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April 25, 1979

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Headlines from April 25, 1979

The Profits Are Fat For Nation's Cattlemen

By William Robbins; Special to The New York Times

US cattlemen are operating near profitable peak of cyclical ups and downs of cattle prices; prices are high now because supplies are short, result of shrinking herds during years of low prices; illus; graphs show beef prices and cattle being readied for slaughter from Apr '78 to Apr '79 (M)

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BUILDING EMPLOYEES PICKET APARTMENTS AS WALKOUT STARTS

By Damon Stetson

20,000 building-service employees at hundreds of apartment houses and cooperatives in NYC strike for higher pay and better job security; Service Employees Local 32B-32J has set up picket lines at all struck apt bldgs; tenants in most bldgs step in to replace doormen, elevator operators, handymen, porters and some superintendents; Sweeney and Ford comment; pickets illus (L)

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Iran Islamic Committees Criticized By Premier as d ‘Rule of Revenge’

By Youssef M. Ibrahim Special to The New York Times

Bazargan criticizes Islamic komitehs of Khomeini and calls for end to anarchy and 'rule of revenge' in Iran, TV speech; announces that Deputy Prime Min Ibrahim Yazdi has been named Foreign Min; says his son-in-law Hossein Bani-Assadi has been named Deputy Prime Min; delivers speech after leading procession of 100,000 people in funeral of Gharani; Govt denies repts that there was assassination attempt against Bazargan at funeral; illus (M)

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Income, Outgo, Anguish

By Phyllis Theroux

SOME time ago, I read about an experiment in which two laboratory rats from widely divergent backgrounds were thrown into a large vat of water. Rat No. I had been raised with a silver spoon in his mouth. His maze was well lit. there was always enough cheese in the icebox, and until he was plucked from his maze altogether, he always had great faith in what lay around the corner.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 25, 1979, covering April 25, 1979.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Minute By Minute by The Doobie Brothers

    Minute By Minute

    The Doobie Brothers

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    19
  2. 2
    Album cover for Spirits Having Flown by Bee Gees

    Spirits Having Flown

    Bee Gees

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  3. 3
    Album cover for 2-hot by Peaches & Herb

    2-hot

    Peaches & Herb

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    23
  4. 4
    Album cover for Dire Straits by Dire Straits

    Dire Straits

    Dire Straits

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    17
  5. 5
    Album cover for Desolation Angels by Bad Company

    Desolation Angels

    Bad Company

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    5

Historical Context for April 25, 1979

In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]