News & Economy
President: James Earl Carter, Jr.
Vice President: Walter F. Mondale
Population: 225,055,487
Life expectancy: 73.9 years
Dow-Jones High: 907
Dow-Jones Low: 742
Cost of a new home: $71,800.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $16,461.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.15
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.86
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.85
Cost of a gallon of milk: $1.62
News Headlines
Vietnam Takes Over Cambodia
Shah Leaves Iran For "Vacation"
Ayatollah Khomeini Returns To Iran From France
China Invades Vietnam
Accident At 3-Mile Island Pa., nuclear Plant Threatens Area
OPEC Announces Further Oil Price Increase, 50% In One Year
$1.5 Billion Federal Bailout Is Approved For Chrysler
Voyager sends photos of Jupiter
Margaret Thatcher is elected first Woman British Prime Minister
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Music
Billboard Top 10
1. Heart Of Glass - Blondie
2. My Sharona - The Knack
3. Just When I Needed You Most - Randy Van Warmer
4. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
5. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
6. Y. M. C. A. - Village People
7. Sad Eyes - Robert John
8. Fire - Pointer Sisters
9. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
10. Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels
Top Albums
• Bad Girls - Donna Summer
• Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits, vol 2 - Barbra Streisand
• Breakfast in America - Supertramp
• Minute by Minute - Doobie Brothers
• Spirits Having Flown - Bee Gees
• The Long Run - Eagles
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year:
52nd Street, Billy Joel
Best New Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Best Pop Duo or Group:
“Gotta Serve Somebody,” Bob Dylan
Best Pop Female Vocal:
“I'll Never Love This Way Again,” Dionne Warwick
Best Pop Male Vocal:
52nd Street, Billy Joel
Record of the Year:
“What a Fool Believes,” Doobie Brothers
Song of the Year:
“What a Fool Believes”
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Movies
Top 5 Movie Money Makers
Kramer vs. Kramer -$106,260,000
The Amityville Horror -$86,432,520
Star Trek: The Motion Picture -$82,300,000
Apocalypse Now -$78,800,000
The Muppet Movie -$76,657,000
Academy Awards
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman: Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actress: Sally Field: Norma Rae
Best Director: Robert Benton: Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas: Being There
Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep: Kramer vs. Kramer
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. 60 Minutes
2. Three's Company
3. That's Incredible
4. Alice
5. M*A*S*H
6. Dallas
7. Flo
8. The Jeffersons
9. The Dukes of Hazzard
10. One Day at a Time
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - Lou Grant (CBS)
Best Actor - Ed Asner, Lou Grant
Best Actress - Barbara Bel Geddes, Dallas
Comedy...
Best Comedy - Taxi (ABC)
Best Actor - Richard Mulligan, Soap
Best Actress -Cathryn Damon, Soap
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Time Capsule: 1979
World Series Champs:
"The Dukes Of Hazard" with Tom Wopat and John Schneider premiers
Following the Three Mile Island accident, antinuclear rallies are held throughout the country.