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Jan, 1980 - Franklin's Custer Baker Middle School publishes 'The Atterbury File'. |
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March 15, 1980 - Thomas "Sarge" Johnson, internationally known boxing coach of CAMP ATTERBURY Job Corps Center, dies with his team of American Amateur boxers in a plane crash in Poland. March 21, 1980 - President Carter announced to the U.S. Olympic Team that they would not participate in the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow as a boycott against Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. March 31, 1980 - President Carter deregulated the banking industry. |
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April 6, 1980 - Post-It Notes were introduced. April 24, 1980 - An American assault team held 44 Iranians hostage for about 3 hours when their bus stumbled upon the remote desert site. The failed operation was commanded by Colonel Charles Beckwith, the founder of US Delta Force. The mission resulted in the deaths of eight U.S. servicemen. A U.S. hostage rescue failed when a plane collided with a helicopter in Iran. April 27, 1980 - Gang fights, drug use & theft remain problems at Atterbury Job Corps. Mismanagement is alleged. |
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May 8, 1980 - The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that smallpox had been eradicated. May 18, 1980 - At 8:32 a.m. Mount Saint Helens, in Washington, erupted. It burst 3 times in 24 hours after rumbling for two months and left 57 people dead or missing. The mountain lost over 1,300 feet of elevation and gained a two-mile-long and one mile-wide crater on its summit. May 24, 1980 - Iran rejected a call by the World Court in The Hague to release the American hostages. |
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June 23, 1980 - Super Constellation crashes on take-off from Columbus Municipal Airport (former Atterbury AAF/Bakalar AFB). June 27, 1980 - President Jimmy Carter reinstated draft registration for males 18 years of age. |
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July 17, 1980 - A second former Guard technician files suit to be reinstated. Claims he was fired for informing public of alleged misuse of federal government equipment and employees at CAMP ATTERBURY. NBC Evening News for
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(Studio) Report introduced (Camp
Atterbury,
IN) Army National Guard's state of readiness examined; films shown.
Details given of Guard's fins. and equipment. [IN National Guard Major
General Robert WELIVER - comments.] National shortage of manpower and
problems faced by Guard outlined. [Dick SHASTANE - notes personnel
shortage.] Complaint to Congress by adjutant gens. noted. [Major
General Alfred OTTER - comments.] [Major General Emmett WALKER -
disagrees with assessment of Guard.] National Guard's role in World
War II recalled. |
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Evening News Segment Type: News Content |
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511719 |
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Record Number: |
511734 |
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Begin Time: |
05:50:50 pm |
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End Time: |
05:54:40 pm |
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Duration: |
03:50 |
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Reporters: |
Chancellor, John; Dancy, John |
Aug 31, 1980 - Poland's Solidarity labor movement was born with an agreement signed in Gdansk that ended a 17-day strike. Solidarity, founded by Lech Walesa during anticommunist strikes at the Gdansk shipyards, won recognition as the first free trade union of the Soviet bloc.
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Oct 23, 1980 - The resignation of Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin was announced.
Nov 4, 1980 - Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th president of the United States. He beat President Carter by a wide margin.
Dec 19, 1980 - Iran requested $24 billion in US guarantees to free hostages.
