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June 12, 1979

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Headlines from June 12, 1979

Hanoi Regime Reported Resolved To Oust Nearly All Ethnic Chinese

By Fox Butterfield

Refugee and intelligence sources say Vietnam appears determined to expel all ethnic Chinese and is exacting hundreds of millions of dollars from them before their departure, much of it to repay Soviet aid and arms sales; Yu Hoang, Vietnamese official in charge of emigration in Ho Chi Minh City, says Govt wants to expel Chinese as quickly as possible and asked him for help; says there are still 800,000 to 1.2 million Chinese in southern Vietnam following departure of 300,000 during last year; Red Cross official believes that as more refugees put out to sea, likelihood of their reaching foreign shore is declining; calculates that proportion of those drowning or dying of exposure, hunger and thirst at sea has risen from 50% to 70%; refugees comment (L)

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CORRECTION

By Unknown Author

It was incorrectly reported in SportsMonday yesterday that the Metropolitan Golf Association had begun clinics for junior players. The program is being administered by the Metropolitan P.G.A.

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Most Iran Bank Units in City Optimistic

By Robert A. Bennett

Interviews with Iranian bank representatives in NYC on revolutionary Govt's takeover of private banks; Bank Sanaye Iran manager F Barry Wall is uncertain whether his bank will stay in business; 60% of bank was owned by Khodadad Farmanian who lost about $100 million; Levon Djanece, director of Bank Melli Iran's operations in North America, says takeover will have little effect on bank since it was nationalized 50 years ago; Bank Sepah agent Mehbi Amin lauds move; his bank is owned by Iranian military pension fund; Amin says full impact of takeover will not be felt by 4 NYC agencies for some time; Bank Saderat Iran agent Haidar Hamedani refuses to comment on takeover; Wall illus

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PARKING REGULATIONS

By Unknown Author

Because of trash‐removal problems during the tugboat strike, alternateside parking regulations will be in effect today and tomorrow in Manhattan and Brooklyn only.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 6, 1979, covering June 12, 1979.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Breakfast In America by Supertramp

    Breakfast In America

    Supertramp

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

    2-hot

    Peaches & Herb

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    29
  3. 3
    Album cover for Bad Girls by Donna Summer

    Bad Girls

    Donna Summer

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for We Are Family by Sister Sledge

    We Are Family

    Sister Sledge

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    16
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    Album cover for Rickie Lee Jones by Rickie Lee Jones

    Rickie Lee Jones

    Rickie Lee Jones

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    10

Notable Births

Dallas Clark

1979Dallas Clark, American football player[†]

Dallas Dean Clark is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Indianapolis Colts. He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes, earning unanimous All-American honors and recognition as the top college tight end in the nation. He was selected by Indianapolis in the first round of the 2003 NFL draft and he was a member of their Super Bowl XLI championship team against the Chicago Bears. He also played in the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Baltimore Ravens.

Martine Dugrenier

1979Martine Dugrenier, Canadian wrestler[†]

Martine Dugrenier is a Canadian retired wrestler. A three time world champion, she has also competed twice at the Olympics, finishing in 5th place both times.

Diego Milito

1979Diego Milito, Argentine footballer[†]

Diego Alberto Milito is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was nicknamed El Principe because of his physical resemblance with former Uruguayan footballer Enzo Francescoli, who had the same nickname.

Robyn

1979Robyn, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer[†]

Robin Miriam Carlsson, known professionally as Robyn, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. Her 1995 debut album Robyn Is Here produced two Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles: "Do You Know " and "Show Me Love". Her second and third albums, My Truth (1999) and Don't Stop the Music (2002), were released in Sweden. The 2010 sleeper hit “Dancing On My Own” is often credited as her signature song and helped rejuvenate her career.

Earl Watson

1979Earl Watson, American basketball player and coach[†]

Earl Joseph Watson Jr. is an American professional basketball coach and former player, who serves as an assistant coach for the San Diego Toreros. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he was a four-year starter and named all-conference as a senior in the Pac-10. Watson was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 2001 NBA draft with the 39th overall selection. He played 13 seasons in the NBA with seven teams before becoming a coach in 2014. He was the head coach of the Phoenix Suns from 2016 to 2017.

Historical Events

Bryan Allen (hang glider)

1979Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man-powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.[†]

Bryan Lewis Allen is an American self-taught hang glider pilot and cyclist. He achieved fame when he piloted the two aircraft that won the first two Kremer prizes for human-powered flight: the Gossamer Condor and Gossamer Albatross. He later set world distance and duration records in a small pedal-powered blimp named "White Dwarf."

Historical Context for June 12, 1979

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