The June 2, 1979 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♊. It was the 152 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.
If you were born on this day, you are 47 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 34 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, June 2, 2027, in 330 days. You have lived for 17,201 days, or about 412,845 hours, or about 24,770,742 minutes, or about 1,486,244,520 seconds.
Date: 02 June 1979
Publishers Assn of NY and Photoengravers Union 1P have scheduled bargaining session for Monday, on eve of threatened strike against NY Daily News and NY Times; strike deadline was set by local membership and parent company, Graphic Arts International Union (S)
Date: 03 June 1979
By Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker comment on 'outrage' expressed by Supreme Court over disclosure by ABC News TV reporter Tim O'Brien of advance accounts of 3 pending court decisions (M)
Date: 03 June 1979
By Anthony Sampson
Anthony Sampson
Anthony Sampson article on work stoppage at London Times that is now in its 6th month; laments loss of paper, its influence and closeness to its leaders and its letters to the editor (M)
Date: 03 June 1979
NewsShare, new service that can provide electronic delivery of local newspaper articles to any home computer, is demonstrated by UPI; service goes on display at opening session of convention of American Newspaper Publishers Assn's Research Institute; UPI senior vice president Frank Tremaine says advance was made possible by growing number of home computers and by computerization of newspaper editorial rooms (S)
Date: 03 June 1979
By SHERMAN DAVIS
Sherman DAVIS
Sherman Davis humorous piece on typographical errors made in newspapers with new 'cold type' printing method (M)
Date: 02 June 1979
Minn District Judge Donald C Odden dismisses indictments charging Duluth Herald and News-Tribune, its parent co and several top officials with violations of election law; indictments, issued last Oct by St Louis grand jury, arose from dismissal of Julianne Agnew, former editor of Today's Living for papers, after she became political candidate; grand jury has returned indictments against newspaper and against John McMillion, publisher, Thomas Daly, editor, and Robert Knaus, former managing editor; also indicted were Knight-Ridder Newspapers and Lee Hills, board chairman; each was accused to unlawfully inducing candidate to refrain from running; Asst County Atty Michael McNabb says county could resubmit matter to grand jury under different statute or appeal Judge Odden's decision to Minnesota Supreme Court (S)
Date: 03 June 1979
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
Comment on Government's prior restraint order preventing publication by Progressive magazine of article on hydrogen bomb; drawing
Date: 02 June 1979
WNBC-TV news dir Norman Fein resigns (S)
Date: 03 June 1979
Consumer Credit Division leases Lake Success, NY, building in expansion move (S)