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The way baseballs were descending into the stands at Yankee Stadium yesterday the 51,246 fans must have thought pieces of Skylab were falling to earth prematurely.
President Carter said a recession was “much more likely” now because of the price increases announced last week by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. More sharply critical of the Arab oil nations than he had previously been in public, Mr. Carter said that the price rises of 60 percent since December were “unnecessarily high and unwarranted.” He predicted the possible loss of 800,000 jobs and a 21/2 percent rise In the inflation rate by the end of next year. [Page 1, Column 6.]
Economic Forum of Conference Board, group of economists and business analysts, says US is entering recession (2 or more quarters of negative real economic growth), although most agree it will be not nearly as severe as in '74 and '75, semi-annual report; interviews with 12 other private economists around country find 9 predicting recession, with 4 of 9 maintaining recession has already begun; Pres Carter says recession is 'much more likely' following latest oil price increase by OPEC; several economists comment; (M)
25 NYC transit police are learning Spanish at Dartmouth College in experimental program, developed by Prof John A Rassias, in order to communicate better with Spanish-speaking persons on their beats; $18,000 program is paid for by private foundations and is first voluntary Spanish language training effort by city agency since early 1950's; Transit Police Chief Sanford Garelik comments; illus (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 27, 1979, covering July 2, 1979.
Supertramp
Donna Summer
Rickie Lee Jones
Earth| Wind & Fire
Cheap Trick
1979Walter Davis, American triple jumper[†]
Walter L. Davis is an American athlete competing in the triple jump and occasionally in the long jump. He was born in Lafayette, Louisiana
1979Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (died 2001)[†]
Ahmed al-Ghamdi was a Saudi terrorist hijacker. He was one of five hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175 as part of the September 11 attacks.
1979Sam Hornish Jr., American race car driver[†]
Samuel Jon Hornish Jr. is an American semi-retired professional auto racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 22 Ford Mustang for Team Penske in 2017.
1979Joe Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Joseph Eric Thornton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played for the Boston Bruins, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected first overall by the Bruins in the 1997 NHL entry draft and went on to play seven seasons with the club, three as its captain. During the 2005–06 season, he was traded to the Sharks. Splitting the campaign between the two teams, he received the Art Ross and Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's leading point-scorer and most valuable player, respectively, becoming the only player in NHL history to win either award in a season played for multiple teams. Thornton went on to play another 14 seasons with the Sharks, including four seasons as team captain and a run to the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals. Thornton was the last active NHL player and the last big 4 North American sports player to have played in the 1990s.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]