Week of December 23, 1984

President Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher agree to adopt a

four-point doctrine which will guide U.S. arms policies.

Caspar W. Weinberger says that President Reagan regards the 426-billion

research program on space-based missile defenses as “the only real hope for

preventing nuclear war” and is not willing to give it up.

Hundreds of police officers patrolled the city’s subways and have posted

hundreds of flyers in their hunt for a man who walked up to four teen boys on a

train, pulled a gun and shot them, saying they had tried to rob him. Two of the

victims were hit in the chest and two in the back. One suffered a damaged spinal

cord and is paralyzed.

President Reagan says that the give-year Soviet occupation of Afghanistan

remains “a serious impediment” to improve U.S.-Soviet relations.

Surrenders in New Hampshire - A 38-year-old man

surrenders to police and said he was the “death Wish”

vigilante who opened fire on four teens who harassed him on

a New York subway just before Christmas. New York police

wave of controversy with thousands supporting the gunman

as a hero like the Charles Bronson character in “Death

Wish.”

More than 1,500 callers have flooded a special police hot line set up in the

subway vigilante case to voice support for Goetz.

Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres says that there has been a breakthrough in

negotiations with Lebanon that could lead to a troop pullout soon.

Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and his ruling Congress I Party win a majority

of seats in parliament in a landslide victory in national elections.

Technology -

The Charlie Chaplin character on those IBM ads is a fellow by the

name of Billy Scudder. And, he doesn’t give interviews and like

Chaplin, his lips are sealed. Well, he doesn’t give interviews

without IBM’s permission. So far, he’s only opened his mouth

Week of December 23, 1984

once, in a Time Magazine interview about the success of

IBM’s Chaplin campaign. Scudder was quoted as saying,

“Nobody tires of the little Tramp. He creates instant sympathy.

But not from me”

Music news

Julian Lennon will guest-host “The News that Rocked ’84,” - a

syndicated special set to air before New Years. The program

will feature a year-end review of albums, videos, tours and

movies.

Way to go Huey Lewis & The News. Their “Sports” album has been on the charts

for 15 months, sold 5.3 million copies and yielded 4 top-10 singles - “I Want A

New Drug,” Heart and Soul,” “The Heart of Rock ‘n’ Roll and “If This Is It.” Huey

and the group live in Mill Valley, not far from San Francisco.

Look out! David Geffen has hired Gary Gersh - one of the industry’s top talent

scouts. Gersh will be hunting for new artists for Geffen Records. Gersh had been

with EMI.

Barnes and Adrian Zmed of T.J. Hooker host with

Jermaine Jackson, Barry Manilow, Ronnie Milsap,

Night ranger Scandal and John Waite.

Also New Year’s Eve on MTV - Rock ‘n’ Roll Ball.

Andy Williams hosts with appearances by Lily Tomlin, Gladys Knight and the

Pips, the Charlie daniels band, Louise Mandrell, Chaka Khan and Kool & The

Gang.

Entertainment news -

he was put onto life support. His fourth wife, Patricia Seaton

(26) was with him at bedside.

Jane Fonda tells Cosmopolitan magazine that for many years,

she suffered from bulimia, in which she would gorge herself

with food, vomit , then eat again. She said she did this

between the ages of 12 to 35. “I spent most of every day

either thinking about food, shopping for it or binging and

purging.

Week of December 23, 1984

Television news -

Bill Cosby has been a spokesman for Jell-O Pudding, Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Co.

and… NBC News!

(Thumbs down) - After negotiating with the CBS Morning News - Gene Siskel

and Roger Ebert, stars of their successful syndicated program have pulled the

plug.

music for - “A-Team,” “Hill Street Blues,” “Hunter,”

Hardcastle,” Magnum PI” and “Riptide.”

TV Christmas Day (Tuesday)

CBS - The Looney, Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie,

Kennedy Center Honors

NBC - A-Team, Riptide, Remington Steele, Tonight Show

ABC - Three’s A Crowd, Who’s The Boss?, Glitter, Paper

Dolls, Nightline, eye on Hollywood

PBS - Nova, Christmas At Pops, Latenight America

A&E - Woman in Jazz, Arts at Sotheby’s, Bloodlines: 1915, Arts Playhouse

At the movies

Beverly Hills Cop

Starman

City Heat

Dune

Johnny Dangerously

Flamingo Kid

Protocol

2010

The Cotton Club

Mick and Maude

Runaway

The Terminator

Week of December 23, 1984