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Thursday, August 2, 1979
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The Headlines
SENATE PANEL SEEKS TO CUT CARTER PLAN FOR SYNTHETIC FUEL
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Bad Girls
Donna Summer
#1 at the box office
The Amityville Horror
$3,606,900
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Shimon Peres (1923)
- Peter O'Toole (1932)
- Isabel Allende (1942)
- James Baldwin (1924)
- Jorge Rafael Videla (1925)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
Sony Walkman, Spreadsheet (VisiCalc) & Cellular Network (1G).
Cost of Living (1975)
Loaf of Bread
$0.36
Gallon of Gas
$0.57
Average Home
$39,300
New Car
$4,950
Time Elapsed
17,109 days ago
(46 years, 319 days)