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Adm sources soy Carter has decided to withdraw $50 tax rebate; say strongest advocates of withdrawal were Blumenthal and Lance; renewed fears of inflation and recent evidence of econ upturn noted (M)
High NYS sources say that State Sec Mario M Cuomo will run for Dem mayoral nomination with behind-the-scenes encouragement of Gov Carey; expected move by Cuomo seen likely to severely strain and possibly rupture relations between Carey and Mayor Beame; Cuomo candidacy could change completely dynamics of mayoral race and very likely drive several mayoral hopefuls out of race; at least 2 would-be candidates, Repr Edward I Koch and Richard Ravitch, had hoped to capitalize on their ties with Carey; Cuomo por (M)
Dr Brzezinski has luncheon conf at White House with Amb Dobrynin on breaking arms limitation negotiation deadlock; earlier, in breakfast meeting with reporters, says Russians decline to begin bargaining process on basis of US proposals; sees Carter-Brezhnev meeting later this yr but says such meetings should not be linked to arms agreements as they had been in Nixon and Ford Adms (M)
Residents of Juffure react with pride to fame that has come to village as result of book Roots by Alex Haley (L)
Illus of civilians digging massive irrigation canal near Vientiane without mechanized help
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 13, 1977, covering April 14, 1977.
Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Wonder
Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson
Kansas
1977Nate Fox, American basketball player (died 2014)[†]
Nate Fox was an American professional basketball player.
1977Martin Kaalma, Estonian footballer[†]
Martin Kaalma is a former Estonian professional football goalkeeper and current goalkeeping coach for Levadia Tallinn. He has been capped in the Estonia national football team 35 times. He played for multiple Estonian clubs, but longest for FC Flora Tallinn before joining Narva Trans for a 1-year spell in 2006. He then moved to Levadia Tallinn.
1977Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress and producer[†]
Sarah Michelle Prinze is an American actress. After being spotted by a talent agent as a young child, she made her film debut at age six in the television film An Invasion of Privacy (1983). She had her first leading role in the syndicated teen drama series Swans Crossing (1992), which was followed by her breakthrough as Kendall Hart on the ABC soap opera All My Children (1993–1995), for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award.
1977Rob McElhenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Robert McElhenney III is an American actor, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his role as Mac on the FX/FXX comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present), a show he created and co-developed with Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton and on which he continues to serve as an executive producer and writer. He is also known for playing Ian Grimm on the Apple TV+ comedy series Mythic Quest (2020–2025), which he co-created with Day and Megan Ganz as executive producers.
1977Luke Priddis, Australian rugby league player[†]
Luke Priddis is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative hooker, he played club football in the National Rugby League for the Canberra Raiders, Brisbane Broncos and Penrith Panthers and, finally, the St. George Illawarra Dragons with who he won the 2010 NRL Premiership.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]