Il 15 maggio 1979 era una martedì sotto il segno zodiacale del ♉. Era il 134 ° giorno dell'anno. Il presidente degli Stati Uniti era Jimmy Carter.
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Date: 16 May 1979
Printing of early edition of NY Post is delayed for about 1 hour when pressmen refuse to cross informational picket line set up by Teamsters Local 531; dispute involves publisher resistance to attempt by home deliverers in Queens to raise their charge to Post (S)
Date: 16 May 1979
Journalists at Kayhan, Iran's largest newspaper, walk out to protest encroachments on press freedom, but Islamic workers defy editor and their colleagues to bring out pirate issue of paper; senior editor says that since revolution in February, Islamic workers have refused to print anything they consider too critical of new regime (S)
Date: 15 May 1979
Topics ed suggests closing of entire Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory library is odd way for Govt to fight lawsuit on The Progressive's publication of hydrogen bomb article (S)
Date: 16 May 1979
Saudi Arabia has banned Egyptian newspapers and magazines, according to Middle East News Agency; ban is part of Arab boycott of Egypt in retaliation for its peace treaty with Israel (S)
Date: 15 May 1979
English-language newspaper Latin Amer Daily Post begins publication in Sao Paulo; Mauro Salles is owner (S)
Date: 16 May 1979
By LES BROWN Special to The New York Times
Les Special
NBC pres Fred Silverman says news will take on greater importance in network's broadcast service, affiliate stations conference, Los Angeles; says prime-time entertainment schedule might have to be reduced 1/2 hour to permit expansion of national newscast; announces long-range plan to solve NBC's problems; illus (M)
Date: 15 May 1979
Edper sues Brascan, its officers and directors, seeking to enjoin Brascan's proposed tender offer for F W Woolworth (S)
Date: 16 May 1979
Clyde Haberman Albin Krebs
Clyde Albin
Mayor Koch reptdly took out $300,000 worth of life insurance while campaigning for Mayor so that if anything happened to him his campaign debts would be payed off; debt now is reptly $100,000 (S)