Week of May 8, 1983

Out-of-court settlement - the largest of its kind is agreed, as some 1,357 will

divide $140 million as a result of the MGM Grand Hotel fire in Las Vegas.

Health advisory issued - More Dioxin - A trailer park in Gray Summit Missouri

contains nearly four times the level of dioxin found in Times Beach, so say

federal officials.

Economy - U.S. factories churn out goods in April at the fastest pace in nearly

eight years while wholesale prices decline once again.

President Reagan defends his Administration’s trade policies and says he

opposes any “quick fix” efforts to protect U.S. business against foreign imports.

“We and our trading partners are in the same boat. If one partner shoots a hole in

the boat, it makes no sense for the other partner to shoot another hole in the

boat.’

The Republican-controlled Senate defies both President Reagan and its own

GOP leadership, voting to reject a 1984 budget plan calling for nominal tax

increases and a deficit of more than $190 billion.

The wife of Andrei D. Sakharov says the exiled

human rights leader is willing to leave the Soviet

Union, but soviet authorities said he must stay for

national security reasons.

Pope Jon Paul II tells an international group of

scientists that the Roman Catholic Church made the

astronomer Galileo suffer 350 years ago and indicated

that the church had overstepped its rights in

condemning him for conducting scientific research.

Sports - John Rutherford - three-time winner of the

Indy 500 escapes serious injury when he smashed his

new Wildcat racer into a wall during practice for the

May 29 race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Gary Anderson a University of Arkansas running back-wide receiver and a first-

round pick of the Dan Diego chargers, signs to play with the Tampa bay Bandits

of the USFL.

Week of May 8, 1983

President Regan blames 1960’s Great Society programs and noisy liberal

political groups for the nation’s economic ills.

Entertainment news -

A helium balloon carrying four people, including the wife of comedian Flip Wilson,

crashes in northwest Missouri, injuring her and another woman aboard. Husband

Flip was in another balloon, but they landed safely.

Television news -

A Denver jury awards $5.9 million to

Willow Lynn Cramlet who sued Phil

Donahue’s production company for

refusing to divulge the whereabouts of

her former husband and her young son

after Donahue interviewed the man about

child snatching. A spokesman for the

production company, multimedia, said

they were shocked. Members of

Donahue’s staff disguised her former

husband, Wayne Anderson so that he

would not be recognized on the show,

arraigned a hotel room for him under an

alias, mutilated his airplane ticket to

eliminate the name of the city he came

from, cared for him during the taping and

laundered through a staff member’s

personal bank account for expense

money for Anderson. Cramlet saw the show, and despite the disguise,

recognized him.

She was given custody of her son, Eland when the couple divorced in 1979.

During one of his visits, the boy was not returned to his mother.

Television news -

CBS cancels “Archie Bunker’s Place” and it will be the first time since 1971 that

Archie Bunker will not be seen on prime time television.

Elton Rule who guided ABC to the top of the rating during the late 1970’s says he

will resign as vice chairman of ABC.

Los Angeles news anchor Connie Chung says she is leaving KNXT (Channel 2)

in July.

Week of May 8, 1983

It’s announced that actor Herve Villechaize, who quit

Fantasy Island earlier this year, will be replaced by British

character actor Christopher Hewett .

Saturday night television -

CBS - Wizards and Wafflers, Movie

NBC - Diff’rent Strokes, Silver Spoons, Mama’s Family,

Teachers Only, Monitor, Saturday Night Live, Rock ‘n’ Roll

Tonight

ABC - T.J. Hooker, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island

Wizard and Wafflers - Prince Erik and Wizard Vector take refuge during a storm.

Teachers Only - Sam gets mugged after working late.

At the movies -

Porky’s II

Blue Thunder

Valley Girls

An Officer and a Gentleman

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

Sophie’s Choice

Max Dugan Returns

Tootsie

Doctor Detroit

Flashdance