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Justice Dept, appealing ruling that Fed Reserve must disclose monetary policy directives as soon as they are made, says Treas estimates move would increase its underwriting costs by $300 million a yr (S)
Apr 17: Israeli Cabinet, in attempt to resolve one of chief sources of friction with US, issues statement reaffirming that UN Security Council Resolution 242 remains basis for negotiations with Arab nations; Labor Party opposes Begin Govt's conciliatory move; Dayan wrote statement; Cabinet Sec Aryeh Naor comments (M)
Vance and Owen win 'guarded' S African support for efforts to keep alive chances of arranging talks between Rhodesian Govt and guerrilla leaders; S African Foreign Min Roelof F Botha says that while S Africa would not put pressure on Rhodesian Govt, his Govt strongly favors peaceful solution in Rhodesia (L)
2d article deals with new efforts of agencies to bolster their defenses against fraud; says HR is expected to approve legis mandating establishment of central, semi-autonomous office of inspector gen in 12 Fed agencies that each yr spend $100 billion, and that HEW Dept already has created Office of Inspector Gen; notes Atty Gen Bell has sought to increase Justice Dept efforts to combat white-collar crime against Govt; notes Law Enforcement Assistance Adm has made series of grants to help local prosecutors improve their ability to deal with econ crimes; explores reasons for Govt's inefficiency in dealing with such fraud; says Govt lacks built-in incentives to protect itself, that there are very few controls on how money is spent, and seemingly no immediate victims; says sheer size and complexity of many programs makes enforcement difficult; adds that many Fed programs are run by state, county or city govts which feel no proprietary interest in protecting Fed funds from fraud; says underlying explanation is that program mgrs frequently come from constituencies they are serving and expect to join them when they leave Govt service, or have financial interests in those areas (L)
merger agreement reached by Kaiser Cement and Gypsum Corp and Medusa in $150 million transaction; combined co will be known as Kaiser Medusa Corp (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 12, 1978, covering April 17, 1978.
Soundtrack
Eric Clapton
Barry Manilow
Billy Joel
George Benson
1978Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer, German skier[â ]
Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer is a retired German alpine skier and gold medal winner at FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.
1978Lindsay Hartley, American actress[â ]
Lindsay Hartley is an American actress. She first came to attention with three long-running soap opera roles: Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald on Passions, Cara Castillo on All My Children, and Arianna Hernandez on Days of Our Lives. Since leaving soap operas, Korman has appeared in a number of made for television films on the Lifetime network.
1978Jason White, Scottish rugby player[â ]
Jason Phillip Randall White is a Scottish former rugby union footballer. He was a utility forward who played in the second or back row of the scrum â lock, flanker, or number eight. White played at club level for Glasgow Caledonians ; the French Top 14 side ASM Clermont Auvergne; and English Premiership side Sale Sharks. He won 77 caps playing for Scotland, captaining the side on 19 occasions.
1978Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan.[â ]
Mir Akbar Khyber was an Afghan left-wing intellectual and a leader of the Parcham faction of People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). His assassination by an unidentified person or people led to the overthrow of Mohammed Daoud Khan's republic, and to the advent of a socialist regime in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[â ]