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In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]
1978Daigo, Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and voice actor[†]
Daigo Naitō , known mononymously as Daigo, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, television personality and voice actor. He debuted in 2003 as Daigo Stardust under Victor Entertainment. In 2007, he formed the rock band Breakerz. With the solo debut of Akihide, Daigo continued his solo project in 2013, but dropped the pseudonym surname "Stardust".
1978Bernt Haas, Austrian-Swiss footballer[†]
Bernt Haas is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is the sporting director of FC Schaffhausen.
1978Rachel Roberts, Canadian model and actress[†]
Rachel Roberts is a Canadian model and actress. Roberts has appeared in numerous ad campaigns, most notably for Biotherm Skin Care Products, and she became well known in the United States as the title character in the film Simone.
1978Jocelyn Robichaud, Canadian tennis player and coach[†]
Jocelyn Robichaud is a former tour professional tennis player. Robichaud captured three junior Grand Slam titles and played Davis Cup for Canada. More of a doubles specialist, he won three Challenger events in doubles and reached a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 119.
1978Evans Rutto, Kenyan runner[†]
Evans Rutto is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specialises in road running events. He made the fastest-ever marathon debut by winning the 2003 Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:05:50. He won the London Marathon and a second title in Chicago the following year.
Pres Carter defers production of neutron bomb, White House statement; says US will refrain from production of weapon in immediate future, but that decision could be reversed if USSR fails to show restraint in future weapons deployment; announcement is greeted with criticism on Capitol Hill; is scored by Sens Nunn and Baker, but wins tentative approval from Sen Byrd (M)
Mayor Koch and a notably small group of 11,736 fellow citizens welcomed baseball back to New York yesterday hi Shea Stadium and watched Jerry Koosman pitch the Mets into their new era with a 3‐1 victory over the Montreal Expos.
12,000 WORKERS RETURN TODAY Pact, With 20% Raise Over 3 Years, Comes as State Finds Conditions at Facilities ‘Critically Bad’
Apr 8: Carter Adm officials say Israel broke unpublicized agreement with US when it used cluster bombs in southern Lebanon; agreement permits Israel to use cluster bombs only in full-scale war; Adm seeks to minimize issue because Israel has apologized for using bombs but Repr Paul N McCloskey Jr wants issue publicized (M)
Preliminary unofficial returns show that Pres Marcos's New Soc Movement is headed for overwhelming victory in elections for interim Natl Assembly amid evidence of fraudulent ballot counting and police harassment of opposition; some returns noted; illus (M)
special state prosecutor Alfred J Scotti, whose recommendations Gov Carey cited as his reasons for granting pardons in Attica prison uprising, specifically recommended against clemency for Davis; Carey comments (M)
illus with Defense Min Ustinov aboard cruiser off Vladivostok
A Gutenberg Bible sold at auction yesterday for $2 million, the highest price ever known to have been paid for a book.
Labor Dept repts jobless rate rose in Mar to 6.2%, 1st increase in 7 mos; says increase was probably attributable in part to sluggish econ growth for 1st qr '78; jobless rate among all white workers was 5.3% as against 12.4% for blacks and other minority workers; Repr Richard Boiling, chmn of Joint Econ Com, comments; total employment rose by 263,000, to 93.3 million and labor force grew by 321,000 workers; number of jobless rose by 58,000 with total number put at 6.1 million; Commerce Dept chief economist Courtney M Slater, Sam I Nakagama, economist for Kidder Peabody & Co, Rudy Oswald, AFL-CIO research dept dir and BLS Comr Julius Shiskin comment; graphs (M)
Mrs Valentin Agapov tells Western newsmen in Moscow of her 4 unsuccessful attempts to get to Sweden to join her husband, who jumped ship in Stockholm in '74; says she tried to rendezvous secretly with Western pilot near Finnish border; illus (M)
Community leaders agree to hold 1st direct elections for embryonic Eur Parliament in June '79, meeting, Copenhagen; issue 'Declaration on Democracy' aimed at protecting and strenghtening peace and freedom (M)
bombs wreck 4 elec pylons of co hired to build controversial nuclear power station near Bilbao, Spain (S)