The December 31, 1978 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 364 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.
If you were born on this day, you are 46 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, December 31, 2024, 307 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, in 57 days. You have lived for 17,109 days, or about 410,635 hours, or about 24,638,138 minutes, or about 1,478,288,280 seconds.
Date: 31 December 1978
By JOHN C. WILBUR
John WILBUR
John C Wilbur article on possibility of increased news coverage of religious groups in wake of massacre at Jonestown; holds secular news media's more intense coverage of religious events could be deterent to repeat of Peoples Temple mass suicide (M)
Date: 01 January 1979
By PRANAY GUPTE
Pranay GUPTE
Negotiators for AP and Wire Service Guild announce tentative settlement on new 2-yr contract to replace 1 that expired on Dec 31; agreement would involve 5% annual wage increase for union members; guild admr Richard Olive comments (M)
Date: 01 January 1979
By William Safire
William Safire
W Safire predicts major events of 1979
Date: 01 January 1979
By KAREN DE WITT Special to The New York Times
Karen DE WITT
Last-min agreement between mgt and labor averts closing of Washington Star but does not come in time to keep paper from cancelling its Monday issue; pressmen's union ratifies its new contract, while printers' union announces that it has reached tentative agreement; 9 other unions at Star had settled their contracts before; injunction by Dist Judge Charles R Rickey is stayed after mgt and labor reprs agreed to continue their talks; publisher George W Hoyt, George B Driesen, atty for printers' union, and union pres William Bowman comment; Star atty Andrew M Kramer, after Richey's decision, asked printers union to post surety bond for operating expenses and payrolls of $3 million to $5 million; Driesen says such bond would force union out of ct because it could not afford to pursue matter; illus (M)
Date: 31 December 1978
By KAREN M. DE WITT Special to The New York Times
Richey postpones his decision on whether to issue restraining order to prevent Washington Star from closing; paper's mgt still holds to its threat to close paper at mid-night on New Year's Eve; Kenneth E Moffett, deputy dir of FMCS says sides are not near agreement (M)
Date: 01 January 1979
Steven Rattner
Steven Rattner
No newspaper sent reporter with Treas Sec W Michael Blumenthal on his recent trip to Moscow, which was later rerouted to include politically significant detour through Rumania (S)
Date: 31 December 1978
Comment on Deputy Prime Min Teng Hsiao-ping's new econ policies (M)
Date: 01 January 1979
By ANNA QUINDLEN
Anna QUINDLEN
Bklyn Sup Ct Justice Sybil Hart Kooper rules author of book is not journalist and is not entitled to journalist's protections under NYS shield laws; refuses to quash subpoena served on Lee Hays, who is writing book about family of Navatro LeGrand; various members of family have been linked to total of 6 murders; Hays is under contract with Harper & Row (S)
Date: 31 December 1978
By JAMES P. STERBA
James STERBA
NYS and NYC business and pol leaders step up effort to attract foreign business; aims of effort, shaped in Albany and NYC over last 18 mos, outlined; efforts to retain existing corps and businesses discussed; illus (L)