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Pres Carter promises to 'emphasize a new interest in solving high unemployment rate among black youth' in '78 but says issue is '1 of those problems that is difficult to solve' (S)
Con Ed outlines $65-million blackout-prevention program that emphasizes protection of system's links to neighboring power grids instead of devices designed to keep system operating even after total loss of those interconnections; key element of strategy is new equipment for automatically shutting off customers when recorders detect overloads on major lines importing power; strategy detailed; chmn Luce says these measures will 'greatly reduce' chances of future systemwide collapse; says co is not liable for damages incurred by customers during blackout; his illus (M)
Rept to NYS Gov Carey and NYC Mayor-elect Edward Koch on econ arguments for and against Westway project says roadway bldg will create 36,493 jobs directly and 50,352 jobs indirectly, '78-86; says number of jobs created will be substantially higher than trading project for mass-transit improvements (M)
Pres Sadat urges Israel to rev its Middle East policy to take proper acct of new climate created by his and Begin's visits, news conf; reiterates that Egypt would accept no plan that would leave Israeli troops on West Bank; says Cairo insists on Israeli withdrawal from all Arab territories and establishment of Palestinian state; W Ger Chancellor Schmidt hails Sadat's assurance that war between Egypt and Israel has become 'unthinkable' (L)
New Fed Reserve Bd chmn G William Miller says critical econ issues of unemployment and inflation should be 'tackled simultaneously (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 28, 1977, covering December 29, 1977.
Linda Ronstadt
Fleetwood Mac
Rod Stewart
Earth| Wind & Fire
Electric Light Orchestra
1977Jimmy Journell, American baseball player[†]
James Richard Journell is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2003 and 2005.
1977Katherine Moennig, American actress[†]
Katherine Sian Moennig is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Shane McCutcheon on The L Word (2004–2009), as well as Jake Pratt on Young Americans (2000). Moennig played the role of Lena in the Showtime series Ray Donovan from 2013 to 2019. She played a recurring role on Grown-ish on Freeform as Professor Paige Hewson in seasons 2 and 3. She reprised her role as Shane McCutcheon in The L Word: Generation Q in 2019. Moennig currently hosts the podcast PANTS with close friend and L Word co-star, Leisha Hailey.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]