Week of June 1, 1981

Vatican City - A smiling, waving Pope John Paul II leaves the hospital and

returns to his Vatican apartments, three weeks after he was shot in an

assassination attempt in St. Peter’s Square.

Sadat bluntly blamed Syria for the Lebanese crisis

and appealed to Prime Minister Menachem Begin to

give U.S. efforts “more time” to resolved the Syrian

missile crisis.

The nation’s jobless rate shot up in 7.6% in May, its

highest level in five months.

More than 250,000 mourners gather in Victory

Square on for the funeral of Cardinal Stefan

Wyszynski, longtime leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland. Many

gathered included Communists.

President Reagan launches a drive to pass a revised tax education program that

would cut income tax rates cross the board by 25% over three years.

The Navy says Fliers and aircraft crewmen on the carrier Nimitz had worked

nearly 14 hours a day for almost two weeks when a radar-jamming plane

slammed into the deck and killed 14.

The White House suspends its search for a yacht for President Reagan.

Martin Luther King Jr., was stabbed 22 times in the chest, arm

and neck in the law library at Brushy Mountain penitentiary. He

was listed in stable condition.

A couple who went to see Milton Berle at a nightclub in Denver

allege that they were dragged from their seats, hustled out and

left bruised and bleeding by nightclub employees after the

woman interjected a few one-liners into Berle’s act.

down. So is Reggie Jackson’s batting average - at a

.204. Reggie! a caramel, nut and chocolate confection

Week of June 1, 1981

that hit the market 40 months ago, had sales of $10 million in 1978. Curtiss

Candy makes the bar, but sales have been down for the past few years. Jackson

has been in a seven-week batting slump.

Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn says free agency in baseball has led to

higher operating costs and there must be a limit to the rapidly escalating salary

structure.

Lee MacPhail, handing down his stiffest penalty against a manager since

becoming American League president in 1974, imposes a one-week suspension

and a $1,000 fine against Oakland A’ manager Billy Martin for bumping umpire

Terry Cooney.

Television news -

CNN celebrates its first year on the air. Today, it reaches some 6.3 million cable

homes. But look out CNN - Group W says it is looking at launching a competitor

to CNN - another all-news cable channel.

Premiere, the controversial pay-cable television network formed by Getty Oil and

four Hollywood studios, has shut down. Premier was supposed to be a

competitor to HBO, Showtime, the Movie Channel and other premium channels.