Week of January 24, 1984

President Reagan announces that he and Vice

President Bush will run for reelection. “America is back

and standing tall, but our work is not finished. We have

more to do in creating jobs, achieving control over

government spending, returning more autonomy for

the states, keeping peace in a more settled world and

seeing if we can’t find room in our schools for god.”

The world’s first baby is born to an infertile woman at

the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. A donor

woman originally fertilized the embryo - the resulting

embryo was re-implanted in the womb of the infertile woman - where (for the first

time) it developed normally. The baby boy is said to be in great health.

Workers break ground for a $39 million restoration of the Statue of Liberty. The

restoration should be complete for the lady’s 100th anniversary in 1986.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William Ruckelshaus orders the

emergency suspension of the use of ethylene dibromide as a fumigant on grain

and milling machinery. As research continues - the pesticide will still be allowed

on citrus fruit. This is because Americans consume more grain than fruit

products.

In new television ads for New York State - Governor

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after a special-effects smoke bomb explodes and sets

part of his hair on fire. The singer was filming a Pepsi

commercial at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium.

Jackson and his brothers were on a stage, performing

a “Pepsi”

version of his

hit “Billie Jean.”

Fireworks went off and then said a

witness - “The stuff hit his head and his

hair caught fire. He fell onto the stage

and yelled “Tito, Tito.” His physician

said the Jackson suffered second and

third degree burns in an area several

inches in circumference on the back of

Week of January 24, 1984

his head. Continuing, the physician said he doesn’t think Jackson will require

cosmetic surgery and that most of the hair in the affected area should grow back.

Jackson burn jokes abound: What does Michael Jackson and the MASH 4077th

have in common? ...

. Major Burns.

After yelling a rash of obscenities in court - publisher

contempt of court.

Actor Anthony Perkins leaves a London court after being

fined $142 for bringing a small amount of marijuana and

LSD into Britain. “I have never claimed to be a perfect

person and, of course, the imperfections of a man in the

public eye will always be under closer scrutiny than the

imperfections of the man in the street.”

Pilots listening to their radios over South Carolina hear

the pleas of a woman passenger on how to land a plane after the pilot of their

small Beechwood plane falls unconscious. The pleas lasted for about 30

minutes, but the woman didn’t know she was transmitting on one channel and

either her receiver either was turned off or was tuned to the wrong frequency as

pilots desperately tried to radio instructions. Another passenger was trying to fly

the plane while she radioed for help. It eventually crashed and all four were

killed. She was identified as Lynn Grant (27)

AT&T says it mailed 4,700 telephone credit cards to the wrong people and

appeals to those receiving them to be honest.

“Announcing a totally new way to make

computers personal. Announcing the

Touchscreen Personal computer - The

screen and edit ... Touch the screen and

explore ... touch the sreen and see.

Setting you free - Hewlett-Packard

Personal Compters.”

Week of January 24, 1984

at 51 consecutive games as the LA Kings stop him. Up to this

point, Gretzky had at least a goal or an assist in all 51

Edmonton Oilers games this season before this contest. The

Kings won the game too - 4 - 2.

Motown Records - known primarily for its black acts - now

wants to expand more into rock music. It’s beginning a new subsidiary label

called Morocco (Motown Rock Co.). President Jay Lasker says, “Any major label

should be working with all types of music. Industry vet Steve Barri is hired to find

the acts. Barri was associated with Dunhill Records - working such acts as “The

Mamas & Papas” and “Steppenwolf.” Motown dabbled in rock before - with the

likes of Rare Earth and Bobby Darin, but never stuck with it. For a brief moment

in pop music history - its “Rare Earth” records did release white rock acts

including the group Rare Earth and the Messengers.

Bestsellers - “Pet Sematary” - Stephen King, “Poland” - James A. Michener, “The

Name of the Rose” - Umberto Eco, “Who Killed The Robbins Family?” - Bill

Adler/Thomas Chastain, “Berlin Game” - Len Deighton, “On Wings Of Eagles” -

Ken Follett, “In Search of Excellence: Lessons From Amerca’s Best Run

Companies” - Thomas J. Peters, “The Discoverers” - Daniel J. Boorstin, “The

Best Of James Herriot” - James Herriot.

Week of January 24, 1984

75 fans of “General Hospital” at a breakfast in a Manhattan hotel. She’s being

written-off the show with producers planning to have her character die. She says

she and ABC couldn’t come to contract terms.

Wednesday Night TV - CBS - Domestic Life, Empire, Movie ... NBC - Real

People, Facts of Life, Night Court, St Elsewhere ... ABC - The Fall Guy, Dynasty,

Hotel ... PBS - Special - Live From The Met (4 hours).

skills; a husband and wife highway patrol team.

Hotel - Two bickering hotel employees discover they are

pen pals.

The Tonight Show w/Johnny Carson - Byron Janis and Tom Jones guest.

On the charts - “Karma Chameleon” -

The Culture Club, “Owner Of A Lonely

Heart” - Yes, “Talking In Your Sleep” -

The Romantics, “Joanna” - Kook &

The Gang, “I Guess Why They Call It

The Blues” - Elton John, “Break My

Stride” - Matthew Wilder, “That’s All” -

Genesis, “Running With The Night” -

Lionel Ritchie, “Pink Houses” - John

Cougar Mellencamp, “Think Of Laura”

- Christopher Cross, “Holiday” -

Madonna, “Middle Of The Road” -

The Pretenders, “So Bad” - Paul

McCartney, “Bang Your Head” - Quiet

Riot, “99 Luftballons” - Nena

Top Country - “In My Eyes” - John Conlee, “Baby, I Lied” - Deborah Allen, “The

Sound Of Goodbye” - Crystal Gayle, “Show Her” - Ronnie Milsap.

Week of January 24, 1984

At the movies -

Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte

Grodin, Judith Ivey, Steve Lawrence,

Robyn Douglass

Susan Sarandon, Nancy Allen

Glenn Ed Harris

Sandra Locke

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