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DETROIT, April 16--The General Motors Corporation today announced the indefinite layoffs of 12,000 auto workers.
The bond market, which collapsed last winter and forced the Carter Administration to recast the Federal budget, staged its largest single-day recovery on record yesterday. The prices of bonds rose sharply and interest rates declined accordingly.
WASHINGTON, April 16--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today approved a limited operating license for the Public Service Electric and Gas Company's Salem II nuclear plant. The commission said, however, that further modifications were needed before the plant could begin generating commercial power.
BOISE, Idaho, April 16--Hard hit by the slowdown in the housing market caused by soaring interest rates, tight credit and the general weakness of the economy, the wood products industry is enduring its most severe downturn since the 1974-75 recession.
MANY a working mother credits her success in part to the live-in housekeeper who tends to the children and the house in her absence. Typically, the housekeeper was not born in the United States and sees the job as a way to provide access to the coveted "green card" that will give her the legal right to work permanently in this country.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 16, 1980, covering April 17, 1980.
Pink Floyd
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Billy Joel
Linda Ronstadt
Michael Jackson
1980Fabián Vargas, Colombian footballer[†]
Fabián Andrés Vargas Rivera is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his professional career playing for América de Cali and Boca Juniors, making more than 100 appearances for both clubs. He also played for Internacional, Almería, AEK Athens, Independiente, Barcelona SC, Millonarios, and La Equidad. At international level, he played for the Colombia national team 41 times and also captained the side.
1980Curtis Woodhouse, English footballer, boxer, and manager[†]
Curtis Woodhouse is an English former professional footballer turned professional boxer and football manager, most recently in charge of Marske United. Woodhouse played football as a central midfielder, and competed as a light-welterweight boxer. He is the former British light-welterweight champion. His career in the Football League spanned across nine seasons, earning four caps for the England under-21 football team. Woodhouse's professional boxing record stands at 29 fights 22 wins, 13 of which are by knock-out, and 7 defeats.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]