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Mrs Carter meets with US missionaries Thomas Capuano and Rev Lawrence Rosebaugh, who say they were 'treated like animals' in Brazilian jail; gesture linked to Pres Carter's position on human rights; Brazilian Govt's prior knowledge of meeting doubted; Mrs Carter says she discussed human rights issue at length with Pres Geisel; plight of missionaries during stay in jail detailed; illus (L)
HR ethics com to require every member of HR to disclose details of his assn with S Korea in effort to ascertain scope of alleged Korean attempt to influence Cong; com to issue subpoenas to 4 who worked under then-State Sec Kissinger; com confirms that much information about Korean effort is scattered in files in about 12 agencies; Subcom on Internatl Orgns says Kim Hyung Wook, former chief of Korean CIA, will testify on June 22 (M)
21 current and former Correction Dept employees and 7 alleged confederates are indicted and arrested for accepting bribes to smuggle narcotics, guns and ammunition, liquor and restaurant food into Bklyn House of Detention for Men for use by inmates; Dist Atty Gold details these and other charges; aides say that at least 30 more Correction Dept guards and employees in Bklyn are targets of evidence still being presented to grand jury; investigation, including use of undercover agents and hot dog van outside prison, described; Correction Dept Comr Benjamin Malcolm comments; illus (M)
conf opens; Amin's whereabouts remain mystery; Uganda repr in London says Amin will arrive this wk; immigration officials at Brit ports and airports are poised to turn him away, in keeping with Prime Min Callaghan's decision to prevent his attendance at conf; Tanzanian and Zambian officials attending conf and Brit Foreign Office do not believe Amin has left Uganda; there is little sympathy for Amin among 27 heads of govt at conf; Callaghan sets out 2 principal themes of conf; relationship between rich and developing countries and opposition to white minority rule in southern Africa; Queen Elizabeth gives dinner party for 33 of 35 member nations; those missing are Uganda and Seychelles; illus of some conf participants (M)
Miami vote is sparking nationwide debate; local homosexual leaders threaten ct action; to send reprs to NY for major conf on homosexual rights at Natl Gay Task Force hq; Coalition for Human Rights chmn John W Campbell says it is unconst to subject human rights to referendum; Save Our Children official Robert Brake comments; Anita Bryant entertainment appearance in Norfolk picketed; other demonstrations held in NYC and San Francisco; San Francisco Mayor George Moscone calls Miami vote 'terribly wrong'; Repr Edward 1 Koch, Gay People's Union leader Mike Sedberry and Natl Orgn for Women head Eleanor Smeal also critical; 2 Dutch groups send telegram of protest to Pres Carter (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 8, 1977, covering June 9, 1977.
Fleetwood Mac
The Beatles
Eagles
Soundtrack
Commodores
1977Usman Afzaal, Pakistani-English cricketer[†]
Usman Afzaal is a Pakistani born English cricketer who has played three Test matches for England, all against Australia in 2001. He is a left-handed middle order batsman and occasional left arm slow bowler.
1977Paul Hutchison, English cricketer[†]
Paul Michael Hutchison is an English former first-class cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman, and a left-arm fast-medium bowler.
1977Olin Kreutz, American football player[†]
Olin George Kreutz is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL) for fourteen seasons. He played college football for University of Washington, and earned consensus All-American honors. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 1998 NFL draft and spent 13 seasons with Chicago where he was selected to six Pro Bowls. He also played four games for the New Orleans Saints in 2011. Kreutz was a semi-finalist for the NFL Hall of Fame in 2020 after being named to the 2000s All-Decade Team.
1977Peja Stojaković, Serbian basketball player[†]
Predrag Stojaković, known by his nickname Peja, is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who was most recently the assistant general manager and director of player personnel and development of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was inducted into the Greek Basket League Hall of Fame in 2022. Stojaković is regarded as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history. He made 1,760 three-point field goals in his career which ranked 4th all-time at the point of his retirement. He currently ranks 32nd in this category. Standing at 6 ft 10 in, Stojaković played mostly as a small forward. He won the NBA Three-Point Contest two times during the All-Star Weekend competitions.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]