WASHINGTON, June 19--The United States has agreed to sell Jordan 100 M-60 tanks with advanced armament, Carter Administration officials said today.  

U.S. Is Said to Plan to Sell Jordan 100 Advanced-Equipment Tanks; Linked to Possible Soviet Deal U.S. Is Said to Plan Sale to Jordan of 100 Tanks With Advanced Gear King Vowed to Curb P.L.O. King Gets Medical Checkup 

AMONG the many requests that have come to this column in the last four years, the most frequent has been for the name of the best French restaurant in town. Right now, the  most accurate and complete answer to such a request would have to be La Grenouille, Le Cygne and Lutece, each different in style, mood and, perhaps, ...  

The Three Best French Restaurants in Manhattan; Restaurants Three best French restaurants in town. La Grenouille Le Cygne Lutece

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.--Leon Pitts, a Bakersfield businessman, took off in the dark clouds swirling over Meadows Field here on a rainy Monday evening recently.  

Accident Rate Of Light Planes Stirring Alarm; Aviation Safety Accident Rate of Light Planes Prompts Review of Licensing Rules Distinction Between Pilots Free Trips for Legislators Competition for Airspace Public Concern Over Collisions Undisciplined Pilots Worry Experts Alcohol Sometimes a Factor 'Going to Learn to Fly' 'Can't Fail' Test Criticism of Proposals Confidence and Vulnerability Two Common Problems

Stock prices plunged yesterday as the market ended its recent pattern of marginal gains. Declines outnumbered advances by a ratio of more than 2 to 1.  

Dow Drops 11.01 Points; Volume Off; Analysts View Fall as Overdue Technical Move Rate Slide Slowdown Cited City Investing Down 2 Dow Plunges 11.01 Points 

HEFEI, China, June 15--Since a local peasant rebellion gave birth to the Ming dynasty in the 14th century, the people of Anhui Province have had a saying: "In every 10 years, there is only one good harvest." The rest of the time there is drought or floods.  

China's Poorest Province Gaining; China's Poorest Province Showing Dramatic Gains Communal Land Is Distributed Manual Labor Still Predominant 

BUSINESS Digest; Washington Markets The Economy Companies International Today's Columns

WASHINGTON, June 19--Analysis of fossil remains uncovered in ancient rocks in the remote and arid reaches of northwestern Australia has revealed them to be the oldest biological cells ever found on earth, scientists said in an announcement released today.  

Fossils in Ancient Australian Rock Found to Be Oldest Biological Cells; About as Old as the Earth Oldest Biological Cell Is Reported Clue to New Findings 

Some basic individual rights--to privacy, free expression, due process and vital information--are still being violated in a number of American work places, according to Government, union and corporate officials, and labor and legal experts.  

Experts Find Abuse Of Employee Rights; Experts Find Abuse Of Employee Rights Bugging the Rest Rooms 

A New York City transit officer was killed with his own gun early yesterday when a man he was escorting from the Columbus Circle subway station shot him in the head.  

Transit Officer Is Murdered At Columbus Circle Station; Marriage Was Planned Transit Police Officer Slain; Suspect Arrested After Central Park Search 2d Slaying at Station Two Shots Fired 'A Good Kid' 

ROME, June 19--President Carter arrived in Italy tonight for a visit during which, he said, he would be totally frank with the leaders from Western Europe, Japan and Canada in seeking "to sustain world opposition to Soviet aggression."  

PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN ITALY FOR TALKS; In Statement, He Vows to Sustain Opposition to 'Aggression' Short Welcoming Ceremony President Arrives in Italy for Talks, Vowing Stern Line on 'Aggression' A Contrast in Moods 

WEEKENDER GUIDE; 'RIGOLETTO' IN THE PARKS AT GANGES AND 79TH ST. SOLSTICE IN RIVERSIDE PARK ANDES ON 64TH ST. CEILI NIGHT ON 51ST ST. WEEKENDER GUIDE WHITTLERS IN PATERSON DUETS AT BELMONT PROSPECT PARK FESTIVITIES FLUSHING MEADOWS FLING WHAT'S AFOOT DOWNTOWN SALUTE AT FULTON LANDING 

Landlords of rent-stabilized apartments in New York City said yesterday that they would seek increases of 17 percent on one-year lease renewals, 23.5 percent for two-year renewals and 30.5 percent for three-year renewals.  

Rise Asked For Rentals Now Stable; An Increase for Electricity Fuel Cost 'Reopener' Sought Landlords in City Ask New Increases in Rent In Stabilization Plan 

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WASHINGTON, June 19--The House of Representatives today approved $16.1 billion in supplemental appropriations for the current fiscal year, including emergency funds for victims of the Mount St. Helens volcano and aid for Americans who have lost jobs because of competition from imported goods.  

