News & Economy
President: James Earl Carter, Jr.
Vice President: Walter F. Mondale
Population: 227,224,681
Life expectancy: 73.7 years
Dow-Jones High: 1000
Dow-Jones Low: 759
Cost of a new home: $76,400.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $17,710.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.15
Cost of a gallon of gas: $1.25
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.91
Cost of a gallon of milk: $2.16
News Headlines
President Halts Grain To Russia Following Afghanistan Invasion
Carter Severs Diplomatic Ties To Iran. Khomeini Militants Hold Hostages
US Olympic Committee Votes To Boycott Moscow Summer Games
125,000 Cuban Refugees Released By Castro Arrive In Miami
US Rescue Mission To Iran Fails, 8 Die As Two Aircraft Collide
Washington Volcano Mount Saint Helen Erupts , 22 Die
Iraq Invades Iran
John Lenon Is Shot To Death In New York
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Music
Billboard Top 10
1. Call Me - Blondie
2. Fame - Irene Cara
3. Working My Way Back To You - Spinners
4. Funkytown - Lipps, Inc.
5. Little Jeannie - Elton John
6. Upside Down - Diana Ross
7. He's So Shy - Pointer Sisters
8. Please Don't Go - KC & The Sunshine Band
9. Do That To Me One More Time - Captain & Tennille
10. Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1 - The S.O.S. Band
Top Albums
• Against the Wind - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
• Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Eat to the Beat - Blondie
• Glass Houses - Billy Joel
• In the Heat of the Night - Pat Benatar
• Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
• The Wall - Pink Floyd
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year:
Christopher Cross, Christopher Cross
Best New Artist: Christopher Cross
Best Pop Duo or Group:
“Guilty,” Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb
Best Pop Female Vocal:
“The Rose,” Bette Midler
Best Pop Male Vocal:
“This Is It,” Kenny Loggins
Best Rock Duo or Group:
Against the Wind, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
Best Rock Female Vocal:
Crimes of Passion, Pat Benatar
Best Rock Male Vocal:
Glass Houses, Billy Joel
Song of the Year:
“Sailing,” Christopher Cross
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Movies
Top 5 Movie Money Makers
The Empire Strikes Back-$290,268,568
Superman II-$108,185,706
9 To 5-$103,290,500
Stir Crazy-$101,300,000
Airplane!-$83,400,000
Academy Awards
Best Actor: Robert De Niro: Raging Bull
Best Actress: Sissy Spacek: Coal Miner's Daughter
Best Director: Robert Redford: Ordinary People
Best Picture: Ronald L. Schwary: Ordinary People
Best Supporting Actor: Timothy Hutton: Ordinary People
Best Supporting Actress: Mary Steenburgen: Melvin and Howard
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. Dallas
2. 60 Minutes
3. The Dukes of Hazzard
4. Private Benjamin
5. M*A*S*H
6. The Love Boat
7. The NBC Tuesday Night Movie
8. House Calls
9. The Jeffersons
10. Little House on the Prairie
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - Hill Street Blues
Best Actor - Daniel J. Travanti, Hill Street Blues
Best Actress - Barbara Babcock, Hill Street Blues: “Fecund Hand Rose”
 Comedy...
Best Comedy - Taxi (ABC)
Best Actor - Judd Hirsch, Taxi
Best Actress - Isabel Sanford, The Jeffersons
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Time Capsule: 1980
Rubik's Cube was in 