Week of January 8, 1985
The United States and the Soviet Union agree to resume full-scale arms control
talks.
Unexpected - President Reagan announces that White
House Chief of staff James Baker III and Secretary of the
treasury Donald T. Regan will exchange jobs.
Both blacks and whites react to Sen. Edward Kennedy’s
criticism of their apartheid policies of racial segregation.
Treasury Secretary Don T. Regan says that he will not be
a “yes man” to President Reagan as chief of staff and that
nobody at the White House will be fired but “there will be
personnel changes” possibly including a new job for
departing U.N. Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick.
Wholesale prices rose .1% in December for a total of 1.8% in all of 1984.
Vice President George Bush looks back on the 1984 campaign as a not-so-
pleasant experience in which democratic rival Geraldine A. Ferraro had an unfair
advantage and some reporters covering him actually were cheerleaders for her.
“It wasn’t too pleasant. It was one of the most people concede it was pretty bad
in terms of the mood out there.” “I’ve a better frame of mind about it than I had a
few weeks ago. The campaign was grueling. That’s fading into the sunset.”
USA Today, Gannett’s national newspaper signs on as an official sponsor of
President Reagan’s inauguration and has given inaugural planners free space for
12 full-page advertisements in its pages.
Sports -
Wayne Gretzky becomes the youngest player to
score 400 goals in NHL history. He’ll be 24 later
this month.
Music news
- It looks like “Prince” may be the
most covered contemporary artist. At least these
days. Prince - who became 1984’s music
sensation (along with Madonna) has had his
music covered by LaToya Jackson, Cyndi
Lauper, Pointer Sisters
Chaka Khan
and others.
Most of the covers have been more obscure
