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Because of an editing error, an article in Business Day on Monday about automobile mileage regulations incorrectly described the $8 billion earned by General Motors and the $3 billion earned by Ford on larger car models. The figures reflect what are known as variable profits, before the deduction of fixed overhead and taxes.
The leaders of the House and Senate Budget Committees said early today that they were closer to an agreement on a Federal budget for the fiscal year 1986, which begins Oct. 1. But several unspecified issues remained unsettled in the dispute, which has lasted for weeks, and a compromise was not assured. The budget conferees are to meet again in an open session later this morning. Senior members of the conferees' staffs indicated late Wednesday that the four main unresolved issues included spending for the military, transportation, Medicare and Medicaid.
The International Business Machines Corporation said yesterday that it had reached an agreement in principle with the Japanese Government allowing I.B.M. access to state-owned patents covering computer-related inventions. The deal appeared to pave the way for I.B.M. to market advanced computers developed in Japan by joint Government-industry projects, perhaps including some arising out of the ''Fifth Generation'' advanced computer design project. Announcement of the agreement came only a day after Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone appealed to the United States Congress not to pass protectionist legislation. He also offered details of a program intended to open Japan's markets, including relaxation of import procedures and a campaign to increase the sale of foreign goods in Japan.
It was an only-in-New York scene, orchestrated and directed by the city's only-in-New York Mayor. There stood Ed Koch on Columbus Avenue near 77th Street last week, surrounded by so many reporters, photographers and television crews that an unwitting passer-by thought someone was shooting a movie. It wasn't a movie. It was Mr. Koch doing what he does like no one else - grabbing, and getting, attention.
Secretary of State George P. Shultz and the new Soviet Foreign Minister, Eduard A. Shevardnadze, met today in what the American called ''a good first step'' in preparing a summit meeting in November. ''The talks were serious and good,'' Mr. Shevardnadze told reporters after the three-hour meeting. ''The most important thing is the summit. The first step has been taken.''
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 31, 1985, covering August 1, 1985.
Tears for Fears
Bryan Adams
Phil Collins
Bruce Springsteen
Prince And The Revolution
1985Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player[†]
Stuart Alistair Holden is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder, and is currently a lead TV game analyst for Fox Sports. Holden is part of the ownership group for Spanish La Liga football club RCD Mallorca.
1985Adam Jones, American baseball player[†]
Adam LaMarque Jones is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played parts of 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles, and Arizona Diamondbacks and two seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes. Internationally, Jones represents the United States. In the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC), he helped win Team USA's first gold medal in a WBC tournament.
1985Cole Kimball, American baseball player[†]
Cole A. Kimball is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals.
1985Tendai Mtawarira, South African rugby player[†]
Tendai Mtawarira is a Zimbabwean-South African retired professional rugby union player who last played for Old Glory DC in Major League Rugby and previously for the South Africa national team and the Sharks in Super Rugby. He was born in Zimbabwe and qualified for South Africa on residency grounds, before later acquiring South African citizenship. Mtawarira, a prop, is known by the nickname Beast.
1985Kris Stadsgaard, Danish footballer[†]
Kris Stadsgaard is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He made one senior appearance in 2003 for Farum before the club changed its name to Nordsjælland. He signed with Italian club Reggina in August 2007 and left the club in March 2008 for Rosenborg in Norway, winning two Norwegian Premier League championships in three seasons there. After 1.5 years with Spanish club Málaga he returned to Denmark with Copenhagen in January 2012. He made three appearances for the Denmark national team.
1985Dušan Švento, Slovak footballer[†]
Dušan Švento is a Slovak former professional football midfielder who played as a left winger or left-back. He spent most of his career with Slavia Prague and Red Bull Salzburg while representing Slovakia.
In 1985, the world population was approximately 4,868,943,465 people[†]