Week of June 22, 1980
Allied leaders concede that the Soviet Union is following through on its
announced intention to withdraw some of its troops from Afghanistan, but they
disagreed on the significance of the move. President Carter says the Soviets are
withdrawing less than 10% of their occupation force and added it is too early to
judge whether this represents a step toward total withdrawal.
At a Washington news conference - Ronald
Reagan says the nation’s economy is in such
“desperate’ condition, that a $20 billion, 10% income
tax cut can’t wait until he wins the presidency - it
should be implemented now.
The Senate passes a five-year, $36 billion aid to
education bill, after approving an amendment to end
interest-free loans to college students. The step
would make the federally guaranteed loans available
at a 9% interest rate.
In an action spawned by last summer’s gasoline lines, the House passes and
sends to President Carter, a multibillion-dollar measure to produce synthetic fuels
and reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil. The President is expected to sign
the bill.
Comedian Richard Pryor is taken off the critical list after a 90-minute skin-graft
operation. He was critically burned on the upper portion of his body in a freak fire
at his home.
Medical news - Tampons Toxic ? - The Center For
Disease Control in Atlanta announces this week that
Tampons have been associated with a puzzling illness known
as toxic shock syndrome that strikes young women,
sometimes fatally. Tampons are believed to be implicated
because they may cause an abrasion of the lining of the
vagina wall, allowing the S. aureus to enter the bloodstream. Also, because they
dam the natural flow, tampons may create a good culture medium for the growth
of bacteria.
Hot day in Dallas - The city of Dallas suffers its hottest day ever recorded (to
date) - 113 degrees. The heat was common across the southern and central
plains, the desert Southwest and parts of New Mexico.
Week of June 22, 1980
2 figures in the J.F.K. assassination case die this week -
Jesse Curry - former Dallas Police Chief - who headed the
department at the time of the assassination - (66) - of a heart
attack. John Holbrook - one of 10 psychiatrists who testified at
Jack Ruby’s trial - of an overdose of alcohol and Valium.
At the clothes store - Lightning Bolt and OP (Ocean Pacific)
Hawaiian shirts - 14.99, Movin’ On and Brittania Jeans -
$13.99
- $15.99
Dies - Bert Kaempfert - whose easy listening music sold millions in the 60’s.
Friends announce he died of a stroke at 55. Kaempfert wrote “Strangers In the
Night” - a million seller for Frank Sinatra and “Spanish Eyes” - a huge hit for Al
Martino. With his orchestra, Kaemphert had a string of best-selling albums and
hits. The biggest was “Wonderland By Night” in 1961. Other Kaemphert favorites
were “That Happy Feeling” - a melody used by numerous local television hosts of
the 60’s including Sandy Becker of WNEW-TV in New York, “Swinging Safari,”
“LOVE,” and “Blue Midnight.” His sound, which music buffs termed continental
style, was characterized by Kaempfert as “music that doesn’t disturb you.” His
wife Hanne and two daughters Marion and Doris, live in Hamburg, Germany.
Marries - Lucie Arnaz (27) to actor Laurence
Luckinbill (47). Attending - Lucille Ball and Desi
Arnaz. Also attending - Desi Jr. and his wife, Linda
Pearl. It was the second marriage for both. Father
Desi sang “Forever Darling” - a theme song from a
long ago movie which he and Lucy starred.
Sports - Top-seeded Bjorn Borg and second-seeded
John Mcenroe score easy victories in first-round
matches in the Wimbledon tennis Championships.
