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Elaborate wedding dinner, NYC, celebrating marriage of Georges Troisgros, son of famous French chef, and Martine Poumade of Pujol family, described; illus (M)
Economists and business analysts forecast continued inflation and slowdown in '79, Conf Bd Econ Forum; say GNP will rise 2.4% on real basis in '79, compared with 3.9% in '79; forecast increases of 7.7% in both consumer and wholesale prices (M)
22 new TV programs that make up most extensive midseason renovation ever by ABC, CBS and NBC are notably devoid of violence and sex (M)
MEMPHIS, Dec. 10— If hard evidence was needed, ,the Memphis midterm confereiice demonstrated the obstacles President Carter faces in trying to lead the Democratic Party to the right to fight inflation and to slow the growth of Federal spending on social programs.
militant self-defense program is urged in march organized in Borough Pk by Rabbi Meir Kahane, rally in front of 66th Pct station house; Council of Jewish Orgns of Borough Park head Rabbi Morris A Shmidman proposes NYS tax credit to aid civilian patrols augmenting police in various city communities; 2 programs are part of continuing reaction to Dec 2 slaying of Irving Sussman; Asst Police Chief Milton Schwartz comments (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 6, 1978, covering December 11, 1978.
Billy Joel
Steve Martin
Barbra Streisand
Donna Summer
Foreigner
1978Roy Wood, Jr., American comedian, actor, and radio host[†]
Roy Norris Wood Jr. is an American stand-up comedian and actor who first became well known for his correspondent appearances on The Daily Show. Wood has been hosting the American adaptation of the news and entertainment panel show Have I Got News for You on CNN since September 2024.
1978Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)[†]
Vincent du Vigneaud was an American biochemist. He was recipient of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone," a reference to his work on the peptide hormone oxytocin.
1978Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager (born 1920)[†]
Paul O'Dea was an American professional baseball player, manager and scout. He saw Major League service during World War II for the 1944 and 1945 Cleveland Indians. He threw and batted left-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg).
1978The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.[†]
The Lufthansa heist was a robbery which took place at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport on December 11, 1978. An estimated US$5.875 million was stolen, with $5 million in cash and $875,000 in jewelry, making it the largest cash robbery committed in the U.S. at the time.
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]