Week of July 1-9, 1981

The Supreme Court upholds former President Jimmy Carter’s actions in freeing

the 52 American hostages held in Iran, clearing the way for the transfer of up to

$4 billion in Iranian assets by July 19.

Poland - Premier Wojciech Juruzeiski fired eight Cabinet ministers, re-assigns

four others and streamlines his cabinet by consolidating 11 economy -related

ministries into six.

Police begin regaining control of Liverpool’s Toxteth section, firing tear gas and

charging hundreds of rioters and looters with their night sticks after the second

night of violence in northwest England’s chief port. Toxteth residents said the

violence began when police arrived to investigate complaints that youths had

been indiscriminately stoning passing traffic. Most of the population of the

Toxteth district are West Indian immigrants.

A Senate subcommittee votes 3-2 to approve legislation defining life as

beginning at conception, taking the first congressional step forward overturning

the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion

Full-fills campaign promise - President Reagan

become the first woman justice in the history of the

Supreme Court, calling her “truly a person for all

seasons.”

In California - Gov Edmund Brown Jr. orders aerial

spraying to kill the Mediterranean fruit fly in the

Santa Clara Valley. He said his previous plan to use

ground spraying was sabotaged by the Reagan

Administration. The spraying of the insecticide

malathion will cover about 90 square miles.

President Regan telephoned the Rev. Jerry Falwell to try to dampen opposition

to the nomination of Arizona appellate Judge Sandra day O’Connor to the

Supreme Court. Falwell’s political lobbying organization, Moral Majority, opposed

the nomination of O’Connor on the ground of her pro-abortion voting record while

a state senator in Arizona.

Hundreds of bees swarmed from a field and attacked three persons walking

along a gravel road, killing a woman and injuring two other persons in Cainsville,

Missouri. Margaret Brenizer (57) died from the toxicity of the bee stings.

Week of July 1-9, 1981

Prime Minister Menachem Begin, whose government is soon expected to be

receiving U.S. made warplanes again, praised Ronald Reagan as the “best

President for Israel since Richard Nixon.’

Florida - Robert Rabinof who is 92, is jailed for 30 days for refusing to pay his ex-

wife $1.200 in alimony. He’d rather be in jail then pay her.

A teenager plans to sue a New York woman for half of her $2.8 million lottery

jackpot, contending that he bought the ticket and picked the winning numbers

while he was I a voodoo trance. Dayse Fernandez (37) had vowed to “split

money 50-50” with his client, Christopher Pando (17), but reneged on her

promise.

Three masked robbers broke into the famed London Cartier jewelry house and

fled with about $2 million in gems, but they missed the jackpot - $7.52 million in

precious stones that arrived minutes after they escaped. “There is no doubt the

men were waiting for the 4-million-pound delivery,” said a detective.

Charles when they marry at St. Paul’s Cathedral on July

29. Buckingham Palace says, she will pledge to” love

him, comfort him, honor and keep him, in sickness and

in health… so long as ye both shall live.” Leaving out

‘obey’ was the couple’s own decision. This week is

The Labor Department says - The nation’s

unemployment rate falls an unexpected .3% in June,

breaking a pattern of rising joblessness that coincides

with the end of the school year.

company says it has signed an agreement to acquire Conoco Inc in a transaction

valued at a record $7.3 billion. The deal would create the nation’s seventh-largest

industrial company. (this is the beginning of the 1980’s mega-mergers).

Movie fans flocked to such blockbusters as “Superman II” and “Raiders of the

Lost Ark” in such abundance last month that box-office dollar records were

smashed for two consecutive weeks. Daily Variety said gross U.S. box office

receipts for the week of June 24-30 were just over $100 million, breaking the

record of $94 million set a week earlier, which in turn, was described as “virtually

a tie with (or slightly ahead of)” the last week of 1978.

Week of July 1-9, 1981

Sports -

Thirteen more games are cancelled as the baseball strike lingers on.

Miami Dolphins linebacker Rusty Chambers and another man are killed in an

auto crash on a rain-slickened Louisiana highway.

John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg in four sets to win the men’s singles

championship at Wimbledon. It was Borg’s first defeat in six years.

“The Fox” album - his debut on Geffen,

is being termed a “disaster” by some in

the music business. It never reached the

national top-20 in album sales. Geffen is

adding new artists to his label. Look for

releases by Peter Gabriel, John Hiatt,

Sammy Hagar and the Cars’ Ric Ocasek.

Television news -

Fred Silverman (43) resigns from his $1-

million-a-year job as NBC President. He

is succeeded by Grant Tinker (55), who

use to head MTM Enterprises. NBC is

the #3 network in prime-time ratings.

Grant Tinker says about the job - “I don’t expect to have any immediate impact

at NBC, either good or bad.”

Rona Barrett goes back to work at NBC following a two-week hiatus, in what is a

still unresolved matter - not to participate in the late-night “Tomorrow” show.

More NBC news - as the network announces its “NBC Nightly News” is

changing. John Chancellor, the current anchor, will take a backseat and become

a news analyst. The anchor chair will be shared by Tom Brokaw and Roger Mud.

Artemus Gorden, the master of disguise in “The Wild Wild

West.” Martin collapsed while playing tennis in 100-degree heat

near San Diego.

Week of July 1-9, 1981

joins the cast of the CBS serial “The Young and the

Restless.” He portrays “Andy” - a former racecar driver and

rodeo performer, turned bartender.

A fire damages the Victorian mansion seen at the beginning

of each “Mary Tyler Moore Show.” The blaze began by

painters using torches. The roof and attic were heavily

damaged, but firemen believe it can be repaired. The house

is in

Minneapolis.

At the movies -

Raiders of the Lost Ark

S.O.B.

The Four Seasons

Superman II

Stripes

Cheech and Chong’s Nice

Dreams

Outland