Best selling books -
The Boune Identity - Robert Ludlum
The Spike -Arnaud de Borchgrave/Robert Moss
The Devil’s Alternative - Frederick Forsyth
Rage of Angels - Sidney Sheldon
The Random Winds - Belva Plain
The Ninja - Eric Van Lustbader
Solo - Jack Higgins
The Neighbor’s Wife - Gay Talese
Week of June 22, 1980
Men in Love - Nancy Friday
Free to Choose - Milton and Rose Friedman
The Third Wave - Alvins Toffler
Will - G. Gordon Liddy
Anatomy of an Illness - Norman Cousins
The Real War - Richard Nixon
Heartsounds - Martha Weinman Lear
Hot on the charts - Anne Murray . She had dropped her
career from spring of ‘76 through fall of ‘77, and is now
bigger than ever. On her hiatus: “I got tired of people
telling me it was just a matter of time before I made it
big. You need momentum but I was just having a hit
here and a hit there. I’d end up playing places and I
didn’t really know why I was there. I remember I played
New Orleans in a 3,000-seater and there were only 500
people there. That’s really demoralizing. There was too
much of that kind of thing. I guess I wasn’t in great
dental shape then either. A bell went off in my head and told me “You gotta stop
now or be consumed by this stupideness.”
RCA Records says it plans to release “Elvis Aron Presley” - an eight-record set
containing 87 performances - 65 of them previously unreleased. The unreleased
performances are for the most part, alternate versions of familiar Presley
material. The package, due out in August, will include a 20-page booklet, full-
color portraits on each inner sleeve and a gold replica of the signature on his first
contract. Suggest list price is $69.95. It’ll also be available in 8-Track cartridges
and cassettes.
Who Shot J.R.” - Well, we don’t know for sure,
but we now know that J.R. will live. Larry
Hagman, who plays the character, decides this
week to end a lengthy contract dispute with
Lorimar and will continue to play the role.
Daytime television - Don’t miss “The David
Letterman Show” - NBC mornings at 9am. The
show features two newscasts by Edwin Newman.
End of an era - When “Saturday Night Live”
returns to NBC for a sixth season in the fall, it will
be a different show. Producer Lorne Michaels
(35) quits the show and will sign a new NBC
Week of June 22, 1980
contract to develop other programs. Expected to depart with him are
the show’s players - Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Jane Curtin, Laraine
Newman and perhaps Garrett Morris. Because of union and
contract stipulations, non of the regular elements from the old show,
not even “Weekend Update,” is likely to appear on the new one. New producer
Jean Doumanian says she wants new ideas, a new crew and new talent anyway.
The show thrust into the language - characters and phrases that struck chords:
Baba Wawa , Mr. Bill, I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, Jane, you ignorant slut,
The Coneheads, The Samurai warrior, the swinging Festrunk Brothers and more.
(Michaels will one day return to the show).
Television rankings -
The Jeffersons
Dallas
MASH
House Calls
Lou Grant
Alice
The Dukes of Hazzard
Trapper John
Fantasy Island
20/20
Barbara Walters Special
60 Minutes
The Love Boat
Charlie’s Angels
Steel Cowboy
Quincy
Three’s Company
Vegas
Taxi
Facts of Life
Thursday Night Television -
CBS - Special-Charlotte’s Web, Baraby Jones, Knots Landing
NBC - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Movie
ABC - Mork & Mindy, Benson, Barney Miller, Debut-Nobody’s Perfect, 20/20
PBS - Righteous Apples, Camera Three, Masterpiece Theater
Charlotte’s Webb - Animated musical version of E.B. White’s story of mircles.
Second of two parts.
Week of June 22, 1980
Buck Rugers - Twiki is kidnapped by a trio of treacherous females in the employ
of a devious tycoon.
Barnaby Jones - Barnaby is the key witness against a murder suspect and
becomes the target of a bizarre campaign of terror.
Debut - Nobody’s Perfect - Ron Moody stars in this
eight-part mini series as a brilliant, but klutzy Scotland
Yard detective on temporary assignment with the San
Francisco police.
Pop music this week in 1980 -
FUNKYTOWN - Lipps, Inc.
