Week of January 24, 1982

The 134 year-old Philadelphia Bulletin ceases publication. Publisher Buddy

Hayden gathered 300 of the paper’s 1,700 employees and let them know the

paper will cease operations after Friday’s edition. “This will be the last meeting of

the staff. I really don’t know that to say. It was nothing you did or didn’t do.”

Circulation for the paper peeked in 1963 with 715,000 and recently dropped

below 400,000. The paper lost more than $23 million in an 18-month period. The

owners tried to sell the ailing daily and had interviewed four potential buyers.

A World Airways DC-10 with 208 persons aboard skids off the end of an icy

runway at Boston’s Logan field. Two are dead with no serious injuries.

President Reagan calls on Congress to transfer $47 billion to states and local

governments for AFDC, food stamp and other programs. “Let us solve this

problem with a single, bold stroke - the return of some $47 billion in federal

programs to state and local government together with the means to finance, them

and a transition period of nearly 10 years to avoid unnecessary disruption. The

president said that such grant programs have grown so far and rapidly since

1960, that neither the president nor Congress can properly oversee or implement

them.

Flames destroy the upper floors and

attic of President Franklin D Roosevelt’s

family mansion in Hyde Park, NY. The

site is a national historic site and park

service employees saved most of its

priceless historical items.

Turkish Consul General Kemal Arikan is

assassinated by a gunman who riddled

his car with bullets as he drove alone

near the Los Angeles Country club - not far from Wilshire Blvd.

For about three minutes - bursts of radioactive steam are released into the

atmosphere after a generator tube ruptures at the Ginna nuclear power plant in

Ontario, NY. A utility spokesman said there is no danger to the public. The site is

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18 miles northeast of Rochester.

U.S Brig. General James Dozier is rescued from kidnappers after being held for

42 days in the northern Italian city of Padua. Police commandos raided the

apartment where he was held.

A fire rages through the top floors of the uncompleted Trump Tower in

Manhattan. The fire was sparked by a workman’s kerosene heater. It took about

an hour to bring the flames under control. No one working in the building was

injured.

Alfred P. Doolittle in “My Fair Lady” - both on Broadway

and in the 1964 movie.

New at the mart - Kraft Velveeta slices - 16 singles. “Now

the great taste of Velveeta process cheese spread is only

an unwrapping away! Cause each new Velveeta slice

comes individually wrapped for freshness.”

New at the mart - Kellogg’s Banana Frosted Flakes.

Madden report. It’s Madden’s first time as an analyst.

Between plays - “The NFL Today” - hosted by Brent

Musburger, Phylllis George, Irv Cross and Jimmy (The

Greek) Snyder.

In sports - The San

Francisco 49ers defeat

the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21 in Super Bowl

XVI. It’s the first Super Bowl played on

artificial turf at the Silverdome in Pontiac, MI.

Winning coach is Bill Walsh. Afterwards -

interest in a new contract. He was also the

game's Most Valuable Player. Of his present

contract “I would imagine they will

renegotiate.” Montana earns less than $100

thousand a season.

Week of January 24, 1982

Bestsellers - “The Hotel New Hampshire” - John Irving, “An Indecent Obsession”

- Colleen McCullough, “Noble House” - James Clavell, “Spring Moon” - Bette Bao

Lord, Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly” - David Niven, “Cujo” - Stephen King,

“Pathfinders” - Gail Sheehy, “A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney” - Andrew

Rooney, “A Light In The Attic” - Shel Silverstein, “Jane Fonda’s Workout Book” -

Jane Fonda

TV Ratings - Super Bowl XVI-CBS (50.4)

Postgame (39.6), Dallas (34.4), One Day At A

TIme (26.4), Archie Bunker’s Place (26.3), Dukes

Of Hazzard (24.8), The Jeffersons (24.8),

Fantasies (24.1), Falcon Crest (23.6) The Love

Boat (23.6) Fantasy Island (23.2), Three’s

Company (22.3), Real People (22.3)

Wednesday Night TV - CBS - special-A Conversation With The President, Movie

... NBC - Real People, The Facts Of Life, Love Sidney, Quincy ... ABC - Greatest

American Hero, The Fall Guy, Dynasty ... PBS - The Kennedy Center Tonight,

special-Write On! ... CBS Cable - Cabaret Times Three, Style, Napoleon

Conquers America.

A Conversation With the President - Dan Rather talks with President Reagan

after his State of the Union address.

CBS Movie - “Tom Horn” (1980) - Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard

Farnsworth.

Quincy ... investigates a fire in a high rise and discovers a pyromaniac.

Pop music this week in 1982:

Physical - Olivia Newton-John

Centerfold - J. Geils Band

Hooked On Classics - The Royal

Philharmonic Orchestra

I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - Daryl

Hall & John Oates

Turn Your Love Around - George

Benson

Through the Years - Kenny Rogers

Harden My Heart - Quarterflash

Waiting On A Friend - The Rolling

Stones

Leather and Lace - Stevie Nicks (with

Week of January 24, 1982

Don Henley)

That Girl - Stevie Wonder

I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World -

Ronnie Milsap

Private Eyes - Daryl Hall & John Oates

She's Got a Way - Billy Joel

Cool Night - Paul Davis

Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Diana Ross

Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner

Top Country - “Red Neckin’ Love Makin’

Night” - Conway Twitty, “Lonely Nights’ -

Mickey Gilley, “The Sweetest Thing (I’ve

Ever Known)” - Juice Newton_

At the movies -

Week of January 24, 1982