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NLRB authorizes legal staff to seek nationwide injunction against J P Stevens & Co to stop 'unlawful conduct in fight to keep unions out (M)
JOHANNESBURG, Thursday, Dec. 1—South Africa's governing National Party rode a mood of defiance among the country's white minority to an overwhelming victory in yesterday's general election, gaining a computer‐projected 70 percent of the popular vote among the approximately 1.2 million voters.
NYC Mayor-elect Koch reptdly will offer NYS prosecutor John F Keenan job of NYC Police Comr; press sec Maureen Connolly says no decision has been reached in matter; list of others considered for post; Keenan por (M)
Israel rejects Waldheim's proposal that preparatory talks for Geneva be held on 'neutral ground' of UN; Israeli Foreign Min spokesman says Israel supports Sadat's proposal for direct talks in Cairo and that no purpose will be served by additional conf; poll conducted by Israel Inst of Applied Soc Research and Communications Inst of Hebrew Univ finds 90% of those questioned believe Egypt wants peace settlement with Israel; also shows that majority still oppose giving up all Arab territories and most are still against establishment of Palestinian state on West Bank and Gaza Strip; finds majority are prepared for withdrawal from most of Sinai (M)
Pres Carter, at news conf, indicates he would put off controversial tax-reform proposals next yr to insure early enactment of substantial tax cuts; says his '78 tax reform pkg will be comprehensive and adequate; proposal that would make capital gains taxable as ordinary income seems almost certain to be shunted aside; speculation on whether Carter will accommodate views of Sen Long on having crude oil taxes plowed back to producers; Carter illus (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 30, 1977, covering December 1, 1977.
Linda Ronstadt
Fleetwood Mac
Steely Dan
Commodores
Rod Stewart
1977Brad Delson, American guitarist and producer[†]
Bradford Philip Delson is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the rock band Linkin Park.
1977Sophie Guillemin, French actress[†]
Sophie Guillemin is a French actress. She has appeared in such films as L'Ennui, Harry, He's Here to Help, Un chat un chat, and A la folie, pas du tout. In 2017, whilst on the set of the TV movie Remember Us, she met the actor Thierry Godard. The couple were married in August 2018. Guillemin met Godard on the set of the TV series Souviens-toi de Nous. At the time, he was mourning the loss of his partner, actress and drama teacher Blanche Veisberg, who died of cancer in 2017.
1977Lee McKenzie, Scottish journalist[†]
Lee McKenzie is a journalist and presenter who is a reporter and deputy presenter for Channel 4's F1 coverage and also the main presenter of the W Series and Channel 4 Rugby. McKenzie also works on a variety of sports on the BBC and Channel 4 including tennis, rugby and equestrian, as well as the Olympics and Paralympic Games. McKenzie has also worked as a presenter for the BBC's F1 coverage, Sky Sports and Sky Sports News.
1977Nate Torrence, American actor and comedian[†]
Nathan Torrence is an American actor. He is known for several TV and film roles, most notably including Devon from She's Out of My League, Wade from HBO‘s Hello Ladies, Sully on the CW series Supernatural and for voicing the character of Clawhauser in Disney’s animated film Zootopia.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]