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Article on Offshore Tech Conf held last wk in Houston; illus (M)
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Article on Offshore Tech Conf held last wk in Houston; illus (M)
Sadat calls for natl referendum that would have effect of purging leftists and members of New Wafd Party, who have been calling attention to nation's econ problems (M)
BUSINESS is good. Not so good as it was 25 years ago, of course, but, having been at the “bottom of the barrel,” as John Condon says, boxing people have to be very happy.
Article on Hungary's energy difficulties in light of Soviet insistence that it look elsewhere for additional supplies of oil; illus of workers laying pipeline to carry Middle Eastern crude oil (M)
Zaire repts attack on southern prov of Shaba, formerly known as Katanga, by Katangan rebels from Angola who had entered country through Zambia; map (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 10, 1978, covering May 15, 1978.
Soundtrack
Wings
Eric Clapton
Kansas
Jefferson Starship
1978Amy Chow, American gymnast and pediatrician[†]
Amy Yuen Yee Chow is an American former artistic gymnast who competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. She is best known for being a member of the Magnificent Seven, which won the United States' first team gold medal in Olympic gymnastics. She is also the first Asian-American woman to win an Olympic medal in gymnastics.
1978Dwayne De Rosario, Canadian soccer player[†]
Dwayne Anthony De Rosario OOnt is a Canadian former professional soccer player, who played as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. A versatile attacker, he played for the Toronto Lynx, FSV Zwickau and Richmond Kickers early in his career. He came to prominence in the 2000s playing in Major League Soccer for the San Jose Earthquakes, Houston Dynamo, Toronto FC, New York Red Bulls and D.C. United. A four-time MLS Cup champion, he also won the 2011 MLS Most Valuable Player award. He is the ninth-leading scorer in MLS history with 104 goals. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most decorated Canadian players of all time.

1978Edu, Brazilian footballer[†]
Eduardo César Daud Gaspar, known as Edu or Edu Gaspar, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and most recently as sporting director of Premier League club Arsenal. As a player, he was an attacking and central midfielder, and played for Corinthians in Brazil, Arsenal in England, and Valencia in Spain across a twelve-year career.
1978David Krumholtz, American actor[†]
David Krumholtz is an American actor. Krumholtz is best known for portraying Bernard in The Santa Clause franchise (1994–present), Michael Eckman in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Goldstein in the Harold & Kumar film trilogy (2004–2011), Charlie Eppes in the CBS drama series Numb3rs (2005–2010), and Isidor Isaac Rabi in Oppenheimer (2023).
1978Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1894)[†]
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966. He held office as the leader of the United Australia Party (UAP) in his first term, and subsequently as the inaugural leader of the Liberal Party of Australia in his second. He was the member of parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Kooyong from 1934 to 1966. He is the longest-serving prime minister in Australian history.
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]