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Police Sgt. Charles Cochrane was standing duty yesterday outside the new Bond International Casino in the swarming heat of a Broadway sidewalk on a Sunday afternoon.
Charging that politicians "use" Charlotte Street in the South Bronx and other symbols of urban decay to project a false image of concern, South Bronx community activists have joined with grassroots groups from across the nation to hold a "counterconvention" on that street next weekend, preceding the Democratic National Convention.
The oil industry once again seems ready to rush into the development of shale oil resources. Spurred by the sharp increase in foreign oil prices, most of the companies say they are now convinced that this perennial oil pretender may be a viable substitute for imported oil.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 3--Israel's Second Deputy Prime Minister, Simha Ehrlich, said today that he and Prime Minister Menachem Begin agreed a few weeks ago to hold elections next spring rather than risk a further political deterioration within the ruling coalition.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 30, 1980, covering August 4, 1980.
The Rolling Stones
Billy Joel
Jackson Browne
London Symphony Orchestra (Williams)
Soundtrack
1980Richard Dawson, English cricketer and coach[†]
Richard Kevin James Dawson is an English cricket coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of Glamorgan County Cricket Club. As a player, he was primarily a bowler who bowled off-spin. He earned seven caps for England between 2001 and 2003, taking a total of 11 wickets.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]