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- TITLE_SECTIONMasthead
- ARTICLESoviets ignore U.S. warning on troops in Afghanistan
- ARTICLEP.M. alarmed
- ARTICLEIncident-free start to N.Z. presence
- ILLUSTRATIONWolfgang Mayr in his hospital bed at aWrd One, Christchurch Hospital, yesterday.
- ARTICLEChch pilot killed
- ARTICLEClimber plunges to death on mountain
- ARTICLEOn other pages
- ARTICLEMr V. R. Skellerup knighted
- ILLUSTRATIONSIR VALDEMAR SKELLERUP
- ILLUSTRATIONDAME MIRIAM DELL
- ILLUSTRATIONSIR JAMES FLETCHER
- ILLUSTRATIONMR THOMAS, O.B.E.
- ARTICLELucky escape for sailor in Antarctica
- ARTICLENew Year services
- ARTICLEIsland refuge
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- ARTICLEQUEEN HONOURS NEW ZEALANDERS Awards cover wide range of services
- ILLUSTRATIONSIR JOHN STAVELEY
- ILLUSTRATIONMR McCLISKIE, C.B.E.
- ILLUSTRATIONMONA ANDERSON, M.B.E.
- ILLUSTRATIONMR TERRY, M.B.E,
- ILLUSTRATIONMRS NOEL WELLS, M.B.E.
- ILLUSTRATIONMR KOTUA, M.B.E.
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- ILLUSTRATIONMISS NEWMAN, M.B.E. REBECCA PERROTT, M.B.E.
- ARTICLEProfessor, doctor rewarded
- ARTICLEReporter's Diary
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
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- ARTICLEDog incident led to bowler's suspension
- ARTICLEFast end to racing year
- ARTICLEGardiner up quickly in softball batting
- ILLUSTRATIONKevin Darling (Linwood) delivers his bowl as his opponent, Jack Waight (Roxburgh), looks on during section play of th...
- ARTICLEYoung bowler confident
- ARTICLEGolf lead shared
- ARTICLEAn exciting new concept in care for the elderly
- ARTICLEN.S.W., Queensland virtual finalists in water polo
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- ARTICLECrane rescues 45
- ARTICLEDrink ban in Square
- ARTICLEYouths saved from surf
- ARTICLESoviet troop moves
- ARTICLEHoliday road toll now eight
- ARTICLEPilot escapes sinking ’copter
- ARTICLENo sign of yacht
- ILLUSTRATIONA cleaning contractor, Mr Les Savage, at work on the big job at the Wainoni house.
- ARTICLETruck-loads of garbage removed from house
- ARTICLELandfall for Lindblad travellers
- ARTICLEState house burned
- ARTICLETennis singles winner surprises himself
- ARTICLE2300 at church convention
- ARTICLEBad cricket opening
- ARTICLEMurder charge on West Coast
- ARTICLENaked body puzzle for police
- ARTICLEAuckland top in softball
- ARTICLEFirst tournament upset
- ARTICLELibya increases price of oil
- ARTICLELandau lost in collision
- ARTICLESearchers find boy
- ARTICLEStewart wins tennis
- ARTICLECricket test abandoned
- ARTICLEGovernor Brown seems far off presidency
- ILLUSTRATIONGOVERNOR BROWN
- ARTICLEBurial’s long delay
- ARTICLELiferaft blamed for deaths
- ILLUSTRATIONThe new general manager of the Wheat Board. Mr A. G. Elliott (left), is briefed on his new post by the outgoing manag...
- ARTICLENew head of N.Z. Wheat Board
- ARTICLEPhysio. patients have to pay
- ARTICLEFinal I.Y.C. reports being collated
- ARTICLEASTRONOMY Close planetary conjunctions to occur in 1980
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- ARTICLECease-fire holding so far, say monitoring forces
- ARTICLETurncoat agent blows gaff on Boss — editor
- ARTICLESoviet-led coup 'just like Prague 1968’
- ARTICLEAlert for 747 Boeings
- ARTICLERussia gives U.S. alarming lesson in troop mobility
- ARTICLEWorld population now growing by 1 million every five days
- ARTICLEFaint glimmer of hope after U.N. Iran talks
- ARTICLEKhomeiny’s call to Christians
- ILLUSTRATIONRUHOLLAH KHOMEINY
- ARTICLEKennedy group files suit against Carter officials
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- ARTICLEA trip around the houses
- ARTICLEWHAT’S ON
- ARTICLECountryside Wanderings 1911...1979
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- SECTIONRetrospect '79
- ARTICLEThe international Year of the Child
- ILLUSTRATIONWhatever 1979 may have been, it was the Year of the Child—especially the year for children like little Michelle Marsh...
