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Michigan State's Earvin (Magic) Johnson raises his finger to indicate the Spartans are number one after defeating Larry Bird's Indiana State team 75-64 to win the NCAA Championship in Salt Lake City, March 26, 1979. (AP Photo)
SALT LAKE CITY — The headlines that week were all about Middle East peace talks, the sharp rise in the U.S. inflation rate and a special counsel investigating President Jimmy Carter’s family peanut business. A local newspaper story touted the advantages of spring in Utah, how one could go skiing in the mountains for $7 one day and play 18 holes of golf in the valley for $2 the next.