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IATA reports most of world's major airlines have agreed to seek their governments' approval to raise passenger and cargo rates on international routes by between 9 and 15% to meet rising fuel costs (M)
Robert J Cole assesses Bodcaw performance; company holdings outlined; history of company, which was founded century ago by Buchanan and Brown families in Stamps, Ark, traced; financial profile; illus (M)
Article on longstanding debate over whether teachers should be treated as 'professionals' notes problem seems headed toward resolution in NYS; teachers groups have been pushing State Board of Regents to designate field as profession (M)
An article in The Times of June 25 reported incorrectly that an audit by the Department of Energy found “widespread management improprieties” at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in California. That characterization was made by aides to Representative Fortney H. Stark, Democrat of California. A corrective article appears on page B16.
Utah paleontologist Dr James A Jensen, digging in Colorado, finds bones of brachiosaurus, biggest dinosaur yet discovered; estimates creature was about 80 feet long and probably weighed 80 tons; illus; map; drawing (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 25, 1979, covering July 31, 1979.
Donna Summer
Supertramp
Earth| Wind & Fire
Cheap Trick
Electric Light Orchestra
1979Jaco Erasmus, South African-Italian rugby player[â ]
Jaco Erasmus is a South African-born Italian rugby union naturalized player. He plays as a flanker.
1979J. J. Furmaniak, American baseball player[â ]
Jason Joseph "J. J." Furmaniak is a former American professional baseball infielder, who played in the major leagues for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Oakland Athletics.
1979Per Krøldrup, Danish footballer[â ]
Per Billeskov Krøldrup is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defender.
1979Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer[â ]
Carlos Marchena LĂłpez is a Spanish former professional footballer. Mainly a central defender with an aggressive approach, he also played as a defensive midfielder.
1979B. J. Novak, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[â ]
Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, author, and producer. He gained traction as a comedian during the early 2000s before becoming a field agent for the MTV reality prank show Punk'd (2003).
1979Beatrix Lehmann, English actress and director (born 1903)[â ]
Beatrix Alice Lehmann was a British actress, theatre director, writer and novelist.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[â ]