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ASSEN, the Netherlands, June 2 —Shooting broke out this afternoon at the spot near here where South Moluccan extremists were holding 56 hostages in a hijacked railroad train.
Article on expected establishment of diplomatic 'interest sections' between US and Cuba notes Switzerland's flag will continue to fly over US Embassy in Havana (S)
ATLANTIC CITY, June 2—Calling it “historic moment,” Governor Byrne said at a Boardwalk table draped in blue bunting today and, to the applause of a crowd estimated by the police at 5,000, signed legislation to permit casino gambling in Atlantic City.
Emergency Financial Control Bd Exec Dir Berger finds budget is balanced, subject to certain adjustments, but warns of deficits in subsequent yrs, rept to control bd; scores apparent 'pause in retrenchment'; warns fiscal '81 deficit could reach $1-billion; cites extensive use of nonrecurring revenues to balance budget and failure to assume wage deficits in subsequent yrs; rept follows Estimate Bd approval of budget 4 hrs after legal deadline; Manes, hailing capital projects he got for Queens, says Beame needed his support to pass expense budget; Zuccotti denies pause in retrenchment; Kummerfeld comments; Deputy Budget Dir Normal Steisel, Sadowsky, Kummerfeld and Cuite illus (M)
subcom begins considering nontax aspect of Pres Carter's energy program and debates move to toughen it by making improved home insulation almost mandatory by '85 (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 1, 1977, covering June 3, 1977.
Fleetwood Mac
Eagles
The Beatles
Soundtrack
Marvin Gaye
1977Cris, Brazilian footballer[†]
Cristiano Marques Gomes, or simply Cris, is a Brazilian football manager and a former player who is the manager of Championnat National club Châteauroux. Previously he was manager of GOAL FC, and spent three years as manager of the under-19 squad of Lyon. A former centre-back, Cris is also nicknamed "the policeman" by way of reference to his authoritarian nature on the pitch and his four months of experience in a police department in Guarulhos. He won four consecutive Ligue 1 titles with French club Lyon between 2005 and 2008, as well as the Brazilian Championship in 1998 with Corinthians, and in 2003 with Cruzeiro, and he also won the Copa do Brasil in 1995 with Corinthians, and in 2000 with Cruzeiro. Cris represented Brazil at international level, winning the Copa América in 2004.
1977Travis Hafner, American baseball player[†]
Travis Lee Hafner is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a designated hitter and first baseman. A left-handed hitter, Hafner played for the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees. His nickname, "Pronk", was given to him by former teammate Bill Selby during spring training of 2003 when people sometimes referred to him as "the Project" and other times "Donkey" for the way he looked when running the bases. He has the most home runs for a player born in North Dakota, and shares the MLB record for grand slams in one season, with six.
1977Archibald Hill, English physiologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)[†]
Archibald Vivian Hill, better known to friends and colleagues as A. V. Hill, was a British physiologist, one of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biophysics and operations research. He shared the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his elucidation of the production of heat and mechanical work in muscles.
1977Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1906)[†]
Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such as Rome, Open City (1945), Paisan (1946), and Germany, Year Zero (1948). He is also known for his films starring his then wife Ingrid Bergman, Stromboli (1950), Europe '51 (1952), Journey to Italy (1954), Fear (1954) and Joan of Arc at the Stake (1954).
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]