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While celebrating the 10th anniversary of their Super Bowl III victory over Baltimore at Shea Stadium yesterday, the New York Jets celebrated their eighth victory of this season with a 24‐16 decision over the Colts before crowd of 50.248 at Shea Stadium.
China has decided to permit its companies to open offices Japan, as well as to allow Japanese companies to open in Peking and to engage in joint ventures with the Chinese. It is also studying whether to accept economic aid in the form of low‐cost loans. [Page A1.]
Sirvent, Miguel A (Ptl): Darryl King, serving life sentence for May '70 murder of NYC Ptl Miguel Sirvent, is seeking new trial on grounds that police concealed witnesses and evidence that would have exonerated him; his lawyers also contend that investigating detectives were over-zealous because it was police murder and that they might have withheld evidence from Bklyn Dist Atty's office; Dist Atty Gold denies charges; case revd; por of King (M)
Gov Carey reptdly plans to replace Chancellor Kibbee because of his concern over Kibbee's 'competence'; Dr Joseph S Murphy, Bennington Coll pres, is considered a possible candidate for post; Kibbee's removal could upset delicate negotiations underway between NYS and NYS on reorgn of CUNY's finances and governance; Kibbee and Mayor Koch comment (M)
Vietnamese radio announces formation of Kampuchean United Front for Natl Salvation in Cambodian 'liberated zone' and org chas called on entire Cambodian population to overthrow Prime Min Pol Pot and Deputy Prime Min Ieng Sary; diplomats see full-scale Vietnamese mil and pol campaign to overthrow Cambodian regime; Hanoi radio repts those attending conf establishing orgn elected 14-member central com and named Heng Samrin as front's leader; front reptdly has set up news agency and radio station (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 29, 1978, covering December 4, 1978.
Billy Joel
Donna Summer
Steve Martin
Foreigner
Soundtrack
1978Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer and actress[†]
Jaclyn Joshua Thanaraj Victor is a Malaysian singer, actress and businesswoman who won the inaugural Malaysian Idol, Ikon Malaysia, Gegar Vaganza Season 9 & Gegar Vaganza All Stars. As the winner of Malaysian Idol, she won a recording contract with Sony BMG Music Entertainment. She represented Malaysia in the first Asian Idol and Ikon Asean. She has been dubbed "Asia's Divette" for her vocal prowess and a legend in Malaysia.
1978Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor.[†]
On November 27, 1978, George Moscone, the 37th mayor of San Francisco and Harvey Milk, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, were both shot and killed inside San Francisco City Hall by former supervisor Dan White. On the morning of that day, Moscone intended to announce that the Supervisor position from which White had previously resigned would be given to someone else. White, angered, entered City Hall before the scheduled announcement and first shot Moscone in the Mayor's office, then Milk in White's former office space, before escaping the building. Board of Supervisors President Dianne Feinstein first announced Moscone and Milk's deaths to the media, and because of Moscone's death, succeeded him as acting mayor.
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]