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US officials halt departure of Soviet Aeroflot airliner at Kennedy International Airport to determine if Lyudmilla Vlasova, ballerina wife of Soviet dancer Aleksandr Godunov, is returning to Moscow of her own free will; Vlasova pors (L)
Pres Carter arrives in St Louis, Missouri, ending trip; returns to Washington, then travels to Camp David for weekend; illus (M)
Gerald M Rafshoon fails to get assurances from NY Democratic leaders about possible 'favorite son' role for Gov Corey; meets with Lt Gov Mario M Cuomo and Mayor Koch, both of whom claim they still favor Carter; spokesman for Carey says it is too early to discuss matter (M)
Arty Gen Civiletti orders preliminary investigation into allegation that Hamilton Jordan, White House chief of staff, used cocaine during 78 visit to NY discotheque Studio 54; charge was made by Studio 54 owners, Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, through their lawyers; both men were indicted for tax evasion; they claim Jordan was accompanied by Jody Powell on his visit to Studio 54; Jordan says he visited Studio 54 once, but denies cocaine charge; Powell claims he has never been in Studio 54; Ethics in Government Act requires investigations of any allegations against top officials that are more serious than petty offense (M)
US succeeds in postponing vote on proposed Security Council resolution calling for 'self-determination, national independence and sovereignty' for Palestinians; postponement is seen as victory for Young, who has said he would veto measure; Young says isolation of PLO and of Israel is 'ridiculous'; illus (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 22, 1979, covering August 25, 1979.
The Knack
Supertramp
The Cars
Donna Summer
Earth| Wind & Fire
1979Marlon Harewood, English footballer[†]
Marlon Anderson Harewood is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.
1979Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician (died 2015)[†]
Philipp Mißfelder was a German politician and a member of the German Bundestag. From January through March 2014, he served in the German government as the Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation in the Field of Intersocietal Relations, Cultural and Information Policy.
1979Deanna Nolan, American basketball player[†]
Deanna Nicole "Tweety" Nolan is a retired American-Russian professional basketball player for UMMC Ekaterinburg of the Russian Premier League as well as the Russia women's national basketball team. Her primary position is shooting guard, but occasionally plays the point guard position. Her original name was Deana, but was legally changed to Deanna in 2000. She went to Flint Northern High School where she graduated and took that school state to state champs. Nolan was inducted in October 2024 into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in Detroit.
1979Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1911)[†]
Stanley Newcomb Kenton was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though Kenton had several pop hits from the early 1940s into the 1960s, his music was always forward-looking. Kenton was also a pioneer in the field of jazz education, creating the Stan Kenton Jazz Camp in 1959 at Indiana University.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]