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TIME 1979

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The year was 1979...

Jimmy Carter was President...The Hostage Crisis in IRAN plagued the United States...OPEC Oil Prices Reached All Time Highs (Far Worse Then Those Experienced in 2000)...The Economy was in distress, Interest Rates were high...Unemployment was high...Japanese automakers were flooding the US Market with economical and more reliable cars...Disco, drugs and tax evasion were the rage at Studio 54...Vivian Vance (Ethel Mertz) Died..."Alien" hit the big screen, so did "The Rose", "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "The Amityville Horror"...Eastern Airlines was still in business...VCR's and Touch-Tone Telephone's were NEW innovations...James Bond in "Moonraker" and "Escape from Alcatraz"...A Toyota Corolla was priced at $3748 and got 31 to 40 MPG... ABC Correspondant Bill Stewart is murdered in Managua...Al Capp dies at age 70... A Meltdown at Three Mile Island in Harrisburg Pennsylvania...and William J. Clinton was named a future leader! EACH issue of TIME Magazine covered the Nation in depth each and every week! Here's your chance to own an original edition of the magazine! Almost every issue featured National and World News, Special Sections on Cinema, People, Art, Music, Theater, Religion, Books and Sports! Plus all those fabulous advertisements! 

Issue Date

On The Cover

News Highlights/ Photographs

Full-Page Advertisements

Condition

Price

Photo

01/08/1979

US Architect Philip Johnson (Photographed by Ted Thai) 8 pg article with many photo's on Architecture in America GE Console TV (Inside Front Cover) Good

$4

No Photo

01/15/1979

Illustration by Doug Johnson "Crescent of Crisis - Troubles Beyond Iran"; In Business, Conrad Hilton dies at the age of 91; In Show Business, Star Trek Also see issue dated 7/19/1963 featuring Conrad Hilton on the cover. Fair (Half Price w/ Purchase of 7/19/63 issue)

$4

No Photo

01/22/1979

Soviet Party Chief Loenid Brezhnev (Painting by Burt Silverman) US-Soviet Relations, 4 pg interview with Brezhnev; Carter proposes cuts in Social Security; Super Bowl XIII features article with Bradshaw and Staubach Eldorado by Cadillac (Inside Front Cover); 1979 Ford Pinto; Pontiac Grand Prix; GTE; Holiday Inn; In People, color photo/article on Carol Burnett & Dolly Parton Fair to Good

$6

No Photo

01/29/1979

The Columbian Connection (Illustration by Michael Doret) The drug smuggling problem in America Good

$4

No Photo

02/05/1979

China's Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing (Painting by Burt Silverman) Fair to Good

$5

No Photo

03/05/1979

Communists at War (Illustration by Roger Huyssen) In People, color photo's of Sophia Loren, CHER and Queen Elizabeth II Good

$4

No Photo

03/12/1979

Robin Williams - - -

SOLD

-

03/19/1979

President Carter "Carter's Bold Mission" Good

$4

No Photo

03/26/1979

Mideast Peace (Illustration by Eugene Mihaesco) "Maui - America's Magic Isle" Good

$4

No Photo

04/02/1979

Psychiatry's Depression Carter - The Challenges at Home Very Good

$4

No Photo

04/09/1979

Nuclear Nightmare Meltdown at Three Mile Island in Harrisburg PA -

SOLD

-

04/16/1979

Islam - The Militant Revival 11 pg Special Report on "The World of Islam" GE Performance TV, Fiat Strada, Polaroid, Ford Fairmont Futura "The Futura is Now", Fotomat, VW Rabbit, Sony Betamax Video Recorder (Back Cover) Good

$6

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04/23/1979

Homosexuality in America "How Gay is Gay?" 6 pg article w/ photo's on homosexuality - includes color photo of The Castro Theatre in San Francisco Chevy Citation for 1980 (3 pg fold-out on inside cover) - "0 to 50 in 9 seconds flat" and "Priced as low as $3983" Good

$15

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04/30/1979

Woody Allen 6 pg article w/ photo's on Woody Allen Good

$9

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05/07/1979

The Oil Game Cable TV Takes Off Very Good

$5

No Photo

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05/14/1979

M. Thatcher Britain's Prime Minister - -

SOLD

-

05/21/1979

Now The Great Debate (A New Arms Limitation Treaty) Gasoline - A Long Dry Summer Excellent

$5

No Photo

05/28/1979

"Medical Costs - Seeking The Cure" Good

$5

No Photo

06/04/1979

Columnist Russell Baker - -

SOLD

-

06/11/1979

"An Interview with Chancellor Schmidt" - -

SOLD

-

06/18/1979

Pope John Paul II in Poland - -

SOLD

-

06/25/1979

Jimmy Carter & Leonid Brezhnev Cover illustration by Roy Anderson; also features "An Appreciation" on John Wayne (obituary) In people, a color photo of Frank Sinatra Good

