Gov Corey moves to 'firmly and finally dose the book' on '71 Attica prison uprising as he pardons 7 former Attica inmates and commutes sentence of John Hill, accused of murdering guard William Quinn; bars disciplinary action against 20 of state troopers and prison guards who had taken part in quelling riot, during which 39 men, including 10 hostages, were killed; 43 persons were killed during entire uprising; por of Hill (M)

GOVERNOR PARDONS 7 TO ‘CLOSE THE BOOK’ ON ATTICA EPISODE

NJ Sen com recommends that Legis ban 16 cancer-causing chems from state's water as part of far-reaching program to cut high rate of cancer (S)

Panel Warns Industries

Calif Sup Ct, 4-3, in Dec 30 ruling on case filed in '68 on behalf of John Serrano, holds that state's system of relying on local property wealth to finance pss is unconst; implications of ruling for ps-financing in nation noted (M)

School Finance Law Upset in California; Spur to Reform Seen

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In a surprise announcement yesterday, David L. Yunich said he was resigning as chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority&#8212;the $80,000&#8208;a&#8208;year post to which he had been appointed by Gov. Malcolm Wilson.

Yunich Quits as M.T.A. Chairman; Denies Being Pressured by Carey

Cong leaders and Carter Adm transition team on Dec 30 move to soothe disgruntled city officials around country who are protesting distribution of $2 billion in public works funds by Commerce Dept; mayors, most of them from big cities, say funds are going disproportionately to suburbs, small cities and localities that appear to have less unemployment than some cities that have lost out (M)

BIG CITIES PROTESTING ON U.S. WORKS FUNDS

Liberian shipping registry has come under scrutiny as in last 2 wks 5 Liberian flag vessels have been involved in oil spills or other maritime mishaps in US waters; Argo Merchant (off Nantucket), Olympic Games (Del River), Oswego-Peace (Thames River, Conn), involved in oil spills; tanker San Sinena was involved in explosion, Long Beach, Calif, and Daphne ran aground off PR; 23-yr-old Argo Merchant had been cited for 19 accidents (S)

Tankers’ Use of Liberian Registry Aids Ship Concerns on Tax and Pay

Spanish Communist Party sec gen Santiago Carrillo emerges from Carabanchel Prison on $4,400 bail, effectively gaining right to reside legally in his own country; 6 members of Communist Party's exec com and Carrillo's personal sec, who were arrested with him Dec 22, are also freed on low bail; Joaquin Ruiz-Gimenez, prominent Christian Dem politician who is Carrillo's lawyer, says case may never come to trial; illus (M)

Madrid Frees Red Leader on Bail And Abolishes Franco‐Era Court.

Fed Judge Thomas C Platt orders North Hempstead to make adjustments in refuse dumping to minimize odors that are wafted westward across adjacent residential areas; bans dumping of putrescible materials in certain landfill site (S)

Shutdown Is Threatened

Martha Schneider, who provided cover for CIA in Vienna and Salzburg from '69 to '73, details how work resulted in nervous breakdown and near bankruptcy; Schneider illus (L)

American in Austria Says Work for C.I.A. Ruined Her Life

Cong aides say Schneider appealed to Sens Harrison A Williams Jr and Clifford P Case and repr of her home dist for almost 2 yrs beginning in Jan '74 with requests for assistance in her case against CIA; ACLU counsel Jack D Novick, who worked on Schneider's behalf, comments (S)

miss Schnelder's Appeals Traced

Alliance between French Socialists and Communists, base on which 2 parties hope to win power in '78, is being strained by efforts to prepare for munic elections in spring; Socialist leader Francois Mitterrand has instructed his party's members that they need not agree to joint list of candidates with Communists in cities when there are 'exceptional difficulties'; decision reflects tougher stand by Socialists; conversion of old Gaullist party into new mass movement by Jacques Chirac seen as most spectacular change in otherwise almost imperceptible change in balance of forces; despite denials by both Chriac and Pres Giscard, movement has created visible rivalry between 2 for leadership of govt side in coming campaigns; Marseilles Socialist Mayor Gaston Defferre comments (M)

