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Eastern Air Lines said yesterday that it would effectively double its coast-to-coast fares Jan. 1 and stiffen restrictions on its transcontinental bargain flights.
ANDREE PUTMAN is, as the French put it so aptly, "un personnage extraordinaire." She is energetic, stylish and has plenty of charm, which detracts ever so charmingly from what is surely a self-as sured business mind. Armed with her collection of authentic reproduction furniture, Mrs. Putman has set out to conquer the United States, starting in Chicago.
MADRID, Nov. 12--Andrei A. Amalrik, a prominent Soviet exile, was killed late last night in an automobile accident as he and his wife and two other Soviet exiles were on their way to Madrid to take part in a conference organized by dissident groups.
Public-television stations, particularly those in large cities traditionally most committed to creating their own programs, are facing a serious financial crisis that is forcing them to eliminate programs, lay off staff and re-examine ...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12--The fouryear battle over how to use Federal lands in Alaska ended quietly today when the House approved and sent to the White House a Senate measure designating more than 104 million acres as national parks, wildlife refuges and national conservation areas.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 12, 1980, covering November 13, 1980.
Bruce Springsteen
Barbra Streisand
Kenny Rogers
Stevie Wonder
Queen
1980Monique Coleman, American actress, singer, and dancer[†]
Adrienne Monique Coleman is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as Taylor McKessie in the High School Musical movies.
1980Sara Del Rey, American wrestler and trainer[†]
Sara Ann Amato is an American professional wrestling trainer and retired professional wrestler, best known by her ring name Sara Del Rey. She was a mainstay for Chikara, Ring of Honor (ROH) and Shimmer, but also appeared for many other independent promotions in the US, including IWA Mid-South and All Pro Wrestling, as well as Mexico's Lucha Libre Femenil. Del Rey also taped several matches, competing under a mask and using the name Nic Grimes, for the MTV promotion Wrestling Society X.
1980Juraj Kolník, Slovak ice hockey player[†]
Juraj Kolník is a Slovak former professional ice hockey forward, who last played for the Jonquière Marquis of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey.
1980François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian speed skater[†]
François-Louis Tremblay is a Canadian retired short track speed skater and five-time Olympic medallist who competed at the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Winter Olympics.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]