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In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]
1977The-Dream, American singer, songwriter, and producer[†]
Terius Adamu Ya Gesteelde-Diamant, known professionally as The-Dream, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is known for having written or co-produced songs for artists in R&B and hip hop, often in tandem with production partner Tricky Stewart. Beginning with I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008), he has been credited on each of American singer Beyoncé's subsequent albums.
1977Chris Mooney, American journalist and academic[†]
Christopher Cole Mooney is an American journalist and author of four books including The Republican War on Science (2005). Mooney's writing focuses on subjects such as climate change denialism and creationism in public schools, and he has been described as "one of the few journalists in the country who specialize in the now dangerous intersection of science and politics." In 2020 he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles on global warming published in The Washington Post.
1977Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.[†]
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country. One of two communist states in Southeast Asia, Vietnam shares land borders with China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia to the west. It shares maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand, and the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia through the South China Sea. Its capital is Hanoi and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City.
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brief biog sketch of Gottlieb (M)
Daughter Christina has reptdly agreed to give her stepmother, Jacqueline, $20-million in return for Mrs Onassis's agreement to drop all further claims to estate of Aristotle; settlement is double amt Jacqueline would have recd under terms of Aristotle's will and is reptdly prompted by Christina's wish to cut all ties with Jacqueline, rather than prolong them in ct battle; illus (M)
Com staff members charge Lance misled them before his confirmation about his financial problems at First Natl Bank of Ga but testimony indicates they failed to vigorously press inquiry into his background; say Lance, in private meeting prior to 2d day of confirmation hearings in Jan, denied overdrafts by wife and stated that Calhoun overdraft related to suicide of bro-in-law and were brought on by problems associated with settlement of estate; insist that Lance failed to disclose agreement imposed on Calhoun bank by Fed regulators; Percy notes 'substantial contradictions' between sworn statements of staff and Lance's testimony; defends staffs integrity; Eagleton is skeptical; Ribicoff reiterates call for Lance's resignation; says he believes staff testimony; testimony detailed (M)
Repr Koch defeats State Sec Cuomo in Dem mayoral runoff primary by 55% to 45% margin to become strong favorite to be next Mayor; vote, with 4,757 of 4,763 election dists reptg, is 431,845 for Koch and 354,321 for Cuomo; turnout, close to 800,000, represents 40% of Dem electorate; Koch takes 39 of city's 66 Assembly Dists and Cuomo takes 27; Koch runs strongly in Jewish, black and Puerto Rican areas and Cuomo in Cath areas; Cuomo will remain on ballot as Liberal nominee; says, in conceding defeat, 'it's not over'; Gov Carey indicates he is having 2d thoughts about his pledge to support Cuomo to end; Koch illus with Repr Herman Badillo and Bess Myerson (L)
Carter Adm, in Justice Dept brief filed with Sup Ct, strongly endorses special considerations for minorities in univ admissions but avoids question of whether specific racial quotas may be used to achieve end; brief, involving Bakke suit against Univ of Calif, appears to back off somewhat from earlier thinking by taking what Atty Gen Bell calls 'very narrow position'; Solicitor Gen McCree, author of brief, comments; brief appears to be greeted with relief by civil rights leaders and black members of Cong; lawyer Joseph L Rauh Jr and Repr Parren Mitchell comment; Bakke case revd; his por (L)
biog sketch of Edward Irving Koch; he was born 52 yrs ago in Bronx; his rise in pol revd (L)
US steel indus attributes its troubles to costly Fed clear-water requirements; Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co, US Steel and Repub Steel affected; labor layoffs follow announcement of US Appeals Ct decision invalidating Mar '76 EPA decision to exempt 8 steel mills in Mahoning River Valley of Ohio from Fed clear-water standards (M)
State Sen Carol Bellamy easily wins Dem City Council Pres runoff primary, defeating Paul O'Dwyer; vote, with 4,754 of 4,763 election dists reptg, is 435,662 for Bellamy and 305,860 for O'Dwyer; Bellamy illus with Margaret Constanza, Pres Carter asst; O'Dwyer illus with wife (L)
W Ger Pres Walter Scheel says proposals for solving W Ger's terrorism problem are compatible with rule of law in free democracy, internatl conf of munic officials, Hamburg; rejects what he terms 'irresponsible criticism' from abroad alleging that fascist trends are developing in W Ger; proposed measures to fight terrorism range from new judicial rules to speed up trials on charges of violence to stiffening of gun laws; presidium of Chancellor Schmidt's Soc Dem Party favors such legis but opposes any curtailment of const freedoms and proposals to reintroduce death penalty (S)
Article on attempts to revive tourism in captured resort of Famagusta; situation detailed; illus (M)
Indira Gandhi says she suspects that 'outside forces' had hand in election defeats of herself and Sri Lanka Prime Min Sirimavo Bandaranaike and in mil coup that ousted Pakistani Prime Min Bhutto, news conf; declines to identify 'outside forces' but her aides say they suspect that US CIA gave financial aid to her successful opponents in Mar elections (S)
J'Informe (I Inform), new Paris daily, begins publication; publisher Joseph Fontanent says paper will be objective (S)