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Sealed indictment is handed up against City Councilman Matthew Troy reptdly charging him with perjury and grand larceny in connection with his handling estates of law clients (S)
nomination of Bell is opposed by NAACP and NOW, partly because of his backing Carswell for Sup Ct (S)
Pres Ford reflects on his Pres, int
Jan 12: French authorities, after swift and unexpected judicial hearing, free Palestinian Abu Daoud and allow him to fly to Algeria; ct rejects requests from Israel and W Ger that he be detained pending formal extradition proceedings; French state prosecutor Maurice Saltet de Sablet d'Estieres holds Israel lacks grounds for request; Daoud says he believed he had immunity as member of PLO delegation; French Interior Min says internal counterintelligence service arrested Daoud on basis of internatl warrant after recg data from W Ger police; refuses to comment on repts that French agents, seeking vengeance for death of their colleagues in '75 by Venezuelan militant known as Carlos, acted without 1st informing higher police or Govt officials, including Interior Min Michel Poniatowski; Daoud illus (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 12, 1977, covering January 12, 1977.
Eagles
Stevie Wonder
Paul McCartney And Wings
Boston
Electric Light Orchestra
1977Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player (died 2023)[†]
Yoandy Garlobo Romay was a Cuban baseball player who starred for the national team at the 2006 World Baseball Classic. Garlobo was the designated hitter for Cuba at the tournament, where he had a .480 batting average—second only to Ken Griffey Jr. among players with at least 20 plate appearances—and was named to the all-tournament team.
1977Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (born 1907)[†]
Henri-Georges Clouzot was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear (1953) and Les Diaboliques (1955), which are critically recognized as among the greatest films of the 1950s. He also directed documentary films, including The Mystery of Picasso (1956), which was declared a national treasure by the government of France.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]