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NEWARK SEEKING to end the nine-week-old strike by members of the New Jersey Symphony, John F. Tesauro, executive director of the state's Board of Mediation, has called both sides in the dispute to a meeting at his office here tomorrow.
ON Dec. 31, when Governor Grasso resigns as the state's chief executive, she will join an elite group-now number ing six-of living former Governors of Connecticut, two of whom also resigned while in office.
ATLANTA, Dec. 5--In the cell blocks for Cuban refugees at the United States Penitentiary here, the gray steel bunks are jammed end to end. Some inmates have draped sheets from the bed above to create shadowy white havens in what has been their American home for as long as seven months.
CONNIE MORRISS sells the Cosmo girl--she who appears in the full-page advertisements for Cosmopolitan magazine, circulation 2.8 million. The Cosmo girl is an advertiser's dream, a glamorous young woman with cash on hand who is hellbent on consumption. "The Cosmopolitan ...
HARRY TRUMAN'S diary and letters, read in the context of current Presidential politics, leave little doubt about why he is so widely admired today, whatever the successes or failures of his Presidency. It is not only that he was among the least pretentious of our Presidents, even while he carried ...
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 3, 1980, covering December 7, 1980.
Barbra Streisand
Kenny Rogers
Stevie Wonder
Bruce Springsteen
AC/DC
1980Dan Bilzerian, American poker player and internet celebrity[†]
Daniel Brandon Bilzerian is an American social media influencer and businessman. He gained notability for his extravagant lifestyle and photo ops with scantily dressed female models on social media. He is the eldest son of businessman Paul Bilzerian and the brother of poker player and writer Adam Bilzerian. His business ventures include Ignite International Brands Ltd., which sells electronic cigarettes, CBD oils, water bottles and vodka, among other products.
1980John Terry, English footballer[†]
John George Terry is an English professional football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. He was previously captain of Chelsea, the England national team and Aston Villa. He is regarded as one of the greatest defenders of his generation, as well as one of the best English and Premier League defenders ever.
1980Darby Crash, American punk rock vocalist and songwriter (born 1958)[†]
Jan Paul Beahm was an American singer who, along with longtime friend Pat Smear, co-founded the punk rock band the Germs and was best known as their lead vocalist. In 1980, he committed suicide by deliberately overdosing on heroin.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]