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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1979
Page
16
The British BroadCasting Corp poll places Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at No 10 while Margaret Thatcher leads as 1979 Personality of the Year. Pope John Paul II is No 2 and Lord Carrington No 3.
Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr. was appointed president and chief operating officer of United Technologies Corp. He joins Harry J. Gray at the helm of the sprawling defense and aerospace conglomerate, expanding a growth plan tied to government contracts and international ventures. Terms were not disclosed. Gray earned $712,000 in pay and bonuses last year.
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