding, Zimbabwean writer^[†]

Ian Holding, is a Caucasian Zimbabwean writer. His first novel, Unfeeling was critically acclaimed on publication in the United Kingdom in 2005, and was one of the first fictional attempts dealing with the complex political and social situation in Zimbabwe, in particular the country's controversial Land Reform Programme. According to South African commentator and academic, Michiel Heyns, "one of the achievements of this remarkable novel is to obtrude, without preaching or moralising, a much more thoughtful and critical assessment of power relations in Zimbabwe." The novel was shortlisted for the 2006 Dylan Thomas Prize and was named as "One of the Year's Best Books" by both Newsweek and The Globe & Mail.

Historical Context for March 29, 1978

In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people^[†]

Headlines from March 29, 1978

TRADE WITH SOVIET FELL 26.5% IN 1977; U.S. EXPORTS DOWN

The Woman Whose Book Is About Men

News Summary

LIVING COSTS UP 06% IN FEBRUARY, SPURRED BY FOOD PRICE SURGE

Citicorp Executive Sees 10 to 15% Rise In Industrial Loans

Saturday Night Fever

Slowhand

The Stranger

Even Now

Aja

Notable Births

Historical Context for March 29, 1978