Week of February 22, 1980
Iran’s Islamic Revolution says it will readmit some American journalists banned
from the country for alleged biased reporting.
New Hampshire primary - Ronald Reagan wins as does Jimmy Carter.
Leftist guerrillas holding 20 ambassadors and 30 other hostages in the
Dominican Republic Embassy free 13 and are expected to free more soon.
Seaman Lisa Ann Wolff stationed on the USS Samuel Gompers can bee seen in
the latest issue of Playboy - bottomless under the heading “Women in the Armed
Forces.” She’ll probably be released from the Navy.
President Carter and hundreds of fans welcome the U.S. Olympic team to the
nation’s capital. “For me, as President of the United States of America, this is one
of the proudest moments I have ever experienced,” said the President.
In Moline (ILL) - Jodi Stuz is fired from her job after she put her bare bottom on a
Xerox machine and it the print key. “A lot of people were taking pictures of their
hands and their faces and fooling around, so I decided I would take a picture of
my bottom, thinking it would be kind of fun just to see what it would look like.”
New Hampshire -
Linda Ronstadt
is seen on
the presidential campaign trail with California
governor Jerry Brown as she criticized
reporters about being so “cynical” about
Brown, who is her boyfriend.
Consumer prices rise 1.4% for the largest
monthly increase in over six years.
Olympic Games in Lake Placid - The United
States Hockey team beats Russia, then
Finland - winning the gold medal.
Phil Mahre becomes the first American man
to win an Olympic Alpine skiing medal in 16
years.
The Soviet Union unveils its 350-pssenger airbus that features a timesaving
baggage compartment where passengers load and unload their own belongings.
