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In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]
1977Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Jean-Sébastien Aubin is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Los Angeles Kings.
1977Tony Mamaluke, American wrestler and manager[†]
Charles John Spencer is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Tony Marinara and with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Tony Mamaluke.
1977Ed Smith, English cricketer and journalist[†]
Edward Thomas Smith is an English author and journalist, former professional cricketer, and cricket commentator. He played first-class cricket for Kent, Middlesex and England, he currently works in association football in the Sporting Intelligence department at Derby County.
1977Karl Ristikivi, Estonian geographer, author, and poet (born 1912)[†]
Karl Ristikivi was an Estonian writer. He is known as one of the best Estonian writers for his historical novels.
1977The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET).[†]
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based hyperbolic navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta 31. It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provide geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. It does not require the user to transmit any data, and operates independently of any telephone or Internet reception, though these technologies can enhance the usefulness of the GPS positioning information. It provides critical positioning capabilities to military, civil, and commercial users around the world. Although the United States government created, controls, and maintains the GPS system, it is freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver.
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Pres Carter's domestic counsel Jack Watson says White House believes city will not qualify for designation as disaster area; reprs of city's banking, business, labor and civic communities endorse Mayor Beame's proposal for $3.5-million Rescue Fund to provide cash grants to estimated 2,000 ruined small shop owners; city appears to be making headway in efforts to arraign 4,471 persons arrested during blackout; Con Ed, fearful of brownouts, appeals for conservation; Watson illus with members of city's Cong delegation (S)
100-degree temp reptd in NYC met area on July 18, highest in 11 yrs; Natl Weather Service sees no relief in sight; water pressure in many areas is low because of illegally opened hydrants; situation in various areas described; illus (M)
WASHINGTON, July 18 — President Carter gave Congress today a series of broad proposals to make enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act “fairer, prompter and more predictable.”
Article on increased reluctance of non-organized workers to be organized; cites 'sugar-coated' working conditions that employers give employees; notes Pres Carter recently sent to Cong series of proposals aimed at making it easier for unions to organize workers; declining membership continues to be problem, with union movement's share of work force falling from 1/4th to 1/5th in 2 decades; UAW pres Douglas Fraser, Cornell Univ Prof George Brooks, AFL-CIO orgn dir Alan Kistler, Internatl Assn of Machinists organizing dir Desford Smith, Amer Fed of State County and Munic Workers pres Jerry Wurf and asst orgn dir Norman Goldstein and Carnegie-Mellon Univ dean Arnold Weber comment; graph shows changes in union membership, '30-74 (M)
US officials say Carter has quietly approved formation of Interagency Coordinating Com on US-Soviet Affairs (ICCUSA) under State Dept to coordinate policies toward USSR and advise him on USSR affairs; Marshall D Shulman and Asst Sec George S Vest will head com and rept to Vance, who will bring com's recommendations to Carter or Zbigniew Brzezinski; Brzezinski recommended co-chmn and will be represented on com by aide William G Hyland; officials deny com's creation is admission that USSR ties have not been handled well; Shulman's stand on USSR affairs revd; his por (M)
Atty Gen Bell says he expects prosecutions in Justice Dept's Korean bribery probe and Pres Carter rejects request by Repub Cong leadership for special prosecutor to supervise inquiry; Speaker O'Neill acknowledges that HR ethics com probe 'isn't moving' with sufficient speed, and pledges that com will give 'independence' to new special counsel when he is named (M)
Alaskan oil flow, reduced by 1/3 as result of July 8 blast, is now expected to be completely absorbed by West Coast; Standard Oil of Ohio must still find solution of distribution problem when line is restored to full 1.2-million-bbl-a-day capacity; Calif objections to Long Beach-Midland pipeline revd (M)
Bandaranaike, backed by Freedom Party, is seen trailing in tough election campaign, having lost support of former allies, Lanka Sama Samaja Party and pro-Moscow Communists; opponents charge her with nepotism, and with using emergency laws, enacted 6 yrs ago, to suppress opposition; Govt is also plagued by unemployment and high living costs; Bandaranaike illus (M)
Central Airlines asks CAB for permission to begin nonstop service between 11 US cities and 20 destinations in Caribbean, including Cuba; US cities and foreign destinations listed (S)
Ethiopian Govt forces reptd attacked by 2 rebel groups at Diredawa, Asmara and Massawa; map; Eritrean rebels free 1,000 pol prisoners in Asmara (S)
Sen, 59-36, votes to cut $1.4-billion from B-1 project at urging of Armed Services Com chmn Sen John Stennis (M)