Week of August 28, 1981

of trying to kill President Reagan and three others.

His lawyers were seeking his release from jail, but

that’s not going to happen. His lawyers say that

prison officials are violating his rights reading his

mail.

Secretary of State Alexander Haig charges that

Cuba has stepped up its support of guerrillas in El

Salvador, who are now embarked on attacks

against the country’s economic base. Haig served

notice that the Regan Administration is preparing a

set of countermeasures to meet that problem “at its

source.”

An explosion rips through the headquarters of Iran’s prime minister in Tehran,

killing him and the nation’s president. They had been at their helms for only 27

days.

Explosions rock the headquarters of the U.S. and NATO air commands in West

Germany - wounding 18 Americans. In Peru, seven separate explosions go off,

including the U>S. Embassy in Lima.

Millions of Iranians chant “Death to America” at an emotionally

Minister Mohammed Javad Bahonar, both assassinated in a bomb

blast.

President Regan calls a Cabinet meeting for next week, telling

department heads to find another $45 billion in planned domestic

program cuts for the 1983 and 1984 fiscal years.

In a speech defending his firing of striking air traffic controllers, President Reagan

tells organized labor in Chicago that his is not a union-busting Administration. He

stressed that the strike was illegal.

Rebuffing proposed budget cuts - Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger is

quoted as saying that rebuilding U.S. military strength is the most important task

this Administration was elected to carry out.

Week of August 28, 1981

A 5.1 tremor - the strongest since 1971, rocks the Los Angeles area. Not much

damaged is reported.

Prison officials confirm that former Charles

described Texas “millionaire” Donald Lee

Laisure. He said he met Atkins in 1965 and that

they have corresponded ever since.

Entertainment news - Peanuts creator Charles

Schulz (57) undergoes quadruple bypass heart

surgery. He’s doing OK.

Passing - Actress Vera Ellen (55) of cancer.

Doonesbury reruns - Garry Trudeau is taking

time off to be with wife Jane Pauley, who suffered

a miscarriage last week. She was 2 ½ months

pregnant.

National Enquirer for $10 million. The

Grants claim the tabloid libeled them in

an article asserting Harris “pushed him

into marriage.” Because she was

“humiliated” and mortified to be known as

his live-in girlfriend.

Actress Lynn Redgrave files a $14 million

suit against Universal Studios, claiming

she was improperly fired for breast-

feeding her baby on the set of the TV series “House Calls.” Universal attributes

the dispute to her salary demands and claims she was asked to be released from

the series.

Top TV -

MASH - 24.0

Diff’rent Strokes -21.9

Hart to Hart - 21.6

The Jeffersons - 21.3

Three’s Company - 21.2

Too Close for Comfort - 21.1

Week of August 28, 1981

The Facts of Life - 20.9

House Calls - 20.4

Dukes of Hazzard - 20.3

Quincy, M.E. - 19.8

Trapper John, M.D. - 19.8

Alice - 19.8

Real People - 18.5

60 Minutes - 18.2

ChiPs - 17.9

Laverne & Shirley - 17.8

20/20 - 17.4

Magnum, P.I. - 17.0

Movie-When She Was Bad - 16.7

Movie-An Unmarried Woman - 16.5

Happy days - 16.3

Fantasy Island - 16.2

Love Boat - 16.2

Barney Miller - 16.2

Lou Grant - 16.1

Taxi - 15.9

CBS - Movie, (Late night) U.S. Open Tennis

NBC - Real People, Diff’rent Strokes, Quincy, Tonight Show, Tomorrow Show

ABC - Greatest American Hero, Vegas, Dynasty, Nightline

PBS - Soundstage, Queen of Hearts

Real People - A Medieval festival, Skiing in Bikinis, a bedroom papered with

dollar bills and more.

Vegas - Tanna tracks down a pair of rapists.

Quincy - Our star leans (by accident) of a planned assassination.

Tonight Show - Joan Rivers and the Dixie Belles join Johnny.

Gary U.S. Bonds, Robert Daley, Chris Costello.

Television news -

Week of August 28, 1981

Premiering in a few weeks - “Entertainment Tonight” a show business news

magazine featuring reports profiles and reviews.

ABC’s ARTS cultural cable TV channel gets its first advertiser - General Motors.

The channel is on three hours a night - on the same channel as Nickelodeon

children’s (daytime) channel.

the network. Said Brinkley (61) - “When I came to NBC, it had

only recently relaxed its rules that announcers had to wear

tuxedos to talk on radio. From that time - a different world -

we have all worked through the entire history of television up

to now, a time when great changes are in prospect.” “I think

NBC will be ready for them since it has some of the best leadership it has had in

years. I will miss the place where quite literally television journalism and I grew

up and together. I am grateful to NBC and I will always miss it and wish it well.”

Passing - Lowell Thomas (89) whose nightly radio newscast became the

longest-running program in broadcast history (so far).

counter, but today - Joey Scarbury has a big hit with “Theme From The Greatest

American Hero.”

Look for new albums from these artists before the end of the year -

Adam and the Ants “Prince Charming.”

Police - “Ghosts In The Machine.”

U2 - “October.”

Genesis - “Abacab.”

Thin Lizzy - “Trouble Boys.’

Motels - “Apocalypso.”

Elvis Costello “Almost Blue.”

- “Freedom of Choice” sold over 800,000. A

typical fan (devotee) shows up at their concerts in

3-D glasses, space suits, flower-pot hats (called

energy domes). A new album is due in a week or

two -“New Traditionalists.” The band has a mail-

order catalogue called “Club Devo.”

Week of August 28, 1981

At the movies -

Derek

Travolta

The Empire Strikes

First Monday in

Matthau

featuring songs by

Black Sabbath, Blue

Oyster Cult, Cheap

Trick, Devo, Donald

Fagen, Don Felder, Grand Funk Railroad, Sammy Hagar, Journey, Nazareth,

Stevie Nicks, Riggs, Trust.