كان ١٧ أكتوبر ١٩٧٩ الأربعاء تحت علامة النجمة ♎. كان هذا هو يوم 289 من السنة. كان رئيس الولايات المتحدة Jimmy Carter.
إذا كنت قد ولدت في هذا اليوم ، فأنت تبلغ٪ s سنة. كان عيد ميلادك الأخير في 46 ، الجمعة، ١٧ أكتوبر ٢٠٢٥ يوم مضى. عيد ميلادك القادم في 263 ، بعد السبت، ١٧ أكتوبر ٢٠٢٦ يوم. لقد عشت لمدة 101 يوم ، أو حوالي ١٧٬٠٦٥ ساعة ، أو حوالي ٤٠٩٬٥٧١ دقيقة ، أو حوالي ٢٤٬٥٧٤٬٢٦٨ ثانية.
Date: 18 October 1979
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
Predominantly Irish paper handlers at NY Post stage 3-hour work stoppage after paper publishes alleged statement by Princess Margaret that Irish are 'Pigs' (M)
Date: 17 October 1979
By MOLLY IVINS
Molly IVINS
Article on controversy, Washington County, Utah, over order by County Prosecutor Paul Graf that 3 newspapers (Washington County News, Color Country Spectrum, Common Sense) refrain from covering upcoming local elections until voting is over; publications apparently violated 1917 statute that requires filing statement of ownership with State Sec 90 days before election; have declared intent to 'publish and be damned'; editors Jim Mountford, Daniel J Croft and Robert Lehigh comment (M)
Date: 18 October 1979
Special to The New York Times
last-ditch negotiations to save Times and Sunday Times of London collapse; permanent demise of both publications seen imminent; Les Dixon, president of National Graphical Assn, comments (M)
Date: 17 October 1979
US Joint Chiefs of Staff delays scheduled beach assault at Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in part to provide more light for TV crews; Pres Carter ordered maneuver as show of force in response to presence of Soviet troops in Cuba (S)
Date: 17 October 1979
Pakistani Pres Mohammed Zia ul-Haq imposes strict press censorship after calling off scheduled elections (S)
Date: 18 October 1979
By WALTER H. WAGGONER Special to The New York Times
Walter WAGGONER
Supreme Court Assoc Justice William J Brennan Jr scores nation's press for overreacting to some of court's decisions involving First Amendment guarantees of free press, speech, S I Newhouse Center for Law and Justice, Rutgers Univ; says present attitudes of press suggest complete absence of shared enterprise in which functions of Court and press complement each other; cites some editorial criticisms of Court decisions (M)
Date: 17 October 1979
By JEFF GERTH
Jeff GERTH
biog sketch of Lewis (M)
Date: 17 October 1979
agrees in principle for James River Corporation to purchase assets of company's Berlin, NH, pulp mill for $130 million in cash and $40 million in convertible preferred stock; James River would assume about $46 million of debt related to assets and other liabilities (S)