$8

No Photo

07/02/1979

The Energy Mess - -

SOLD

-

07/09/1979

"The World Over a Barrel" - -

SOLD

-

07/16/1979

Here Comes Skylab 8 pg article on Skylab and the nation's space program Very Good

$7

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07/23/1979

President Jimmy Carter "At the Crossroads" 7 pg article on Jimmy Carter w/ color photo's; In People - Photo of Ricky Schroeder w/ Queen Elizabeth Eastern, Jaguar, Olivetti, GE, Fotomat (2 pg), Schlitz Beer, Triump TR7 (2 pg Center), Days Inn, Oldsmobile, GM/Pontiac, Lufthansa, Chevy Malibu Very Good

$6

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07/30/1979

Illustration by Richard Hess In Nation - "Carter's Great Purge" Carter dismisses five cabinet members; In Music, a review of Donna Summer's new disco album "Bad Girls"; In Cinema - Dennis Christopher in "Breaking Away" Craig M100; Xerox; Salem; New Chevrolet Caprice Classic (Claims 33% better gas mileage compared to a few years ago); VW; Volvo; "The Amityville Horror" - For God's Sake, Get Out!   Opens July 27, 1979; McDonald's (Rare - Inside Back Cover) Good

$7

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08/06/1979

Leadership in America - -

SOLD

-

08/13/1979

Diane Lane "Hollywood's Whiz Kids" - -

SOLD

-

08/20/1979

Judging The Judges (Illustration) In Law - Cover Story features more then 6 pages of articles and photo's in "Judging the Judges"; In Nation - Summer USA, Festivals Everywhere (Color Photo's from NY, Oregon & Texas); News - A Giant Oil Spill Menaces the Beaches of Texas; In World - Arab Efforts to Push a Palestinian solution make Israel edgy; In World - "Never Forgive, Never Forget" The Holocaust; In Business - Chrysler's Crisis Bailout; In Cinema - Meryl Streep & Alan Alda in "The Seduction of Joe Tynan" AND "La Cage Aux Folles" with Michel Serrault & Ugo Tognazzi (the movie from which "The Birdcage" with Robin Williams was based) (Photo's and Review for Both films); In Music - David Johansen (Photo & Article); In People - Gavin MacLeod, Benji, The Pope, Robby Benson & Ted Kennedy (Photo's of All with News Items); In Living - French Tourists visit America (Photo of French group posing in front of Cinderella's Castle at Walt Disney World)... "Everybody slide ALL the way down" urges the attendant - the French refuse to move down.

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Very Good

$8

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08/27/1979

The Topsy-Turvy Economy (Illustration by Jean-Michel Folon) In Nation - The Fall of Andy Young (Israel, the US and the PLO) 4 Plus Pages of articles and photo's; In News - Jesse Jackson and Coretta King (Photo's & News); In News - "Cops on Trial" Law and disorder in Philadelphia; In Nation - A Young Congressman: Albert Gore Jr.; In Economy - Trying to set the Economy Right; In World - "Fading Fervor", Khomeini is challenged; In Cinema - "The Making of a Quagmire" Apocalypse Now Directed by Francis Ford Coppola (2 Page Article with Color Photo's); In People - Joe Namath and Ernest Borgnine (Photo's and News Items);   In Religion - "Flying Saucery in the Wilderness" New revelations from the sheep of Bo & Peep; In Milestones - Obituary of Vivian Vance who died 8/19/79: she was famous for her role as Ethel Mertz on "I Love Lucy"; In Theater - "Equus Infra Dig" Strider: Story of a Horse; In Sport - Freak storm takes 18 lives in British Yachting Disaster; In Sexes - Women's War on Porn in New York City's Times Square AND Curbing Transsexual Surgery; In Music - Bands of Summer (2 Pages of Articles & Photo's from all over the US); In Books - Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Peculiar Address (1895 Photo)

ADS: Sheraton Hotels in Hawaii; Seagram's 7 Crown; Kelly Services; Xerox; Volvo; Sharp; Texaco; Chrysler (2 Page Letter from Lee Iacocca - "Would America be better off without Chrysler?"); 1980 Chevy Citation; Boise Cascade Corp; Toyota Celica ST Sport Coupe; Pioneer; MGB (Inside Back Cover)

Excellent

$7

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09/03/1979

Photographer Ansel Adams - -

SOLD

-

09/10/1979

G.O.P. Candidate John Connally Very Good, but cover separated from spine.

