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Ray and 3 others are recaptured; Gov Ray Blanton, Corrections Comr C Murray Henderson and Warden Stonney Lane comment; other developments; por of Ray (M)
US has suggested to USSR, as part of new approach to achieving treaty limiting strategic arms, that each side's offensive strategic force be cut by about 10% below 2,400 level agreed upon at Vladivostok; sources say Vance told Gromyko in May that US believes new treaty, to run through '85, should have limit of 2,160 offensive missile launchers and heavy bombers; US also reptdly proposed that tests of land-based and sea-launched cruise missiles be limited to 375 miles in range, but that air-launched cruise missiles be allowed to be deployed with range of 1,550 miles; also suggested that USSR agree in protocol to freeze in replacement of its large land-based missiles, known as SS-9s and SS-18s; also wants protocol to reflect agreement by Soviets to hold down production of new bomber, known as Backfire (M)
Mrs Sjann Abbink, 1 of 3 hostages held in school, describes ordeal and being freed by Dutch marines (M)
NY Times series on educ outlook in NYC suburbs; finds voter rejection of school budgets down sharply this yr from recent yrs of taxpayer revolt; credits school bds cost-cutting efforts, voter recognition that cuts mostly affect optional extra programs and improved econ conditions; discusses situation in Conn, NJ and NYS (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 8, 1977, covering June 13, 1977.
Fleetwood Mac
The Beatles
Eagles
Soundtrack
Commodores
1977Romain Mesnil, French pole vaulter[†]
Romain Mesnil is a retired, French pole vaulter. His personal outdoor best is 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Castres. His personal indoor best is 5.86 metres, set in March 2001 in Toulouse. His coach was Georges Martin.
1977Earthwind Moreland, American football player[†]
Earthwind Chatavian Moreland is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL), Arena Football League (AFL), and NFL Europe.
1977Riikka Purra, Finnish politician[†]
Riikka Katriina Purra is a Finnish politician, serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Finland, and Finance Minister, since 2023. She is also a member of the Parliament of Finland for the Finns Party for the Uusimaa constituency. In August 2021 she was elected the new leader of the party, after Jussi Halla-aho.
1977Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.[†]
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist and political philosopher who was a leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and nonviolent civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]