YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories, Dec. 28--New York City's winter starts way up here.  

It's 40 Below in Canada's Arctic, Where U.S. Winter Gathers Fury; U.S. WINTER STARTS IN CANADIAN ARCTIC Some Do Not Need Thermometers Struggling in the Cold

'Tony Dorsett Is A Cowboy Now'; 'Dorsett Is Cowboy Now'

In its final days, the 1980 Christmas shopping season, which had stumbled through its first three weeks, erupted into a wave of buying that carried over into the post-holiday weekend, despite frigid, raw weather in many parts of the country.  

Strong End To Month's Retail Sales; Holiday Surge May Mitigate A Bleak Year The Kingpin Month Late Holiday Surge Encourages Retailers Enthusiasm Not Universal 

CHICAGO, Dec. 28--Plagued by a staggering debt load, climbing interest rates, weak markets and high-cost plants, officials of International Harvester, nevertheless, expect to muddle ...  

Harvester Calls Setback Brief; Harvester Predicts A Brief Setback Wooed from Xerox 

OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 28--It took Oakland most of the first half to get going today, but once under way, there was no stopping the Raiders.  

Oilers Subdued by 27-7; Raiders Turn Back Oilers in Playoff, 27-7 Not a New Play Punting a Big Factor 

Reacting to public criticism of the state's role in mental health care, Governor Carey has blamed the Koch adminis  tration for the worsening plight of the homeless and mentally ill in New York City.  

Carey Says City Worsens Plight Of the Homeless; Defends State on Releases From Mental Hospitals State Cites a Tax Policy Release of Mental Patients Governor Says Plight Of Homeless Is Result Of City's Own Policies 

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28--Presidentelect Ronald Reagan said today that Iran's request for the immediate payment of billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets as part of an agreement for eventually freeing the 52 American hostages was unacceptable.  

Reagan Calls Iran's New Demands A 'Ransom' Sought by 'Barbarians'; Contrast With Present Approach Reagan Says Demands Are 'Ransom' of 'Barbarians' Reagan Aide Warns Iranians Brzezinski Assesses Haig 

IRVING, Tex., Dec. 28--If a playoff game and a possible end to their season were not enough to motivate the Dallas Cowboys, there were the yellow Ram horns across the line of scrimmage and the memory of an embarrassing 24-point loss two Monday nights ago.  

Rams Are Beaten, 34-13; Cowboys Oust Rams Few Strategic Differences Rams Are Halted in Second Half

BUSINESS Digest; International The Economy Companies Today's Columns 

PEKING, Monday, Dec. 29--The prosecution today demanded the death sentence for Mao Zedong's widow, Jiang Qing, in a quick conclusion of its case against the "Gang of Four" and six codefendants on charges of treason during the Cultural Revolution.  

Death Is Asked for Widow of Mao As Case Goes to Judges for Decision; Death Is Asked for Widow of Mao As Case Goes to Judges for Decision 

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28--The United States made public today the formal proposals it had sent to Iran over the last two months for the release of the American hostages and said they represented a practical, realistic way to meet Iran's concerns consistent with American law and honor.  

FORMAL PROPOSALS ON HOSTAGE RELEASE MADE PUBLIC BY U.S.; SECRECY PACT BROKEN BY IRAN Administration Asserts Its Offers Constituted a Realistic Way to Meet Teheran's Concerns Contingent on Hostages' Release Proposals Termed Unreasonable U.S Discloses Proposals It Made to Teheran U.S. Attitude Explained Conditions Accepted in Principle Marchers Call for Deadline 

For 28 years, the police and prosecutors in eight countries have been compiling dossiers on a man who now calls himself Eduardo Rabi--while he was living in penthouses in New York, riding antique Rolls-Royces in South America, gambling in the casinos of Monte Carlo, mixing with the best society in Paraguay and Uruguay and allegedly getting away with $60 million in swindles.  

Suspect Painted as 'Master of Deceit'; Suspect Portrayed as International 'Master of Deceit' Birthplace in Dispute Arrested in Toronto Scene Switches to Los Angeles A Match of Fingerprints Sought in Zurich 

News Summary; International National Metropolitan

STAMFORD, Conn.--A growing number of students across the country now arrive at high school without the reading skills necessary to study history, and over the last two decades history has virtually disappeared as a distinct subject in American high schools.  

Bringing the Past Alive for Students Today; Today's Teaching Teachers Work to Bring the Past Alive for Students Students 'Tracked' by Ability Long Reading Lists Revisionists Not Welcome A Shift in Focus More Passive Students Highly Grade-Conscious Television's Hidden Influence 

SCARSDALE, N.Y.--As Marian Flaherty and Rose Austin edged along the aisles of the Daitch Shopwell supermarket in the village square, their conversation shifted from the virtues of butter over margarine and peanut oil  over cooking oil to the day's headlines.  

