Week of October 1, 1977

Bert Lance resigns as the Carter

Administration’ s budget director, saying his

name had been cleared, but he could see no

end to the controversy over his past financial

dealings.

President Carter meets for three hours with

Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at the

White House. The meeting came before the

expiration of the initial SALT agreement

Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis will receive $26

million from her late husband’s estimated half-

billion-dollar estate in return for breaking all ties

with the family and relinquishing al further

claims.

At the IMF - President Carter pledges he will do strong non-inflationary growth of

the U.S. economy next year and said he is firmly committed to expand world

trade free barriers.

Secretary of State Cyrus Vance says the U.S. and the Soviet Union may be

nearing agreement on how to break the deadlock over Palestinian representation

at Middle East peace talks.

Hancho Kim - a second South Korean businessman is indicted in the

congressional bribery scandal, charged with conspiring to defraud the U.S. and

making a false declaration to a grand jury.

In Washington - Senators have been in continuous session for some 32 hours as

two Democratic opponents of natural gas price deregulation knot the senate into

its longest filibuster in 13 years.

Five Japanese terrorists holding 142 hostages for the third day aboard a hijacked

jet in Bangladesh are told again the Tokyo government could not meet their

execution deadline.

The first Laker Skytrain takes off from London for New York with more than one-

fifth of its seats empty. Price was about $260.00

Week of October 1, 1977

The Soviet Union, in a surprise movie, offers to join with the U.S. and Britain in a

suspension of all underground nuclear weapons tests for an unspecified period.

Liberal Ed Koch easily wins a runoff primary and emerges as the odds-on

favorite to become the next mayor of New York City.

President Anwar Sadat publicly asks the Soviet Union for a 10-year grace period

on Egypt’s military debut, estimated at $4 billion.

The Republicans say that 121 of 674 campaign promises by President Carter

were kept and 77 were broken in the first seven months of his administration.

Nic Knievel, practicing for a 112-foot jump, overshoots a ramp and fractures his

vertebrae. He’s Evil’s brother. Meanwhile, Evil is booked in Los Angeles on an

assault case

David the Bubble Boy celebrates his

sixth birthday with a germ-free cake

inside his plastic isolator at his home in

Houston, Texas.

Ralph Nader announces formation of a

consumer advocate group that will try

to give sports fans a voice in such

maters as who plays for their favorite

teams. Nader said the organization will

try to influence owners in deals. Such

as the one that ended Tom Seaver’s

career as a New York Met.

Billy Carter leads a horse-and-buggy

parade and judges a roaring Twenties

bathing beauty pageant at Knott’s

Berry Farm in S. California.

David Berkowitz, accused of being the .44 caliber killer called “Son of Sam, has

written two letters recently from his hospital jail cell, one to the New York Post

and one to the daughter of the man Berkowitz allegedly called “Sam.”

In Chicago - Hospital attendants lovingly called her Jane and wept when she

died. The teenager, found beaten unconscious in a forest preserve Sept. 6, died

unknown but not alone. Hundreds of parents called or visited in the hope that the

Week of October 1, 1977

pretty blonde Jane Doe might be their missing daughter. Her pictures of her in

the hospital bed appeared in newspapers and on TV. No one claimed her.

Sports -

Pitcher Larry Christenson to highlight a seven-run seventh inning that led

Philadelphia to a 15-9 victory of the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. The Phillies

clinched the National League’s Eastern division title.

Madison Square Garden - Muhammad Ali and Earnie Shavers go 15 rounds -

but Ali won, but almost lost.

George Foster of the Cincinnati Reds hits his

50 th homer, becoming the first

National Leaguer since Willie Mays to hit that many.

Music news -

Elvis Presley tribute

songs/records - Elvis tributes

are hitting the streets and the

fastest rising single in the

country is “The King is Gone”

by Ronnie McDowell. It was

recorded in Nashville the week

of Presley’s death. Also getting

played is Lenny LeBlacn’s

“Hound Dog Man.” Other

Presley tribute records as

reported by CashBox magazine

include “Goodbye King of Rock

‘n’ Roll” by Len Everett, “Cry,

Cry Cry A Few tears for Elvis”

by Ledia Ray, “We’re Sure

Gonna Miss You Old Friend” by

Jack Hickox and “A New Star in

Heaven” by Wally Fowler.

Sunday night television -

CBS - 60 Minutes, Movie

NBC - World of Disney, Made For TV Movie

ABC - Hardy Boys Myster, Six Million Dollar Man, Movie

PBS - Evening at Pops, Masterpiece Theater

Six Million Dollar Man - A hired killer talks Steve Austin.