Week of March 1, 1984

Gov Reubin Askew and Sen. Ernest Hollings of South Carolina drop out of the

presidential race, leaving 5 democratic contenders to go.

charismatic leader for nearly all of the last 16 years,

announces that he will resign as prime minister as

soon as his Liberal party selects a replacement. 7

In his first major address since taking power, Soviet

leader Konstantin U. Chernenko accuses the United

States of seeking world domination and calls on

Washington to transform its conciliatory words into

deeds.

President Reagan charges that his Democratic opponents had abandoned

working Americans and turned to “the trendy politics of the special interests

groups.” Reagan might have been responding to Gary Hart’s surprising victories

and there may be concern about his futuristic “new ideas” theme. “Will America

return to the days of malaise and confusion? Will we go back to double-digit

inflation, skyrocketing interest rates and economic stagnation and decline Will we

return to self-delusion about our adversaries and retreat in the face of

provocation and aggression. To the days of decaying defenses an shattered

prestige,” said Reagan.

President Reagan urges Christian ministers to pray that Soviet leaders “might

come to know the liberating nature of faith in God.” Reagan also declared that

government must change its “hostility to religion” and that a constitutional

amendment allowing organized vocal prayer in public schools “would do more

than any other action to reassert the faith and values that made America great.”

the Democratic presidential nomination after Sen. Gary Hart’s

surprise victory in the recent Maine caucuses.

Reorganized - After months of struggling with Bankruptcy - Braniff

Airlines is flying again with an infusion of $70 million. Pilots who

were being paid $100,000 a year or more when the carrier

declared bankruptcy I May, 1982 are flying now for about $40,000

a year. The lower salary schedules and the fact that it has almost no debut

obligations give Braniff a substantial cost advantage over its rivals.

Week of March 1, 1984

Replaced Bowie Kuhn - Peter Ueberroth is named commissioner of baseball.

He’ll remain as president of the Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee

until the Games are completed.

Standard Oil reaches agreement to acquire Gulf Oil for $13.2 billion.

Vermont - his third victory in a week.

A federal court opens the door for college undergrads

who want to play professional football, striking down

the USFL’s ban on undergraduates. The decision

stemmed from a suit filed last August by Bob Boris, a

former Arizona punter, who sought to play in the

USLF before his class had graduated.

Music news -

Neil Diamond charges Columbia Records with failing to release his latest album

because the company doesn’t feel the collection is “commercial enough. The

singer maintains that his 1981 contract requires the label to release each new LP

within 45 days of delivery and asks the court to order Columbia to comply in this

case. Diamond’s last album, 1982’s “Heartlight” hit #9 on the national charts.

On HBO this week - Crystal Gayle in Concert.

Entertainment news -

with her album “You Broke My Heart in 17 Places” and is a

weeklong guest veejay on MTV. She’s also appearing on the

“Tonight” show this week.

Passing - William Powell (91). Best known as the suave “Thin

Man” detective.

Passing - Actor Jackie Coogan (69).

base decline by 9% over the past year. But it says, it’s seeing a ratings increase

in original programming.

Debuting this week - Suzanne Pleshette stars in sitcom “Maggie Briggs.”

Week of March 1, 1984

on the “Guiding Light,” will return to the soap opera this

spring. She is recovering from an amputation below the

knee, the result of a circulation problem that her doctors

discovered last fall.

CBS says it will put closed captioning on some prime-time

programming beginning this fall.

Friday night television

CBS - Dukes of Hazzard, Dallas, Emerald Point N.A.S.

NBC - The Master, Legmen, the New Show, Tonight Show

ABC - Benson, Webster, Blue Thunder, Matt Houston, Nightline, Eye on

Hollywood

PBS - Wall St. Week, Washington Week

ESPN - USFL Football - Tampa Bay at Arizona.

and Maggie Farrell make plans for their

marriage. Stars Dennis Weaver.

Tonight Show - John Ritter, Robyn

Douglass and comedian Jimmy Aleck

join Johnny Carson.

At the movies -

Harry and Son

Weekend Pass

Sahara

The Right stuff

Blame It On Rio

Lassiter

Against All Odds

Terms of Endearment

Footloose

Broadway Danny

Unfaithfully Yours

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