Sculpture Under a City Sky
Grace Glueck suggested tour of outdoor sculpture around NYC; illus (L)
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Grace Glueck suggested tour of outdoor sculpture around NYC; illus (L)
Birmingham police sources say they have information that might support Rowe's assertion that he killed black man in Birmingham in '63; say a former Klansman and another man described as Klan sympathizer told police, in separate accounts, that Rowe boasted about killing blacks during racial unrest; newly uncovered document shows Rowe accused John Doar, former Asst Atty Gen for civil liberties, of forcing him to change his account of Liuzzo killing; Frederick A O Schwarz Jr, who at time was chief counsel to Sen com conducting investigation, comments; ex-KKK leader in Birmingham says Rowe helped direct attacks on Freedom Riders at Birmingham bus station on May 15 '61 (M)
Henry Hope Reed, curator of Central Pk and author of 'Central Pk: A History and a Guide,' will lead walking tour of pk sponsored by Friends of the Parks; illus (L)
Aleksandr Ginzburg is found guilty of 'anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda' and is sentenced to 8 yrs in strict labor camp; prosecutor in Shcharansky trial asks for 15-yr sentence, harshest penalty under Soviet law, short of execution; Viktoras Petkus, translator and founder of dissident com to publicize Soviet violations of rights pledges under '75 Helsinki accord, is sentenced to 10 yrs in prison, to be followed by 5 yrs of internal exile; Mrs Ginzburg, on hearing that prosecutor asked for 8 yrs to be followed by 3 yrs in exile, says her husband will die; por of defendant's mother Lyudmila Ginzburg; illus of Arina Ginzburg and Irina Orlov outside courthouse (L)
Vance and Gromyko seek to insulate dissidents' trials from strategic arms limitation talks (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 12, 1978, covering July 14, 1978.
The Rolling Stones
Gerry Rafferty
Commodores
Soundtrack
Bob Seger
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[â ]