HOUSE VOTES FUNDS TOTALING $16 BILLION IN NEW 1980 OUTLAY; Aid Covers Damage From Volcano and Jobs Lost to Competition From Foreign Products 'Spirit of Cooperation' House Approves $16.1 Billion Supplemental Outlay In Danger of Running Out 

News Summary; International National Metropolitan 

After months of wrangling marked by charges of racism, Federal, state and city officials have reached a tentative agreement to prevent the closing of Metropolitan and Sydenham municipal hospitals in Harlem, officials involved in the negotiations said yesterday.  

2 City Hospitals In Harlem Saved By a 3--Way Pact; U.S. and Albany Will Pay a Share of the Expenses Medicaid Financing Accord Reached on a Rescue Plan For Two City Hospitals in Harlem $15 Million a Year 

New York City and the leaders of unions representing 200,000 municipal workers reached agreement yesterday on a tentative contract that provides for 8-percent raises in each of two years.  

NEW YORK REACHES PACT WITH 25 UNIONS COSTING $1.2 BILLION; 2 RAISES OF 8% EACH Early Accord With Leaders of 200,000 Employees Must Be Voted On State Board Must Act City and Coalition of Unions Agree on New Contract Cash Payment to Continue Some Comparisons Offered Others Gratified, Too Reports Leak Out 

WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI)-- The House, in a victory for President Carter, passed legislation today reducing regulation of the $41 billion trucking industry. The Senate is expected to accept the compromise bill and send it to the President, who has pushed for deregulation of all modes of transportation.  

Trucking Bill Passed By House; 'A Balanced Reform' Rejecting Amendment House Passes Truck Bill Affecting 17,000 Companies

DETROIT, June 19--The Government's Chrysler Loan Guarantee Board, acting on optimistic word from the Chrysler Corporation and its bankers, announced today that it had postponed until Tuesday a Washington meeting at which final approval might be given for Chrysler to borrow $500 million in federally guaranteed loans.  

Hope Rises On Chrysler Aid Pact; Concessions Called For Hope Rises On Chrysler Aid Pact Agreement of all 400 Asked Aim Was to Collect Loans

WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI)-- The United States balance-of-payments deficit widened considerably during the first three months of this year, largely because of the spiraling cost of imported oil, the Government said today.  

1st-Quarter Payments Gap Wider; Big Trade Gap Cited 1st-Quarter Payments Gap Wider Foreign Stock Purchases Up 

ONE midweek afternoon in London almost a decade ago, I found myself sitting with a lonely audience of about 150 people in the old, cavernous National Theater. The oc  casion was a cut-price ($1.50 in the dress circle) matinee of Peter Nichols's "The National Health," a comedy about a hospital ward for terminal patients.  

A Critic Spots the Freshest Faces on the New York Stage; Critic Spots Fresh Stage Faces Welcome Spice From Musicals Gospel Belter in 'Your Arms' A One-Man Bob and Ray Routine 

FLUSHING MEADOWS has done reasonably well as a park, and as a place it has made something of a name for itself by  becoming the site of the National Tennis Center a few years ago. But never has this plot of 1,216 acres in Queens possessed quite the glory it had in 1939 and 1940, when it was filled with an exposition called "Building the World of Tomorrow"--better known as the 1939 World's Fair.  

World's Fair of '39 Revisited; World's Fair of 1939-40 Revisited on Queens Site A Coherent Design Emerged Vision of a New Kind of City Era of Corporate Giants Loomed 

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Yesterday for the first time in New York history, the Republican Party -- once under the rigid control of its leaders --authorized a primary election.  

Javits Will Face D'Amato In a Rare G.O.P Primary; Kilbourn Accepts Move Moments of Drama 

To most people, the business life of New York evokes images of a mighty financial firm in the granite canyons of Wall Street or some corporate colossus ensconced in one of midtown Manhattan's taupe spires--a Merrill Lynch or an Exxon.  

New York's Small Businesses; Printer Typical Of Dominant City Companies New York a Town Of Small Businesses Ties Built Up Over the Years New Hope for the Neighborhood Stabilization of Industry Profit Margins Maintained 

Franco Semioli is an Italian football coach and former player. A midfielder, he played as a right winger.

Franco Semioli, Italian footballer

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Fabian Wegmann is a German former professional road racing cyclist. Born in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wegmann currently resides in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

June 20, 1980

Headlines from June 20, 1980

U.S. Is Said to Plan to Sell Jordan 100 Advanced-Equipment Tanks; Linked to Possible Soviet Deal U.S. Is Said to Plan Sale to Jordan of 100 Tanks With Advanced Gear King Vowed to Curb P.L.O. King Gets Medical Checkup

The Three Best French Restaurants in Manhattan; Restaurants Three best French restaurants in town. La Grenouille Le Cygne Lutece

Dow Drops 11.01 Points; Volume Off; Analysts View Fall as Overdue Technical Move Rate Slide Slowdown Cited City Investing Down 2 Dow Plunges 11.01 Points

China's Poorest Province Gaining; China's Poorest Province Showing Dramatic Gains Communal Land Is Distributed Manual Labor Still Predominant

Billboard 200

Glass Houses

Just One Night

McCartney II

Against The Wind

Mouth To Mouth

Notable Births

Historical Context for June 20, 1980