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NCR Corp unveils 5 new small- to medium-sized central processing computers, confirming new generation in computer tech; move is viewed as response to IBM's introduction of 2 new computers; new line described; recent actions by other cos in field noted (M)
HR passes by voice vote bill to extend retroactively waiver on punitive duties on subsidized imports--legis foreign countries deem essential to complete Geneva GATT talks (M)
Small suburban communities in NYC met area have joined forces to negotiate contracts with cable TV cos; Greenburgh, NY, town clerk Michael O'Connor and Cablevision pres Charles Dolan comment; cable costs and services in East Orange, NJ, Danbury, Conn, and Jericho, LI, noted; illus (M)
China informs Japanese trading cos that it has not yet approved large number of recent indus plant and equipment contracts valued at estimated $2.9 billion; Japanese business leaders voice surprise; Nippon Steel Corp chmn Yoshihiro Inayama comments (M)
Article on cos with dual hq in San Francisco and Los Angeles and execs who shuttle between rival financial centers; Wells Fargo chief exec Richard P Cooley and Crocker Natl chmn Thomas R Wilcox comment; illus (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 28, 1979, covering March 2, 1979.
Bee Gees
Rod Stewart
Village People
Dire Straits
Blues Brothers
1979Damien Duff, Irish footballer[†]
Damien Anthony Duff is an Irish professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of League of Ireland club Shelbourne.
1979Jim Troughton, English cricketer[†]
Jamie Oliver Troughton is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. He is currently Assistant Coach at Surrey, and as a player was mainly an attack-minded left-handed batsman and an occasional slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He played for Warwickshire. He also played for the England one day international team.
1979Nicky Weaver, English footballer[†]
Nicholas James Weaver is an English football coach and former professional footballer.
1979Christy Ring, Irish hurler (born 1920)[†]
Nicholas Christy Michael Ring was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career at senior level with the Cork county team spanned twenty-four years from 1939 to 1963. He established many championship records, including career appearances (65), scoring tally (33–208) and number of All-Ireland medals won (8); however, these records were subsequently bested by a number of players. Ring is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game, with many former players, commentators and fans rating him as the number one player of all time.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]