Around the Nation; Hawaii's Police Officers End Three-Day Walkout
Date: 19 July 1979
Michigan publisher John McGoff denies he was agent of South African Government and insists he has never been 'front' for any foreign government (S)
Anthony Deion Branch Jr. (born July 18, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He is the current Wide Receivers coach at the University of Louisville. He was selected by the New England Patriots in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft. He played college football at Louisville.
Branch was named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXXIX on February 6, 2005, after tying former San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice and former Cincinnati Bengals tight end Dan Ross for the Super Bowl reception record with 11 catches for 133 yards. He was the first receiver to win the award since 1989 when Jerry Rice had his 11 catch game. Branch played for the Seattle Seahawks from 2006 to 2010 before a second stint with the Patriots for the next two seasons, which included an appearance in Super Bowl XLVI.
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Date: 19 July 1979
Michigan publisher John McGoff denies he was agent of South African Government and insists he has never been 'front' for any foreign government (S)
Date: 18 July 1979
CBS News announces that beginning Aug 27 it will carry West Coast edition of CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite, with Terry Drinkwater in Los Angeles providing insertions of late-breaking stories (S)
Date: 19 July 1979
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
NBC pres Fred Silverman has recruited numerous former CBS executives, including vice chmn Richard S Salant, casting dir Ethel Winant and West Coast programming head Perry Lafferty (M)
Date: 19 July 1979
Directors have voted to liquidate computer services company under plan that transfers operations and personnel to subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet Corp, diversified credit reporting agency that recently completed tender offer for National CSS shares and now owns more than 93% (S)
Date: 18 July 1979
Reports it will dismiss about 250 managerial and other nonunion workers at end of July in effort to cut overhead expenses; says about $2 million in severance payments will be made (S)
Date: 19 July 1979
By YOUSSEF M. IBRAHIM Special to The New York Times
Analysis of numerous political problems confronting Khomeini and Bazargan 5 months after Shah was deposed; holds deepening divisions are driving Iran closer to breakdown; Khomeini and Bazargan illus (M)
Date: 19 July 1979
Israeli Amb to UN Yehuda Z Blum scores UN commission's report recommending that Security Council call on Israel to cease building settlements in occupied territories; report was made by representatives of Portugal, Bolivia and Zambia, who spent 10 days touring Arab countries but were not admitted to any of territories seized by Israel in '67 war; Jordanian Amb Hazem Nuseibeh praises report (S)
Date: 18 July 1979
By CAROL LAWSON
Carol LAWSON
theater will return to its original concept of repertory theater; upcoming seasons presentations noted (S)