Week of April 1, 1985

President Reagan says that Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev has responded

to his invitation for a summit in the U.S. and some in the Administration say the

response was positive.

The FBI and four federal banking regulatory agencies agree on cooperative steps

to speed and sharpen detection of fraud by bank officials. Insider crimes are

being blamed for about half of all bank failures.

You better open those markets - A special envoy of President Reagan tells Prime

Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone that a set of government ordinances implemented

by Japan threatens to spur passage of a retaliatory legislation by Congress.

The U.S. State Department says Israel’s transfer of 1,200

Lebanese prisoners to Israeli territory is a violation of

international law as the 752 remaining captives in the

Ansar detention camp in southern Lebanon were

released.

President Reagan calls for a cease-fire in Nicaragua and

promises that if Congress will release $14 million in aid to

rebels battling Nicaragua’s leftist Sandinista government

the money would not be used for armaments - at least for

60 days while a peace settlement is sought.

Unemployment remained at 7.2% in March.

The armed forces seizes power in Sudan, announcing the ouster of President

Jafaar Numeiri and his government, the suspension of the constitution and the

declaration of a state of emergency throughout the nation.

A team of auditors orders to scrutinize the administrative expenses of General

Dynamics Corp, has concluded that the Pentagon paid a total of $24 million in

excess overhead claims to the giant defense contractor.

President Reagan charges that Democrats who accuse him of breaking a

campaign promise by agreeing to reduce cost-of-living increases for Social

Security recipients are “lying in their teeth.”

The ASPCA calls for a boycott of the Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus

because four animals - billed as “living unicorns”” appear to be farm goats with

Week of April 1, 1985

surgically implanted horns. A spokesman for the circus declined to say whether

the “unicorns” are goats, but said they came to the circus “magically.”

Sports - Tulane University in Louisiana, rocked by point-shaving scandal and

the discovery of NCAA violations say it pans to drop men’s basketball

immediately and permanently.

Eddie Sutton, saying he couldn’t have left Arkansas for any other job, is hired to

succeed Joe B. Hall as basketball coach at the University of Kentucky.

Major upset as Villanova beats Georgetown 66-64 to win the NCAA basketball

championship at Rupp Arena in Lexington KY.

Entertainment -

Seen promoting the upcoming “Wrestlemania”

on TV shows everywhere - Hulk Hogan and Mr.

T . The pair is TV’s hottest couple. They even

appeared on “Saturday Night Live”.

There has been a resurgence of professional

wrestling, led by the World Wrestling Federation

headed by Vince McMahon. USA has a talk-and-

rant series hosted by McMahon called “Wrestling

TNT.” NBC is planning a May 11 special tentatively called “Saturday Nights/Main

Event” that, if successful, may evolve into a monthly series alternating with

“Saturday Night Live” during the summer.

Radio news - April 5 - Radio stations around the world drop their programming

for a simultaneous Good Friday airing of “We Are The World” the popular song

aimed at helping African famine relief efforts. MTV played the clip at the same

time. In Air Force One, President Reagan requested to hear the song as it played

on the radio. A signal was picked up. Reagan had never heard the song before,

but was moved as he listened to it. Radio and Records magazine reports that

5,000 stations participated. In any city, you could run the radio up and down the

dial, and hear the song. Recorded by U.S. artists after last month’s American

music Awards show, “We Are The World,” has

netted an estimated $8 million for the USA for

Africa relief fun.

Music news -

The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde has given birth

once again, this time to a daughter. It’s her first

child after her marriage to Simple Minds’ leader

Week of April 1, 1985

Jim Kerr. Her eldest daughter, Natalie was fathered by Ray Davies of the Kinks.

Madonna is hot. She has two singles in the top-5 this week - “Material Girl,” and

“Crazy for You” each from separate albums. And, she has another single due out

in several weeks - “Angel.” If as if that weren’t enough, Madonna has a new

song “In The Groove” from her movie “desperately Seeking Susan” whose video

is getting played on MTV. To be sure, her record label, Warner Brothers, fearing

over video exposure, has killed plans for a video of her next single (Angel)

because MTV is crowded with a pair of her clips already.

Commits suicide - The Singing Nun of the 1960’s

who became famous for the #1 hit “Dominique”

after a massive dose of sedatives. Jeanine Deckers

(52) was also known as Soeur Sourire or “Sister

Smile.” Ms. Deckers was a novice in a Dominican

convent in Belgium and for some time did not learn

of her fame. Not until the 1966 film - “The Singing

Nun.” Friends believe she was upset by

government spending cuts that forced closure of a

children’s home she had been involved with.

Friday Night Television -

CBS - Detective in the House, Movie

NBC - Knight Rider, Half-Nelson, Miami Vice, Tonight Show

ABC - Webster, Mr. Belvedere, Benson, Off the Rock, Me and Mom, Nightline,

ABC Rocks

PBS - Washington Week, Wall St. Week

USA - Friday night boxing, Night Flight

Night Rider - Michael turns KITT into a high-powered projectile which crashes

through a sound barrier to escape a trap by survivalists who hijacked high-tech

equipment.

Johnny Carson - Joan Collins, Whitney Houston guest.