A British Jubilee Commemorates 25 Tough Years
article details events scheduled for Queen's Jubilee; tens of thousands of Britons have poured into London; illus of Queen after coronation (M)
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article details events scheduled for Queen's Jubilee; tens of thousands of Britons have poured into London; illus of Queen after coronation (M)
HR Assassinations Com reptdly has come up with virtually no new evidence or information relating to King's death and has discovered that much of 'new information' on which Cong based its decision to reopen investigation is in error; NY Times examination finds that author Mark Lane provided most of 'new leads' and was primary force behind formation of com and architect of direction that investigation should take; com's 'findings' detailed (L)
Theme of Salute to Israel parade, NYC, is 10th anniv of reunification of Jerusalem; NYC Council Pres Paul O'Dwyer says US should not impose conditions on Israel before it goes to negotiating table; says fears expressed about Menahem Begin are exaggerated (M)
Carter Adm to file ct brief outlining its position on landing rights at Kennedy Internatl; sources indicate brief will reiterate stand that Fed authorization of flights does not preclude ban by NY-NJ Port Auth, but will restate firm support for testing period at Kennedy; Repr James H Scheuer sees action as possible 'beginning of the end' for Concorde landing rights at Kennedy (M)
US has informed S Korea and Japan that it intends to withdraw about 6,000 ground troops by end of '78 in 1st phase of Pres Carter's pull-out program; initial timetable had been conveyed to Japan and S Korean officials by Under State Sec Philip C Habib and Joint Chief of Staffs Chmn Gen George S Brown during their recent trip; rept also discloses that US has received assurances from China and Soviet Union that they had no intention of increasing tension in area after pullout is completed in next 4 to 5 yrs (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 1, 1977, covering June 6, 1977.
Fleetwood Mac
Eagles
The Beatles
Soundtrack
Marvin Gaye
1977David Connolly, Irish footballer[†]
David James Connolly is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for various clubs including Feyenoord and Excelsior in the Netherlands as well as Wigan Athletic and Sunderland in the Premier League. Born in England, Connolly represented the Republic of Ireland national team at international level. He was a member of Ireland's 2002 FIFA World Cup squad that lost to Spain in the knockout stage where his penalty kick was saved by Iker Casillas during the shootout.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]