Week of August 24, 1984

accepts the republican nomination with a partisan

attack on the Democratic Party. “We’re accused of

having a secret. Well, if we have, it is that we’re

going to keep the mighty engine of the nation revved

up.” Said Reagan.

India - Two states are crippled by general strikes

and more than a million people stage rallies across the nation to protest Prime

Minister Indira Gandhi’s dismissal of an opposition state government.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee says that Iran has the capability to

temporarily blockade the Persian Gulf oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz,

but that such a move would be a desperation act.

President Reagan orders NASA to conduct a nationwide search for a

schoolteacher to be the first citizen-passenger to ride a space shuttle.

After weeks of not-so-good news, Walter F. Mondale wins the unequivocal

support of 50 of the nation’s black Democrats beginning with Jesse Jackson.

John Anderson, former Illinois Republican who made a run in the 1980

campaign, endorses Democrat Walter Mondale.

A mother and her three small children are among seven dead when a car

careened onto a sidewalk near a crowded bus stop in Washington. The driver of

the car, Robert Williams was charged with six counts of vehicular homicide,

driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. He’s listed in serious condition.

A French cargo ship, carrying 450 tons of radioactive material to the Soviet

Union, collides with a ferry off the Belgian coast and sinks.

New at McDonalds - A bacon-double-cheeseburger; Chicken McSwiss and

Cheddar Melt.

another photographer. Now Bob Guccione, Penthouse

publisher, says he does intend to publish the second set

of pictures in the magazine’s January, 1985 issue. Ms.

Williams acknowledged that she had signed a model’s

release before she posed for the second photographer,

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Greg Whitmarr. She denied, however, that she had signed such a form for Tom

Chiapel, whose pictures of Williams appeared in the September issue of

Penthouse. Both sets of pictures were taken during the summer of 1982.

the home and office at “rock bottom prices” in 1985 and expects a return to

profitability by the end of this year.

AT&T says it will eliminate 11,000 management and blue collar jobs nationwide

by early next year as part of its continuing effort to control costs.

Sports -

Keith Hernandez doubles in Danny Heep from first with none out in the ninth to

give the New York Mets a 3-2 victory and a three-game sweep over the Dodgers.

Looks like the USFL will play its third and final spring season in 1985, then switch

to a fall slate in 1986 and competing directly with the NFL. Good luck!

Entertainment news -

Jim Backus appears on the “Today” show to plug

his book “Backus Strikes Back” his book about his

anxiety attacks that have kept him more or less a

prisoner in his home for six years.

Harper’s Bazaar’s list of the 10 most beautiful

Capshaw, Ann-Margret, Linda Evans, Lee Remick,

Bernadette peters, Jacqueline

Bisset, Sigourney Weaver and

Candice Bergen.

ABC-TV’s “Paper Dolls” as a love interest for Nicollette Sheridan.

Passing - Actor Billy Sands, best known for “McHale’s Navy” and

“The Phil Silvers Show.”

One up - Just as soon as Ted Turner announced he was launching a video

channel, MTV announces it is launching a second music channel.

Week of August 24, 1984

Television news -

New on CBS-TV - “Comedy Zone” with

Curtin.

Tuesday night television -

CBS - AfterMASH, Domestic Life, Movie

NBC - A-Team, Riptide, Remington Steele,

Tonight, David Letterman

ABC - Foul Ups, Bleeps and Blunders, Three’s

Company, Movie, Nightline

PBS - Nova

HBO -The Who Tour

CBN - Here Come The Brides, Gentle Ben, 700 Club, My Little Margie, Another

Life, Best of Groucho

AfterMASH - Mrs. Potter leaves town, leaving her husband alone on a Saturday

night.

Riptide - Smugglers use porpoises to transport drugs.

At the movies -

Revenge of the Nerds

Red Dawn

Karate Kid

Ghostbusters

Indiana Jones

Tightrope

Purple Rain

Oxford Blues

Week of August 24, 1984