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says he will leave public office and active pol involvement when he steps down on Jan 20; rules out active role in NYS Repub affairs (S)
Tentative agreement on placement of 365-ft antenna mast atop World Trade Center's N Tower to improve TV reception is confirmed by Port Auth spokesman (S)
Torrijos Herrera is optimistic on treaty that will establish Panamanian jurisdiction over CZ; has been encouraged by incoming Carter Adm and is anxious to maintain momentum of negotiations; is reptdly prepared to crack down on leftist agitation in labor field and those who might organize opposition to new treaty; has reptdly been assured by Cuban Prime Min Castro that he will not do anything to upset treaty acceptable to Panama (M)
FPC is expected to permit Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line and United Gas Pipe Line, both of which have major supply deficiencies, to renew 60-day emergency purchases from Houston Pipeline at prices higher than those normally permitted in interstate mkt; indus witnesses and comm staff warn that unless comm facilitates renewal of emergency programs, cold weather will lead to large-scale indus shutdowns and layoffs, Jan 13 comm hearing; Fed Energy Adm says shortages are most acute in Ariz and 8 SW states and that NE is relatively well off; TVA and other elec utilities are also strained; Sen Adlai Stevenson and 4 other Sens urge comm to allocate gas among pipelines; Chmn Richard L Dunham will allocate supplies if shortages threaten home heating (M)
Pres-elect Carter and aides discuss possible amendment of Jackson-Vanik amendment of '74, which bars trade concessions to USSR pending latter's liberalization of emigration policies for Jews; reptdly agree law has been ineffective against Soviets (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 12, 1977, covering January 14, 1977.
Eagles
Stevie Wonder
Paul McCartney And Wings
Boston
Electric Light Orchestra
1977Narain Karthikeyan, Indian race car driver[†]
Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan is an Indian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One between 2005 and 2012.
1977Terry Ryan, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Terrence William James Ryan is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and actor. He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens eighth overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft and played eight games with the organization between 1996 and 1999.
1977Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1897)[†]
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 until his resignation in 1957.
1977Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (born 1916)[†]
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch was an English-Australian actor of theatre, film and radio.
1977Anaïs Nin, French-American essayist and memoirist (born 1903)[†]
Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the daughter of the composer Joaquín Nin and the classically trained singer Rosa Culmell. Nin spent her early years in Spain and Cuba, about sixteen years in Paris (1924–1940), and the remaining half of her life in the United States, where she became an established author.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]