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Heimann broadens probe of Lance's finances to include his involvement in Natl Bank of Ga and Calhoun 1st Natl Bank, which he formerly headed (M)
CIA Dir Adm Stansfield Turner, commenting on disclosure of classified material, says disclosures by press that King Hussein was on CIA payroll 'did us considerable damage' (S)
The New York City police yesterday began widespread distribution of a new drawing and a revised, more‐detailed description of the elusive .44‐caliber killer who calls himself “Son of Sam.”
sporadic violence in Northern Ireland on eve of arrival of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
Scheele was killed by train driven by same engineer, at same time and practically on same spot as train mat killed her boyfriend, Donald Byrne, July 30; Nassau County police claim Scheele's death 'deliberate act,' although refusing to characterize it formally as a suicide pending County Med Examiner rept; attribute Byrne's death to accident, noting he stumbled off Massapeaque Park Station platform, apparently while drunk; Scheele's father charges LIRR with negligence; Michael J Moskowitz, engineer of both trains, terms deaths 'awful coincidence'; deaths come at time when rr is under increasing pressure from community groups to institute better safety measures; about 25 persons have been killed in last 12 yrs at station; illus; map (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 10, 1977, covering August 10, 1977.
Fleetwood Mac
Crosby| Stills & Nash
Barbra Streisand
Peter Frampton
Kiss
1977Danny Griffin, Irish footballer[†]
Daniel Joseph Griffin is a Northern Irish retired footballer. He was primarily a defender, but could also play in midfield. He is a youth coach with his first professional club, St Johnstone.
1977Matt Morgan, English comedian, actor, and radio host[†]
Matthew Morgan is a British comedy writer and radio presenter. He is best known for his work with Russell Brand, with whom he shared numerous writing credits, as well as co-hosting The Russell Brand Show on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 Music and Radio X.
1977In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.[†]
Yonkers is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of New York and the most-populous city in Westchester County. A centrally located municipality within the New York metropolitan area, Yonkers had a population of 211,569 at the 2020 United States census. Yonkers is classified as an inner suburb of New York City, immediately north of the Bronx and approximately 2.4 miles (4 km) north of Marble Hill.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]