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7 of major NYC retailers report average Oct sales gain of 13.5% over Oct '78, continuing upward sales trend since start of year; stores in NYC metropolitan area had 10.2% gain over Oct '78 level (S)
John E Swearingen says national energy debate has been âpoisoned by cloud of pessimism and recrimination drifting out of Washingtonâ and has become bogged down by âthe hysterical protestations of such selfâappointed experts as Jane Fonda and Robert Redford,â API annual meeting (S)
Article on growing number of specialists in private school placement counseling; parents, faced with choice of more than 800 private schools throughout country, are turning more and more to these consultants to assess, select and help their children get into right school (L)
South Africa's big mining companies are having boom year with gold at $386 an ounce, up about $160 since Jan '79; graph shows country's total exports vs gold exports from '70 to '78; illus (L)
ken offers new proposals, including call for meeting of UN Security Council, to deal with its dispute with US; US officials respond coolly, asserting that priority has to be given to release of hostages; Iranian delegate to UN Jamal Shemirani meets with Waldheim and conveys letter from BaniâSadr requesting Security Council meeting; letter asks for international inquiry into Shah's rule and for return of his property from US; sentiment at UN appears to be against calling Security Council session until hostages are freed; State Dept establishes telephone link with Iranian students occupying embassy; puts number of Americans being held hostage at 62; says few Indian, Pakistani and Italian embassy employees are also being held; Justice Dept says 50,000 Iranian students in US will have until Dec 14 to report to Immigration and Naturalization Service for review of their status; House, 379â0, votes to block all aid to Iran; move is largely symbolic (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 14, 1979, covering November 14, 1979.
Eagles
Led Zeppelin
Styx
Fleetwood Mac
Donna Summer
1979Carl Hayman, New Zealand rugby player[â ]
Carl Joseph Hayman is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer who played at tighthead prop.
1979Mavie Hörbiger, German-Austrian actress[â ]
Mavie Hörbiger is a German-Austrian actress. Since 2009, she belongs to the ensemble of Vienna's Burgtheater.
1979Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress[â ]
Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko is a Ukrainian-born French actress. She rose to prominence by playing the Bond girl Camille Montes in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008).
1979Pushkar Lele, Indian singer[â ]
Pushkar Lele is a Hindustani Classical Vocalist belonging to the Gwalior gharana.
1979Moitheri Ntobo, Lesothan footballer[â ]
Moitheri Ngwenya Ntobo is a Mosotho former professional footballer who last played for Lesotho Correctional Services.
1979Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer[â ]
Miguel Sabah RodrĂguez is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a striker.
1979US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.[â ]
Executive Order 12170 was issued by American president Jimmy Carter on November 14, 1979, ten days after the Iran hostage crisis had started. The executive order, empowered under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, ordered the freezing of all Iranian government assets held within the United States.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[â ]