Week of June 11, 1985

President Reagan welcomes Indian Prime Minister Rajiv

Gandhi to the White House with an expression of firm

support for Indian efforts to maintain national unity in the

face of a powerful Sikh separatist movement.

American oil magnate J. Paul Getty Jr. gives $63 million to

Britain’s National Gallery - the greatest individual

endowment in the history of British public collections.

A bacterial infection linked to contaminated Mexican-style

cheese made in the Los Angeles area is linked to 30

deaths since February. The deaths occurred in Los

Angeles and nearby Orange County, Calif.

Two Arab Gunmen seize a TWA jetliner with

more than 100 Americans and forced it on a

terror-filled odyssey. Returning it to Beirut, the

pilot said they killed an American passenger,

reportedly to be a U.S. Marine. Later, Shia

Muslim leader Nabih Berri frees a Greek singer

and two Americans.

President Reagan says that the hijackers of the

TWA airliner should “for their own safety,”

release their mostly American hostages: “They’d better turn these people loose.”

All remaining American passengers are taken from the hijacked TWA jet at Beirut

airport to one or more secret locations in the city, according to Shia leader Nabih

Berri... Later, the hijackers free another 64 hostages.

Dies - Karen Ann Quinlan , who lapsed into a coma a

decade ago, prompting an historic right-to-die court decision

after her parents sought to have her disconnected from a

respirator, is dead of pneumonia at her hospital bed in New

Jersey.

Passing - Vic Tanny - millionaire owner of

the nation’s first chain of gymnasiums (73).

Says fitness guru Jack LaLanne - “Tanny was

the first to reshape the concept of a

gymnasium from a room where grubby men

simply sweated under barbells into one where chromium-plated,

Week of June 11, 1985

controlled weights were set in carpeted suites with adjacent spas, tennis courts

and swimming pools.”

Winners of the Music City News country music

awards - the Statler Brothers take six awards -

entertainer of the year, best comedy act, bet vocal,

group, top video recording, No 1 album and top

country music television special. Barbara Mandrell

sang publicly for the first time since being seriously

injured in a traffic accident in September.

Pittsburgh Pirates broadcaster Bob Prinze is eulogized as “no saint, but a fiercely

independent soul with a heart as big as a center field, who cut a wide, exciting

swath though Pittsburgh and in places from here.” Prince was the voice of the

Pirates for nearly 3 decades. He died last Monday of complications following

cancer surgery.

Jann Wenner - founder of Rolling Stone magazine,

takes over “Us” magazine. He and a partner just paid

$30 million for celebrity magazine. He’ll be a full-time

editor and driving force for the new acquisition.

Rolling Stone magazine just hit the million mark in

circulation. Jann also co-starrs in the new movie

“Perfect” with John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis.

The movie is based on a Rolling Stone cover story;

the film’s ad campaign depicts its stars on a mock

cover of the magazine. “Us” has been publishing for

eight years and considered a distant #2 to competitor

“People” magazine.

Hot Jazz - David Sanborn’s

“Straight To The Heart” LP has

been topping the jazz charts. It’s

his ninth album, but Sanborn (39)

says he doesn’t consider himself a

jazz player. “I started to play the

saxophone for therapy, because

I’d contracted polio when I was 3. I

spent a year in an iron lung and

was paralyzed from the neck down

for a year after that. I did recover

pretty much completely, but I have

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some residual music atrophy in my left arm and right leg, which kid of interferes

with my left-hand articulation. I always told myself that was the reason I couldn’t

play bebop. Too demanding.”

Moving up the charts - “The Mary Jane

Girls” - backup singers and now,

opening act for Rick James. They are

Joanne (JoJo) McDuffie, Candice

(Candy) Ghant, Kim (Maxi) Wuletich and

Yvette (Corvette) Marine. Even though

they had a 1983 best-selling album, their

“In My House” is in the top-10 and getting

attention.

Computer news - Hot software -

“Topview” from IBM. It’s been out nearly

a year. The program is designed to turn

the IBM PC into a “multitasking”

machine, allowing you to run more than

one program at a time. If you’re doing word processing, you can, for example,

access a spreadsheet at the same time. You press a button on the keyboard or

the mouse and, you’re using the other program!

Wow - a Macintosh 512K with external

2nd disk Drive, Image Writer Printer Plus

Free Ergometric Stand, Exciting new

jazz software package - $3880.

Bill Cosby is set to appear in a series of

3-minute videotaped messages about

missing children.

Universal says it is moving up the date to

“Back to the Future” starring Michael J.

Fox. President and Chief Executive

Officer Sidney Sheinberg says he really

likes the movie. “Maybe I’ll be a fool, but

I think it’s the most commercial movie

since “E.T.” ... we have the potential to

catch lightening in a bottle.” The movie is the second of two summer movies from

Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment (the first is “Goonies.”) “Back to the

Future” - was supposed to come out in July, will be moved up to June 21st.

Week of June 11, 1985

Breach-of-contract-lawsuit - Actress

Donna Reed loses a bid to regain her

role as Miss Ellie on “Dallas” when a

judge refused to halt production of the

hit television series. Reed signed a

three-year contract in October 1984 to

play Miss Ellie, but Lorimar informed

her in April that the company had

decided to reinstate Bel Geddes in the

role. Lorimar is paying what it owes

which is $17,250 a week for the next

two years. Reed believes when she

signed the contract that she would be appearing as Miss Ellie and not sitting

back and collecting her salary. Reed said in the lawsuit that her exposure on

“Dallas” was worth far more than the wages.

