PRODUCER PRICES UP 1.4% IN SEPTEMBER; FUEL AND FOOD SOAR
Labor Department reports that wholesale prices of energy products rose by 6.8% in Sept (S)
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Labor Department reports that wholesale prices of energy products rose by 6.8% in Sept (S)
illus of scene in Windsor, Conn
Article on outlook for NYC 5-borough bike race; illus (M)
Article on varied activities of little-known Amer businessman David Karr, whose widow seeks probe of his July death in Paris, discusses his leading role in spurring East-West trade; illus; chart of business activities (L)
IT has become a case of role reversals of sorts. When the regional theater movement began in force a decade or so ago, these professional companies operating outside New York City habitually scoured the Broadway scene for material to fill their seasons. But in recent years these theaters have become so acclaimed for their own proauctions of new plays and revivals that Broadway impresarios now carefully scour the regional theaters for muchneeded material to fill the New York season.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 3, 1979, covering October 5, 1979.
Led Zeppelin
The Knack
Bob Dylan
Commodores
Michael Jackson
1979Vince Grella, Australian footballer[†]
Vincenzo Grella is an Australian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Dandenong to Italian immigrants, Antonio and Maria, Grella began his senior career in Australia before moving to Italy, where he spent over ten years, playing for Empoli, Ternana, Parma and Torino. He moved to Blackburn Rovers of the Premier League in 2008 where he spent four seasons, before returning to Australia in 2012 to play for Melbourne Heart.
1979Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Curtis Sanford is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former goaltender who last played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He is currently a goalie coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, and Columbus Blue Jackets.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]