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Wednesday, October 31, 1979
Top News Headlines This Week:
Oct 31 - Mike Flanagan, wins AL Cy Young Award Oct 31 - US DC-10 crashes at Mexico-City, 74 killed Nov 1 - Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler Nov 1 - Bolivia military coup under Gen Busch, pres Guevara flees Nov 1 - of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster Nov 1 - A L Webber musical "Joseph & Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," premieres
Top Songs for 1979
I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor Bad Girls by Donna Summer
Hot Stuff by Donna Summer Ring My Bell by Anita Ward
My Sharona by The Knack Babe by Styx
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? by Rod Stewart Reunited by Peaches & Herb
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes Too Much Heaven by Bee Gees
1979 Prices US President
Milk: $1.50/gal Jimmy Carter
Eggs: $1.32/doz US Vice President
Car: $6,847 Walter F. Mondale
Gas: $0.88/gal Academy Award Winners
House: $71,800 Best Picture: Kramer Vs. Kramer
Directed By Robert Benton
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman
in Kramer Vs. Kramer
Best Actress: Sally Field
in Norma Rae
Stamp: $0.15/ea
Avg Income: $22,316/yr
Min Wage: $2.90/hr
DOW Avg: 839
People born on October 31
1931 - Dan Rather Wharton Tx, news anchor (CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes)
1937 - Michael Landon Forest Hills NY, actor (Bonanza, Highway to Heaven)
1950 - Jane Pauley Indianapolis Indiana, newscaster (Today, NBC Weekend)
On TV in 1979
Flo Dallas Archie Bunker's Place Tenspeed and Brown Shoe That's Incredible
Benson Knots Landing Real People Trapper John, M.D. House Calls
Hot New Toys in 1979
Big Boggle Star Trek: The Motion Picture figures Big Trak
Sea Wees Electronic Perfection Intellivision
Strawberry Shortcake dolls
Top Books in 1979
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul Sophie's Choice by William Styron
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
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