Miss Woodhead Wins 5th Gold
SAN JUAN, P.R., July 8 — It finally dawned on Cynthia (Sippy) Woodhead with about 25 meters left. She was in front, so close to a fifth gold medal in the Pan American Games that she could feel it.
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SAN JUAN, P.R., July 8 — It finally dawned on Cynthia (Sippy) Woodhead with about 25 meters left. She was in front, so close to a fifth gold medal in the Pan American Games that she could feel it.
Parking regulations return to normal today, with alternate‐side‐of‐the‐street rules in effect in all boroughs.
VIENNA, July 8 — Chancellor Bruno Kreisky of Austria and former Chancellor Willy Brandt of West Germany concluded talks tonight with Yasir Arafat, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and issued a communiqué expressing “extreme concern” over Israel's “settlement activities in the occupied territories.”
article on makeshift control center being used by Skylab flight controllers, Houston, Tex; tension at center is rising as spacecraft's re-entry draws closer; difficulty in controlling Skylab's altitude and position discussed (M)
2 major pipelines carrying crude oil to refinery, Abadan, are heavily damaged when explosion causes fire; oil officials check for sabotage; map of site (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 4, 1979, covering July 9, 1979.
Donna Summer
Supertramp
Rickie Lee Jones
Earth| Wind & Fire
Cheap Trick
1979Gary Chaw, Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter[†]
Gary Chaw, also known as Gary Cao or Cao Ge or by his alter ego Cao Xiaoge, is a Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter based in Taiwan, who has had achieved success in Taiwan, Mainland China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He is renowned for his stage presence, wide vocal range, and rich voice. In addition, he composes for himself and other singers.
1979Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (born 1899)[†]
Cornelia Otis Skinner was an American writer and actress.
1979A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.[†]
Renault S.A., commonly referred to as Groupe Renault, is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company currently produces a range of cars and vans. It has manufactured trucks, tractors, tanks, buses/coaches, aircraft and aircraft engines, as well as autorail vehicles.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]