PORT JEFFERSON TWELVE hours after her labor  began, Tina Kwiatokowski of Medford delivered her first child, a boy, in the birthing  room at St. Charles Hospital. Her husband, Ed, a bank officer, helped out the whole time, wiping her brow with a damp rag and encouraging her during heavy contractions.  

Birthing Rooms Gain in Favor; Birthing Rooms Gain in Favor

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Regular Flights At County Airport Set to Resume; Air Florida Flights to Begin in Week

For a while last night, Fred Shero thought he had a winner. He thought, as he sat in the coach's room waiting for the second period to begin, that his team was playing well. They were losing, 1-0, but that didn't bother him. "I thought we were okay," he said, "I thought we'd come back and win."  

Rangers Beaten; Barber's Shot Ricochets Rangers Bow, 3-0, To Flyers Power Play Is Working Passes Knocked Down Rangers Scoring 

HARTFORD CONNECTICUT consumers can expect sharply higher utility bills this year. The companies that supply natural gas, electricity and telephone service have applied for or announced plans to seek annual rate increases totaling nearly a third of  a billion dollars, by far the largest one-year figure in state history.  

Utilities Seek Sharp Increase In Rate Levels; At Least 2 Utilities Plan Requests in 1981

DALLAS--The Texas Pacific Oil Company, anonymously headquartered here in an office tower that bears the name of a bank, had gone about its business virtually unnoticed--until the Sun Company offered to pay $2.3 billion for its domestic oil and gas properties.  

The Target: Little-Known Texas Pacific; Sun's Little-Known Target

THE whole journey seemed like a Homeric fantasy, an odyssey through the fog and salt-mist into an enchanted land of spurning volcanoes, emerald grottoes, gurgling mud pools, eerie seaworn buttes and lost civilizations.  

A Sea Voyage To the Liparis, Land of Aeolus; By Ferry Through the Lipari Islands, Land of Aeolus If You Go...

IN mid-October 1979, a Book Fair was opened at the Workers' Palace of Culture in Peking. (The "Palace" is actually one of the pleasant, spacious  parks that now make up what remains of the old Imperial City.) Bookstalls, their shelves crammed with newly published books, were laid out in temporary shelters under the ancient cypress trees.  

What the Chinese Are Reading; China

THE State Supreme Court has served notice on juveniles convicted of serious crimes that their names may be publicly  disclosed unless they successfully file an objection at their trials.  

Court Eases Rules on Naming Juveniles; Young-Offender Rules

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Thousands in Paris Bid Farewell to Sartre

It is a cold December night. The curtains have just gone up all through the theater district and the streets  of the area are relatively quiet. But up the sleek escalator of the Minskoff ...  

Baryshnikov Dances to Broadway Via Television; Baryshnikov Dances to Broadway via TV

WASHINGTON, April 19--Senator Howard W. Cannon, Democrat of Nevada, has used his official position over the last five years to promote or expedite Government actions that enhance the ...  

Senator Cannon's Acts Found to Enhance Holdings; Actions by Senator Cannon Enhanced the Value of His Holdings, Records Show Land Profits of $27,000 Confirms Grand Jury Testimony Senate Panel's View of Rule Impact of MX on Town Tax Benefits of Program Accounts of Meeting on Lease Lease Approved by Agency Dispute on Land Values 'We Don't Raise Fusses'

TEHERAN, Iran, April 19--The mother of one of the American Embassy hostages, who has come here in the hope of visiting him and perhaps even getting him released, said today that she was puzzled and irritated by the discouragement of her trip by officials in Washington.  

MOTHER OF HOSTAGE CRITICAL OF CARTER; Mrs. Timm, in Teheran to See Son, Irritated by Opposition to Trip MOTHER OF HOSTAGE CRITICAL OF CARTER A Ride Past the Embassy 'We Want to Understand' No Invitation From Militants Sergeant 'Sad' and 'Bewildered'

PARIS STRAINS between the United States and its allies  have reached a point which some European commentators are describing relations as worse than at any time since the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949.  

Carter Puts The Allies to A Stiff Test; A Whiff of Western Fear Economic Complaints Rankle

Owners, reacting to high interest rates and inflation, are beginning to change the long-term nature of commercial leasing and are insisting upon periodic rent reviews, reduced rights of subleasing and renewals, and a variety of escalation clauses tied to the Consumer Price Index.  

