Week of August 8, 1980

bureaucratic mistake that permitted an 11-day

hunger strike by Iranian students in front of the

White House, orders his staff to make sure that

the permit for the latest demonstration would not

be extended past its expiration date.

Law enforcement officers say there is growing

evidence that Islamic radicals supporting the

ayatollah Khomeini had drawn up a “hit list” of

prominent Muslim leaders and others in the

United States.

The Justice Department agrees to a full-scale

investigation of President Carter, some of his

key aides, Atty. Gen. Benjamin Civiletti and other officials involved in the Billy

carter affair.

Hurricane Allen fizzles out, but not before leaving its wake in Texas with lots of

flooding.

Before the convention, some 10,000 march to “rap’ the politicians who will soon

be attending the Democratic convention at Madison Square Garden.

President Carter says he hopes his brother, Billy, will return the $220,000 he

received from the government of Libya. Meantime, Libyan leader Col. Moamer

Khadafy defends his nation’s dealings with Billy Carter and said the loan to the

President’s brother was related to business transactions carried out during the

two visits in 1978 and 1979. Khadafy said the White House had shown ‘great

concern” I mending relations over the last six months but that Billy Carter had

played no role in that development.

Democrat Convention in New York -

Jimmy Carter wins the Democratic

presidential nomination and Sen. Edward

Kennedy immediately endorses him.

Sen. Edward Kennedy predicts the

Democrats would unite and mend the

divisions caused by his challenge to

President Carter.

Week of August 8, 1980

The Federal Trade Commission says General Motors built at least 4 million 1975-

1980 cars with major defects and then illegally withheld the information from

buyers. The defects involving transmission, camshafts and diesel engine fuel

pumps, ‘could cost American consumers up to $50 million in unexpected repairs”

says the agency.

A businessman with Arab ties helped finance a

Middle East tour by President Carter’s evangelist

the man, Sam Bamieh of Palo Alto (CA) tried to

“exploit her and to use her,” the White House said.

Press secretary Jody Powell said Mrs. Stapleton

“came to realize what sort of person she was

dealing with” when she learned that Bamieh “had

given instructions that all her phone calls be routed

through his room” He also insisted upon being

present at every meeting she had with everybody

else over there to the point of being extremely

obnoxious and he tried to get her to stay two extra

days in Saudi Arabia, even to the point of saying they cold not leave because of

airplane trouble,” Powell said. He also said he was going to pay for the trip, but

wound-up paying less than half.

The second Air Florida commuter jet in four days is hijacked to Havana and

Cuban authorities arrested seven suspects believed to be Cubans who had fled

to the United States in the recent Freedom Flotilla, the FBI says.

College sports - Five pac-10 schools are declared ineligible to compete for the

conference football championship and are prohibited from anticipating in the

1981 Rose Bowl or other post-season games. S. California, UCLA, Arizona state,

Oregon and Oregon State are getting penalized for alleged academic violations

gathered by a conference compliance committee and other Pac-10 officials.

Entertainment -

about his looks. He feels he’s too pretty and that his

looks get in the way of people accepting him in a

dramatic role.” As a result, Redford chose the pictures

of himself used in the “Brubaker” movie ads because

they make him ugly as possible.

Week of August 8, 1980

Lee Marvin said his celebrated palimony case with onetime roommate Michelle

Triola Marvin taught him “how to lie.” She had sued him for $1.8 million but was

awarded $100,000 for “rehabilitative purposes.”

Looks like fall TV shows will be delayed as the SAG actors strike heads into its

fourth week.

Glen Campbell tells newsmen in London - “Perhaps I’ve found the secret for an

unhappy private life. Every three years, I go and marry a girl who doesn’t love

me, and then she proceeds to take all my money.”

Twiggy - onetime stringbean model who appears in the

Blues Brothers movie, tells Newsweek, she wants to change

her moniker to her legal name - Lesley Hornby Armstrong.

“Twiggy’s a ridiculous name, absolutely silly,” she told the

magazine. “To tell you the truth, I can’t stand the sound of it

anymore.”

Music news -

Joan Baez says singer Bob Dylan produces

“horrible music,” “Until 1970, he wrote some of

the most radical songs. Then he turned to religion and wrote songs

with Christian messages. Horrible music just like his film.”

Wednesday night television -

CBS-NBC-ABC - Democratic National Convention coverage from

New York.

For NBC - John Chancellor and David Brinkley. Later on NBC - The Tonight

Show, The Tomorrow Show.

At the movies -

Raise the Titanic

The Blues Brothers

Airplane

The Empire Strikes Back

Fiendish Plot

Dressed to Kill

Caddyshack

The Hunter