El 19 de juny de 1979 era un dimarts sota el signe estrella de ♊. Era el 169 dia de l'any. El president dels Estats Units era Jimmy Carter.
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Date: 20 June 1979
Lillian Gish, addressing House Government Operations subcommittee, urges Congress to preserve historic newsreels now deteriorating in vaults; George Stevens, retiring director of American Film Institute, estimates it would cost between $15 million and $30 million to recopy surviving newsreel footage on modern film that will not deteriorate (S)
Date: 20 June 1979
By WENDELL RAWLS Jr
Wendell RAWLS
South African investigating commission looking into South Africa's $74 million public relations scandal reports that Government of South Africa invested more than $11 million through conservative Michigan publisher John P McGoff in his unsuccessful attempt to buy Washington Star, his purchase of Sacramento Union and his purchase of controlling interest in UPITN TV News; reports Government did not require McGoff to repay much of loan and it finally incurred $6.35 million loss while McGoff wound up as major shareholder of Sacramento Union and UPITN TV News; McGoff is publisher of Panax Newspapers; according to report, South African attempt to take over Washington Star came after McGoff told some friends in Pretoria Government that newspaper was in financial trouble and that he could turn it into profitable enterprise; says that Les DeVilliers, official in South Africa's Department of Information, thought that Washington newspaper could do great deal for South Africa if it had positive attitude toward country (M)
Date: 20 June 1979
By WALLACE TURNER Special to The New York Times
Wallace Special
Calif Comm on Judicial Performance probe into unauthorized disclosures of pending Calif Sup Ct actions and allegations that Ct withheld announcement of decisions for political reasons continues, San Francisco; finger of suspicion is pointed, in most tentative way, at Justices Stanley Mosk and William Clark as perhaps having made disclosures to Los Angeles Times reporters William Endicott and Robert Fairbanks about controversial case whose decision had not been filed; case involved decision to overturn state law requiring prison sentences for those convicted of using gun while committing crime; indication of suspicion comes during testimony of Justice Frank Richardson, 1st witness in panel's inquiry; Richardson's testimony detailed (M)
Date: 19 June 1979
Clyde Haberman Albin Krebs
Clyde Albin
National Intelligence Study Center awards on writing on intelligence field go to Joseph E Persico, author of Piercing the Reich, and Allen Weinstein, author of Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case; prizes originator Ray Cline comments (S)
Date: 19 June 1979
Finkle, Jesse J (Rabbi)
Date: 20 June 1979
Egyptian Foreign Min Boutros Ghali and Pope John Paul II discuss Egyptian-Israeli negotiations on Gaza and West Bank, Rome (S)
Date: 19 June 1979
Tom Nissalke resigns as coach (S)
Date: 20 June 1979
Jonathan Logan Inc will reduce work force at its financially troubled Irish subsidiary Lana Knit Ltd in Shannon and says severance payments will reduce its 2d quarter profits by about $1.2 million; Jonathan Logan president and chairman Richard Schwartz comments (S)