On this day
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200 feared dead in fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club, Southgate; State Patrol says 140 bodies have been recovered and 50 more are inside; Fire Chief Dick Riesenberg says many deaths were result of panic; singer John Davidson, who was to entertain, escaped; Carol D Munro, adm asst to Mayor of Ft Thomas, nearby town, describes scene; map; illus (M)
Lewis Carroll Soc of N Amer will publish suppressed episode from Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, long thought to have been lost or destroyed; episode, involving Alice's encounter with aging, golden-haired wasp, was withdrawn from book after illustrator Sir John Tenniel objected to drawing insect; proofs were preserved by Carroll and after his death in 1898 were purchased by 'unknown gentleman'; they were auctioned by Sotheby Parke Bernet in '74 for about $4,000 by rare-book dealer for Manhattan collector, Norman Armour Jr; Armour has given soc permission to print 750 cloth-bound copies and paperback version; illus (M)
Article on slavery in rural areas, especially on many traditional rubber plantations in Acre; Govt has done little to enforce labor legis to protect plantation workers; slavery was legally abolished in 1888; map; illus (L)
May 29: Amb Dinitz, on instructions from Rabin Govt, raises in meeting with Vance some of problems Israel has with Carter's interpretation of UN resolutions; says Israel has accepted only Resolutions 242 and 338; notes neither calls for Palestinian homeland nor compensation; holds Resolution 242 is deliberately vague on extent of Israeli withdrawal; repeats Israel's opposition to Resolution 194; says Jews expelled from Arab states should also get compensation; says Vance agreed that only Resolutions 242 and 338 are basis for negotiations (M)
Dutch authorities negotiating for release of 60 hostages who are being held by S Moluccan terrorists express increasing concern for their health as siege continues; terrorists refuse to release pregnant woman aboard train but allow her medication; psychiatrists and drs comment; illus (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 25, 1977, covering May 29, 1977.
Fleetwood Mac
Eagles
Marvin Gaye
Soundtrack
The Beatles
1977Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer[†]
Massimo Ambrosini is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a defensive midfielder. At club level, he is mostly known for his successful time at Italian team AC Milan, where he spent eighteen years of his career, winning several titles, and captained the side from 2009 to 2013 following the retirement of Paolo Maldini. Ambrosini retired from professional football in 2014, after a season with Fiorentina.
1977Marco Cassetti, Italian footballer[†]
Marco Cassetti is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender.
1977António Lebo Lebo, Angolan footballer[†]
António Lebo Lebo is an Angolan former footballer. Lebo Lebo ended his career with Recreativo do Libolo in the Angolan league.
1977Ba Maw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (born 1893)[†]
Ba Maw, known honorifically as Dr. Ba Maw, was a Burmese lawyer and politician, active during the interwar period and Second World War. He was the first Burma Premier (1937–1939) and head of State of Burma from 1943 to 1945.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]