The April 29, 1979 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 118 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, April 29, 2025, 138 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in 226 days. You have lived for 16,940 days, or about 406,567 hours, or about 24,394,073 minutes, or about 1,463,644,380 seconds.
29th of April 1979 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on April 29, 1979
LONDON TIMES IS DUE IN FRANKFURT TODAY; Overseas Issue Is Being Printed After the Paper's Five-Month Closing in Labor Dispute Distribution Problem Seen Issue of Automation
Date: 29 April 1979
By JOHN VINOCUR Special to The New York Times
John Special
London Times plans to publish in W Ger for distribution outside GB; at request of National Graphical Assn, IG Druck and Papier, its West German counterpart, says it will try to block distribution of Times once it leaves Frankfurt plant of Tergeman newspaper group of Turkey; John Willats, British union spokesman, Erwin Ferlemann, deputy chairman of West German union, and Michael Mander of Times comment (M)
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London Times Abandons Attempt To Put Out Paper From Frankfurt; 'Result of Criminal Activity'
Date: 30 April 1979
By JOHN VINOCUR Special to The New York Times
John Special
Times abandons plan after threats of violence and apparent attempt to sabotage its Frankfurt plant; leaves open possibility it might try to publish elsewhere; Mander says Frankfurt police warned they could not guarantee safety of personnel at printing plant; IG Druck and Papier warns it will attempt to block distribution; editor William Rees-Moge comments; illus (S)
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Guild and Times in Tentative Pact; Settlement Reached at News
Date: 29 April 1979
Guild and Times reach tentative accord; Times and News agreements noted (S)
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Federal Funding For News Coverage
Date: 30 April 1979
By Herbert J. Gans
Herbert Gans
Herbert J Gans article on seeming lack of truly national news media, proposes creation of Federal Endowment for News, modeled on already existing endowments that enhance cultural pluralism in arts and humanities; holds that diversification will require expanding electronic and print media for mass audience, as well as establishing new, and strengthening existing, news media to reach more homogeneous, smaller publics; drawings (M)
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Editor Declares Government Has Lied About Suppressed Nuclear Article; Dilemma for the Press
Date: 30 April 1979
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
Erwin Knoll, editor of The Progressive, which is under Federal District Court order not to publish article on hydrogen bomb, tells ANPA meeting that Govt 'is lying' about article, which he says cannot contribute to proliferation of nuclear weapons; says article is not about how to make hydrogen bomb, but rather about Government secrecy; Bernard Fell, editor in chief of Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, says he would not have printed article in his magazine because he felt it would further proliferation of nuclear weapons rather than hinder it; ANPA will decide whether to file legal brief supporting Progressive; publisher Ron Carbon comments; others addressing ANPA include Jeremy J Stone (Federation of American Scientists) and Prof Albert Carnesale; illus of Knoll (M)
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Canadian Freedom-of-Press Case Ends With Newspaper's Victory
Date: 29 April 1979
By ANDREW H. MALCOLM Special to The New York Times
Andrew MALCOLM
Provincial Judge Carl Waisberg dismisses charges that Toronto Sun, publisher Douglas Creighton and editor-in-chief Peter Worthington violated Official Secrets Act by publishing information from Royal Canadian Mounted Police document on Soviet espionage activities in Canada; Worthington, in March '78, wrote about document in article accusing Government of inaction on subversion; Govt weighs appeal (S)
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World News Briefs; Booklets of Critical Posters Sold to Peking Crowd Cambodians Said to Leave Refuge in Thailand Bomb Is Exploded in Paris Outside Le Monde Office South African Says Vorster Advised: Mislead Parliament
Date: 30 April 1979
Ex-Min Cornelius P Mulder tells newspaper Rapport that President John Vorster, when Prime Minister, advised him to mislead Parliament about secret funds; says he was in Cabinet committee that decided to use $10 million to try to get Washington Star newspaper into hands of people who would be less critical of South Africa (S)
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Shipyard on a Different Tack; Newport News Seeks Fresh Profit Sources
Date: 30 April 1979
By WINSTON WILLIAMS Special to The New York Times
Winston Special
Pres Edward J Campbell's efforts to return operations to normal after unsuccessful strike by shipyard workers and to boost company's sagging earnings discussed; Campbell is offering special financial incentives to returning workers; some of company's continuing problems discussed; Campbell illus (M)
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Editor of The Amsterdam News Negotiating to End Employment
Date: 29 April 1979
By THOMAS A. JOHNSON
Thomas JOHNSON
Exec editor Bryant Rollins has been negotiating with John Procope, publisher, about end to his employment (S)
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Irving Leibowitz, 56, Dies; Editor Of Ohio Newspaper for 13 Years
Date: 30 April 1979
Irving Leibowitz, editor, dies at 56 (S)
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