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Carter Adm reptdly plans phasing out of DISC over 3-yr period; belief that orgn has not aided export growth cited (M)
Inland Steel to raise prices on most products by 5.4%; Council on Wage and Price Stability says increase is in line with inflation (S)
article in series discusses rapid growth of US banking abroad and failure of regulators to keep up with growth: finds substantial part of internatl banking is completely unregulated (L)
Gov Corey adm is preparing half-billion-dollar pkg of tax cuts as part of 'no growth' budget for fiscal '78-79 that will avoid deep slashes in any particular area; adm official says that Carey is convinced that tax cut is vital to making NYS economically competitive with other states; budget preparations are conducted in utmost secrecy but adm officials say overall gen budget will be $12-billion; it is learned that Howard F Miller, Deputy Budget Dir, will be named to be acting Budget Dir; Miller will replace Philip L Toia, who resigned to become NYC Deputy Mayor for Finance (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 21, 1977, covering December 21, 1977.
Linda Ronstadt
Fleetwood Mac
Rod Stewart
Earth| Wind & Fire
Electric Light Orchestra
1977Buddy Carlyle, American baseball player[†]
Earl Lester "Buddy" Carlyle is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees and New York Mets. He also played for the LG Twins of the KBO League, and the Hanshin Tigers and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
1977Corey Collymore, Barbadian cricketer[†]
Corey Dalanelo Collymore is a former Barbadian cricketer, who represented the West Indies team in both Tests and ODIs cricket as seam bowler. Collymore was a member of the West Indies team that won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.
1977Leon MacDonald, New Zealand rugby player[†]
Leon Raymond MacDonald is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer, and former head coach for the Auckland Blues rugby team, who played 56 tests for the national team, the All Blacks. He played as a first five-eighth (fly-half), centre, and fullback. He is currently a coaching consultant with the Western Force.
1977Emmanuel Macron, French politician, 25th President of France[†]
Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He was Minister of Economics, Industry and Digital Affairs under President François Hollande between 2014 and 2016. He has been a member of Renaissance since he founded it in 2016.
1977Freddy Sanchez, American baseball player[†]
Frederick Phillip Sanchez Jr. is an American former professional baseball second baseman. Sanchez played in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox (2002–2003), Pittsburgh Pirates (2004–2009) and San Francisco Giants (2009–2011). He batted and threw right-handed.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]