New York Daily News 2 August 1979 Subway Cars Brake Flaw Gas Rationing Bolshoi +

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New York Daily News – Thursday, August 2, 1979. This old newspaper features on the front page a picture of roofer Charles Hauser sweating on the roof of police headquarters in lower Manhattan. The headline is: ‘Brake Flaw In Subway Cars’ and ‘TA rejects warning by builder’ – What you see in the pictures is what you get.

Volume 61, Number 33.

All 104 pages are included – LOOK AT THE PICTURES!

Some of the contents:

• ‘Warning issued on hand brake of R-46 subway fleet’ – Pullman-Standard issues a warning about potentially faulty hand brakes on subway cars
• ‘House votes Jim big energy punch’ – The House of Representatives approved giving President Carter powers to conserve energy.
• ‘Foster Parents Lose Child Due to Race’ – ‘A young white couple tearfully relinquished their 4-month-old black foster son yesterday after a judge ruled that race could be considered in denying them permanent custody’
• ‘Probe found shim wedged in DC-10’ – Investigation into the crash of American Flight 191 now targets a shim.
• Oldsmobile advertises the Cutlass Supreme as ‘America’s best V8 gas mileage car!’ amidst the gasoline crisis.
• ‘DC-10 maintenance saved time – but’ – It looks like a maintenance procedure which saved about 50 man-hours of time caused the crash of Flight 191 at Chicago.
• ‘Check kiter soaring home to face justice’ – Eugene E. Zeek, living in Granada as John Clancy, heads back to the US after revolutionaries take over in Granada.
• The centerfold has several pictures of Bolshoi ballet dancers at the Lincoln Center as well as pictures of ageing stars attending the funeral of writer-director-producer George Seaton.
• Movie ads include: Meatballs, Alien, The Concorde Airport ’79, Moonraker, Manhattan, Rocky II, Apocalypse Now, Escape From Alcatraz, and more!
• Potter Buick has a 1980 Skylark for only $4717.
• Don’t miss Susan Hayward at 4:30PM on Channel 7.
• The back page features a picture of Ed Kranepool, the last of the original Mets, going after the ball and a portrait of Oscar Gamble.
• and much more!

Good used condition for 40+ year old newspaper! Some minor discoloration, wear and tear around the edges, tear on the side of the front – all 104 pages are included – LOOK AT THE PICTURES!

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