French Left Jockeys for Position I In Municipal Elections in Spring

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S Korean dissident poet Kim Chi Ha, serving life sentence for supporting student plot to unseat Pres Park, is sentenced to additional 7 yrs for publicly defending group of Koreans executed for pro-Communist offenses (S)

South Korean Poet Doing Life Is Sentenced to 7 Years More

Rhodesian Govt expects Richard to present Smith with 'take-it-or-leave-it' proposal on black majority rule at Jan 1 meeting (S)

Tougher Line Foreseen by Salisbury

Ivor Richard arrives in Zambia at start of 6-nation tour of southern Africa (S)

Allegiance to Britain Is Proposed To Speed Rhodesian Transition

Ghassan Tueni, publisher of Lebanese newspaper An Nahar, says he preferred to suspend newspaper indefinitely rather than have it subjected to censorship by Syrian-controlled peacekeeping force in Lebanon (S)

Sadat Foresees ‘Final Settlement’ Of the Mideast Conflict at Geneva

Qaddafi announces plans for gatherings of people throughout Libya to decide whether to replace form of govt and to change country's name; Libyan press service Arab Revolution News Agency repts Qaddafi issued TV appeal to all Libyans to participate in people's congresses (S)

Libya May Alter System of Rule and Name

Allon welcomes statement by Sadat that Palestinian state on West Bank must be linked with Jordan; Sadat, in int published by The Washington Post, says certain relationship between Palestinians and Jordan should take place whenever Palestinian state is created; Allon rejects Sadat demand for quick Israeli withdrawal to pre-'67 borders (S)

Israeli Welcomes Sadat Remark

Dec 31: article, one of series on problems Carter adm will face abroad, discusses complex issues of Middle East; questions Carter has to face noted; illus (M)

Complex Issues of Mideast Pose Challenges to Carter

JOHANNESBURG. Dec. 27&#8212; When a group of black street sweepers entered a downtown store here the other day soliciting a Christmas tip, the white owner pulled out a revolver and fired, wounding one in the leg. &#8220;I was sure they had come in to rob me,&#8221; said Samuel Shevak, proprietor of the Merrythought Gift Boutique.

Rampant Use of Firearms Is Problem in South Africa

Argentine newspaper assn on Dec 30 calls on Govt to investigate cases of journalists held in detention or missing; statement is published in local newspapers; 2 reptd missing are Alfredo Arturo Koelliker Frers (La Plata Ruf) and Luis Fossatti (La Semana and Panorama); TV commentator Roberto Vacca was released; Ricardo Bach Cano (Prensa Libre) is believed held by security forces (S)

World News Briefs

'Rampant' use of firearms has become major problem in S Africa; for 4.2-million S African whites, there are more than 1.25-million registered weapons; US Justice Dept has for 5 mos been conducting broad grand jury investigation into illegal shipment of arms and ammunition by US mfrs to S Africa; on Oct 20 Colt Industries Inc and Olin Corp Winchester Group acknowledged that such shipments had taken place (M)

U.S. Investigating Shipments

Worst blizzard in yrs blocks roads in Scotland and northern Eng on Dec 30 and causes scores of traffic accidents; no fatalities reptd (S)

Blizzards Strike Scotland

Luis Filipe de Sousa Carreira was a Portuguese motorcycle road racer. He died on 15 November 2012 after an accident during qualifying in the 2012 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix.

Luís Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer (died 2012)

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Matthew James Hoggard, is a former English cricketer, who played international cricket for England cricket team from 2000 to 2008, playing both Test cricket and One Day Internationals. The 6' 2" Hoggard was a right arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman.

December 31, 1976

Headlines from December 31, 1976

GOVERNOR PARDONS 7 TO ‘CLOSE THE BOOK’ ON ATTICA EPISODE

Panel Warns Industries

School Finance Law Upset in California; Spur to Reform Seen

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Billboard 200

Songs In The Key Of Life

A Night On The Town

Boston

Hotel California

Pretender

Notable Births

Historical Context for December 31, 1976