News Summary; International
Date: 27 August 1979
Aaron Paul Sturtevant (født 27. august 1979) er en amerikansk skuespiller og producer. Han er bedst kendt for at portrættere Jesse Pinkman i tv-serien Breaking Bad.
Han har også medvirket i filmene, Need for Speed (2014), The Last House on the Left (2009) og Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014). Derudover har han også haft mindre roller i flere Tv-serier.
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Date: 28 August 1979
CBS becomes 1st TV network to present regular West Coast edition of its evening newscast (S)
Date: 28 August 1979
San Juan (PR) judge postpones for 2 weeks execution of fine and 6-month jail sentence given to Knight (S)
Date: 27 August 1979
Volunteer 500: Darrell Waltrip wins (S)
Date: 28 August 1979
Cuban officials say that 400 political prisoners have been pardoned, including former revolutionary army leader Rolando Cubelas, who was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in '66 for plotting to kill Pres Castro; move, which coincides with opening of meeting in Havana of so-called nonaligned movement, brings to 2,800 number of political prisoners freed by Cuba in last 8 months; 600 people remain jailed for political crimes (S)
Date: 27 August 1979
Japanese press dispatches from Peking report that China has confirmed that so-called Gang of 4, led by Mao Zedong's widow Jiang Quing, will be tried in public for counterrevolutionary acts; other members of gang are Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen and Yao Wen-yuan (S)
Date: 28 August 1979
Plans to sell its kitchen appliance and US operations of its laundry products division to Raytheon Co for undisclosed amount; chairman and chief executive officer Edward J Williams comments (S)
Date: 28 August 1979
By R.W. APPLE Jr. Special to The New York Times
R. APPLE
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