$3

No Photo

09/17/1979

Storm Over Cuba: Fidel Castro & Cyrus Vance Cover Story - "The Storm Over Cuba" Soviet Troops, SALT features Photo of Soviet Intelligence Station in Cuba; In Nation - Hurricane David creates Tragedy in the Caribbean; In Education - School Busing: A Report Card; In People- Photo's feature Farrah Fawcett, Erma Bombeck & Susan Sarandon; In Sports - Brothers Phil & Joe Niekro (Photo's & Article); In Science - Bonanza from a Ringed Planet (Photo's of Saturn); In Theater - Sandy Duncan in "Peter Pan"; In Religion - The Exiled Dalai Lama Opens his U.S. Tour; In Cinema - "The Amityville Horror" and "Monty Pyhton's Life of Brian" Blue Cross Blue Shield, Kodak, Olivetti, Digital, ITT, Sun Life of Canada (2 Pg ad features Muhammad Ali); Sony Audio, GTE, Chrysler (2 Pg Letter Ad); Qantel; Lufthansa Airlines; ARCO Good

$8

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09/24/1979

Luciano Pavarotti - Opera's Golden Tenor In Music - 6 Pg Article w/ Many Color Photo's on Pavarotti Good

$7

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10/01/1979

Henry Kissinger (Painting by Philip Pearlstein) Carter and Ted Kennedy prepare for battle in the election race. In People, color photo of 18 year old John Kennedy at Brown University Good

$7

No Photo

10/08/1979

Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo - -

SOLD

-

10/15/1979

John Paul, Superstar - Photographed by Neil Leifer Special: An Album of His Journey Color ad for Apocalypse Now, presented by Francis Ford Coppola; In People, Dolly Parton photographed with Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter; full pg ad for ABC News Closeup that aired 10/11/79 on Homosexuals Good

$7

No Photo

10/22/1979

Chairman Paul Volcker - -

SOLD

-

10/29/1979

Expanding America's Arsenal, General David C. Jones - -

SOLD

-

11/05/1979

Ted Kennedy (Illustration by Robert Weaver) Cover Story - Kennedy plans to take his first step in challenging Carter for the Presidency (6 Plus Page Article with many Photo's); In Nation - Minneapolis Star identify's 13 men involved in Prostitution (Many Public Figures); In news - Scathing Look at Nuclear Safety, 7 Months After Three Mile Island; In World - Sudden Death in Seoul Korea; In Law- Cheif Justice Warren Burger (Photo / Article); In Education - Univ. of Wisconsin Students Party "Going Back to the Booze"; In Theater - "One Mo' Time"; In Business - Article / Photo on Apple Computers with Steve Jobs & Stephen Wozniak;  In Religion - "Monty Python's Life of Brian";  In People - Photo's of Muhammad Ali, Beverly Sills, Alex Haley & Peggy Guggenheim (News Items); In Cinema - "French Postcards"; In Books - William Faulkner; Bayer Aspirin, Subaru, 1980 Ford Thunderbird, Pioneer, Mazda 626, Holiday Inn (2 Pg), 1980 Chrysler New Yorker (2 Pg), United Airlines, 1980 Chevy Monza, American Airlines, 1980 Pontiac Bonneville, Fiat, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Jaguar, Zenith System 3 (Back Cover) Very Good

$8

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11/12/1979

- - - -

SOLD

-

11/19/1979

Ayatullah Khomeini - -

SOLD

-

11/26/1979

Carter & Khomeini "The Test of Wills" Cover Painting by Daniel Maffia, Photographed by Diana H. Walker In Nation - Continued Crisis of Hostages in Iran as the Economy Becomes Hostage to OPEC; In News - Ronald Reagan Launches Drive for G.O.P. Presidential Nomination - Article & Photo's of Ronald & Nancy; In Nation - "Chippewas Want Their Rights"; In People - Robin Williams in Drag and Barbara Mandrell; In Cinema - "Don Giovanni", Review & Photo's; In Living - "Those Uncaring Airlines"; In Sports - Moeller High Roman Catholic Boys School in Cincinnati Ohio and Coash Jerry Faust (Photo's & Article); 130 Pages Plus Ads Oldsmobile, Pioneer, Whirlpool, Kodak, Merit, Banco Do Brasil, Eastern, Xerox, Texaco, Bell System, Honda Civic 36 MPG - 49 HWY (2 Pg Ad), Arco, Korbel Champagne, GM, Zenith, Datsun 200-SX (2 Pg Ad - Rare), 1980 Ford Thunderbird, Fotomat, Chevrolet Wagon with Diesel Power (2 Pg Ad - Rare), American Airlines, MAZDA 4 Page Center Ad with Color Photo's of Entire Line, Pontiac 1980 Firebird for $5963, Volvo, US Air, 1980 Dodge Mirada (2 Pg), Minolta, Army, 1980 Chevy Malibu ("A Fresh New Slice of Apple Pie"), US Mail Priority Mail, VW 1980 Dasher Diesel, TWA, 1980 Cougar XR-7 (Back Cover) Very Good

