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WE live in a myth-ridden yogurt culture. Yogurt, at least in its unadulterated form, is a good food that is good for you. It can be especially de lightful on a sultry summer day accompanied, perhaps, by seasonal fruits or vegetables. But it is not nearly the miracle food that some are inclined to believe.
An indictment charging three men with a 1975 conspiracy to manipulate the stock of the Conrac Corporation was filed yesterday in Federal District Court in Manhattan.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 President Carter's economic advisers are urging him, as part of his economic renewal program, to consider a tax refund that would pump millions of dollars into money-losing companies that invest in new equipment.
The Chase Manhattan Bank, cautiously breaking ranks with other major banks, nudged its prime lending rate up by one-quarter of a point yesterday, to 11 percent.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 20, 1980, covering August 20, 1980.
The Rolling Stones
Jackson Browne
Billy Joel
Soundtrack
Queen
1980Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (born 1938)[†]
Joseph Ira Dassin was an American–French singer-songwriter. In his career spanning sixteen years (1964–1980), he enjoyed numerous successes in France and the French-speaking world, as well as singing in languages other than French. He had a career in Finland, Greece, and Germany. In total, he sold nearly 25 million records worldwide. He was the son of film director Jules Dassin.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]