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June 24, 1978

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Historical Context for June 24, 1978

In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people^[†]

Notable Births

1978Luis García, Spanish footballer^[†]

Luis Javier García Sanz is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a winger.

1978Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer^[†]

Pantelis Kafes is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Due to his follow to the example of Osvaldo Ardiles, he was known for being one of very few outfield players to have worn the number 1 jersey and has won acclaim for his creative abilities and passing skills.

1978Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer^[†]

Shunsuke Nakamura is a Japanese former professional footballer. He is currently a first-team coach of Yokohama FC. He is the only person to have been named J.League Most Valuable Player more than once, receiving the award in 2000 and 2013. Renowned as one of the best free kick takers ever and one of the greatest Japanese footballers of all time, Steve Perryman once remarked that Nakamura "could open a tin of beans with his left foot".

1978Ariel Pink, American singer-songwriter^[†]

Ariel Marcus Rosenberg, professionally known as Ariel Pink, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter whose work draws heavily from the popular music of the 1960s–1980s. His lo-fi aesthetic and home-recorded albums proved influential to many indie musicians starting in the late 2000s. He is frequently cited as the "godfather" of the hypnagogic pop and chillwave movements, and he is credited with galvanizing a larger trend involving the evocation of the media, sounds, and outmoded technologies of prior decades, as well as an equal appreciation between high and low art in independent music.

1978Juan Román Riquelme, Argentinian footballer^[†]

Juan Román Riquelme is an Argentine former professional footballer and current president of Boca Juniors, the club where he spent the majority of his playing career. He is considered by various journalists, players and coaches as one of the greatest playmakers of all time.

1978Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist and songwriter^[†]

Erno Matti Juhani "Emppu" Vuorinen is a Finnish guitarist, most famous for being a founding member and occasional songwriter of the symphonic metal band Nightwish. He is the oldest of five children, having a twin brother and three younger sisters. He started to play guitar as a private study at the age of 12 and since then has played in various bands including Nightwish, Brother Firetribe, Barilari, Almah, and Altaria.

Notable Deaths

1978Robert Charroux, French author and critic (born 1909)^[†]

Robert Charroux was the best-known pen-name of Robert Joseph Grugeau. He was a French author known for his writings on the ancient astronaut theme.

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Headlines from June 24, 1978

Air Controllers End Slowdown

By Jerry Flint

slowdown ends (M)

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Adoption Abroad BringsHeartache To Some Couples

By Wendell Rawls Jr. Special to The New York Times

Article on medical and other problems parents face in adopting foreign children; foreign adoptions have more than quadrupled between '68 and '76 from 1,612 to 6,550 (M)

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CRITICS OF BRZEZINSKI REBUTTED BY CARTEE

By Terence Smith;Special to The New York Times

Pres Carter accuses unnamed 'special interest groups’ of making Brzezinski 'scapegoat’ of his Adm, speech, Forth Worth, Tex; scores Cuba and USSR for attacks against Brzezinski (M)

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Albany Senate, Defying Carey, Recesses Indefinitely

By Richard J. Meislin Special to The New York Times

illus of Sen Majority Leader Warren M Anderson as Sen recesses

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Red Brigades Trial Ends in Italy; 29 Given Sentences, 16 Cleared

By Henry Tanner;Special to The New York Times

29 members of Red Brigades are sentenced to up to 15 yrs in prison after 15-wk trial; 16 members are acquitted; orgn leaders Renato Curcio and Pietro Bassi receive 15 yrs in prison; Red Brigades issue leaflet distributed in Genoa saying Esposito was ’executed’ by orgn because of his role as ‘counterrevolutionary agent’; illus of Judge Barbaro reading verdicts in Turin ct (M)

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U.S. RECALLS ENVOY TO CHILE IN PROTEST ON LETELIER INQUIRY

By Graham Hovey;Special to The New York Times

US recalls Amb George W Landau in rebuke to Chile's mil Govt, which, it says has not cooperated satisfactorily in inquiry of assassination of Orlando Letelier in Washington, DC; State Dept repr John Trattner says Chilean authorities have not been forthcoming on important requests by Justice Dept; declines further elaboration; situation appears to be linked to information on Gen Manuel Contreras Sepulveda, who is suspect in murder; Chile's Foreign Min Hernan Cubillos comments; State Dept says Govt intends to hold up shipment of fins for bombs that were ordered by Chile before Cong imposed ban on mil sales; Landau por (M)

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Associated Press

By Unknown Author

illus of child sleeping on ground in camp set up in Salonika

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High Court Bars New Jersey Law Against Dumping

By Warren Weaver Jr. Special to The New York Times

Sup Ct strikes down '74 state ban on dumping of out-of-state garbage in NJ; remarks from majority opinion of Justice Stewart and dissent of Justice Rehnquist noted; Gov Byrne says he will seek tax on out-of-state garbage (M)

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Problem Growing, U.S. Says

By Richard Witkin

North Central Airlines DC-9 and corp private plane narrowly miss colliding at high speed on La Guardia Airport runway; jetliner carried 103 persons; Natl Transportation Safety Bd launches probe (M)

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Two ‘Good Samaritans’

By Glenn Fowler

Ericson, Norman: Fatally stabbed in Washington Sq while interceding to stop 2 motorcyclists from harassing 3 women; Alfred Crose and Ronald Amendola arrested (S)

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USE OF PROPERTY TAX TO FINANCE SCHOOLS VOIDED IN NEW YORK

By Roy R. Silver Special to The New York Times

NYS Sup Ct Justice L Kingsley Smith rules present method of financing public educ through property tax is unconst because it discriminates against children in poor dists; rules system shall prevail until Legis takes remedial action, Levittown school dist case; Smith illus; spokesman for Atty Gen Lefkowitz says state will appeal (L)

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Mobutu Asserts He Holds Cubans; U.S. and Zairians Discount Claim

By Unknown Author

Pres Mobutu confers with Gabon Pres Albert-Bernard Bongo; says Zaire is holding Cuban prisoners and invites journalist from Gabon to Zaire to see them, int on Gabonese TV (S)

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