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minutes of Open Market Com Sept 18 meeting show members split 3 ways, with 8 favoring slight rise in interest rates, 3 favoring larger rise and 1 favoring smaller rise (S)
Federal Judge Thomas P Griesa orders prosecutors and law enforcement agents not to talk to newsmen about investigation into disappearance of financier Michele Sindona (M)
Kurchotov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow, begins operating 1st stage of demonstration plant, Angara-5, designed to produce fusion reaction through conversion of electron beams on pellet of heavy hydrogen; Prof Leonid I Rudakov says that when completed--within 5 years, according to Isvestia--controlled thermonuclear reaction will produce more energy than plant consumes; tentative timetables in US look to early to middle 80's as possible time when researchers may achieve point at which machine produces as much power as it uses and another decade before fusion reactor produces more power than it uses; Albert M Pasechnik, deputy head of Angara-5 project, and Gerold Yonas, director of Sandia Laboratories pulsed-energy programs, comment; illus (M)
students opposing Pres Park's Government take to streets for 4th consecutive night, defying martial law; troops and armor pour into Pusan to keep order; confrontation is peaceful for most part, but discipline in nation is seen as deteriorating; more than 550 persons have been arrested in rioting that followed ouster of opposition head Kim Young Sam and resignation of all opposition National Assembly members; illus; map (M)
Pres is late for meeting with advisers because he was checking rumors (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 17, 1979, covering October 20, 1979.
Led Zeppelin
Eagles
The Knack
Commodores
Michael Jackson
1979Vasyl Baranov, Ukrainian footballer[†]
Vasyl Anatoliyovych Baranov is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer. He played as a midfielder for clubs in Ukraine, Belarus and Estonia.
1979Paul Ifill, English footballer[†]
Paul Everton Ifill is a former professional footballer and current manager who played as a forward. He is currently in charge of New Zealand Central League side Wellington Olympic. He spent most of his career playing as a right winger or a right midfielder, often described as an "old fashioned winger".
1979John Krasinski, American actor, director, and producer[†]
John Burke Krasinski is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his role as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), where he was also a producer and occasional director. He directed, co-wrote and co-starred in the 2018 horror film A Quiet Place, for which Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He has since written and directed the sequel A Quiet Place Part II (2020).
1979Paul O'Connell, Irish rugby player[†]
Paul Jeremiah O'Connell is an Irish rugby union coach and former player. When he retired, he was Ireland's third most-capped player (108) and the eighteenth most-capped international player in rugby union history. During his career, O'Connell captained Munster, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions. He is now the forwards coach for the Ireland national men's team.
1979Paul Terek, American decathlete[†]
Paul Anthony Terek is an American Olympic decathlete. He graduated from Livonia Franklin High School in Livonia, Michigan. His personal best in decathlon is 8312 points, achieved in July 2004 in Sacramento at the United States Olympic Trials. Terek won the bronze medal and was placed on the United States Olympic Team. Out of the ten decathlon events, Terek is strongest in the pole vault, and he is comparatively weak in the 100 m and 400 m sprints.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]