Cable television - Nickelodeon expands to a 24-hour schedule - from 13 hours

daily. “Nick at Nite” - the new nightime branding of the channel, officially will

begin July 1, with a schedule of movies, old TV shows and new programming

that will mean that Nickelodeon is now for kids and adults. The channel has been

operating in the black for about a year. The new schedule, according to

Geraldine Laybourne, VP of programming:

8-9pm - “Camp Nickelodeon” - old TV series beginning with “Dennis the Menace”

and “Donna Reed.”

9-11pm - “Nick Flicks” - Classic movies

programmed into themed weeks.

11-1am - “Turkey television” - a comedy

hodgepodge featuring two talented performers

whose careers have been nurtured by Nickelodeon:

- Fred Newman, former host of “Livewire” and

Christine McGlade of “You Can’t Do That.’

1-2am - “Route 66” - the early 60’s TV series

starring Martin Milner and George Maharis.

Actor Robert Conrad - best known as Jim West in the series “Wild Wild West” is

set to host a sports magazine show. He’ll emcee “Stroh’s Circle of Sports” to air

on the USA Network on some independent stations. Guest will include Willie

Mays, Joe Namath, and baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth.

Week of June 11, 1985

Television ratings -

Cosby Show - 21.9

Family Ties - 20.0

Miami Vice - 18.8

Remington Steele - 17.7

Simon & Simon - 17.6

NBA Championship (Wed) - 17.0

Dirty Work - 17.0

Cheers - 17.0

Riptide - 16.9

Kate & Allie - 16.8

A-Team - 16.3

Trapper John, MD - 16.0

Cagney & Lacey - 16.0

Newhart - 16.0

Movie - Mothers Against Drunk Drivers -

15.7

Highway to Heaven - 15.4

Crazy Like a Fox - 15.4

NBA Championship (Fri) - 15.3

Facts of Life - 14.9

60 Minutes - 14.8

Who’s the Boss? - 14.7

Murder, She Wrote - 14.7

Movie - Goodbye Charlie - 14.6

Double Trouble - 14.5

Saturday Night Television -

CBS - Cover Up, Airwolf, Mike Hammer

NBC - Diff’rent Strokes, It’s Your Move, Gimme A Break, Mama’s Family, NBC

White Paper, Saturday Night Live

ABC - T.J. Hooker, Love Boat, Finder of the Lost

Loves

MTV - Video Music - Nik Kershaw & Til

Tuesday: Live From The Ritz, Video Music

A & E - Movie, Movie

A & E - Movie - Black Orpheus ... A & E Movie -

The Emperor Jones

Week of June 11, 1985

Pop music this week in 1985 -

Heaven - Bryan Adams

Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears

for Fears

In My House - Mary Jane Girls

The Search Is Over - Survivor

A View to a Kill - Duran Duran

Angle - Madonna

Raspberry Beret - Prince

Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the

Waves

Sussudio - Phil Collins

Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones

Smuggler’s Blues - Glenn Frey

Would I Lie To You? - Eurythmics

Voices To Carry - Til Tuesday

Top Albums -

Around The World In A Day - Prince & The Revolution

Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce

Springsteen

No Jacket Required - Phil Collins

Diamond Life - Sade

Like A Virgin - Madonna

The Power Station - The Power

Station

Make It Big - Wham!

Songs From the Big Chair - Tears

for Fears

Reckless - Bryan Adams

Beverly Hills Cop - soundtrack

Dream Into Action - Howard

Jones

Be Yourself Agai - Eurythmics

Other Albums

Invasion Of Your Privacy - Ratt

Air Supply

You’re Under Arrest - Miles Davis

Fables of the Reconstruction - R.E.M.

Perfect - soundtrack

Some Great Reward - Depeche Mode

Week of June 11, 1985

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

Glow - Rick James

Night Shift - Commodores

Brother Where You Bound? -

Supertramp

Two Hearts - Men At Work

Private Dancer - Tina Turner

Limahl - Don’t Suppose (he use to

be with KajaGooGoo).

Only Four You - Mary Jane Girls

Top Country single -

Natural High - Merle Haggard

At the movies -

Perfect - John Travolta, Jamie Lee

Curtis, Anne De Salvo, Marilu

Henner, Laraine Newman, Mathew Reed, Jann Wenner

The Goonies

D.A.R.Y.L . - Mary Beth Hurt, Michael

McKean, Kathryn Walker, Colleen Camp,

Josef Sommer, Barret Oliver

Rambo First Blood Part II - Sylvester

Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Naper,

Steven Berkoff

Secret Admirer - C. Thomas Howell, Lori

Loughlin, Kelly Preston, Fred ward, Dee

Wallace Stone, Leigh Taylor Young, Cliff

DeYoung

Code of Silence - Chuck Norris

The Hit - John Hurt, Tim Roth, Laura Del

Sol, Terence Stamp

Fletch - Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Richard

Libertini, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tim Matheson

St Elmos Fire - Rob Lowe, Mare Winningham, Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore,

Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andrew McCarthy, Martin Balsam, Andie MacDowell

A View To Kill - Roger Moore as James Bond, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones,

Patrick Macnee, Christopher Walken

Petit Con - Guy Marchand, Caroline Cellier, Bernard Brieux

Brewster’s Millions (An American excess story ) - Richard Pryor