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August 27, 1980

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Headlines from August 27, 1980

Traveling Chefs Find New Dishes Abroad; A basic recipe can often be transformed. Chefs Traveling Abroad Find New Dishes to Bring Back

By Larry Miller

ONE of the most nouvelle things in the nouvelle cuisine in France this year is a dish of lamb wrapped in caul fat with julienne vegetables between the lamb and the caul. One of the newest things at the Quilted Giraffe restaurant in Manhattan is a dish of lamb wrapped in caul fat with julienne vegetables between the lamb and the caul.

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

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Carter Program for Jobs for Youth Passes House on Vote of 337 to 51; BILL ON YOUTH JOBS APPROVED BY HOUSE New Efforts Defended

By Martin Tochin Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26--In a bipartisan effort, the House of Representatives tonight overwhelmingly approved President Carter's youth employment and training program, over the objections of a handful of liberals and conservatives.

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Air Tactics: Flight Cuts, Fare Rises; Air Tactics: Flight Cuts, Fare Raises Ailing Carriers Seek Load Gain Deep Cuts by Continental Some Exceptions 10% Increases

By Eric Pace

Numerous reductions in flights and increases in fares are planned for fall by the nation's major airlines, which have been hard hit by declining passenger traffic and soaring costs of fuel.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 27, 1980, covering August 27, 1980.

1
Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
Last week
1
Peak
1
Weeks
7
2
Hold Out
Jackson Browne
Last week
2
Peak
2
Weeks
7
3
Glass Houses
Billy Joel
Last week
3
Peak
1
Weeks
24
4
Urban Cowboy
Soundtrack
Last week
4
Peak
4
Weeks
16
5
The Game
Queen
Last week
5
Peak
5
Weeks
7

Notable Deaths

1980Douglas Kenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1947)^[†]

Douglas Clark Francis Kenney was an American comedy writer of magazine, novels, radio, TV and film, who co-founded the magazine National Lampoon in 1970. Kenney edited the magazine and wrote much of its early material. He went on to write, produce, and perform in the influential comedies Animal House and Caddyshack before his sudden death at the age of 33.

Historical Events

1980South Korean presidential election: After successfully staging the Coup d'état of May Seventeenth, General Chun Doo-hwan, running unopposed, has the National Conference for Unification elect him President of the Fourth Republic of Korea.^[†]

Indirect presidential elections were held in South Korea on 27 August 1980 to fill the vacancy caused by President Choi Kyu-hah's resignation.

Historical Context for August 27, 1980

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

Headlines from August 27, 1980

Traveling Chefs Find New Dishes Abroad; A basic recipe can often be transformed. Chefs Traveling Abroad Find New Dishes to Bring Back

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

Carter Program for Jobs for Youth Passes House on Vote of 337 to 51; BILL ON YOUTH JOBS APPROVED BY HOUSE New Efforts Defended

CORRECTION

Air Tactics: Flight Cuts, Fare Rises; Air Tactics: Flight Cuts, Fare Raises Ailing Carriers Seek Load Gain Deep Cuts by Continental Some Exceptions 10% Increases

Emotional Rescue

Hold Out

Glass Houses

Urban Cowboy

The Game

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

Historical Context for August 27, 1980