Le 17 mars 1979 était un samedi sous le signe astral du ♓. C'était le 75ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était Jimmy Carter.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 47 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le mardi 17 mars 2026, il y a 117 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le mercredi 17 mars 2027, dans 247 jours. Vous avez vécu 17 284 jours, soit environ 414 829 heures, ou environ 24 889 769 minutes, ou environ 1 493 386 140 secondes.
Date: 18 March 1979
By ANTHONY LEWIS
Anthony LEWIS
A Lewis comment on Progressive case discusses late Alexander Bickel's views on prior restraint (M)
Date: 18 March 1979
By JOHN F. BURNS
John BURNS
rev of situation involving S African Govt and opposition English-language press; they have come into acute conflict over newspapers' hinting at future revelations about influence-buying scandal surrounding Information Ministry; wk's main development is rare victory for newspapers, ct ruling freeing Rand Daily Mail and Cape Times to continue publishing disclosures of Eschel M Rhoodie until scandal brought him down in '78; illus (M)
Date: 18 March 1979
Special to The New York Times
Theodore A Postol, staff physcist at Argonne Natl Lab in Ill, has challenged, in affidavit filed in Fed Dist Ct, Justice Dept contention that article written for The Progressive on hydrogen bomb contains information that is not in public domain; had been asked in Feb to rev article for magazine (S)
Date: 18 March 1979
By DOUGLAS E. KNEELAND Special to The New York Times
Douglas KNEELAND
The Progressive magazine editor Erwin Knoll says magazine did not set out to test secrecy statutes; says he was not even aware of sweep of Atomic Energy Act; says he does not think article contains any secrets; says magazine has not seen any classified documents; says article was shown to MIT Prof George W Rathjens who thought it might contain restricted data and showed it to Energy Dept; illus (M)
Date: 18 March 1979
RICHARD HAITCH
Richard HAITCH
Alex Parker, owner of tower at 1 Times Sq, who had turned off moving electric news sign on bldg to protest conditions in Times Sq area, has turned sign off again; had turned sign back on after obtaining 100,000 signatures on petition demanding cleanup of area, but says no improvements have been made (S)
Date: 18 March 1979
SERGEI TAROVTREVOR BARNESARTHUR SCHLESINGER JR.FAYE LEVINEKATHRYN MOODY
Sergei BARNESARTHUR
Trevor Barnes lr on temporary restraining order imposed on Progressive; drawing
Date: 18 March 1979
Norfolk, Va, Ledger-Star reporter David Chandler is sentenced to jail and fined for contempt of ct for refusing to disclose his sources to Va grand jury investigating irregularities in Va purchasing dept; wrote series of news articles last Oct alleging that Va Div of Purchases and Supply frequently bought office equipment without asking for bids and favored certain suppliers; sentencing was done by Circuit Ct Judge James B Wilkinson (S)
Date: 18 March 1979
chronology of events leading up to prospective Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty; illus (M)