How Murder Trial Split a Community; The Talk of Scarsdale How a Murder Trial Split a Well-to-Do Community 

Calling it a "death knell for Eastern cities," the Koch administration yesterday denounced a proposal by a Presidential commission that the Federal Government encourage people to seek new opportunities in the Sun Belt states of the South and Southwest.  

Koch's Office Criticizes the Idea Of U. S. Aid in Moves to Sun Belt; Idea of U.S. Aid for Migration to Sun Belt Denounced Koch Sees Christian Holy Sites 

ATHENS--A list of 85 names, of which only one or two are widely known in the United States, makes up the dowry Greece will bring its European partners when it becomes the Common Market's 10th member with the start of the new year on Thursday.  

E.E.C. Ship Position Bolstered by Greece; E.E.C. Shipping Position Bolstered by Greek Fleet Modernization Encouraged Curbs Anatherna to Greeks Mixed Nature of Fleet Cited 

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 28-- The 3,000 men who keep this city clean despite the incessant expansion and ever-growing congestion have won wide admiration here for the job they ...  

Foreigners Run Saudi Infrastructure; Foreigners Run Saudi Projects 

With racks of designer suits behind him and austere $300 two-pieces on each side, the man in faded jeans seemed an unlikely figure in the men's wear department at Macy's New York.  

Men's 'Separates' Fit the Bill; Clothiers Think Cheaper Suits Will Spur Sales Limited Concept 'Separates' Tailored to New Market Better Fabrics 

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 28--Mexico has decided to terminate its fishing agreements with the United States, a move that may provoke a new storm in relations just weeks before President-elect Ronald Reagan takes office.  

MEXICO TERMINATING ALL FISHING ACCORDS WITH UNITED STATES; Move Could Provoke New Discord And Put Many American Boat Owners Out of Business Tuna Imports Banned Mexico to End U.S. Fishing Pacts, Raising Possibility of New Discord 

The absence of many institutional investors in the last two weeks of the year is helping make the credit markets especially volatile, with confidence in current interest-rate forecasts low.  

Volatility Up in Credit Markets; Rate Uncertainty Cited CREDIT MARKETS Absence of Big Investors Leads to More Volatility Wide Disagreement in Market Big Rate Drop Expected 

The Region; Section of I-88 Open Near Schenectady Extradition Decision Expected in Slaying Gov. Grasso Takes First Food in Weeks 

HARTFORD, Dec. 28 (AP)-- Connecticut ranks in the top 10 of states with the greatest density of foreign manufacturing investments, according to a business publication.  

Connecticut Lures Foreign Investors

SWAKOPMUND, South-West Africa, Dec. 25--Can an African territory, with a population that is predominantly black, find independence and happiness under the leadership of a white Afrikaansspeaking farmer?  

White Namibian Leader Pushes for Independence; Heads Multiracial Grouping Some Whites Are Alienated Alliance Not Gaining Strength 

KOUSSERI, Cameroon, Dec. 28 (Reuters)--An American official said here today that important communications equipment, including secret codes, had been safely recovered from the pillaged American Embassy in the Chadian capital of Ndjamena.  

Secret U.S. Gear Retrieved in Chad; Section Occupied by Rebels 

James Timothy Hardin was an American folk music and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his own success, his songs "If I Were a Carpenter", "Reason to Believe", "Misty Roses" and "The Lady Came from Baltimore" were hits for other artists.

Tim Hardin, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

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Nadezhda Yakovlevna Mandelstam was a Russian-Jewish writer, translator, educator, linguist, and memoirist.

Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (born 1899)

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Irvin Ferdinand Westheimer was an American businessman and social reformer, who is best remembered for being the founder of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

December 29, 1980

Headlines from December 29, 1980

It's 40 Below in Canada's Arctic, Where U.S. Winter Gathers Fury; U.S. WINTER STARTS IN CANADIAN ARCTIC Some Do Not Need Thermometers Struggling in the Cold

'Tony Dorsett Is A Cowboy Now'; 'Dorsett Is Cowboy Now'

Strong End To Month's Retail Sales; Holiday Surge May Mitigate A Bleak Year The Kingpin Month Late Holiday Surge Encourages Retailers Enthusiasm Not Universal

Harvester Calls Setback Brief; Harvester Predicts A Brief Setback Wooed from Xerox

Oilers Subdued by 27-7; Raiders Turn Back Oilers in Playoff, 27-7 Not a New Play Punting a Big Factor

Billboard 200

Double Fantasy

Guilty

Hotter Than July

Back In Black

Crimes Of Passion

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for December 29, 1980