20 лютого 1979 р. був вівторок під знаком зірки ♓. Це був 50 день року. Президентом Сполучених Штатів був Jimmy Carter.
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Date: 20 February 1979
Special to The New York Times
2 correspondents, Amer and Briton, whose portable typewriters aroused interest of Kabul policeman, are taken into custody and questioned for 4 hrs before being released (S)
Date: 21 February 1979
Erdogan Hancerlioglu, right-wing owner of newspaper, is shot dead in Istanbul (S)
Date: 21 February 1979
To sell fixed assets to Louisiana Pacific Corp for $10 million; will receive $22 million for inventories (S)
Date: 21 February 1979
By HEDRICK SMITH Special to The New York Times
Hedrick Special
analysis of Pres Carter's speech at Georgia Tech notes he has firmly asserted that Adm would not intervene in Chinese-Vietnamese conflict (M)
Date: 21 February 1979
Utah HR passes bill allowing up to 9 reporters to attend executions (S)
Date: 20 February 1979
Israel temporarily closes its borders to 6,000 member UN peacekeeping force after arrest of Senegalese soldier who smuggled explosives across Lebanese border for use by Palestinian guerrillas (S)
Date: 20 February 1979
By TOM GOLDSTEIN
Tom GOLDSTEIN
Analysis of proposal to add 22 judgeships to NYC Criminal Ct; discusses whether increase would also raise in proportion number of cases heard and therefore reduce ct's backlog; por of NYC Adm Judge David Ross (M)
Date: 20 February 1979
By FOX BUTTERFIELD Special to The New York Times
Fox Special
analysis of possible reasons behind Chinese invasion cites expulsion of 180,000 ethnic Chinese from Vietnam (M)