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New York Daily News – Friday, January 19, 1979. This old newspaper features on the front page a picture of Joan Mondale (wife of the vice president) congratulating Mrs. Jane Voorhees Zimmerli for a Rutgers art gallery being named after her. The headline is: ‘Carter OKs 5.5B Welfare Plan’ and ‘N.J. study ties cancer to food, life style’ and ‘Mortgages could rise to 11% under Byrne bill’ – What you see in the pictures is what you get.
Volume 60, Number 103.
All 76 pages are included plus 16 pages in the Friday insert – LOOK AT THE PICTURES!
Some of the contents:
- ‘Carter OKs 5.5B welfare-reform plan’ – President Carter sends a welfare reform plan to Congress
- ‘Byrne asks higher mortgage rate’ – The Byrne administration asks for a higher mortgage rate ceiling.
- ‘Congressman charged in assault’ – Kinberly Ervin accuses Rep. Michael O. Myers (D-Pa) of assault and battery while celebrating the first day of the new congress in Arlington, VA.
- ‘Two say the creature who walked like a man was’ – Anthropologists interpret the finding of an Australopithecus afarensis skull discovered in Ethiopia
- Gimbel’s has a Zenith Chromacolor II portable TV for only $319
- Datson has a full page AD for the 210 Hatchback – ‘America’s No. 1 Gas-Mileage Car’
- Braniff has a full page ad on flights for 33 1/3% discount.
- ‘”Thought I was dead,” says cop who killed black’ – A former cop, William Walker, testifies in his trial for the murder of a black youth in 1973 – the prosecution alleges that the youth was ‘summarily executed’
- ‘Can this molecule beat cancer? It’s interferon – very expensive and very scarce’ – An article on cancer drug research
- The centerfold has several pictures of ladies trying out for the Cosmos’ cheerleading squad, the wreck of a fire truck and a stolen car and a buffalo running down I25 in Denver with the police in hot pursuit.
- There are several movie ads including: The Late Great Planet Earth, Superman with Christopher Reeve, Circle of Iron, Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Donald Sutherland, Cheech and Chong’s Up In Smoke, and more!
- Don’t miss Redd Foxx performing live at the Copacabana – Feb 5-10
- Amtrak has a full page ad about working while riding the train – “I’ve been working on the railroad”
- Potamkin has a 1976 Eldorado Coupe for only $4995.
- ‘Dorsett doesn’t fumble for words’ – Tony Dorsett gets ready for his 2nd Superbowl in two years.
- Don’t miss the Love Boat – Saturday at 8PM on ABC – with guest stars: Elaine Joyce, Melinda Naud, Ron Palillo, Bobby Van, Abe Vigoda, and Nancy Walker.
- The back page features a picture of Terry Bradshaw leaving practice before the upcoming Superbowl.
- and much more!
Good used condition for 40+ year old newspaper! Some minor discoloration, wear and tear around the edges – some small tears at the top near the spine (LOOK AT THE PICTURES!), all 76 pages are included plus 16 pages in the Friday insert – LOOK AT THE PICTURES!




























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