Week of January 1, 1982
Rather than being fired - Richard Allen resigns as national security adviser under
pressure. He had been under investigation by the Justice Department since
September for accepting a $1,000 payment intended as a “thank you” for an
interview with First Lady Nancy Reagan.
Sen.
Paula Hawkins
of Florida is in fair condition after
being knocked out cold when part of a television studio’s
set fell on her during an interview at Orlando station WESH.
More dependent on Russia than ever before - The Soviet
Union grants the Polish government a multibillion-dollar
credit commitment. It includes funds Poland needs to make
its final 1982 interest payment on its big debt to Western
banks.
President Reagan extends the draft registration program in an about face - an
action he use to criticize.
Winter storms rip through Northern California with 18 dead.
William Bonin
, the S. California freeway killer, is
convicted of 10 counts of first-degree murder with
special circumstances for the murder of young men and
boys.
For the first time in aviation history, the nation’s major
airlines have gone at least two full years without a single
fatal crash of a large passenger jet, so reports the FAA.
Sports
- Clemson becomes the 1981 college football champion - both AP and
UPI #1 with a 12-0 season.
Bowl Games -
Sugar - Pittsburgh - 24 Georgia - 20
Fiesta - Penn State - 26 USC - 10
Orange - Clemson - 22 Nebraska - 15
Cotton - Texas - 14 Alabama - 12
Rose - Washington - 28 Iowa - O