- ILLUSTRATIONPhuong Kha, aged seven, at a Christchurch dinner to raise money for Indo-Chinese refugees.
- ILLUSTRATIONJason Haggit, aged eight, enjoys his holidays by skate-boarding at the Sockburn Rollerdrome.
- ILLUSTRATIONLouise Dane cuddles her souvenir after returning from a free trip to Disneyland for 230 disadvantaged children. The $...
- ARTICLEAviation's heavy toll
- ILLUSTRATIONSnow settles on the wreckage of New Zealand’ s worst civil disaster. An Air New Zealand DC10 crashed on the slopes of...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe tail fin of an Air New Zealand Friendship protrudes from the muddy waters of Manukau Harbour after it crashed, ki...
- ILLUSTRATIONTOP: A United States Air Force Starlifter lists on to its side at Christchurch Airport after crash landing in Novembe...
- ARTICLEMilestones for Mankind
- ARTICLENew Zealand scene
- ILLUSTRATIONA house crashes into the abyss of Abbotsford. The slip threatening the Dunedin suburb finally occurred on a winters n...
- ILLUSTRATIONTOP: New Zealanders go hunting for U.F.O.s along the north-east coast of the South Island. BOTTOM: Arthur Allan Thoma...
- ILLUSTRATIONAnother United States nuclear vessel visits New Zealand. This time it was the submarine Haddo and the protesters were...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe flamboyant old Regent Theatre, in Cathedral Square, is gutted by fire in November. It was the biggest and most sp...
- ARTICLEWorld watch
- ILLUSTRATIONThe flag-draped coffin of Lord Mountbatten of Burma is carried to rest. His murder in August by the Irish Republican ...
- ILLUSTRATIONIran in flames. Mounting political pressure forces the Shah to leave, paving the way for the mercurial Ayatollah Khom...
- ILLUSTRATIONTwo faces of Kampuchea. A starving child lies on a pile of rags in a refugee camp in Thailand, a victim of the year-l...
- ILLUSTRATIONFall of tyrants: 1979 saw the end of the despotic rule of Idi Amin, of Uganda (above), Macias Nguema, of Equitorial G...
- ARTICLESporting highlights
- ILLUSTRATIONIvan Mauger wins the world speedway title for a record sixth time in September. He regained the title from Ole Olsen,...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe Riccarton-trained colt, Little Brown Jug, captured the public imagination, winning eight races in succession in t...
- ILLUSTRATIONBjorn Borg makes tennis history when he beats Roscoe Tanner, of the United States, to win his fourth successive men’s...
- ILLUSTRATIONSebastian Coe, of Britain, sets a world record for the mile with a time of 3.49 at Zurich in July. He also sets a rec...
- ARTICLEFaces in the news
- ILLUSTRATIONJeremy Thorpe is acquitted in what the British press dubs “the trial of the century.” The former leader of the Libera...
- ILLUSTRATIONA shabby end for Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: Pakistan's former Prime Minister is hanged in April by General Zia's military G...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe Conservative Party leader. Mrs Margaret Thatcher, makes history when she becomes Britain's first woman Prime Mini...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe political strongman, Park Chung Hee, ruler of South Korea since 1961, is murdered by the chief of his own intelli...
- ILLUSTRATIONPoor little rich girl freed. President Jimmy Carter pardons the newspaper heiress, Patty Hearst, in February.
- ILLUSTRATIONPrincess Anne shows the flag. Her visit to New-Zealand in July brought thousands into the street.
- ARTICLEThe international Year of the Child
- SECTIONFor young readers
- ARTICLETikumu’s letter
- ARTICLECrossword
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- ARTICLEHogmanay recipe
- ARTICLEFollow the dots
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- ARTICLEToffle finds a friend
- ARTICLESummer fun — collect animals from the sea
- ARTICLEThree games to play
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- ARTICLEHome & People
- ARTICLEHard to knock this cast
- ARTICLEEasy food to give the cook a well-earned holiday
- ARTICLEEngagement
- ARTICLECrossword solution
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- SECTIONTelevision and Radio
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- ARTICLETHE PRESS MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1979. Into the eighties
- ARTICLEGin, pretended gin, and aggressive goldfish
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- ARTICLEYoung Chinese turn to the ‘Shanghai sting’
- ARTICLEChurch at ‘five minutes past midnight’
- ARTICLELetters to the Editor
- ARTICLEEducation system
- ARTICLESmoking ban
- ARTICLEPerfumes
- ARTICLESanctions against Iran?
- ARTICLEPRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR
- ARTICLENorthern will be strong
- ARTICLEWorth of fast bowlers doubtful after Auck. — C.D. draw
- ARTICLENorthern’s six-wkt. win over Otago
- ARTICLEBrabin cricket’s start
- ARTICLEWellington’s lead cut in women’s cricket
- ARTICLEStaplyton-Smith adds 10m to N.Z. record
- ARTICLEResults
- ARTICLEThe living arts
- ARTICLEA backward look at the Thirties
- ARTICLEARTS DIARY
- ILLUSTRATIONJulian Muspratt (white hat No. 2) is under heavy pressure marking from Jeff Payes (Hutt) during Queensland A's match ...
- ARTICLEChapman heads seedings in junior tennis
- ARTICLEShipping News New weather forecast areas
- ARTICLEGymnast’s Olympic hopes dashed
- ARTICLESoccer Johnson kicks Liverpool home
- ARTICLESpeedway U.S. driver dominates T.Q.s
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- ARTICLERacing and trotting Tempest Tiger is picked in Stakes
- ARTICLECanterbury Park fields
- ARTICLEWeights for Reefton
- ARTICLEDoubles and trebles
- ARTICLESelections for Addington
- ARTICLEToday’s meetings Fraxy top chance at Wairarapa
- ARTICLET.A.B. CHECK
- ARTICLEGraham Brown Rotorua fancy
- ARTICLEWyndham Helen’s Ridge looks too strong
- ARTICLEAuckland Mr Ay Bee still in doubt
- ARTICLESELECTIONS
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- ARTICLEWaikouaiti Caffeine should cope
- ARTICLEHawke's Bay Clive Comet likes this track
- ARTICLEStratford Lavaro ready to win again
- SECTIONSaturday's results in detail
- ARTICLESth Cnterbury
- ARTICLEWinton
- ARTICLEHawke's Bay
- ARTICLEReefton
- ARTICLEWairarapa
- ARTICLEAuckland
- ARTICLEBuyers rejected Tempest Tiger
- ARTICLEHome track double at Washdyke
- ARTICLEReplacement for Dulcify
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- ARTICLESkaters’ incentives
- ARTICLEBETTING
- ARTICLEGrey mouth marks
- ARTICLERehandicaps
- ARTICLEWairarapa riders
- ARTICLEStratford riders
- ARTICLET.A.B. CHECK
- ARTICLECAN TEMPEST TIGER BEAT THE DELIGHTFUL LADY?
- ARTICLEAttendance down at beach carnival
- ARTICLEScratchings
- ARTICLEWyndham riders
- ARTICLEWaikouaiti riders
- ARTICLECommercial Australia not ready to drop protective measures
- ARTICLENew market indices from January 1
- ARTICLEEXCHANGE RATES
- ARTICLEMETALS
- ARTICLELondon market
- ARTICLEWall Street
- ARTICLEINDICES
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- ARTICLELocal services
- ARTICLERandom reminder
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- ARTICLEFOOTROT FLATS
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- ARTICLEPEANUTS
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- ARTICLETHE WIZARD OF ID
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- SECTIONANNOUNCEMENTS
- ARTICLEBirths
- ARTICLEBirthday Greetings
- ARTICLEGolden Wedding
- ARTICLEDeaths
- ARTICLEANNOUNCEMENTS Deaths
- ARTICLEANNOUNCEMENTS Deaths
- ARTICLEANNOUNCEMENTS Deaths
- ARTICLEFuneral Notices
- ARTICLEIn Memoriam
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- ARTICLELine honours to Bumblebee IV in sailing classic
- ARTICLENoon Forecast
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- ARTICLECHRISTCHURCH READINGS
- ARTICLEDent’s defeat paves way for Vilas
- ARTICLEPlayers fail to master Waitikiri
- ARTICLERebecca thinks she can win Moscow gold
- ARTICLECarisbrook cricket test venue
- ARTICLEWest Indies take stranglehold
- ARTICLEEngland poised for solid win
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