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In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]
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China and US reach agreement which will open ports of each country to ships of the other for 1st time in 30 yrs; shipping accord expected to facilitate trade between both nations; agreement signed between Lykes Bros Steamship Co and China Ocean Shipping Co (M)
Metropolitan Area Lists Highest Monthly Rise Since August ‘74
Chinese forces reptdly increasing pressure on Lang Son and may have captured it from Vietnamese; both sides bolster forces; Chinese troops estimated at 70,000; air forces of both sides involved in support of ground forces but avoid engaging each other; illus; map (M)
City comrs, Councilmen and munic employees will begin driving 450 physically handicapped children to school Feb 26 in expanding program that is scheduled to continue until wildcat strike by school bus drivers ends; Mayor Koch comments; illus
Illus of 10th-century Byzantine painting, The Virgin of Nicopeia, at St Mark's Basilica in Venice, which was damaged when 3 men removed jewels valued at over $1 million that adorned it (S)
Jan's 0.9% rise in consumer prices in US is attributed, in part, to higher prices for med care; illus; charts (S)
Documents from files of White House Office of Telecommunications Policy reveal efforts by Nixon Adm to control public broadcasting; documents are chiefly memos exchd between Clay T Whitehead, dir of office, and number of White House officials, including Peter Flanigan, asst to Pres, Charles W Colson, special counsel to Pres, John D Ehrlichman, chief domestic affairs adviser, and H R Haldeman, chief of staff; documents were obtained by NY Times under Freedom of Information Act; (L)
70,000 to 80,000 Iranians attend rally staged by People's Fedayeen despite Khomeini's order to stay away, Teheran (M)
2 Amer citizens who were injured in gas explosion that killed 49 people in Warsaw bank last wk are reptd to be all right (S)
Crown Prince Fahd cancels plans to visit US in Mar in view of strained relations between 2 countries; Saudi Embassy denies Carter Adm contention that visit was postponed because of Fahd's deteriorating health (M)
Israel Inst for Strategic Studies Dir Aharon Yariv says upheaval in Iran has deepened Israel's sense of insecurity; says Syria, Iraq and Libya have undertaken 'startling' mil growth since '74; says PLO has made striking pol gains; illus (M)
CIA analysts Dino A Brugioni and Robert G Poirer produce only known photographs of Birkenau extermination unit at Auschwitz camp; use World War II aerial reconnaisance films, enlarged so that camp officers and prisoners can be identified; illus (S)