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October 8, 1979

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Can Morgan Stanley Cling to Sole Managing?

By Karen W. Arenson

competitors of Morgan Stanley & Co are watching to see whether Morgan's refusal to serve as manager of $1 billion debt offering by IBM marks turning point for Morgan as leading investment banker; Morgan declines to comment on its policy of refusing to manage underwritings for corporate clients unless it is sole manager; competitors appear to be using IBM deal to suggest to clients that they too can do without Morgan and investment bankers are saying they doubt even Morgan can resist trend by major corporations to use more than one investment banker when they raise funds; graph (M)

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Business Aided by African Trip

By Unknown Author

article on mission; trip covered 8 black African countries, including stop in Entebbe, Uganda, at invitation of Pres Godfrey L Binaisa, who indicated his interest in Western investment; mission included US businessmen as well as Export-Import Bank chairman John L Moore and Overseas Private Investment Corp president J Bruce Llewellyn; Young, Moore and Llewellyn stress mission represents serious US effort to spur trade in Africa; illus of Young and members of delegation with Pres Shehu Shagari of Nigeria (M)

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Commuter Lines to Worsen Without Aid, a Panel Says

By Unknown Author

Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to MTA warns that service on New York's commuter railroads will worsen in next 2 years unless there is increase in fares or in governmental aid to offset continued inflation and anticipated labor costs; report could cause political problems for Gov Carey and other government leaders; committee spokesman says that even if NYS transportation bond issue is approved, money it would provide for commuter lines would not affect service for at least 1 year; graph (M)

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Datsun Trying to Pass Toyota

By Agis Salpukas

Nissan Motor Co is trying to surpass Toyota Motor Co as leading importer of foreign cars in US; sold 438,626 cars and trucks in US through Sept 30--47,025 fewer than Toyota; Toyota sold 77,000 more cars than Nissan in year-earlier period; Nissan has introduced Datsun 200 SX model to compete with Toyota Celica line; Nissan vice pres C P King comments; illus; graph indicates Toyota-Datsun sales race (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 3, 1979, covering October 8, 1979.

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    Album cover for In Through The Out Door by Led Zeppelin

    In Through The Out Door

    Led Zeppelin

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    5
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    Album cover for Get The Knack by The Knack

    Get The Knack

    The Knack

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    15
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    Album cover for Slow Train Coming by Bob Dylan

    Slow Train Coming

    Bob Dylan

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    5
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    Album cover for Midnight Magic by Commodores

    Midnight Magic

    Commodores

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    Peak
    4
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    8
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    Album cover for Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

    Off The Wall

    Michael Jackson

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    Peak
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    6

Notable Births

Paul Burchill

1979Paul Burchill, English wrestler[†]

Paul Birchall, better known by his ring name Paul Burchill, is an English professional wrestler, currently making appearances for the National Wrestling Alliance under the ring name Burchill. He is best known for his time with WWE. Prior to joining WWE, Burchill wrestled for the Frontier Wrestling Alliance and other promotions in Europe.

Kristanna Loken

1979Kristanna Loken, American actress[†]

Kristanna Sommer Loken is an American actress and model. After her modelling career, in which she participated in the 1994 Elite Model Look, Loken started her acting career in 1994 as the third actress to play Danielle 'Dani' Andropoulos on an episode of As the World Turns. She later appeared in several television shows and films, such as Mortal Kombat: Conquest and Air Panic (2001). Her breakthrough role was as the gynoid T-X in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), for which she was nominated for two Saturn Awards. She has since starred in films such as BloodRayne (2005), in which she portrayed Rayne, Bounty Killer (2013), and Darkness of Man (2024), as well as the TV series Painkiller Jane (2007), The L Word (2007–2008) and Burn Notice (2011–2012).

Gregori Chad Petree

1979Gregori Chad Petree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]

Gregori Chad Petree is a musician who is best known as co-lead vocalist and guitarist of American new wave/indie/rock band Shiny Toy Guns. He also contributes music for production libraries such as Killer Tracks.

Notable Deaths

Brian Edmund Baker

1979Brian Edmund Baker, English air marshal (born 1896)[†]

Air Marshal Sir Brian Edmund Baker was an officer of the Royal Air Force who served in both World Wars. He was a flying ace in World War I credited, in conjunction with his gunners, with twelve victories, comprising one enemy aircraft captured, four destroyed, and seven "out of control".

Jayaprakash Narayan

1979Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (born 1902)[†]

Jayaprakash Narayan Srivastava, also known as JP and Lok Nayak, was an Indian politician, theorist and independence activist. He is mainly remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and calling for her overthrow in a "total revolution". In 1999, Narayan was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in recognition of his social service. His other awards include the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service in 1965.

Historical Context for October 8, 1979

In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]