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In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]
1979Matteo Ferrari, Italian footballer[†]
Matteo Ferrari is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender He played top-flight football for several Italian clubs in Serie A, Everton of the Premier League, and for the Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer. He was usually deployed as a centre-back, although he was capable of playing anywhere along the back-line.
1979Niklas Hagman, Finnish ice hockey player[†]
Niklas Hagman is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He was a third round pick of the Florida Panthers, 70th overall, at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft and made his National Hockey League (NHL) debut with Florida in 2001. He has also played for the Dallas Stars, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Anaheim Ducks in the NHL, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the KHL, HIFK, Espoo Blues and Kärpät in the SM-liiga and HC Davos in the Swiss National League A.
1979Gareth McAuley, Northern Irish footballer[†]
Gareth Gerald McAuley is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He represented Northern Ireland at senior international level, being capped on 80 occasions and scoring nine times. He is the manager of the Northern Ireland national under-19 football team.
1979Nick Stahl, American actor[†]
Nicolas Kent Stahl is an American actor. Starting out as a child actor, he gained recognition for his performance in the 1993 film The Man Without a Face, in which he was directed by and starred alongside Mel Gibson.
1979Jesse Pearson, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (born 1930)[†]
Jesse Pearson was an American actor, singer, director, and writer.
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Ron Nessen article on political wisecracks generated every 4 years at the expense of those running for office; cartoon (M)
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Officials in NY, NJ and Connecticut report sharp decrease in gasoline use in 3 states; link decline to higher prices, shorter supplies and public awareness of need to conserve; NYS Energy Comr James L Larocca, NJ Energy Comr Joel Jacobson and Casimir J Waskowicz, chief operations officer for energy in policy and management in Connecticut, comment; graph comparing '79 and '78 gasoline consumption month by month (M)
THE ultimate gift for an oenophile should not be stuffed in a Christmas stocking hanging from a mantel, nor should it be placed under a Christmas tree or even opened on Christmas morning. It is very rare and special bottle of wine that will need careful handling, a refined palate and an enormous budget —a Chateau Lafite‐Rothschild 1803 that will be sold at auction next Wednesday at Sotheby Parke Bernet in London.
Mayor Koch is planning change in leadership structure of corp in apparent effort to reduce power of president Joseph C Hoffman; under reported plan, new chairman will be appointed to head corporation's board of directors, assuming policy control over agency and 17 municipal hospitals that is now wielded by Hoffman; Hoffman will 'execute' policies formulated by yet-named chairman; Koch denies that he has lost confidence in Hoffman or that he intends casing him out of position; high city officials contend, however, that corporation is beyond Hoffman's capacity to bring under control; Hoffman portrait (M)
Cincinnati, Ohio, Mayor John Kenneth Blackwell orders investigation into sequence of events that led to death of 11 youths at The Who concert; accident at Riverfront Coliseum raises concern that conditions that led to deaths-thousands of excited youths rushing through doors in race for good seats-exist at hundreds of other concert halls nationwide; fans who watched performance, which went on as scheduled, were unaware of what happened at gates; officials were worried that abrupt cancellation of concert would produce unruly reaction from audience; several churches schedule memorial services for victims; 2 other rock concerts scheduled at coliseum are postponed; Hamilton County Coroner's office says all deaths were caused by asphyxiation; Blackwell says decision to go on with concert was made by him, city safety director, fire officials and others; victims listed; illus (M)
Company is considering major corporate restructuring in which it would become holding company, with 3 principal divisions embracing all of its current operations; reorganization reportedly would institute direct reporting by 3 divisions--retailing and catalogue operations, real estate and financial services and Allstate Insurance--to corporate office, allowing for greater autonomy for each of divisions than has previously existed; Edward R Telling and A Dean Swift will remain as chairman and chief executive and as president, respectively, but of Sears holding company; reorganization plan is said to have emerged from management study by McKinsey & Co made for Sears several years ago (M)
Release at once of American hostages in Teheran was demanded unanimously and “urgently” in a resolution approved by the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council. The demand reflected extraordinary support for an American position. Donald F. McHenry, the American delegate, said that “the family of nations speaks with one voice.” [Page A1, Column 6.]
The Senate voted to increase the revenues from the proposed tax on “windfall” oil company profits as a week‐long stalemate ended. Proponents of a lower tax ended their filibuster threat in return for assurances that their amendments would be considered. [Page Al.]
Senators favoring lower windfall profits tax on oil industry give up threat of filibuster in return for assurances that series of their amendments will receive full consideration on floor; Senate votes to increase tax on 'new oil' from 60% to 75%, raising projected tax revenues by $22.5 billion; approves amendment delaying automatic phase-out of tax by several years; Sen Daniel Moynihan, sponsor, says amendment will increase total revenue collectible under Senate bill from $145 billion to $214 billion by postponing termination of tax from '90 to '96; Sen Howard Metzenbaum's proposal to eliminate phase-out altogether is defeated (M)
Pres Carter negotiates to answer questions by videotape for Federal grand jury investigating allegations that fugitive financier Robert L Vesco attempted to have his legal problems 'fixed' by Carter Adm; majority of jurors approve arrangement, despite reported objections of others who note follow-up questions would not be possible; questions for Carter are likely to focus on Feb '77 meeting between Carter and aide Richard M Harden, who had met week earlier with Vesco attorney W Spencer Lee, after which Carter reportedly sent letter to Attorney Gen Griffin B Bell urging him to speak with Lee; Vesco, accused of swindling investors of IOS Ltd, allegedly hoped to use White House contacts to arrange settlement of charges pending against him (M)
Unveils private-sector rescue program intended to return company to profitability; plan includes provisions for $700 million in new funds, capital writedown, 10% cut in company's 125,000-member work force and willingness to sell any unprofitable division; Walter Cipa will also step down as company's management board chairman; '79 loss forecast at $519 million, compared with '78 loss of $172.8 million; plan detailed; graph of company earnings '74 to '79; Cipa illus (M)