Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s electrifying visit to Jerusalem in November and the beginning of Egyptian-Israeli talks in search of Middle East peace was rated the top headline story of 1977 by American editors, according to the magazine, Editor and Publisher, the news media’s trade magazine. Another top story was the Hanafi Moslem sect’s occupation of three Washington buildings last March.
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