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June 29, 1983

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Headlines from June 29, 1983

WIDE G.O.P. ACCESS TO CARTER PAPERS IN '80 IS INDICATED

By Francis X. Clines, Special To the New York Times

The White House released sheafs of information today from President Reagan's 1980 campaign files indicating that Reagan advisers had repeated, secret access to strategy material prepared for President Carter, including debating tactics and other campaign plans. President Reagan said tonight at his news conference that he ''never saw anything of the kind'' in the campaign. ''It seems strange to me that, since I was the debater, no one on our side ever mentioned to me anything of this kind,'' he said, suggesting the materials might have come from a ''disgruntled worker in the Carter campaign.'' He indicated that the Democrats were now pursuing ''political'' motives in demanding an investigation of how his campaign aides obtained the material. A Battery of Questions The President answered a battery of questions about the surreptitious use of the Carter material in his 18th formal Presidential news conference. He also said, with a broad smile, that he found ''profound wisdom'' in the observation of House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. that even without the secret material Mr. Reagan would have defeated President Carter.

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CITY TO PROCEED IN REFURBISHING OF HARLEM UNITS

By Unknown Author

A New York State agency has dropped its requirement that a group of landmark Harlem brownstones be renovated to restore and preserve their interiors. The agency said there was nothing left to preserve. The decision will permit the city to proceed with a more than fouryear-old plan to repair the 12 buildings and sell them to neighborhood residents.

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CORRECTION

By Unknown Author

An article in Metropolitan Report on Saturday about the shooting of three students near Yeshiva University misidentified a Jewish organization and its role in offering a reward. It is the American Jewish Committee, which has pledged to raise $10,000 in reward money.

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CORRECTION

By Unknown Author

An article in Metropolitan Report on Saturday about New York City's Financial Control Board misidentified Thomas P. Puccio. He is no longer a member of the law firm of Booth, Lipton & Lipton.

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AN EFFORT TO REVIVE NEW YORK BEER (IN UTICA, FOR NOW)

By Bryan Miller

BACK in 1976 New York City went dry, figuratively speaking, as far as local brews were concerned. That's when the F & M Schaefer Brewing Company capped its last keg of beer in New York and joined such late and lamented local breweries as Ebling, Koster & Bial, Trommer's, Ringler, Henry Elias, Jetter and John Eichler. At 32, Matthew Reich is too young to have tasted most of those oldtime brews produced by German, Scottish and Irish immigrants, but he's nostalgic nonetheless. With a little luck, he says, he will revive the grand tradition and bring back local beer to a city that once boasted 121 breweries. ''People should drink locally brewed beer, it's a simple as that,'' Mr. Reich said, sitting in a cramped, stuffy office above a former chicken warehouse near the Hudson River in Greenwich Village.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 29, 1983, covering June 29, 1983.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Flashdance by Soundtrack

    Flashdance

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  2. 2
    Album cover for Thriller by Michael Jackson

    Thriller

    Michael Jackson

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    28
  3. 3
    Album cover for Pyromania by Def Leppard

    Pyromania

    Def Leppard

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    22
  4. 4
    Album cover for Cargo by Men at Work

    Cargo

    Men at Work

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    9
  5. 5
    Album cover for Let's Dance by David Bowie

    Let's Dance

    David Bowie

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    10

Notable Births

Aundrea Fimbres

1983Aundrea Fimbres, American singer-songwriter and dancer[†]

Aundrea Aurora Fimbres is a retired American singer. She was a member of the pop music group Danity Kane. She is a soprano and was known for her melismatic vocal runs, and falsetto registered harmonies and also for having the highest vocal range of her fellow band members.

Jeremy Powers

1983Jeremy Powers, American cyclist[†]

Jeremy Powers is an American former professional racing cyclist, who has achieved over 90 UCI victories, four USA Cyclocross national championships, and the 2015 Pan American Championship during his career. He was a presenter for Global Cycling Network before joining WHOOP.

Historical Context for June 29, 1983

In 1983, the world population was approximately 4,697,327,573 people[†]