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Carter Adm announces that Govt spending in '79 and '80 will exceed Pres Carter's forecast in his Jan budget, but will be offset by increased tax revenues (S)
Article on successful strategy employed by co pres Donald Rumsfeld to improve co profits and operations; notes Rumsfeld, upon becoming chief exec in June '77, reduced staff from 800 to less than 400, re-emphasized research, and divested co of 20 money-losing or marginal businesses acquired but never assimilated; co lost $71.7 million in 4th qr '77 because of approach, but in 4th qr '78 showed net gain of $20.4 million; Rumsfeld por; chart depicts products dropped by co; table of financial data, '77-78 (L)
Lupkin says he will carry out full-scale investigation of all events leading to Estimate Bd's decision to grant bus shelter franchise to Convenience & Safety Corp; Mayor Koch reiterates that he will not sign contract until investigation is complete; Convenience pres Henry Silverman denounces Koch decision, news conf; Lupkin says investigation will include any financial interest any public official may have in Convenience & Safety Inc; Corp Counsel Allen G Schwartz to meet with Bustop Shelters Inc lawyers possibly to seek postponement of city's action in State Supreme Ct; Silverman por (M)
paintings at Museum of Modern Art revd by H Kramer; illus
Connecticut commercial banks are fighting incursion of nonbank subsidiaries of large out-of-state bank holding cos; are pushing legis to limit such moves into state to those operations already in existence as of last Jan 1; opposing legis are consumer groups, who term it protectionist and anti-competitive, and Citicorp, which has received permission to open subsidiaries in Westport and Meriden; bill is sponsored by Sen William J Sullivan and Repr John P Sponheimer, co-chmn of Gen Assembly Banking Com (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 14, 1979, covering March 16, 1979.
Bee Gees
Rod Stewart
The Doobie Brothers
Dire Straits
Village People
1979Tyler Arnason, American ice hockey player[†]
Tyler Lawrence Arnason is an American former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks, Ottawa Senators and the Colorado Avalanche.
1979Hee-seop Choi, South Korean baseball player[†]
Hee-seop Choi is a South Korean former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, and Los Angeles Dodgers and in the KBO League for the Kia Tigers. He was the first Korean-born position player to play in the major leagues.
1979Christina Liebherr, Swiss equestrian[†]
Christina Liebherr is a Swiss equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.
1979Rashad Moore, American football player[†]
Glenn Rashad Moore is an American former professional football defensive tackle. He was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft. He played college football at Tennessee.
1979Sébastien Ostertag, French handball player[†]
Sébastien Ostertag is a French team handball player. He played on the France men's national handball team which won gold medals at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia and at the 2010 European Championship in Austria.
1979Leena Peisa, Finnish keyboard player and songwriter[†]
Leena Maria "Awa" Peisa is a Finnish keyboard player. Her former bands include Lordi, Punaiset Messiaat and Dolchamar. Currently, she plays in Lordi's ex-drummer's Kita's band "Sampsa Astala & Qma".
1979Andrei Stepanov, Estonian footballer[†]
Andrei Stepanov is an Estonian former professional footballer. He played the position of defender.
1979Jean Monnet, French economist and politician (born 1888)[†]
Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet was a French civil servant, entrepreneur, diplomat, financier, and administrator. An influential supporter of European unity, he is considered one of the founding fathers of the European Union.
1979Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ending the war.[†]
The Sino-Vietnamese War was a brief conflict that occurred in early 1979 between China and Vietnam. China launched an offensive ostensibly in response to Vietnam's invasion and occupation of Cambodia in 1978, which ended the rule of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge. The conflict lasted for about a month, with China withdrawing its troops in March 1979.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]