Week of January 8, 1982
President Reagan orders the indefinite continuation of the draft registration
begun by President Carter in 1980. He once called the draft immoral and
destructive of American values
A Florida-bound jetliner truing to take
off in a snowstorm slams into a bridge
then plunged into the Potomac River.
77 are dead 4 on the plane survived.
President Reagan pronounced himself
blameless for the current national
recession, saying “our Administrating
is a cleanup crew for those who went
on a non-stop binge and left the tab
for us o pick up.”
Poland’s martial law authorities lift
censorship of news reports for foreign
correspondents.
AT&T will break-up as the U.S. ends its anti-trust action against AT&T and also
abandons its 13-year effort to break-up IBM. AT&T will be broken up into 22 local
operating companies.
Boeing unveils its new 757-twin jet with 178 to 220 seats - the most fuel-efficient
standard body jetliner in service.
The U.S. jobless rate rises to 8.9%, the highest since 1975.
Weather - a blast of arctic air has killed at least 65 and threatens Florida’s citrus
crops. The temperature hit 18 degrees in DeLand Fla.
A rescue team searched for auto racer
Mark
Thatcher
- son of the British prime minister - who
has been stranded in the Sahara desert in southern
Algeria since his car broke down four days ago
during he Paris-to-Duka Senegal motor rally.
Sports - Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson are
elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
