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Article on increased interest in underground housing; pros and cons of such housing discussed; architect Malcolm B Wells, who has advocated such housing for 15 yrs, and MIT Prof Thomas Bligh comment; underground bldgs designed by architects Michael McGuire, David Bennett, William Morgan, David Wright and Frank Moreland noted; guide to books and orgns on underground housing noted (L)
article on underground homes designed by Mark Simon and Don Metz; illus (L)
13 NYC Health Dept drs assigned to Rikers Island prison are discharged, accused of claiming pay for work not performed; another dr and 3 dentists are suspended; in all, 48 of 54 drs and dentists, including a psychiatrist who resigned in Dec '78, are charged with abuses involving sums ranging from $18.90 to over $5,000; names of drs listed; action stems from 9-mo probe by Health and Investigation Depts (M)
Fitzsimmons says it will not be fair to hold down workers wages while corporate profits are soaring; trucking indus reprs make their 1st wage and benefit counter-offer in response to union's demands; offer wage increase of 65c an hr in 1st yr and 10c an hr in each of 2 yrs of 3-yr contract, plus cost-of-living adjustment in final 2 yrs; Teamsters has demanded wage increase of 75c an hr in 1st yr and 50c an hr in last 2 yrs (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 21, 1979, covering March 22, 1979.
Bee Gees
The Doobie Brothers
Dire Straits
Rod Stewart
Gloria Gaynor
1979Michalis Kouinelis, Greek hip hop singer[†]
Michalis Kouinelis, also known as Stavento, Mike or METH is a Greek rapper, songwriter and the lead singer of the hip hop group Stavento.
1979Aaron North, American guitarist[†]
Aaron Wright North is an American musician. He was the co-founder and guitarist of punk band The Icarus Line, a touring lead guitarist of industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails, and vocalist/guitarist for Jubilee. North is noted for his chaotic and unconventional guitar approach, his use and command of feedback, and the flailing of his guitar wildly while on stage.
1979Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player[†]
Juan Cespedes Uribe Tena is a Dominican former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets and Cleveland Indians. He bats and throws right-handed.
1979Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive (born 1901)[†]
Ben Lyon was an American film actor and a studio executive at 20th Century-Fox who later acted in British radio, films and TV.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]