Week of December 23, 1983
President Reagan accepts the blame for the security breach that allowed the Oct
23 truck bombing of the Beirut Marine barracks. No disciplinary action will be
taken against U.S. military commanders.
President Reagan says that U.S. Marines should remain in Lebanon, despite
increasing demands in Congress that they be withdrawn soon
Disarmament conference - Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko agrees to
meet secretary of state George P. Shultz in Stockholm on January 18.
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher makes a surprise Christmas visit to Northern
Ireland and vowed that the province will remain under British rule.
Princess Caroline
of Monaco is married
to Italian businessman
Stefano Casiraghi
.
It’s her second marriage. She’s 27 and he’s
23.
Record cold temperatures hit the mid-west
and as far south as Texas and Arkansas.
The government’s main economic
forecasting gauge fell .4% last month in its first decline in 15 months, the
government reports.
Sports -
Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn imposes the heaviest fin in baseball history,
penalizing the New York Yankees $250,000 for comments made by team owner
George Steinbrenner
about the controversial pine-tar game. The fine centered
on a game between the Yankees and Royals back in July that was halted in the
top of the ninth after George Bret’s two-run homer gave Kansas City a 5-4 lead
with two out. Two umpires ruled Bret had excessive pine and tar his bat. The
