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Highly decorated NYC Ptl Norman R Cerullo and Christie O Masone shot to death during exchange of gunfire with 2 gunmen in Bedford-Stuyvesant sec of Bklyn; gunman, identified as Maliano Gonzalez, killed and other, Cleveland McKinley Davis, wounded and arrested 8 blocks away by Ptl James Dennedy; incident described; illus; map (M)
Koch goal in negotiations with munic labor unions reptdly is to get them to settle for less than transit workers; union coalition co-chmn Barry Feinstein says coalition will not settle for less (S)
Article on efforts by SUNY Chancellor Clifton R Wharton Jr to see all 64 of univ system's campuses; notes, in 9 wks since he assumed post, he and his wife have toured 12 of them; Wharton illus; map (L)
Oil glut on West Coast has caused prices to fall far short of projections (S)
Western Pacific Industries, intensifying its drive to turn holding co into conglomerate, has 6.7% of outstanding stock in Houghton Mifflin (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 29, 1978, covering April 3, 1978.
Soundtrack
Eric Clapton
Billy Joel
Barry Manilow
Steely Dan
1978Matthew Goode, English actor[†]
Matthew William Goode is an English actor. He made his screen debut in 2002 with ABC's television film Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy Chasing Liberty (2004), for which he received a nomination at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male. He then appeared in a string of supporting roles in films, such as Woody Allen's Match Point (2005), the romantic comedy Imagine Me and You (2006), and the period drama Copying Beethoven (2006). He earned praise for his performances as Charles Ryder in the 2008 film adaptation of the novel Brideshead Revisited and as Ozymandias in the superhero film Watchmen (2009). He then starred in the romantic comedy Leap Year (2010) and Australian drama Burning Man (2011), the latter earning him a nomination for Best Actor at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards.
1978Tommy Haas, German-American tennis player[†]
Thomas Mario Haas is a German–American former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017, and was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in May 2002. Haas won 15 career titles in singles, including a Masters title at the 2001 Stuttgart Masters, and a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He reached the semifinals of the Australian Open three times, and in Wimbledon once. He reached the quarterfinal stage at each of the majors.
1978John Smit, South African rugby player[†]
John William Smit, OIS, is a South African former professional rugby union player and former chief executive officer of the Sharks. He was the 50th captain of the Springbok rugby union team and led the team to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He played most of his senior career as a hooker, but also won 13 caps as a prop, where he had also played for South Africa's under-21 team. He retired from international rugby following the 2011 Rugby World Cup as the most-capped South African player ever, with 111 appearances.
1978Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (born 1903)[†]
Raymond Stanley Noble was an English jazz and big band musician, who was a bandleader, composer and arranger, as well as a radio host, television and film comedian and actor; he also performed in the United States. He is best known for his signature tune, "The Very Thought of You" and "Cherokee".
1978Winston Sharples, American composer (born 1909)[†]
Winston Singleton Sharples was an American composer known for his work with animated short subjects, especially those created by the animation department at Paramount Pictures. In his 35-year career, Sharples scored more than 700 cartoons for Paramount and Famous Studios, and composed music for two Frank Buck films, Wild Cargo (1934) and Fang and Claw (1935).
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]