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Friday, October 24, 1980

President: Jimmy Carter
Vice-President: Walter F. Mondale

Top News Headlines This Week:
Oct. 24-Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Oct. 24- Iraqi troops occupy Khorramshar
Occt 24- John Lennon releases "(Just Like) Starting Over " in UK

Prices
Bread: $.51/loaf
Milk: $1.60/gallon
Eggs: $1.33/dozen
Car: $7,574
Gas: $1.22/gallon
House: $76,400
Stamp: $.15/ea
Avg. Income: $23,974/yr.
Min. Wage; $3.10/hr

Academy Award Winners
Best Picture: Ordinary People (Directed by Robert Redford)
Best Actor: Robert De Niro in Raging Bull
Best Actress: Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner's Daughter

Top songs of 1980
Queen- "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Pink Floyd- "Another Brick in the Wall"
Kenny Rogers- "Lady"
Blondie- "Call Me"
Michael Jackson- "Rock With You"
Diana Ross- "Upside Down"
Olivia Newton-John- "Magic"
Lipps Inc.-"FunkyTown"
John Lennon-"Starting Over"
Queen-"Another One Bites the Dust"

On TV in 1980
That's Incredible
Hart to Hart
Benson
Archie Bunker's Place
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Magnum, P.I.
The Facts of Life
Too Close for Comfort
Real People
Dallas

Hot New Toys in 1980
Magna Doodle

Top Books in 1980
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 by Joan W. Blos