Week of July 22, 1982

The Senate approves tax withholding of interest and dividends and a sharp

curtailment in the deductibility of in-town business meals and an enforcement

provision aimed at collecting $2 billion more in taxes on tips received by hotel

and restaurant employees over the next three years.

Israeli jets and gunboats bomb a residential section of Beirut, killing at least 480.

The United States demands a halt to the bombardment of West Beirut (by Israel).

“The bloodshed must stop,” said the State Department.

Washington - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi meets with President Reagan

to discuss better relations. One compromise so far, has been reached - the

supply of U.s. fuel for an Indian nuclear reactor.

The Reagan Administration, in a new forecast that some of its own senior

officials are calling overly optimistic, predicted a significant economic recover this

year and a record budget deficit of $115 billion in fiscal 1983.

Now 11% - The Federal Reserve Board cuts its interest rate on loans to member

banks for the second time in two weeks.

Seven years after former Teamsters President

eligible to have him declared legally dead.

When Hoffa disappeared on July 30, 1975 fro

outside a suburban Detroit restaurant, he was

trying to regain the presidency of the nation’s

largest labor union. The FBI believes he was

executed by organized crime.

Mercenary leader Michael (Mad Mike) Hoare is

sentenced to 10 years in prison for hijacking a

jetliner after a foiled coup attempt in

Seychelles.

Mayor Dianne Feinstein turns in her handgun to

police, two days after it became illegal for most San Franciscans town such a

weapon.

Scott Meese, 19-year-old son of White House counselor Edwin Meese III is killed

when his car ran off the road and struck a tree in McLean, Virginia. Meese was a

Week of July 22, 1982

sophomore at Princeton University and was spending the summer at his parent’s

home while working on Capitol Hill.

Aristides Royo resigns as president of Panama.

A man calling himself the “Dallas Phantom” crawled over the edge of the

observation deck of a 560-foot-tall tower and bombarded the crowd below with

paper airplanes containing pleas for charity to crippled children and the poor. The

man wore a black cape and motorcycle helmet.

Universe

authorizes the first sales of satellite channels,

approving plans by RCA American Communications,

Hughes Communications and Western Union - to sell

satellite channels or transponders. Currently there are

just over 250 channels, but that’s expected to jump to

almost 500 by 1984, as more powerful satellites are

launched. Leasing a channel now costs $1.5 million a

year. Purchasing prices run from $10 million to $15

million. Hughes owns the Galaxy satellites. RCA

American owns Satcom IV and Western Union has

Westar IV, V and VI.

children and another youngster were abducted at knifepoint from a Yankee

Stadium lost by two men. They were forced into Volz’s rented van and taken on a

frightening, 35-minute ride before being roughed up and robbed of $12 in cash

and some jewelry. The five were then dumped on a Harlem street. Both men

were arrested.

At bookstores - “Walk on Glass,” - Lisa Robinson

Sports -

USC halfback Marcus Allen signs with the Los Angeles

Raiders for a four-year $1.1 million contract.

The Chicago Bulls trade veteran center Artis Gilmore to

the San Antonio Spurs for backup center Dave Corzine

and starting forward mark Olberding.

Week of July 22, 1982

Entertainment news -

Actor Vic Morrow and two child actors are killed

when they were struck by a crashing helicopter

during the filming of a battle scene in a new

“Twilight Zone” movie. The pilot of the craft

suffered minor injuries. Morrow was carrying

Renee Shinn Chinn (6) and Myca Dinh Le (7)

along a stream bed when explosions in the water,

coordinated by the film crew, threw the low-flying

helicopter out of control.

Utah with her parents after she was abducted by former

KISN radio DJ Larry Nielsen.

KROQ PD Rick Carroll has

formed a consultancy to take

his new wave KROQ music

to other stations.

body of Daniel Beard (34), a

former singer with the Fifth

Dimension is found in his

burned-out apartment in

Manhattan. Beard performed

for five years with the group

after replacing original

member Billy Davis.

Passing - Edward (Sonny)

Stitt - jazz saxophonist.

Television news -

ABC pulls a rerun of “Fantasy

Island” this week because

the episode stars Vic

Morrow, who was killed in a

helicopter accident.

Week of July 22, 1982

Cindy Williams - in real life, is pregnant. In “Laverne and Shirley” next season,

look for her character to be pregnant - and married.

Tom Reilly and Tina Gayle join “ChiPs” as regulars. Reilly replaces Larry Wilcox.

Tuesday night television -

CBS - Special - Blind Ambition (3 hours).

NBC - Father Murphy, Bret Maverick, McClain’s Law, Tonight, David Letterman

ABC - Happy days, Laverne and Shirley, Three’s Company, Too Close for

Comfort, Hart to Hart, Nightline

PBS - Danger: UXB, Mystery!

Blind Ambition - The Watergate crisis as viewed by John Dean. First of three

parts.

David Letterman - Charlie

Daniels, Louis L’Amour.

At the movies -

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, The

World According To Garp

Firefox

Author, Author

Anne

Young Doctors In Love

Rocky III

Poltergeist

Tron

Blade Runner

Week of July 22, 1982