HOW MUCH? 1979 ECONOMY
                  AND NEWS
    Economy Info

  President Jimmy Carter
  Vice President Walter Mondale

   Population: 225,055,487
   Life expectancy: 73.9 years

   Federal spending: $504.03 billion
   Federal debt: $829.5 billion
   Inflation: 13.3%
   Consumer Price Index: 72.6
   Unemployment: 6.1%

   Dow-Jones
   High - 907
   Low - 742

    
             
PRICES

Cost of a new home $71,800
Median Household income $16,461
Cost of a first-class stamp $0.15
Cost of a gallon of regular gas $0.86
Cost of a dozen eggs $0.85
Cost of a gallon of milk $1.62


              
                        NATIONAL AND WORLD NEWS

  Voyager sends photos of Jupiter
   Margaret Thatcher is elected first Woman British Prime Minister
   Inflation 13.3%, Prime Rate 15.75%
   "Archie Bunkers Place" with Carroll O'Conner premiers
   "The Dukes of Hazard" with Tom Wopat and John Schneider premiers
   California is the first state to initiate gas rationing on alternate days, many states  will follow
   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
   US and China establish diplomatic relations, formal ties withTaiwan are severed