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Gov Carey says it will take 4 yrs for state to take over City Univ, Jan 25 news conf; Mayor Koch would like takeover to be accomplished more quickly (S)
Article on 25th Winter Antiques Show, NYC; illus (M)
Pres Carter's annual Econ Rept to Cong predicts reduction in trade deficit in '79 to between $2 billion and $8 billion, compared with $17-billion '78 deficit; chart (M)
Bldg that housed Bonwit's 5th Av store for 5 decades is scheduled to be sold in move that apparently paves way for closing of troubled store; there recently have been rumors that parent co Genesco Inc is preparing to sell its leases and vacate store (M)
Special govt comm, Task Force on Canadian Unity, which for 18 mos has been studying how to keep Canada from disintegrating, calls on Canadian people to recognize distinctive nature of French-speaking Quebec or risk its secession; urges fed and provincial govts to act quickly to restructure country's pol insts to accommodate Quebec as well as other dissatisfied regions; Prime Min Trudeau says he accepts broad lines of analysis as well as its basic principles for renewed federalism; opposition leaders also praise rept, and Joseph Clark, leader of Progressive Conservative party, says it constitutes indictment of Liberal Govt's record; comm co-chmn Jean-luc Pepin and John P Robarts comment (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 24, 1979, covering January 26, 1979.
Billy Joel
Blues Brothers
Barbra Streisand
Neil Diamond
Rod Stewart
1979Sara Rue, American actress[†]
Sara Rue is an American actress. She is best known for her performances as Carmen Ferrara on Popular, as Claude Casey on Less than Perfect, and as the Attorney General in Idiocracy. In 2011, she hosted The CW reality series Shedding for the Wedding. She had a recurring role in the comedy Rules of Engagement, as Brenda, the softball teammate and good friend of Jeff Bingham. She had a regular role as Kim on the short-lived ABC sitcom Malibu Country, and appeared in the main cast of the TV Land comedy series Impastor. She is also known for her role as Olivia Caliban in the second season of the Netflix series A Series of Unfortunate Events.
1979Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (born 1908)[†]
Nelson Aldrich "Rocky" Rockefeller was the 41st vice president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford. He was also the 49th governor of New York, serving from 1959 to 1973. Rockefeller was a member of the Republican Party and of the wealthy Rockefeller family.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]