Week of December 18, 1985

plan to give lie detector tests to holders of classified information.

“The minute in the government that I’m told that I’m trusted is the

day that I leave.” He said that lie detector tests are not reliable and

can implicate innocent people.

A federal judge declares a mistrial in the racketeering and fraud

trial of Governor Edwin Edwards of Louisiana. The jury was

deadlocked and could not reach a verdict.

A twin-engine light plane slams into a busy shopping mall in Concord, CA -

exploding in flames and killing at least three and injuring 50 others.

Walt Disney Productions announces that France will be the next Disneyland

place. The location selected is Marne-la-Vallee, 16 miles east of Paris. Spain

was in the bidding as well - with Disney considering four sites on the country’s

eastern Mediterranean coast.

continue to do his sports commentaries on ABC radio

In Fargo, baseball great Roger Maris is eulogized by some of

his former Yankee teammates in snowy weather. Mickey

Mantle, Whitey Ford, Clete Boyer and Bill Skowron were some

of the pallbearers. Marris died last Saturday at 51 of lymphatic

cancer after a two-year battle.

announces his production company will broadcast the opening

of Al Capone’s Vault on live television, April 14. The vault is in

the basement of a South Side hotel in Chicago and was

discovered by a group renovating the building. “There could

be bodies ... Capone was one of the kings of the underworld.”

It’s discovered that beloved movie and television actress Donna Reed (64) is

hospitalized with pancreatic cancer. Doctors say they will release her in time for

Christmas.

Actor Gary Coleman (17) is in good condition after being fitted with a dialysis

pack to supplement his second transplanted kidney. He’ll carry the pack under

his clothing. He’ll return to Diff’rent Strokes in January.

Week of December 18, 1985

Neal Umphred of Scottsdale, AZ

pays $3,900 for a rare Beatles 45rpm

record. The record is “Anna” and “Ask

Me Why” on Vee Jay Records. It’s

the highest-known price ever paid for

a Beatles 45.

Great gift - AT&T PC 6300 with 10MB

hard drive. Powerful 8086 16-bit

processor executes at 8mhz, twice as

fast as many other computers. Up to

7 expansion slots to grow as your

needs grow. 256K is expandable to

640K.10MB hard drive provides

storage equivalent to 2500 pages. -

$2995.

Also - an AT&T Merlin Communications phone system. Model 820 has 2 lines

and 5 phone capability and is expandable to 8 lines, 20 workstations. Save now

on the control unit - just $1495.

At the mart for the holidays - fresh duck - $1.19lb - Butterbasted Hen or Tom

Turkey - $1.09lb ... Ham - $3.29lb ... Birdseye Cool Whip - 8oz carton - .69

Tuesday Night TV - CBS - Stir Crazy, Movie ... NBC - The A-Team, Riptide,

Remington Steele ... ABC - Who’s The Boss, Growing Pains, Moonlighting,

Spenser-For Hire ...

Who’s The Boss - Mona discovers that Tony is moonlighting

The A-Team - the boys go to the aid of BA’s mom - whose is roughed up outside

her apartment.

Moonlighting - a woman with a disfigured face hires David and Maddie to find the

man responsible.

Lionel Ritchie, “Party All The Time” -

Eddie Murphy, “Alive & Kicking” -

Cougar Mellencamp, “Election Day”

- Arcadia, “Sleeping Bag” - ZZ Top,

Week of December 18, 1985

“Perfect Way” - Scritti Politti, “Love Is The Seventh Wave” - Sting, “”That’s What

Friends Are For” - Dionne & Friends, Emergency” - Kool & The Gang,, “Broken

Wings” - Mr. Mister, “You’re A Friend Of Mine” - Clarence Clemons & Jackson

Browne,

Top Country - “Nobody Falls Like A Fool” - Earl Thomas Conley, “The Chair” -

George Straight, “I Don’t Mind The Thorns (If You’re The Rose)’ - Lee

Greenwood

At the movies - “One Magic Christmas”

“The Jewel Of The Nile”

“Out Of America” - Robert Redford,

Meryl Streep

“The Color Purple” - Danny Glover,

Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery

introducing Whoopi Goldberg

“Spies Like Us” - Chevy Chase, Dan

Aykroyd, Steve Forrest

“101 Dalmations” (re-release)

“Rocky IV - Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

“Enemy Mine” - Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr.

“Runaway Train” - Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca deMornay

“Fool For Love” - Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger, Randy Quaid