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WASHINGTON, Aug. 15--Prices that retailers pay for finished goods rose by 1.7 percent in July, the largest monthly increase in nearly six years, the Labor Department reported today.
CAIRO, Aug. 15--President Anwar elSadat proposed to Prime Minister Menachem Begin today a meeting with the United States after the American elec tions in November to overcome the differences that have produced a breakdown in negotiations on Palestinian autonomy.
A videotape depicting what the prosecutor called a bungled attempt by the Mayor of Camden, N.J., and a lawyer from Philadelphia to dupe supposed representatives of Arab sheiks--actually Federal undercover agents--was shown yesterday, amid laughter in the court-room, ...
On his first day as the Democratic nominee for a second four-year term, President Carter continued his assault on the Republicans as a party that would hinder the causes of civil rights and economic opportunity while enhancing the risks of war.
WARSAW, Aug. 15--Bus drivers in the city of Gdansk today joined a walkout by shipyard workers, raising the number of strikers in the Baltic port to more than 50,000 and bringing municipal transportation there to a halt. Edward Gierek, the Polish leader, returned from the Soviet Union to deal with the growing unrest.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 13, 1980, covering August 16, 1980.
The Rolling Stones
Jackson Browne
Billy Joel
Soundtrack
Queen
1980Vanessa Carlton, American singer-songwriter[†]
Vanessa Lee Carlton is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, Be Not Nobody (2002), was released by A&M Records and peaked at number five on the Billboard 200. It spawned the hit song "A Thousand Miles", which spent 41 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned three Grammy nominations, and the singles "Ordinary Day" and "Pretty Baby". Her next album, Harmonium (2004), debuted at number 33 on the Billboard 200. After A&M pressured Carlton and influenced Harmonium, she departed the label in 2005.
1980Bob Hardy, English bass player[†]
Robert Byron Hardy is an English musician and the bassist in the band Franz Ferdinand.
1980Emerson Ramos Borges, Brazilian footballer[†]
Emerson Ramos Borges, known as just Emerson, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Promozione Sardinia club Nuorese.
1980Piet Rooijakkers, Dutch cyclist[†]
Piet Rooijakkers is a road bicycle racer from the Netherlands. He retired after the 2010 season after his previous team Skil–Shimano did not offer him a contract extension.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]