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In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 17, 1979, covering January 22, 1979.
Barbra Streisand
Billy Joel
Blues Brothers
Steve Martin
Chic
Neil Diamond
Earth| Wind & Fire
Eric Clapton
Soundtrack
Foreigner
1979Carlos Ruiz, Panamanian baseball player[†]
Carlos Joaquín Ruiz, nicknamed "Chooch", is a Panamanian former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Seattle Mariners. Ruiz stands 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) tall, and weighs 215 pounds (98 kg). He bats and throws right-handed.
1979Ali Hassan Salameh, Palestinian rebel leader (born 1940)[†]
Ali Hassan Salameh was a Palestinian militant who was the chief of operations for Black September and founder of Force 17. He was assassinated in January 1979 as part of an assassination campaign by Mossad.
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Article on duck indus; Long Island, which for yrs had produced 50% of nation's ducks, has slipped to 3d place in production, falling behind Wis and Ind; Maple Leaf Farms vice pres Dick Jones and Suffolk County Extension Admr Daniel H Fricke comment; drawing (L)
Pittsburgh defeats Dallas, 35-31; Terry Bradshaw voted most valuable player; illus (L)
3.57 inches of rain inundate NYC met area on Jan 21, producing major flooding, snarling hwy systems, and causing power failures and transportation delays and shutdowns; illus (L)
Nation's retailers have raised expectations for early mos of '79; see sales up 6-8% in 1st half, consumers favoring soft lines over durables and uncertain outlook for credit buying; J C Penney chmn Donald V Seibert, Mervyn's chmn Mervin G Morris, Allied Stores Corp pres and chief exec officer Thomas M Macioce, Wal-Mart chmn Samuel M Walton and Caldor Inc chmn Carl Bennett comment; execs pors (M)
2d article in series; focuses on inquiries by Cong members into cult activities; some Cong members comment; illus (L)
Money mkt economists, skeptical about unexpected drop in money supply, predict interest rates will continue to rise; interest-rate graphs (M)
Red Smith article on Terry Bradshaw; illus (M)
Study by Com for Study of Amer Electorate shows long, steady decline in voting percentages over 25-yr period in NJ, NY and Conn; problem cuts across urban and suburban areas but is more acute in urban areas; voter apathy is so acute that Govs of all 3 states were elected with votes of less than 25% of those people eligible to cast ballots; conclusions of study: smaller electorate is more susceptible to manipulation by big money, ad, corps and single-issue candidates and parties; pol influence of young people has dissipated since '72, while that of older voters is increasing; widespread and costly efforts to increase voter regis have raised voter regis but not turnout; graphs of voting statistics for NY, NJ and Conn in '52, '76 and '78 elections (L)
Article on Venezuelan econ outlook notes nation's increasing dependence on imported goods and services (M)
Govt unveils plan to increase aid to nation's shipbldrs, reinforcing shipbldg as 1 of world's most heavily subsidized business sectors; 3-yr aid pkg, valued at $548 million, includes $354 million in bldg subsidies that will reduce avg cost to W Ger shipbldrs by as much as 20%; aid backed by Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who attributes contraction in indus to emergence of developing nations as major competitors; illus (M)
underwriters to set interest rate on city's $100 million note issue, after which city officials will either agree to go ahead with sale or withdraw; city officials have said rate on 5-mo notes could 8 1/2% or lower--well below what had been expected few days ago (S)
Regency council members Dr Abdul Hussein Aliabadi and Mohammed Ali Varasteh quit in wake of pressure by Khomeini; Bakhtiar says he will not resign (M)