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NBC obtains exclusive rights to broadcast games to US; signs pact with USSR Olympic Com for record $35‐million but total cost could reach $80‐million (M)
FPC adm law judge Nahum Litt endorses Arctic Gas proposal for bringing Alaskan gas to US mkts by means of pipeline along Mackenzie River; says El Paso Natural Gas plan for Alaskan route is acceptable; dismisses Northwest Pipeline proposal for pipeline along Alcan hwy; El Paso repr John Bennett says co will press application (S)
Carter confs with Amb Dobrynin on arms limitation and other issues (S)
Article reconstructs events leading to collapse of Pres Carter's nomination of Theodore C Sorensen to head CIA; finds major causes include apparent failure of nerve by new Adm (L)
Buffalo begins digging out from blizzard; Mayor Stanley M Makowski declares state of emergency in city; several nearby communities receive 5 more inches of snow; city and county snow‐removal is assisted by 500 Natl Guardsmen, 300 regular Army engineers, and snow plows lent by NYC Mayor Beame; work is hampered by abandoned cars and trucks; illus (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 2, 1977, covering February 2, 1977.
Eagles
Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson
Stevie Wonder
Paul McCartney And Wings
Boston
1977Shakira, Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress[†]
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian singer-songwriter. Referred to as the "Queen of Latin Music", she has had a significant impact on the musical landscape of Latin America and has been credited with popularizing Hispanophone music on a global level. The recipient of various accolades, she has won four Grammy Awards and fifteen Latin Grammy Awards, including three Song of the Year wins.
1977Libor Sionko, Czech footballer[†]
Libor Sionko is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. At club level he started in his home town of Ostrava, playing for the youth teams of TJ Vítkovice and Baník Ostrava. Professionally, he played in his native country until 2004, featuring for clubs including Ostrava and Sparta Prague. He then went abroad, playing in Austria for Grazer AK and Austria Wien before heading to Scotland where he played for Rangers. He subsequently had a spell in Denmark with F.C. Copenhagen before returning to the Czech Republic to finish his career with Sparta, where he last played before retiring in 2012.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]