Week of June 12, 1982

Argentine forces surrender to the British

field commander on the Falkland

Islands. returning British rule after 74

days of the invasion of Argentina

Israel makes an amphibious assault on

the port city of Sidon in an effort to trap

PLO forces in southern Lebanon and

prevent them from moving north toward

Beirut.

President Reagan sends Israeli Prime

Minister Menachem Begin a stern letter calling for cease-fire and Israeli troop

withdrawal from Lebanon. Meanwhile, Israel claims at least 20 more Syrian jets

in dogfights over Lebanon.

Saudi Arabia King Khaled dies of a heart attack and is succeeded by his half-

brother - pro-western Crown Prince Fahd.

A Municipal Court judge in Newark, NJ dismisses assault charges against Nancy

Kissinger, the wife of Henry Kissinger - after an altercation at the Newark airport

in which she supposedly grabbed a woman by the neck after she (the woman)

made some sneering comments about her husband.

Stroh Brewing Company of Detroit buys the 133 year-old Joseph Schlitz Brewing

Company of Milwaukee in an approved $495 million takeover.

AT & T reaches joint venture agreements with 19 other telephone companies to

develop something called (cellular radio). The technology is expected to

revolutionize mobile phone communication.

In sports - Coach Pat Riley takes the Lakers to their

second NBA championship victory in three years as the

Lakers beat the 76ers in

game 6 - 114-104. Magic

Johnson gets the MVP for

the final game.

Passing - Leroy

(Satchel Paige) -

legendary Negro League

Week of June 12, 1982

Pitcher and a member of the baseball hall of fame (75).

Passing - Addie (Micki) Harris McFadden

(41) - one of the original members of the

Shirelles. She collapsed and died in the lobby

of the Hyatt regency Hotel in Atlanta after two

performances - complaining of stomach

problems. ( bottom left in picture )

Near Warren, Ohio - Shannon Markko (14) was

mistaken for a groundhog while lying in a field

of hay and shot dead by a neighbor farmer who

saw her brown hair and mistook it for the

animal.

Near San Francisco, a 220-pound woman -

Betty Marie Mentry (45) is accused of killing her

nine-year-old son by sitting on him. She told officers that a local counseling

service advised her to use her weight in controlling the boy during his temper

tantrums.

Bumble Bee Seafoods recalls as many as 1 1/2 million cans of tuna because the

cans contain small holes which may let bacteria into them. So far, no illnesses

have been reported.

Bestsellers - “The Parsifal Mosaic” - Robert Ludlum, “Eden Burning” - Belva

Plain, “The Man From St Petersburg” - Ken Follett, “No Bad Dogs The

Woodhouse Way” - Barbara Woodhouse, “Jane Fonda’s Workout Book” - Jane

Fonda, “Living, Loving and Learning” - Leo Buscaglia.

TV Ratings - Too Close For

Comfort (20.4), Hill Street Blues

(20.2), Hart To Hart (19.5),

Three’s Company (19.3), 60

Minutes (19.1), MASH (19.1),

Quincy, ME (18.4), Gimmie A

Break (18.3), Different Strokes

(18.1), House Calls (17.8),

Fantasy Island (17.3), Love Boat

(17.1), Fast Charlie The

Moodbeam Rider (16.6), Tony

Awards (15.8), Dukes Of Hazzard

Week of June 12, 1982

(15.7), Taxi (15.7), Magnum PI (15.6), Dallas (15.1), One Day At A Time (14.9).

Daytime Emmy awards this week:

Variety Series - The Regis Philbin Show

(recently cancelled by NBC)

Drama Series - The Guiding Light

Game Show - Password Plus

Talk Show - The Richard Simmons Show

Children’s Entertainment Series - Captain

Kangaroo,

Actor-Drama - Anthony Geary (Luke

Spenser) - General Hospital

Actress-Drama - Robin Strasser (Dorian

Lord Callison) - One Life To Live

Host/Hostess Talk - Phil Donahue - The Phil

Donahue Show

Host/Hostess - Merv Griffin - The Merv Griffin

Show

Saturday Morning TV - CBS - Popeye and

Olive, Tarzan-Lone Ranger-Zorro, Bugs

Bunny-Road Runner, Black Star,In the news,

Trollkins, In the news, Tom & Jerry, Kwicky

Koala, 30 minutes ... NBC - Flinetstone

Comedy Hour, Smurfs, Kid Super Power

Hour, Spiderman, Space Stars ... ABC -

Superfriends, Richie Rich: Scooby-Scrappy

Doo, Fonz-Laverne & Shirley, Heathcliff &

Marmaduke, Goldie Gold-Action Jack

Thundarr Hour, ABC Week Special, American

Bandstand.

Saturday Night TV - CBS - Walt Disney, Movie ... NBC - Harper Valley, One OF

The Boys, Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters, NBC Magazine ... ABC -

Today’s FBI, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island.

Week of June 12, 1982

At the Music City awards in Nashville :

No 1 Female artist, musician of the year/ shared comedy

act/ and country TV music show of the year - Barbara

Mandrell

Top Male artist - Marty Robbins

Top Female artist - Shelly West

Top Vocal Group - The Statler Brothers

Pop music this week in 1982 - “Ebony and Ivory” - Paul

McCartney and Stevie Wonder, “Roseanna” - Toto, “Don’t You Want Me” -

Human League, “Always On My Mind” - Willie Nelson, “Heat Of The Moment” -

Asia, “Crimson And Clover’ - Joan Jett, “Let It Whip” The Dazz Band, “It’s Gonna

Take A Miracle” - Deniece Williams, “Hurts So Good” - John Cougar, “Body

Language” - Queen, “When It’s Over” - Loverboy, “Don’t Talk To Strangers” -

Rick Springfield.

Top Albums - “Asia” - Asia, “Tug Of War” - Paul

McCartney, “Original Musicquarium I” - Stevie Wonder,

“Diver Down” - Van Halen, “Always On My Mind’ - Willie

Nelson, “Dare” - Human League, “Aldo Nova” - Aldo

Nova, “Toto IV” - Toto, “Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet”

- Rick Springfield, “Chariots Of Fire” - Vangelis.

Top Country - “For All The Wrong Reasons” - The

Bellamy Brothers, “Slow Hand” - Conway Twitty, “Any

Day Now” - Ronnie Milsap.