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Because of a translation error, a Reuters dispatch published in The Times on Sunday gave incorrect causes of death for 22 children in the Dominican Republic. The children died of measles and gastroenteritis.
Article on US labor movement notes, after almost 50 years of industrial organization, labor represents little more than 1/5 of nation's workers and that unions are winning less than 1/2 of union representation elections; graph; illus (L)
Arab banking and oil experts in Europe say US freeze on Iranian assets will cause other major oil exporters to reconsider wisdom of putting surplus funds in Western economies, particularly US, and will almost certainly strengthen hand of those producers who are calling for production cutbacks to keep their oil wealth in ground (S)
Interior designer Alexandra Stoddard comments on importance of details in decorating; illus (M)
Big 3 US auto makers sold 171,193 cars, Nov 1â10, down 26.7% from yearâearlier period; GM's sales declined 22.5%, Ford's 28.9% and Chrysler's 43.4%; industry analysts predict that companies will lay off more workers and shut down more plants (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 14, 1979, covering November 15, 1979.
Eagles
Led Zeppelin
Styx
Fleetwood Mac
Donna Summer
1979Brooks Bollinger, American football player and coach[â ]
Brooks Michael Bollinger is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings, Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions. He was also a member of the Florida Tuskers in the United Football League (UFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers.
1979Josemi, Spanish footballer[â ]
José Miguel Gonzålez Rey, known as Josemi, is a Spanish former footballer. Mainly a right back, he also played as a central defender.
1979Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist[â ]
Brett Lancaster is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016. Born in Shepparton, Victoria, Lancaster started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for Ceramiche PanariaâFiordo before moving to Team Milram in July 2006. In 2009 and 2010 he rode for CervĂ©lo TestTeam, and rode for GarminâCervĂ©lo in 2011.
1979A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.[â ]
Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist. He was a mathematics prodigy, but abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursue a reclusive primitive lifestyle and lone wolf terrorism campaign to further his political agenda.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[â ]