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In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]
1978Deuce McAllister, American football player[†]
Dulymus Jenod "Deuce" McAllister is an American former professional football player who was a running back for eight seasons with the New Orleans Saints in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels and was selected by the Saints in the first round of the 2001 NFL draft. McAllister was selected to two Pro Bowls in his career.
1978Lisa Jakub, Canadian actress[†]
Lisa Jakub is a Canadian writer, yoga teacher, and former actress. She is best known for her roles as Lydia Hillard in the comedy-drama film Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and as Alicia Casse in Independence Day (1996).
1978Chris Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)[†]
Christopher Branford Bell was an American musician and singer-songwriter. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star through its first album #1 Record (1972). He also pursued a solo career throughout the mid-1970s, resulting in the posthumous I Am the Cosmos LP.
1978Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (born 1932)[†]
Houari Boumédiène was an Algerian military officer and politician who was the second head of state of independent Algeria from 1965 until his death in 1978. He served as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Algeria from 19 June 1965 until 12 December 1976 and thereafter as president of Algeria until his death.
1978Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)[†]
Robert Glynn Luman was an American country and rockabilly singer.
1978Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.[†]
The Spanish transition to democracy, known in Spain as la Transición or la Transición española, is a period of modern Spanish history encompassing the regime change that moved from the Francoist dictatorship to the consolidation of a parliamentary system, in the form of constitutional monarchy under Juan Carlos I.
Recent anti-inflation regulations announced by Adm, warning that cos which violated guidelines would be barred from Fed purchasing contracts whenever possible, seen tempered by fact that Govt plans to use sanction only against violating cos with individual purchasing contracts of at least $5 million; only about 2,500 of 2 million to 3 million purchasing contracts now in effect are of that size; under program, 400 of nation's biggest cos with sales of more than $500 million will be monitored for compliance; another factor in Govt's decision is recent ct challenge of Carter's program involving Govt, Western Pulp and Paper Workers and Crown Zellerbach Corp (M)
Carter's announcement that he is restoring $2 billion for domestic soc and econ programs to his planned fiscal '80 budget was result of options given him by OMB Dir James T McIntyre and other budget officials at last major budget-writing session; move enables Carter to placate some important Dem Party constituencies and still keep prospective deficit to $29 billion; Carter could have held deficit to $27 billion by ratifying spending levels that McIntyre proposed but decided to avoid pol costs this would have entailed; budget now shapes up as follows: spending, $533 billion; revenues, $504 billion; deficit, $29 billion; budget prepared on assumption that econ growth will slow to 2.5% and that unemployment rate will avg below 6.5%; rate is considered key to Carter's ability to withstand pressures to exceed budget for sake of more spending and jobs; budget aides put fiscal '79 deficit at $41-42 billion compared with Oct estimates of $38.9 billion (L)
THERE is a winter holiday dish in Poland called bigos. A bigos is a hunter's stew. It is one of those rare dishes that is best made a few days in advance, because per classic tradition it must be reheated three or more times before serving.
Parliament gives overwhelming approval to Govt's declaration of martial law after weekend of violent clashes; earlier, Govt and opposition deputies clashed when members of opposition Justice Party urged resignation of Interior Min Irfan Ozaydinli; illus (M)
Sheila Tobias article on reasons behind many people's hatred of math (M)
article assesses upsurge in co stock performance as result of stock split (M)
ALONG with caviar, fole gras and oysters, count smoked salmon among the luxurious foods that are standard accompaniments to New Year's Eve champagne. And because this year, salmon, like almost everything else, is more extravagantly priced than ever, it's a good idea to master some of the quality points in judging this fish so that you at least get top quality for your top dollar.
Article on hs athletic programs being threatened by lack of finances; various hs officials comment; illus (M)
Demonstrations continue; unspecified number of soldiers are killed in Teheran (S)
Labor wears many faces in New York City — from the steady stares of the electricians who light the subways beneath its streets, to the delicate concentration of ballet dancers at rehearsal.. At left, painters decorating construction barriers made their own graceful motions — and whimsical faces on wood—with paint and brush. New York is a city of working people, whose faces reflect the diversity of life in the metropolis.
MARSHVILLE, N.C. IT worked for Frank Perdue and Bill Odom thinks it just might work for him, too.