Week of March 23, 1982

resignation of the prime-minister who failed to win a vote of

confidence in Parliament. He’ll remain in office.

Israelis shot and killed three more Arabs and wounded 10 in

the worst day of violence in week long rioting in the occupied

West Bank of the Jordan and the Gaza Strip.

Six-year-old Nancy Jo Burch will stand trial as an adult on

aggravated assault charges for allegedly hitting her 7-year-old girlfriend with a

stick so says a Circuit Court judge in Gainesville, Florida. Alan Wilhite, the little

girl’s attorney, requested the ruling because he wants the case tried by a jury in

hopes that the blonde first-grader will be exonerated and that no criminal record

will follow her through life.

President Reagan, accepting a humanitarian award, acknowledges he is

bothered by charges that he lacks compassion but said, “the facts prove” he

really cares for the needy.

Guerrillas attack El Salvador’s fourth-largest city in a pre-election show of force

with dozens wounded.

The Reagan Administration acknowledges it has rehired three hair-traffic

controllers to the nation’s flight system, but insists that it was not reversing a

general policy barring reinstatements. The Administration says the three rehires

were found to have been victims of harassment during the strike.

that she had extracted a promise from her husband not

to seek a second term because of the attempt on his

life a year ago.

President Reagan confers with his Cabinet about his

deadlocked budget and told his advisers “to be ever

cautious and mindful of congressional attempts to

overspend.

Nancy Reagan denies there is any contradiction with

her concern for the drug problems of American youths, while President Reagan’s

budget cuts will reduce manpower and programs in drug enforcement efforts.

Week of March 23, 1982

the same courtroom for the second time in 24 hours as

Foster gave a deposition requested by Lawyers for

President Reagan’s accused assailant.

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s daughter-in-law said in a

“Dear Mummy” letter that Gandhi physically and mentally

abused her before throwing her out of the house where

both had lived after the younger woman’s husband died.

Space shuttle Columbia lands smoothly in New Mexico.

Sports -

Fernando Valenzuela reports to Dodger training camp in Florida after a three-

week holdout. He’s a 1981 Cy Young Award winner and also got rookie of the

year.

The NFL approves the most expensive contract in television history a give-year

package with NBC, CBS and ABC worth about $2 billion.

has this to say about being a hopeless romantic, like

himself: “Seeing the world through your heart

instead of your mind isn’t always so great. I think

you experience more pain that way. Logical people

have an easier life. I really wish I wasn’t such a

romantic.”

“It’s amazing how easy it is to get hooked on Pac-

Man. Hours go by and you don’t realize you’re sitting

there, spending money. It’s a mental challenge and

you also get an emotional high form playing it that’s

hard to describe. We got into a $20-a-day habit. We

were real junkies.” Quote from Jerry Buckner, who

with his partner Gary Garcia who have a pop hit with “Pac Man Fever.”

Bruce Springsteen has written a song “Protection” for Donna Summer’s next

album.

Look for Elton John on “Saturday Night Live” on April 17.

Week of March 23, 1982

You gotta love it - Former Monkee Peter Tork is seen appearing in a group

called “The New Monks” In New York.

Best Picture - “Chariots of Fire,”

Leading Actress: Katharine Hepburn “On Golden

Pond.”

Supporting Actor: John Gielgud - “Arthur.”

Supporting Actress - Maureen Stapleton - “Reds.”

Television news -

NBC and cable’s CBN reach an agreement to split

coverage of this week’s Nabisco-Dinah Shore

Invitational golf tournament from Palm Springs.

CBN is available in 15 million homes.

Regis Philbin’s NBC daytime talkshow is canceled. Prior, he had co-hosted the

popular “AM Los Angeles” over KABC-TV and wanted to give the national

spotlight another shot. His NBC talkshow debuted last November 30.

At the movies -

Richard Pryor Live On The Sunset Strip

Stranger Is Watching

Forbidden Lessons

Porky’s

Chariots of Fire

On Golden Pond

Reds

The Beast Within

Week of March 23, 1982

Week of March 23, 1982

Week of March 23, 1982

Week of March 23, 1982