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In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[â ]
1978LĂșcio, Brazilian footballer[â ]
Lucimar Ferreira da Silva, commonly known as LĂșcio, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. A tall and physically strong defender who excelled in the air, he is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation. His long, surging, galloping runs on the ball earned him the nickname O Cavalo.
1978The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.[â ]
Mount Everest, known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the ChinaâNepal border at its summit. Its height was most recently measured in 2020 by Chinese and Nepali authorities as 8,848.86Â m.
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THEY have been. called everything from lionesses to kittens. Australians who cherished the. youthful feats of Ken Rosewall and Lew Hoad label them “the young oldies.” Wendy Turnbull, who is ranked among the top 10 women players, says that Traty Austin, Pam Shriver, Anne Smith and Carokine Stoll show no respect or fear for the top cats on the women's pro tennis tour.
SALISBURY, Rhodesia, May 7—Bishop Abel Muzorewa's political faction today again raised the prospect of abandoning the shaky biracial ruling coalition here unless the Government reversed itself on its dismissal of a black serving as cominister of justice.
Washington, DC, Station: Some high Fed officials want to convert Natl Visitors Center, Washington, DC, back to rr terminal; cite high cost overruns in creating center, lack of interest in center and crowding at new train station; reasons for cost overruns discussed; project, begun in '68, has run out of money and has been at standstill for past 2 yrs; success of reconversion is problematic since it is conditioned on a sharp increase in train travel in NE over next 5 yrs; train terminal and center illus (L)
OPEC mins end Taif meeting divided over whether to raise oil prices when they reconvene formally in Geneva in June; Sheik Yamani predicts that current world oil glut will end by end of next yr and that balance of supply and demand will last for about 7 yrs; says there will be no price increase this yr; 6ânation com is formed to deal with unresolved issues, such as pricing mechanism and present supply glut; comments by Mohammed Yeganeh (Iran), Ezzudin alâMabrouk (Libya), Mohammed Ghozali (Algeria) and OPEC Sec Gen Ali Jaidah noted (M)
LANDOVER, Md., May 7 — The Washington Bullets made another point for team basketball today as they overwhelmed the Philadelphia 76ers, the kings of one‐on‐one play, 121‐105. at the Capital Centre.
In the late editions of Saturday's Times it was incorrectly. stated in a headline that’ two former Salomon officers had been .sentenced to jail. The men involved are.former officers of S..J. Salmon & Company, a, nOw defunct brokerage house.
Interest rates seen likely to rise as foreign central banks and US state and local govts, which together provided $45 billion of $52.2 billion Treas borrowed in '77, cut back purchases; central banks have cut back holdings by almost $4 billion in last mo and IRS has proposed rule changes that would cut back munic purchases after May 16 (M)
RAND Corp study finds wage gap between black and white women has almost disappeared in recent yrs; cites increased and improved educ for blacks; says Govtâmandated minority hiring programs have been ârelatively minorâ contributor (S)
Ital police, pressing their search for Moro, arrest 26 persons in 2 days on suspicion of being Red Brigades supporters; Mrs Moro reptdly receives âfarewellâ lr; Communist leader Berlinguer comments (M)
Article on New Era, Diamond M's semisubmersible drilling rig now working Baltimore Canyon for Continental Oil; advantages of semisubmersibles over drill ships and jackâup rigs noted; other semisubmersibles working canyon are Ocean Victory, which Texaco has leased from Ocean Drilling & Exploration, and Pacesetter II, which Shell has leased from Western Oceanic; diagram; illus (M)
Hill, in strong showing that is interpreted as reflection of changing soc and pol makeup of Tex, apparently has defeated Briscoe in Dem gubernatorial primary; illus (M)