COMING UP (Live At Glasgow) - Paul McCartney &
Wings
THE ROSE - Bette Midler
IT’S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME - Billy Joel
LITTLE JEANNIE - Elton John
STEAL AWAY - Robbie Dupree
CARS - Gary Numan
AGAINST THE WIND - Bob Seger
BIGGEST PART OF ME - Ambrosia
CUPID/I’VE LOVED YOU FOR A LONG TIME -
Spinners
CALL ME - Blondie
LET’S GET SERIOUS - Jermaine Jackson
MAGIC - Olivia Newton-John
SHE’S OUT OF MY LIFE - Michael Jackson
TIRED OF TOEIN’ THE LINE - Rocky Burnette
LET ME LOVE YOU TONIGHT - Pure Prairie
League
SHINING STAR - Manhattans
LOST IN LOVE - Air Supply
DON’T FALL IN LOVE WITH A DREAMER - Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes
HURT SO BAD - Linda Ronstadt
SHOULD’VE NEVER LET YOU GO - Neil Sedaka & Dara Sedaka
I’M ALIVE - Electric Light Orchestra
SEXY EYES - Dr. Hook
BRASS IN POCKET (I’m Special) - Pretenders
RIDE LIKE THE WIND - Christopher Cross
GIMME SOME LOVIN’ - Blues Brothers
ALL NIGHT LONG - Joe Walsh
Week of June 22, 1980
TWO PLACES AT THE SAME
TIME - Ray Parker Jr. & Radio
STOMP! - Brothers Johnson
MORE LOVE - Kim Carnes
ONE FINE DAY - Carole King
IN AMERICA - Charlie Daniels
Band
MISUNDERSTANDING - Genesis
WE LIVE FOR LOVE - Pat Benatar
TWILIGHT ZONE/TWILIGHT
TONE - Manhattan Transfer
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL
(pt. 2) - Pink Floyd
THEME FROM NEW YORK, NEW
YORK - Frank Sinatra
TAKE YOUR TIME (Do It Right) (pt.
1) - S.O.S. Band
LOVE THE WORLD AWAY - Kenny Rogers
ASHES BY NOW - Rodney Crowell
Top Albums -
Glass Houses - Billy Joel
McCartney 2 - Paul McCartney
21 At 33 - Elton John
Against the Wind - Bob Segar
One eighty - Ambrosia
The Rose - soundtrack
The Son of Rock and Roll - Rocky
Burnette
Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
Mouth to Mouth - Lipps Inc.
Gideon - Kenny Rogers/Kim
Carnes
Blues Brothers Soundtrack
Urban Cowboy Soundtrack
In The Heat of the Night - Pat
Benatar
Sometimes You Win - Dr Hook
Pretenders - Pretenders
Fame - Soundtrack
Love Trippin’ - Spinners
Week of June 22, 1980
Invisible Man’s Band - Invisible Man’s Band
American Gigolo - soundtrack
The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan
At the movies -
Bronco Billy - Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke
The Empire Strikes Back - Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Bily Dee
Williams, Anthony Daniels
Brubaker - Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto,
Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton
Rough Cut - Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne
Down, David Niven
Dr Heckyl & Mr. Hype - Oliver Reed,
Sunn Johnson, Maia Danziger, Mel Wells,
Virgil Frye, Kedrick Wolfe, Jackie Coogan,
Corinne Calvet
The Blue Laggon - Brooke Shields,
Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William
Dianels
Up The Academy -
Wholy Moses! - Dudley Moore, Laraine
Newman, James Coco, Paul Sand, Jack
Gilford, Dom Deluise, John Houseman,
Madeline Kahn, David L. Lander, Richard
Pryor, John Ritter
The Blues Brothers - John Belushi, Dan
Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway,
Ray Charles, Carrie Fisher, Aretha
Franklin, Henry Gibson,
Roadie (The story of a boy and his
equipment ) - Meat Loaf, Kaki Hunter, Art
Carney, Alice Cooper, Blondie, Roy Orbison, Hank Williams Jr.
Incorrigible - Jean-Paul Belmondo, Genevieve Bujold
All That Jazz - Roy Scheider
Can’t Stop The Music - Village People, Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Steve
Guttenberg, Paul Sand, Tammy Grimes, June Havoc, Barbara Rush
Urban Cowboy - John Travolta, Debra Winger,
The Shining - Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd
The Island - Michael Caine, David Warner
Fame
Week of June 22, 1980