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Gen Cinema Corp is considering plans to offer 'in excess of $24 a share' for 20% stake in Columbia Pictures; Kirk Kerkorian is already offering $24 a share for similar stake; both offers are expected to face Justice Dept scrutiny on possible antitrust grounds (M)
Article on foundation's nationwide search for its next pres, to replace McGeorge Bundy, who plans to retire when he reaches age 60 in spring; 7 leading candidates and their qualifications listed; illus (L)
Article on discovery of Spanish treasure galleon Concepcion, which sank off Dominican Repub in 1641; find by Burt B Webber Jr is classed as major discovery by historians; illus; map (M)
American companies with plants In Iran are DeIng rorcea to halt production there, at least temporarily. Du Pont stopped work at fibers plant employing 2,000 workers., General Tire said it would close a factory Friday, laying off 1,000. Other companies also are suspending Iranian operations. All are joint ventures with wealthy Iranian allies of the Shah, which raises questions about their future under a new government. (Page D1.)
surgeons say it will take at least 10 days before they know if operation was successful; prospects put at 50-50; illus (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 3, 1979, covering January 3, 1979.
Barbra Streisand
Steve Martin
Billy Joel
Chic
Soundtrack
1979Kate Levering, American actress, singer, and dancer[†]
Kate Levering is an American actress and dancer. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her role in the 2001 musical 42nd Street. She is best known for her role as Kim Kaswell in the Lifetime comedy-drama series Drop Dead Diva.
1979Conrad Hilton, American businessman, founded the Hilton Hotels & Resorts (born 1887)[†]
Conrad Nicholson Hilton was an American hotel magnate and politician who founded the Hilton Hotels chain. From 1912 to 1916, Hilton was a Republican representative in the first New Mexico Legislature, but became disillusioned with the "inside deals" of politics. In 1919, he purchased his first hotel, the Mobley Hotel in Cisco, Texas, for US$40,000 and subsequently capitalized on the oil boom. The rooms were rented out in eight-hour shifts. He continued to purchase and sell hotels, and eventually established the world's first international hotel chain. When he died in 1979, he left the bulk of his estate to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]