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May 26, 1977

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Headlines from May 26, 1977

CALIFANO OUTLINES WELFARE AID LINKED TO JOB REQUIREMENT

By David E. Rosenbaum Special to The New York Times

Califano announces Carter Adm proposals for revising welfare system that includes stipulation that hundreds of thousands of people currently receiving welfare benefits would be required to accept jobs or lose much of assistance; unmarried mothers of teen-age children may be among those required to seek work; Fed Govt would contribute more than it does now to single-parent families with small children; Califano says he hopes Cong will enact plan in '78 but that it probably could not go into effect until fall of '80; promises that final legis will contain timetable for fiscal relief to states and cities burdened by welfare costs; says several existing and overlapping welfare and jobs programs will be combined into 1 system; says 2 categories of welfare recipients will be established; outlines benefit structure (M)

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Beame Asks Million For Accused Agency

By Charles Kaiser

NYC Mayor Beame reptdly asks Bd of Estimate to approve $1-million in Fed job funds for B'nai Torah Inst, Bklyn, subject of investigation by US Depts of Justice, Agr and Labor for suspect bidding practices and other alleged irregularities in lunch program sponsored during '76 summer; agency was also cited by Repr Elizabeth Holtzman for 'serious abuses' in connection with operation of Fed summer job program; funds sought by Beame are under separate title of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act than those being investigated; inst chmn Rabbi Lieb Pinter has consistently denied allegations (M)

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NIXON SAYS HIS LIFE ALMOST LOST VALUE

By James M. Naughton Special to The New York Times

Nixon says it 'didn't really make any difference' to him if Angew was innocent or guilty of charges against him, TV int; says he was 'pragmatic' about matter; says he does not blame Agnew for probably feeling angry that he, Nixon, did not 'put the arm on Elliot Richardson' to ease charges (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 25, 1977, covering May 26, 1977.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

    Rumours

    Fleetwood Mac

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hotel California by Eagles

    Hotel California

    Eagles

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    23
  3. 3
    Album cover for Marvin Gaye Live At The London Palladium by Marvin Gaye

    Marvin Gaye Live At The London Palladium

    Marvin Gaye

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    9
  4. 4
    Album cover for Rocky by Soundtrack

    Rocky

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    13
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl by The Beatles

    The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl

    The Beatles

    Last week
    13
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    2

Notable Births

Nikos Chatzivrettas

1977Nikos Chatzivrettas, Greek basketball player[†]

Nikolaos (Nikos) Chatzivrettas is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of Chatzivrettas 1.97 m tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was inducted into the Greek Basket League Hall of Fame in 2022.

Raina Telgemeier

1977Raina Telgemeier, American author and cartoonist[†]

Raina Telgemeier is an American cartoonist. Her works include the autobiographical webcomic Smile, which was published as a full-color middle grade graphic novel in February 2010, and the follow-up Sisters and the fiction graphic novel Drama, all of which have been on The New York Times Best Seller lists. She has also written and illustrated the graphic novels Ghosts and Guts as well as four graphic novels adapted from The Baby-Sitters Club stories by Ann M. Martin.

Luca Toni

1977Luca Toni, Italian footballer[†]

Luca Toni is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer, Toni scored over 300 goals throughout his career, and is one of the top-five highest scoring Italians in all competitions; with 322 career goals, he is currently the fourth-highest scoring Italian player of all time, second only to Alessandro Del Piero in the post-World War II era. At international level, he represented the Italy national team on 47 occasions, scoring 16 goals.

1977Misaki Ito, Japanese actress and model[†]

Misaki Ito is a Japanese actress and model. Her maiden name is Tomoko Anzai .

Historical Context for May 26, 1977

In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]