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Article on Govt move, in effort to save money, to shift many mfg operations to other countries; notes labor unions' skepticism of moves in light of high W Ger unemployment rate; industrialists Hans Birnbaum, Hanns Martin Schleyer and Bernhard Plettner comment (M)
Manhattan Dist Atty Robert M Morgenthau announces indictment of Marlborough Galleries head Frank Lloyd on charges that he tampered with evidence he was ordered to produce during Rothko estate trial; indictment sealed pending efforts to locate Lloyd, who resides in Paradise Island, Bahamas (M)
NYC and MAC officials meet with reprs of dozen NYC savings banks but fail to obtain commitment from banks to buy MAC bonds to help city raise money needed to pay off $1-billion moratorium debt; Gov Carey and Jack Bigel express optimism that city will come up with plan to pay off moratorium by end of wk (M)
UDC returns to solid financial footing with sale of $60-million worth of 20-yr bonds issued by Project Finance Agency, set up NYS Legis in '75 to borrow on UDC's behalf, to 56 savings banks statewide; UDC will use proceeds and other funds on hand to repay $113-million it still owes on $280-million loan it got from 11 NYC commercial banks and NYS's Property and Liability Ins Security Fund during '75 crisis; new bonds pay 8.75% interest; chmn Richard Ravitch hopes future public bond sale will enable agency to call back earlier bonds and refinance debt at lower interest (M)
article on impact of Midwest drought on cattlemen, farmers and consumers; illus; map (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 9, 1977, covering March 9, 1977.
Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson
Eagles
Pink Floyd
Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Wonder
1977Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player[†]
Radek Dvořák is a Czech former professional ice hockey right winger. Dvořák was drafted in the first round of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, tenth overall, by the Florida Panthers. A veteran of 1,260 NHL games, Radek has played for the Panthers, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, St. Louis Blues, Atlanta Thrashers, Dallas Stars, Anaheim Ducks and the Carolina Hurricanes.
1977Mark Tookey, Australian rugby league player[†]
Mark Tookey is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990 and 2000s. He played as a prop in Australia for the South Queensland Crushers and the Parramatta Eels as well as the New Zealand Warriors. Tookey then played in the Super League for the Castleford Tigers and the Harlequins RL.
1977The Hanafi Siege: In a 39-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.[†]
The 1977 Hanafi Siege was a terrorist attack, hostage-taking, and standoff in Washington, D.C., lasting from March 9 to March 11, 1977. Three buildings were seized by twelve Hanafi Movement gunmen, who took 149 hostages. During the initial attack and takeover of the buildings, the assailants killed a journalist and mortally wounded a police officer; three others, including a city councilor, were injured. After a 39-hour standoff, the gunmen surrendered and all remaining hostages were released.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]