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Commerce Dept reports factory orders for durable goods of $78 billion in June, down 1.1% from $78.8 billion in May; links decline largely to decline in auto and truck sales; graph on durable goods, May '78 to June '79 (S)
Pres Carter tells group of Democratic Congressmen that he would be satisfied if his energy legislation package was not approved until fall as long as proposals are not seriously weakened; warns against rewriting proposal for Energy Security Corp in effort to give Congress control over selection and location of large new synthetic fuel plants; one bill that may clear House by Aug recess would speed up Government clearance of new energy projects by eliminating procedural red tape; illus of Energy Sec James Schlesinger and his designated successor, Charles W Duncan Jr (M)
Pres Carter gave important encouragement to construction of gas pipeline from Alaska to lower 48 states in his July 16 speech, Kansas City, in which he said it was essential that pipeline be built and told oil companies that own North Slope gas to stop âdragging their feetâ on financial assistance to pipeline project; oil companies deny charge; McMillian rebuts oil companies; regulatory and financial obstacles to project detailed; map (M)
First in series of 3 articles on NYS proprietary schools; notes there are 385 licensed private vocational schools in state and 1 out of 9 students in post-high school education in state is in profit-making vocational school; educators and students comment on curriculum and alleged abuses; illus (L)
Security Council agrees to pull out UN peacekeeping force in Sinai; says corps or unarmed military observers will monitor Israel's withdrawal from peninsula; acts despite strong Israeli objection after USSR warns that it will veto continuation of peace force (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 25, 1979, covering July 25, 1979.
Donna Summer
Supertramp
Earth| Wind & Fire
Cheap Trick
Electric Light Orchestra
1979Ali Carter, English snooker player[â ]
Allister Carter is an English professional snooker player. He has twice been a World Championship finalist, in 2008 and 2012, losing both finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan. He has won six ranking titles and briefly reached number two in the world rankings in 2010. His nickname, "The Captain", comes from his hobby of piloting aeroplanes.
1979Tom Lungley, English cricketer and umpire[â ]
Tom Lungley is an English first-class cricketer and umpire. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
1979Ahmed Tantawi, Egyptian politician and journalist[â ]
Ahmed Mohamed Ramadan Tantawi known as Ahmed Tantawi also: Al-Tantawy is an Egyptian politician and journalist. As of July 2022, he was the former head of the Dignity Party and a former member of the Egyptian House of Representatives. In 2023, Tantawi announced his potential candidacy for the 2023 Egyptian presidential election but repressive tactics, including retaliatory detentions of his family members supporters and campaign members, prevented his campaign from collecting the 25,000 votersâ endorsements required to officially file his candidacy.
1979In accord with the EgyptâIsrael peace treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.[â ]
The EgyptâIsrael peace treaty was signed in Washington, D.C., United States, on 26 March 1979, following the 1978 Camp David Accords. The EgyptâIsrael treaty was signed by Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, and Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, and witnessed by Jimmy Carter, President of the United States.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[â ]