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August 9, 1980

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Headlines from August 9, 1980

STRAUSS PREDICTING SOME CARTER LOSSES ON PARTY PLATFORM; ECONOMIC POLICY IS AT ISSUE Kennedy's Aides Say President Is Flexible as a Way of Winning Loyalty on Delegate Rule Senator Is Barnstorming Poll Finds Delegates Are Loyal Strauss Predicts Carter Will Suffer Some Losses in Platform Debate Kennedy Meets With Editors

By Hedrick Smith

While still optimistic about President Carter's ultimate victory, Robert S. Strauss, the Carter campaign chairman, predicted yesterday that the President's forces would be defeated on some economic issues by Senator Edward M. Kennedy in next Tuesday's debate on the Democratic Party platform.

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PROPANE LEAK SPURS STUDY BY NEW YORK; Issue of Moving Hazardous Cargo Through Cities Re-examined Propane Leak Prompts Study on Hazardous Cargo Bronx Derailment Recalled

By M.a. Farber

City and state officials began a reexamination yesterday of the laws covering the movement of hazardous materials through New York City and other densely populated areas in the state.

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One of the Problems of Littering: Why Do People Do It?; Dirty Streets In the Attack on the problem of Littering, One Question Is, Why Do People Do It? When Dirt Attracts Dirt A City of Anonymity and License An Enforcement Shortage A Potential Source of Funds Fear as a Deterrent The Contrasts of an Area Theories About the Difference A Form of Protest Many Testers, Many Theories Tests' Results and Meaning The Income Factor What Comes Naturally Some Special Programs The Individual's Importance

By Unknown Author

It happens all the time in New York City. David Markus was lighting cigarettes for himself and his brother, Steven, on Broadway near 99th street one recent afternoon. When he cupped his hands to strike a match, the cellophane wrapper from the cigarette pack dropped from his ...

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F.T.C. Accuses General Motors On Car Defects; Flaws Since '75 Cited-- Company Assails Move To Be Heard by a Judge First General Motors Is Accused by F.T.C. Specific Models Not Named

By Ernest Holsendolph Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8--The Federal Trade Commission today charged the General Motors Corporation with failing to notify automobile buyers of engine and transmission defects in more than four million vehicles manufactured by the company since 1975.

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Anderson Causes Some Confusion With New Statement on Kennedy; 'The Idea Is Out' Kind Words Were Sought Confusion at Anderson Statement 'Just Going to Plow Ahead'

By Adam Clymer

Representative John B. Anderson's sudden halt to his political flirtation with Senator Edward M. Kennedy left backers of both Presidential contenders confused and annoyed yesterday.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 6, 1980, covering August 9, 1980.

1
Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
Last week
1
Peak
1
Weeks
4
2
Hold Out
Jackson Browne
Last week
3
Peak
2
Weeks
4
3
Glass Houses
Billy Joel
Last week
2
Peak
1
Weeks
21
4
Urban Cowboy
Soundtrack
Last week
5
Peak
4
Weeks
13
5
The Game
Queen
Last week
6
Peak
5
Weeks
4

Notable Deaths

1980Jacqueline Cochran, American pilot (born 1906)^[†]

Jacqueline Cochran was an American pilot and business executive. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation. She set numerous records and was the first woman to break the sound barrier on 18 May 1953. Cochran was the wartime head of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (1943–1944), which employed about 1000 civilian American women in a non-combat role to ferry planes from factories to port cities. Cochran was later a sponsor of the Mercury 13 women astronaut program.

1980Ruby Hurley, American civil rights activist (born 1909)^[†]

Ruby Hurley was an American civil rights activist. She was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement and administrator for the NAACP, and was known as the "queen of civil rights".

Historical Context for August 9, 1980

In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people^[†]

Headlines from August 9, 1980

PROPANE LEAK SPURS STUDY BY NEW YORK; Issue of Moving Hazardous Cargo Through Cities Re-examined Propane Leak Prompts Study on Hazardous Cargo Bronx Derailment Recalled

F.T.C. Accuses General Motors On Car Defects; Flaws Since '75 Cited-- Company Assails Move To Be Heard by a Judge First General Motors Is Accused by F.T.C. Specific Models Not Named

Anderson Causes Some Confusion With New Statement on Kennedy; 'The Idea Is Out' Kind Words Were Sought Confusion at Anderson Statement 'Just Going to Plow Ahead'

Emotional Rescue

Hold Out

Glass Houses

Urban Cowboy

The Game

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for August 9, 1980