6. јануар 1979. је био субота под знаком звездице ♑. Био је 5 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био Jimmy Carter.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 47 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био уторак, 6. јануар 2026., пре 171 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је среда, 6. јануар 2027., за 193 дана. Живели сте 17.338 дана, или око 416.122 сати, или око 24.967.322 минута, или око 1.498.039.320 секунди.
Date: 07 January 1979
Special to The New York Times
Small community of Indochina-watchers in Thailand is busy exchanging opinions and interpretations on Vietnam's large-scale invasion of Cambodia; only US and Australia appear to have full-time Indochina-watchers, one each on their embassy staffs; common source of information is broadcasts of 3 parties involved in war (M)
Date: 07 January 1979
By NICHOLAS GAGE Special to The New York Times
Nicholas Special
Iranian Prime Min Shahpur Bakhtiar, in effort to relieve some of pressures that have caused widespread unrest in country, ends censorship; Iran's newspapers begin publishing for 1st time in 2 mos (S)
Date: 07 January 1979
4 of 5 remaining unions seeking new contracts with St Louis Post-Dispatch reach tentative agreements and will vote on pacts on Jan 8; only Teamsters local 610 remains on strike; Fed mediator Michael O'Reilly comments (S)
Date: 07 January 1979
By JAMES H. WALL WORK
James WALL
Sen James H Wallwork article on reporter's right to confidentiality of news sources; cites ct case involving NY Times reporter Myron Farber's refusal to give over his notes; holds right to confidentiality is critical in investigative reptg; drawing (M)
Date: 07 January 1979
Columbia Univ pres Dr William J McGill announces apptmt of 53 editors who will make up advisory jury in selection of '79 Pulitzer Prizes for journalism; list (M)
Date: 07 January 1979
Virginia Adams and Tom Ferrell
Virginia Adams
Rev of Washington Star's contract settlement with printers union (S)