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In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]
1977Arsen Gitinov, Russian and Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler[†]
Arsen Gitinov is a Russian and Kyrgyzstani male freestyle wrestler from Dagestan. He participated in Men's freestyle 74 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. After defeating Krystian Brzozowski and Ibrahim Aldatov in the preliminary rounds, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Kiril Terziev.
1977Danielle Harris, American actress[†]
Danielle Harris is an American actress. She is known as a "scream queen" for her roles in multiple horror films, including four entries in the Halloween franchise: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) as Jamie Lloyd, and Halloween (2007) and Halloween II (2009) as Annie Brackett. Other such roles include Tosh in Urban Legend (1998), Belle in Stake Land (2010), and Marybeth Dunston in the Hatchet series (2010–17). In 2012, she was inducted into the Fangoria Hall of Fame.
1977Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player and coach[†]
Stephen Bradley Wilkerson is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman who played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
1977Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress[†]
Sarah Wayne Callies is an American actress. She is known for starring as Sara Tancredi in Fox's Prison Break, Lori Grimes in AMC's The Walking Dead, and more recently, as Birdie Nicolletti in ABC's The Company You Keep. She has also starred as Katie Bowman in USA Network's Colony and Robin Perry in NBC's Council of Dads and has had film roles in Whisper (2007), Black Gold (2011), and The Show (2017).
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NY Gov Carey opposes state bottle legis, urging natl resource recovery program instead (S)
France will reptdly hold up sale of nuclear plant, citing uncertain future of Pres Bhutto's Govt; Sec of State Vance discussed matter with French Foreign Min Louis de Guiringaud, but informed diplomats say no US pressure was applied (M)
SASOL expects $2.8-billion plant under construction at Secunda to begin converting coal into gasoline and other liquid motor fuels by '81; plant and another plant at Sasolburg will then produce about 500-million gals of motor fuels a yr, 1/3 of current consumption; SASOL process is adaption of Fischer-Tropsch process developed in Nazi Germany and taken over by M W Kellogg Corp; new plant is expected to have fewer environmental problems than coal-fired power plant; capital costs are high, and future profitability will depend on continuing rise in world oil prices; SASOL official Johannes Stegmann comments; illus (M)
Bklyn Appellate Div accuses NYS Sup Ct Justice Leonard H Sandler and special state anticorruption prosecutor John F Keenan of having used 'coercive' methods to get Queens County grand jury to indict Judge Robert T Groh last Nov on charges of bribery and grand larceny; Keenan and asst Stephen Sawyer had brought before Queens grand jury charges that Groh, while Queens Deputy Boro pres in '72, had sought pol campaign contribution of some $10,000 from law firm representing Sheraton Corp to help it get zoning variance to expand La Guardia Airport inn (M)
article on 12-A deployment plans (M)
Rhodesian troops hunting guerrilla bases in Mozambique have seized town of Mapai and Gen Peter Walls says troops will remain until all guerrilla forces in area are wiped out; map (M)
Illus of last joint being welded on trans-Alaska oil pipeline
Sup Ct, in case of airline stewardess, rules that in certain circumstances a seniority system might also be allowed to perpetuate effects of an act of discrimination that occurred after effective date of statute (S)
Pope Paul names as auxiliary bishops of NY Archdiocese 3 priests who speak Spanish and have been involved in Hispanic affairs--move that recognizes desire of archdiocesan leaders for stronger tics to NY Hispanic community; 3 are Msgrs Theodore E McCarrick and Austin B Vaughan and Rev Francisco Garmendia (M)
Mets dismiss Frazier and hire Joe Torre as mgr; illus (M)