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An article in Metropolitan Report on Aug. 8 about the resignation of Gail M. Kong as head of the city's Office of Special Services for Children included an inaccurate description of her educational background provided by Mayor Koch's press office. She attended the Hunter College School of Social Work for a year but did not earn a master's degree.
''It's hard to explain this. We've pulled the country together somehow.''
Minesweeping forces from the United States, Britain and France crossed the Suez Canal and made ready to search the Gulf of Suez for explosives that have damaged commercial shipping. Meanwhile, Egyptian officials made public new information that further appeared to implicate Libya in the planting of mines in Red Sea waters. (Page A8, Column 1.) President Reagan's quip about outlawing and bombing Russia became the subject of heightened official reaction in the Soviet Union. The Government said that Mr. Reagan's inadvertently taped remark before a radio broadcast Saturday was ''unprecedentedly hostile'' and ''dangerous for the cause of peace.'' (A5:1-3.)
There must be ghosts here, singing in the hills and swimming naked in Fillipini Pond. Down on the alfalfa field that Max Yasgur used to own, they gather every day, 400,000 strong. They park their cars in the middle of the road, eat peanut butter and jelly for dinner, smoke cannabis for dessert. Yes, there must be ghosts here, those that frighten and those that cheer. Why else would so many people still be both angry and amazed? Fifteen years ago this week, as the miasma of Vietnam worsened, legions of the young made their way to this Sullivan County hamlet for a music festival billed by its promoters as ''three days of peace and love.''
Production at the nation's factories, mines and utilities rose by a strong nine-tenths of 1 percent in July, the Federal Reserve Board reported yesterday. The hefty July increase in industrial output - the 20th consecutive monthly rise - was larger than many economists had expected. The July increase matched the June gain, which had been revised upward from the rise of five-tenths of 1 percent first reported. ''The industrial production figures mean that the economy hasn't fallen asleep as far as manufacturers are concerned,'' said Roger E. Brinner, chief economist for Data Resources. ''The numbers are significant because they indicate that businessmen are still quite confident about the recovery.''
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 15, 1984, covering August 16, 1984.
Prince And The Revolution
Bruce Springsteen
Huey Lewis & The News
Jacksons
The Cars
1984Matteo Anesi, Italian speed skater[†]
Matteo Anesi is an Italian speed skater who won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He placed 29th in the 1500 m event. After his active career he became one of the coaches of the Italian speed skating team.
1984Candice Dupree, American basketball player[†]
Candice Dupree is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for the women's basketball team at Tennessee State University. She was selected sixth in the 2006 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky. In 2014, Dupree won the WNBA Championship with the Phoenix Mercury. She has also played basketball professionally in Europe and Asia. She has won two FIBA World Cups with Team USA.
1984Konstantin Vassiljev, Estonian footballer[†]
Konstantin Vassiljev is an Estonian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Estonian Meistriliiga club Flora.
1984Duško Radović, Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor (born 1922)[†]
Dušan "Duško" Radović was a Serbian writer, journalist, aphorist and a poet.
In 1984, the world population was approximately 4,782,175,519 people[†]