Owners Press To Tighten Lease Terms; Owners Press To Tighten Lease Terms

The New York Yankees, who lost nine of 13 games in the Season series against the Milwaukee Brewers last year, don't seem to be doing much about correcting that situation this season.  

Brewers Beat Yanks And Figueroa by 5-1; Haas Checks Yankees Yanks' Threats Fizzle Yankees Box Score Strong Stint by Underwood 

UNIONDALE, L.I., April 19--Belligerent crowds or friendly crowds, Boston Garden or Nassau Coliseum, it seems not to matter to the New York Islanders.  

Bruins Fall, 5-3; Winning Despite Injuries Islanders Defeat Bruins, Lead Series by 3-0 Bruins' System Islanders Scoring

THE credit crunch, aimed at stunting runaway inflation, has hit the Island,  and before it eases--most predictions are that it will take about a year --both consumers and businessmen are certain to feel its heavy hand. Specifically, in the parlance of economists, they will undergo some degree of "liquidity crisis," which means a shortage of cash or credit.  

Tightening Of Credit Pinches L.I.; Tightening of Credit Pinches the Island

OUR century has seen greater writers brain George Orwell,  but few who have been so strongly cherished. He made a difference in our lives.  

Down and Out With Eric Blair.; Blair

CHARITY at one time may have begun at home, but today, for many charities, it begins at school. Espe  cially within the last two years, a variety of "athons," including readathons, swimathons, bikeathons, free-throwathons, bounce basketballathons, jumpathons, and other recent stepchildren, have multiplied.  

Charities Move In on Schools; Charities in Schools

THE hero of the movie "Being There" is a man named Chance who has spent his entire life in front of a television set and whose  knowledge has been garnered from a diet of game shows, soap operas and the 6 o'clock news. His language is stilted, his capacity to distinguish between reality and fantasy marginal. His reasoning ability is that of a small child.  

Values Seen In Conflict; Television and Learning 2 Kinds of Teachers: The Schools and TV 

HARTFORD WHEN the current session of the General Assembly began on Feb. 6, the big question was money. But with the completion earlier this month of the work nee  essary to keep the state government running for another year--passage of a $2.7 billion budget and $160 million in new taxes to pay for it--the legislators can now turn to hundreds of other bills laboriously cranked out by legislative committees.  

And Now, Assembly Turns to Its Backlog; DRINKING AND DRIVING Hundreds of Bills Still Pending CRIMINAL JUSTICE NUCLEAR POWER AUTO REPAIRS HAZARDOUS WASTES CONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS

PHILADELPHIA, April 19--By throwing nearly $1 million and 10 days of intensive campaigning into a last-ditch drive to upset Ronald Reagan here and interrupt his march to the Republican nomination, George Bush has come within striking range of Mr. Reagan in Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary, according to Republican politicians across the state.  

BUSH FOUND GAINING IN BIG DRIVE TO WIN PENNSYLVANIA TEST; Pressing $1 Million, 10-Day Effort, He Hopes to Wound Reagan, Still Rated the Favorite Reagan Still Front-Runner BUSH PRESSES DRIVE FOR PENNSYLVANIA Bush Voices Confidence Heavy Broadcast Effort 

WASHINGTON RESIDENT Carter and his senior advisers have launched the United States on a course that seems likely to produce a military confrontation with Iran, unless there is a remarkable change  in the attitude of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, or another turnaround by the Administration.  

Boiling Point; Military Risk Divides the Iran Experts In Washington The First Circle

Emma Husar is a former Australian Labor Party (ALP) member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Lindsay, which she represented from 2016 to 2019. During an internal investigation and media reports regarding staff complaints, Husar decided not to recontest her seat and was disendorsed by the ALP in due course.

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Mylvaganam Canagaratnam was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

April 20, 1980

Headlines from April 20, 1980

Birthing Rooms Gain in Favor; Birthing Rooms Gain in Favor

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Regular Flights At County Airport Set to Resume; Air Florida Flights to Begin in Week

Rangers Beaten; Barber's Shot Ricochets Rangers Bow, 3-0, To Flyers Power Play Is Working Passes Knocked Down Rangers Scoring

Utilities Seek Sharp Increase In Rate Levels; At Least 2 Utilities Plan Requests in 1981

Billboard 200

The Wall

Against The Wind

Glass Houses

Mad Love

Off The Wall

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for April 20, 1980