New York Daily News 19 June 1979 Gasoline Rationing Carter Brezhnev SALT-2 Pact

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New York Daily News – Tuesday, June 19, 1979. This old newspaper features on the front page a picture of President Carter kissing Secretary Brezhnev after signing the SALT-1 treaty in Vienna. The headline is: ‘Begin Odd-Even In N.J. Thursday’ and ‘Carter calls SALT life or death’ – What you see in the pictures is what you get.

Volume 60, Number 232.

All 76 pages are included – LOOK AT THE PICTURES!

Some of the contents:

• ‘Odd-even gas starts here tomorrow’ – Gas rationing by license plate number starts – even numbered plates on even numbered days and odd numbered plates on odd numbered days
• ‘Prez. Brez seal it with kiss SALT-2 is signed’ – President Carter and Secretary Brezhnev sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II
• ‘A new-look News’ – The Daily News retires its old Linotype machines and starts using a ‘new technology in which all type is set photographically through a computer system’
• ‘In 300,000 years this clock will not gain or lose more than one second’ – The atomic clock of ‘Dial Time’ – 936-1616
• TWA has a full page ad about L-1011 wide body service to California
• ‘Nicaragua’s second largest city falls to guerrillas’ – Sandinistas conquer Leon, Nicaragua
• ‘Term DC-10 crash avoidable’ – FAA certification is under scrutiny after the engine fell off of an American Airlines’ DC-10
• ‘Taking a chance on gambling’ – ‘For a casino worker to get a week’s pay, some sucker has to blow a month’s wages’
• The centerfold has several pictures of Brezhnev and Carter in Vienna for the SALT-II signing as well as pictures from the funeral of fireman Walter J. Smith, Jr. who died in the line of duty fighting a fire at Macy’s Herald Square.
• There are several movie ads including: Alien, Prophecy, Rocky II, The In-Laws, Bruce Lee Game of Death, and more!
• Paragon Oldsmobile has new 1979 Cutlass Supreme for only $5945.
• The back page features a picture of Billy Martin returning to the Yankees.
• and much more!

Good used condition for 40+ year old newspaper! Some minor discoloration, wear and tear around the edges, all 76 pages are included – LOOK AT THE PICTURES!

Here is a link to Wikipedia’s article on this newspaper.