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Chrysler Corp delays submission to Carter Adm of comprehensive plan for company's fiscal rehabilitation; is refining its political strategy in face of Adm opposition to company's request for $1 billion advance against tax credits and is waiting for GM to sign contract with United Auto Workers (M)
Mayor Koch puts Transit and Housing Authority police under command of Police Dept as first step toward possible merger of 3 forces; replaces transit police chief Sanford D Garelik with James B Meehan, Police Dept's chief of personnel; Garelik will continue in his role as director of security for Metropolitan Transportation Authority; Koch's order apparently reflects his dissatisfaction with 6‐month‐old drive to curb violence in subways; Mayor says transit and housing police will take 'operational and policy' direction from Police Comr Robert J McGuire; unification move was recommended by city's criminal justice coordinator Herbert J Sturz but Koch's power to make change is questioned by City Council president Carol Bellamy; move is assailed by leaders of PBA and by William McKechnie, president of transit police union, and Jack M Jordan, president of housing officers' association; Koch also removes Deputy Chief Anthony V Bouza from position under Garelik; Garelik por (L)
Article describes now Private Sector Initiative Program under CETA in which hard-core jobless workers are being trained, using Federal funds, for jobs in private sector; program at Henry L Hanson Company, which is opening new tool and die plant in Portland, Maine, described; Hanson president John Harvey comments; illus (M)
firm is expected to remain centered in prosperous field of mergers and acquisitions, path established by late Andre Meyer; Michel David-Weill, sr partner who succeeded Meyer, has moved to restructure firm, bringing in new partners and reducing overhead; illus; list of recent mergers in which Lazard Freres was involved (M)
Profile of Hartford, Conn, where Pres Carter will visit on Sept 12
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 5, 1979, covering September 11, 1979.
The Knack
Supertramp
The Cars
Earth| Wind & Fire
The Charlie Daniels Band
1979Eric Abidal, French footballer[†]
Eric Sylvain Abidal is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back or centre-back.
1979Frank Francisco, Dominican baseball player[†]
Franklin Thomas Francisco is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets and Chicago White Sox.
1979David Pizarro, Chilean footballer[†]
David Marcelo Pizarro Cortés is a Chilean former professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Universidad de Chile. He is usually deployed as a central midfielder, although he can also operate in a holding role in front of the back-line, in a more attacking position in the hole behind the strikers, or even as a deep-lying playmaker. An intelligent and technically gifted player, who possesses significant physical strength in spite of his diminutive stature, and an ability to dictate play in midfield, Pizarro is known in particular for his vision, range of passing, dribbling skills, and ability from set pieces.
1979Ariana Richards, American actress and artist[†]
Ariana Clarice Richards is an American painter and former actress. She is best known for her role as Lex Murphy in the 1993 film Jurassic Park. Richards won several Young Artist Awards for her acting as a child, but as an adult has focused primarily on her art career.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]