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LIRR begins investigation into breakdown; action follows numerous complaints from irate patrons; rr acknowledges that station master made mistake in sending trains out of Penn Station while tieup continued; spokesman George Thune promises new policy (M)
Zaire sends troops to Shaba Prov in attempt to halt advance of invading forces from Angola before they reach Kolwezi, important copper-mining city; analysts believe invasion's major thrust now is directed toward Kolwezi; invaders, mostly former Katangan militiamen who fled mining region into Angolan exile in '63, number about 2,000; map (M)
Sen Finance Com approves provisions in tax bill that would reduce taxes for 46-million who use standard deduction, higher taxes for 2-million single persons who take standard deduction and earn more than $13,750, and no change in taxes of those who itemize deductions; Long says tax rebate provision would not have passed Sen com if Adm had not worked hard; Carter had phoned all com members urging them to support it; com discusses making investment tax credit, now available only to cos that show profit, 'refundable' to cos showing loss; Long endorses idea, put forward by Sen Kennedy, but fears cost ($3.5-million) would 'bust budget'; Sen Moynihan's proposal for accelerated depreciation rate is rejected (M)
Labor Dept repts avg work wk increased by 1.4% and avg hrly earnings rose by 0.4%, Jan and Feb '77, which offset loss of purchasing power reflected in Consumer Price Index (M)
Mayor Beame-apptd advisory panel, in what is seen unusually blunt assessment of NYC labor practices, calls for end to 'unqualified' pol appointees in city govt and for adoption of sweeping collective-bargaining revisions to strengthen hand of mgt; charges that NYC Mayors have long given jobs to people with no qualifications for them; urges that city undertake periodic 'weeding out' of unqualified mgrs in all agencies; munic labor leader Victor Gotbaum scores rept; panel is headed by Met Life Ins Co pres Richard R Shinn; key recommendations detailed (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 16, 1977, covering March 19, 1977.
Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson
Fleetwood Mac
Pink Floyd
Eagles
Stevie Wonder
1977David Ross, American baseball player and manager[†]
David Wade Ross is an American former professional baseball catcher and manager. He managed the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2020 to 2023. He played in MLB for 15 seasons.
1977William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-born American journalist and author (born 1888)[†]
William Leonard Laurence was a Jewish American science journalist best known for his work at The New York Times. Born in the Russian Empire, he won two Pulitzer Prizes. As the official historian of the Manhattan Project, he was the only journalist to witness the Trinity test and the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. He is credited with coining the iconic term "Atomic Age," which became popular in the 1950s. Infamously, he dismissed the destructive effects of radiation sickness as Japanese propaganda in The New York Times. Even though he had seen the effects first-hand, he had been on the War Department payroll, and was asked by United States military officials to do so in order to discredit earlier reports by independent journalist Wilfred Burchett, the first reporter on-site after the bombings.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]