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TOKYO, Dec. 3--In a move likely to have far-reaching implications for the automobile industry worldwide, the Nissan Motor Company said today that it had agreed with Volkswagenwerk A.G. of West Germany to study the possibility of producing Volkswagen cars in Japan.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3--The House of Representatives, ending a long legislative struggle, today accepted a Senatepassed bill to create a $1.6 billion fund enabling the Federal Government to deal with dangerous toxic waste dumps and chemical spills. The vote was 279 to 94.
A total of 14 elementary schools and junior high schools with a combined enrollment of 4,500 pupils were ordered closed yesterday by Frank J. Macchiarola, the city's School Chancellor. In addition, he called for the consolidation of a half-dozen district offices.
ONE of the ways that the surrealist artist Rene Magritte surprised and intrigued us was by juxtaposing elements that would not ordinarily be seen together, and then playing with the scale of these objects.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 3, 1980, covering December 4, 1980.
Barbra Streisand
Kenny Rogers
Stevie Wonder
Bruce Springsteen
AC/DC
1980Brian Cook, American basketball player[â ]
Brian Joshua Cook is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted out of the University of Illinois with the 24th overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.
1980Viktor, Canadian wrestler and manager[â ]
Eric Thompson is a Canadian professional wrestler making appearances for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), under the ring name Zyon. He is best known for his time with WWE under the ring name Viktor.
1980Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1934)[â ]
Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro was a Portuguese politician, who was one of the founders and the first leader of the Social Democratic Party. He served as Prime Minister of Portugal for eleven months during 1980, until his death in a plane crash in Camarate on 4 December 1980.
1980StanisÅawa Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (born 1911)[â ]
StanisÅawa Walasiewicz, also known as Stefania Walasiewicz, and Stella Walsh, was a Polish-American track and field athlete, who became a women's Olympic champion in the 100 metres. Born in Poland and raised in the United States, she became an American citizen in 1947.
1980Don Warrington, Canadian football player (born 1948)[â ]
Don Warrington was a running back who played ten seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Edmonton Eskimos. In his career, Warrington was a part of four Grey Cup championship teams. He was nicknamed "Jeep". He played college football for the Simon Fraser Clan.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[â ]