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December 26, 1977

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BEGIN AND SADAT MEET IN EGYPT, AGREE TO CONTINUE TALK TODAY AS AIDES WORK ON PEACE TERMS

By Henry Tanner spec:al to The New York Toms

Dec 26: Begin and Sadat meet in Egypt; joint declaration of basic principles for settlement will be issued at meeting's end; Begin submits Israeli peace proposals; plan includes proposals for agreement on withdrawal in stages of Israeli forces from Sinai and for creation of security safeguards on that front; states Israeli view on problems of W Bank of Jordan and Gaza Strip and principles on which gen Middle East peace between Israel and Arabs should be based; Sadat asks for further discussion, taking meeting into unscheduled 2d day; illus (L)

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CARTER CUTS FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE MISSILES

By Bernard Weinraub Special to The New York Times

Pres Carter turns down Pentagon's request for full-scale development funds for MX missile amid growing debate within Adm about future of US strategic arsenal; decision is viewed as setback for Defense Sec Harold Brown and Air Force leaders who urged its development; Adm and Pentagon sources say Carter's decision was based on uncertainty within Adm about how new missiles should be deployed and potential impact that their development and production could have on relations with USSR; Adm sources indicate Natl Security Council argued against full-scale development (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 21, 1977, covering December 26, 1977.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Simple Dreams by Linda Ronstadt

    Simple Dreams

    Linda Ronstadt

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14
  2. 2
    Album cover for Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

    Rumours

    Fleetwood Mac

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    44
  3. 3
    Album cover for Foot Loose + Fancy Free by Rod Stewart

    Foot Loose + Fancy Free

    Rod Stewart

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for All 'n' All by Earth| Wind & Fire

    All 'n' All

    Earth| Wind & Fire

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    4
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    4
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    Album cover for Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

    Out Of The Blue

    Electric Light Orchestra

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    5

Notable Births

Fatih Akyel

1977Fatih Akyel, Turkish footballer and manager[†]

Fatih Akyel is a Turkish football manager and former professional player. He played as a defender for clubs such as Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe during his 15-year career. He was capped by the Turkey national team 64 times from 1997 to 2004, and also won a silver medal with the Olympic team at the 1997 Mediterranean Games.

1977Adrienn Hegedűs, Hungarian tennis player[†]

Adrienn Hegedűs is a Hungarian former tennis player. In her career, she won a total of 18 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 September 2001, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 178.

Notable Deaths

Howard Hawks

1977Howard Hawks, American director and screenwriter (born 1896)[†]

Howard Winchester Hawks was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director who is not a household name." Roger Ebert called Hawks "one of the greatest American directors of pure movies, and a hero of auteur critics because he found his own laconic values in so many different kinds of genre material." He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Sergeant York (1941) and earned the Honorary Academy Award in 1974. A versatile director, Hawks explored many genres such as comedies, dramas, gangster films, science fiction, film noir, war films and Westerns. His most popular films include Scarface (1932), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Red River (1948), The Thing from Another World (1951), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and Rio Bravo (1959). His frequent portrayals of strong, tough-talking female characters came to define the "Hawksian woman".

Historical Context for December 26, 1977

In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]