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Tension between Brazil and the United States appeared to have lessened as President Carter concluded talks with Brazilian leaders, but the two countries seemed still to be far apart on the issues of human rights and nuclear policy. Mr. Carter conceded that those differences existed, but he insisted that “major factors that bind us in harmony With Brazil are much more important.” [Page Al, Columns 4‐5.]
scene in Manhattan Criminal Ct bldg described; illus (M)
Sun Belt states reaction; Houston Mayor James J McConn holds policy is directed at problems of econ distressed cities of North, but does provide means of dealing with pockets of poverty and blight in otherwise healthy and growing cities of area; officials have long pleaded for Fed aid to help treat decay early and postpone fate of older indus cities in North; Houston's rapid growth and physical deterioration of blighted ring around downtown area, populated by minorities, described; illus (M)
Julius Caesar (Play): Frank Dunlop, dir, int; illus
Algeria is expected to award Bechtel Canada a $550 million contract to develop gas field at Rhourde en Nous; signing reptdly awaits agreement on financing; Canada's Export Development Corp is to supply $350 million, with rest provided by consortium of Canadian commercial banks led by Toronto Dominion Bank; Sonatrach official Ait Laoussine says percentage of Algeria's foreign-exch earnings provided by LNG will rise to 37% by '85; illus; map (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 29, 1978, covering March 31, 1978.
Soundtrack
Eric Clapton
Billy Joel
Barry Manilow
Steely Dan
1978Michael Clark, Australian cricketer and footballer[†]
Michael Wayne Clark is an Australian former cricketer and Australian rules footballer.
1978Stephen Clemence, English footballer and manager[†]
Stephen Neal Clemence is an English football coach and former player, who made nearly 250 appearances in the Premier League and Football League playing as a midfielder and was recently manager of EFL League Two club Barrow.
1978Jarrod Cooper, American football player[†]
Jarrod Alexander Cooper is a former American football safety with the Oakland Raiders and Carolina Panthers. He was drafted by the Panthers in the fifth round of the 2001 NFL draft. He played college football at Kansas State.
1978Jérôme Rothen, French footballer[†]
Jérôme René Marcel Rothen is a French former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is a football pundit.
1978Astrid Allwyn, American actress (born 1905)[†]
Astrid Allwyn was an American stage and film actress.
1978Charles Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (born 1899)[†]
Charles Herbert Best, was an American-Canadian medical scientist and one of the co-discoverers of insulin with Frederick Banting. He served as the chair of the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research at the University of Toronto and was further involved in research concerning choline and heparin.
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]