$7

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12/03/1979

Fury in Iran - Rescue in Pakistan (Painting by Roy Andersen) Special Section - A Portfolio of Competition (Amateur Photo Contest); Cover Story - Angry Attacks on America "Death to Carter"; In Nation - A Young George Bush Tries to Harvest Votes in Iowa; In Art - Any Warhol; In Cinema - Meryl Streep & Dustin Hoffman in "Kramer vs. Kramer" (8 In-Depth Pages of Articles & Photo's - SEE SCAN); In People - Perry Como; 115 Pages Plus Ads Brut; 1980 Subaru; IBM Typewriter; 1980 Ford Fairmont; Northwest Orient; Sears Typewriter; Liberty Mutual; Magnavox VCR; Sharp VCR; Polaroid; 1980 Chrysler New Yorker; Mazda; Bayer Aspirin; Boise Cascade Corp; JC Penney; Chevy Camaro; Chrysler; Liquore Galliano; Volvo; American Express Excellent

$9

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12/10/1979

Iran's Deposed Shah (Cover Painting by Daniel Schwartz) Cover Story - The Storm Over The Shah (5 Plus Pages of News w/ Many Photo's including a Rally of Townpeople in Seaside Heights, NJ: See Scan; In World - Meeting Moscow's Threat; In Business - Bankers Scramble to Attach Iranian Assets; Congress Grows Wary of a Chrysler Bailout; Is the Recession for Real?;  In Economy - Canada's Western Energy Boom (Nice Photo's); In Living - Computer Games & Toys that are Challenging and Fun; In Environment - Can a Cover-Up Solve a Vermont Town's Energy Problems?; In Milestones - Herbert "Zeppo" Marx dies at age 78 (Last of the Marx Brothers); In People - Photo's of Christina Onassis (Stepdaughter of Jacqueline Onassis: See Scan) at Studio 54 & 17-yr old Kristy McNichol; In Cinema - "Boardwalk" with Lee Strasberg & Ruth Gordon; 126 Pages Total Plus Ads Several Full-Page Color Movie Promo's: Robert Redford & Jane Fonda "Electric" coming this Christmas; Steve Martin in "The Jerk" and "Star Trek - The Motion Picture"; Ad's for American Airlines, 1980 Ford Mustang, Sony, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Xerox, Wausau Insurance, American Airlines, Toyota Corolla Tercel at $3698, Pall Mall, Banco Do Brasil ("Buy Brazilian, Buy Quality"), TWA, Wild Turkey (2 Pg), Triump TR7 (2 Pg), Honda Accord (2 Pg), 1980 Chevy Malibu Wagon, Datsun, Zenith Video Director Very Good

$9

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12/17/1979

The Who "Rock's Outer Limits" Illustration by Gary Panter Cover Strory - 7 Pg Article w/ Many Photo's on The Who (Features Photo of Ann-Margret with Roger Daltrey; In Nation - 4 Pg Report on the Hostages in Iran; In Medicine - Did F.D.R. Have Cancer?; In Cinema - "The Electric Horseman" & "Star Trek - The Motion Picture" (Includes Photo's of Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy); In Business - Carter Considers a Gas Tax; In Religion - Mormonism vs. Feminism and the ERA; In Theater - "Bent" with Richard Gere and David Dukes; In People - Photo / News Item of Shaun Cassidy & Shirley Jones; In Press - The Truth About Iowa (Features detail on the Des Moines Register) Pioneer Stereo, B.I.C. Record Changer, Oldsmobile Regency, Bacardi Rum (2 pg), Vivitar, Magnavox VCR's ("Record in thrilling color" and "up to ONE week in advance"), Buick Electra (2 pg), HBO, VW Rabbit (As a Police Car), ITT (Features ALL Rotary Phones), ARCO, Marlboro "Merry Christmas" (2 Pg Center), IBM, Volvo, CBS Radio Network, Berlin (Travel Ad), Norwegian Cruise Lines, 1980 Chevy Monza Very Good

$9

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12/24/1979

Illustration by Edward Sorel In Living - "The Cooling of America 'Twas The Night Before Christmas, and all through the house: Brrrr!"; In News - "A Challenge to Khomeini"; In People - Color Photo's of Mother Teresa with the Nobel Prize and Jean Stapleton on an Equal Rights Amendment campaign; In Theater - "Oklahoma"; In Cinema - Steven Spielberg's "1941"; In Sports - Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci. Center color 2 pg ad for the 1980 Chevrolet Monte Carlo; Ford Pinto; Bayer Aspirin Good

$4

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12/31/1979

Ayatullah Khomeini Iran - Now the Power Play; China's Vice-Premiere Teng's Triumphant Return Tobacco Institute ad to Smokers and Non-Smokers; McDonalds Big Mac (Inside Back Cover) Good

$4

No Photo

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