Week of January 8, 1980

Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev blamed American military imperialism and

President Carter’s “contempt” of bilateral agreements for plunging East-West

relations to a grim, new stage. He defended the Afghan invasion and says

Moscow was responding to repeated pleas from the Afghan government for help

in repelling foreign subversion of the Marxist regime.

public support for boycotting the 1980 Moscow Summer

Olympics, in retaliation for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Iran says that all American reporters will be expelled from Iran

because of “biased’ reporting.

Saudi Arabian executioners behead 63 men convicted of

murder in the seizure of Mecca’s Grand Mosque by Muslim fanatics in

November.

The United States announces that it is expelling 17 soviet diplomats and their

families in New York and withdrawing seven U.S. diplomats from Kiev in

retaliation for the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.

Thai pirates kill 70 Vietnamese boat people and took the rest to a deserted jungle

island “to rape and hunt at will.” The men were beaten and thrown overboard,

and the vessels were towed to an island called Kra, described as a perfect place

to create a private hell. There, the survivors, mainly women and children, were

raped and hunted at will. Most were eventually rescued

Prices paid by producers of basic gods shot up 12.5% in 1979, the largest

increase in five years.

Sports -

the first time in his hometown - Detroit in a game

against the Pistons. Johnson seems to be the talk of

the NBA these days.

Game against Pittsburgh - Touchdown that wasn’t a

touchdown - Bad call as officials rule a “no

touchdown” as Houston Oiler Mike Renfor did, indeed

(as TV replay showed) touched both feet in bounds

Week of January 8, 1980

before landing beyond the boundary line. It deprived Houston of a chance to tie

the game at 17-17. The Oilers settled for a field goal but finally lost - 27-13. “No

question about it, it was a touchdown,” said NBC-TV’s Dick Enberg.

Houston has been eliminated from the playoffs.

The Pittsburgh Steelers vote wide receiver John Stallworth their most valuable

player.

chief.

Butterfly McQueen (68) - the actress who

portrayed the slave Prissy in “Gone With The

Wind” - files a $300,000 suit against Greyhound

bus Lines, alleging that she was falsely accused

of being a pick-pocket.

over the 10a-2p shift over music station KMPC

(710) Los Angeles, but her show will be anything

but music. She’s an assistant professor in the

biological sciences at USC and a certified sex

educator, counselor and therapist. She was heard most recently on KWIZ (in

nearby Orange County) and once hosted a weekend show on rival KABC radio.

KMPC features Robert W. Morgan mornings and Gary Owens in the afternoon.

Overnighter Dave Hull was just let go.

John Williams who composed the score for “Star Wars” and has won three

Academy Awards, is named conductor of the Boston Pops. He succeeds Arthur

Fiedler, Pops conductor for 50 years who died last July.

Passing -

symphony orchestras.

Music news -

Tom Johnston - the nucleus behind the “Doobie Brothers” is

releasing his first solo album - his first effort since leaving

the band in 1977. “Everything You’ve Heard Is True” is out

on Warner Brothers records.

Producer Dick Clark wants a federal judge to stop the

“American Movie Awards” because it is “confusingly similar” to his own

Week of January 8, 1980

“American Music Awards.” Clark has produced the show for seven years for

ABC-TV. The latter is supposed to air on Feb 11 on rival NBC-TV.

Television news -

David Gerber) in NBC-TV’s mini-series “Power.”

After 28 years, CBS is pulling the soap “Love of Life” off

the air.

Tuesday night television -

CBS - The White Shadow, Hawaii Five-O, Paris

NBC - Tribute to the Juke Box Awards, Tonight, Tomorrow

ABC - Happy days, One in a Million, Three’s Company, Taxi

PBS - National Geographic, World

cabbie who inherits controlling interest in a multi-million

dollar corporation.

At the movies

Godsend

Roller Boogie

Animal House

The Jerk

Apocalypse Now

The Rose

Going in style

Cuba

Electric Horseman

Star Trek

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure Part II

Week of January 8, 1980

Week of January 8, 1980

Week of January 8, 1980

Week of January 8, 1980