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labor leaders and bankers say they are pleased with Carter's new assurances about NYC but that many additional questions have to answered before they could agree to plan to redeem nearly $1-billion in city short-term notes; munic union consultant Jack Bigel says 'we are cautiously optimistic' (L)
W Safire predicts major news events of '77
article on discoveries made by Profs Matthiae and Pettinato; Matthiae and site illus; area map (M)
Dec 30. bitter dispute has broken out among leaders of Amer Jewish orgns over whether Amer Jews should have any contact with PLO reprs, given Israeli Govt's refusal to deal with orgn; issue has been argued intensely in Amer Jewish circles in recent wks after 5 Amer Jews, Herman Edelsberg, David Gorin, Olya Margolin, Rabbi Max Ticktin, and Arthur I Waskow met in Oct with PLO reprs Jiryis and Sartawi; both Waskow and Ticktin are members of Breira, orgn that frequently criticizes Israeli Govt policies and supports meetings with PLO; meeting with about 10 Amer Jews, including Amer Jewish Com internatl affairs expert George Gruen, took place in NY; Conf of Presidents of Major Amer Jewish Orgns says it opposes meetings with PLO; Amer Jewish Cong says Gorin was reprimanded for attending meeting; Breira chmn Rabbi Arnold Wolf and others say they agree with recent statements of some Israeli doves' calling for 'continued contact' with sr Palestinians to pave way to peace, including creation of friendly sovereign Palestinian state alongside Israel; historian Irving Howe says in Interchange, Breira publication, that US Jews should not decide Israeli policies but have right to participate in discussions concerning policies (M)
NYC Deputy Mayor for Criminal Justice Nicholas Scopetta int by NY Times reporters and editors
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 29, 1976, covering December 30, 1976.
Stevie Wonder
Rod Stewart
Boston
Eagles
Jackson Browne
1976Kastro, American rapper[†]
Katari Terrance Cox better known by his stage name Kastro, is an American rapper. A cousin of Tupac Shakur, Kastro would perform alongside him in the former's rap group, the Outlawz, and is featured on many of the late rapper's songs such as "Made Niggaz", and "Hail Mary". When he was in elementary school, he introduced his friend, and future Outlawz rapper, Malcolm Greenridge, later named E.D.I. Mean, to Tupac.
1976Patrick Kerney, American football player[†]
Patrick Manning Kerney is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers in Charlottesville and was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the first round of the 1999 NFL draft with the 30th overall pick.
1976A. J. Pierzynski, American baseball player and sportscaster[†]
Anthony John Pierzynski is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports presenter. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher with the Minnesota Twins (1998–2003), San Francisco Giants (2004), Chicago White Sox (2005–2012), Texas Rangers (2013), Boston Red Sox (2014), St. Louis Cardinals (2014) and Atlanta Braves (2015–2016). Pierzynski is one of only thirteen catchers in Major League history to reach 2,000 hits in his career.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]