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Commerce Dept reports personal income in Oct rose $16.6 billion, or eight-tenths of 1%, to seasonally adjusted annual rate of $ 1.98 trillion; says on per capita basis, personal income was $7,495 in Oct; graph on income, Feb '78 to Oct '79 (M)
final article; shift of patients into community has come under broad attack from dismayed political, professional and community leaders who see it as ill-conceived, inadequately carried out and poorly monitored; Comr James A Prevost concedes that after-care system is insufficient, partly because of professional mistakes; Prevost portrait (L)
Campaign by Arab nations to ostracize Egypt for its peace treaty with Israel has been weakened by regional disputes 2 years after Pros Sadat's trip to Jerusalem; Sadat's approach to peace is still rejected by nearly entire Arab world but there is growing sense that time favors his policies; diplomatic and economic boycott of Egypt that was approved by Arab League and PLO in '78 remains in effect; league is holding summit conference in Tunis on Nov 27 without Egypt
In an article last Thurday about Martin Sherman, the writer of “Bent,” which is playing previews at the New Apollo Theater, his agent was identified incorrectly. It is Fill Oscard Associates.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 14, 1979, covering November 20, 1979.
Eagles
Led Zeppelin
Styx
Fleetwood Mac
Donna Summer
1979Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player[†]
Maree Bowden is a New Zealand international netball player. Bowden played with the Canterbury Flames in the National Bank Cup from 1999 to 2007. She continued with the Canterbury franchise, which became the Canterbury Tactix, when the ANZ Championship began in 2008. With the retirement of long-standing Canterbury captain Julie Seymour after the 2009 season, in 2010 Bowden was given the captaincy role of the Tactix.
1979Dmitri Bulykin, Russian footballer[†]
Dmitri Olegovich Bulykin is a retired Russian footballer. Between 2003 and 2005, he played regularly for the Russian national team.
1979Kateryna Burmistrova, Ukrainian wrestler[†]
Kateryna Burmistrova is a Ukrainian wrestler.
1979Naide Gomes, Portuguese heptathlete and long jumper[†]
Enezenaide "Naide" do Rosário da Vera Cruz Gomes is a São Toméan-born Portuguese retired track and field athlete who competed in jumping, throwing, hurdling, and combined events. She is the 2004 World Indoor Champion in the pentathlon and the 2008 World Indoor Champion in the long jump. She has held the São Toméan record in nine disciplines and the Portuguese record in five disciplines. She improved the Portuguese record in women's long jump 14 times, raising it from 6.56 metres to 7.12 metres.
1979Joseph Hallman, American composer and academic[†]
Joseph Hallman is an American composer. A functional orphan, Hallman was born and raised in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Girard College from first to twelfth grades. Based in Philadelphia, Hallman's works have been performed internationally. His music has been described as eclectic, merging classical, Renaissance, and contemporary popular styles. Hallman also teaches composition at Drexel University.
1979Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Russian sprint athlete[†]
Anastasiya Alexandrovna Kapachinskaya is a Russian former sprint athlete. She was the 2003 World champion in the 200 m. She was disqualified from competitions in 2004 and 2008 due to doping offences. As a result, the bulk of her athletics performances after 2004 have been annulled.
1979Hassan Mostafa, Egyptian footballer[†]
Hassan Mostafa Hassan Abdel Rahman is an Egyptian former footballer. He played as a defensive midfielder for Al Ahly and Zamalek and The Egyptian national team. He is currently the manager of Sharkia SC.
1979Jacob Pitts, American actor[†]
Jacob Rives Pitts is an American television, film and stage actor. His most notable performances were as Cooper Harris in the film EuroTrip (2004), as Bill "Hoosier" Smith in the HBO miniseries The Pacific (2010), and as Deputy U.S. Marshal Tim Gutterson on the FX television drama Justified (2010–2015). He appeared in the play Where Do We Live at the Vineyard Theatre in May 2004. Pitts has also appeared in TV shows such as Law & Order, Ed and Sex and the City. He had a recurring role in the first season of The Sinner and starred as Lance Lord in the crime drama series Sneaky Pete.
1979Shalini, Indian actress[†]
Shalini is a former Indian actress and child artist who worked in Malayalam and Tamil films. During the 80s, Shalini was the most successful child artist in Malayalam and Tamil films.
1979Arpad Sterbik, Serbian handball player[†]
Arpad Sterbik Capar is a retired handball player who represented the national teams of Yugoslavia and Spain.
1979Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6,000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from French special forces to put down the uprising.[†]
The Grand Mosque seizure took place between 20 November and 4 December 1979 at the Grand Mosque of Mecca in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest site in Islam. The attack was carried out by up to 600 militants led by Juhayman al-Otaybi, a Saudi Islamist opposed to the monarchy, belonging to the Otaibah tribe. The insurgents identified themselves as "al-Ikhwan", referencing the Arabian militia that had played a role in the early formation of the Saudi state in the early 20th century. Scholars refer to them as Juhayman's Ikhwan.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]