Week of May 23, 1985

A car loaded with explosives explodes on a Beirut street, killing 60.

President Reagan declares a House-passed budget “unacceptable to me and to

the American people” and said a large part of its claimed $56 billion in deficit cuts

“could only be charitably described as phantom cuts.”

The Senate votes to lift a moratorium on the testing of (space) anti-satellite

(weapons) technology.

Bangladesh cyclone - The death toll rises to 3,000 with thousands still missing.

Americans will be able to learn exact details of President Reagan’s tax reform

proposal next week. To get a copy of the 400-page proposal, you’ll have to pay

$18 at a government bookstore.

President Reagan says that in spite of “Washington sophisticates” and special

interest lobbyists “firing every weapon in their arsenal,” ordinary citizens are

supporting his new tax pan with ‘a tidal wave of mail’ to the White House.

The State Department of Banking and Finance closes four banks in Nebraska,

citing problem farm loans at each.

Brussels in a riot between English and Italian fans

before the beginning of the European soccer cup

final.

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, saying her

“blood was boiling” at the sight of British soccer

fans in a riot that left 41 dead, pledged $317.00 to a

disaster fund for the victims. But a spokesman said

British soccer teams would be barred from Belgium

where the carnage occurred and may be banished

from all of Europe. The disaster, apparently, was

caused by rioting British soccer fans.

The Pentagon, in swift action to the disclosure that the Navy paid $1,800 for two

ashtrays for an airplane, relieves a rear admiral and two officers of their duties in

San Diego.

Week of May 23, 1985

The board of directors of Trans World Airlines (TWA) vote to put the company on

the auction block after a federal judge refused to block financier Carl Icahn’s

$600-million buyout bid. The board felt Icahn’s $18-per-share offer did not reflect

full value for the company.

Sports -

It’s the Celtics Vs. The Lakers in the NBA championship series. The Lakers win

the first game 109-102 in Boston Garden. Abdul-Jabbar scored 30 points.

Danny Sullivan places first in the Indy 500. Mario Andretti comes in second. They

were followed by Roberto Guerrero, Al Unser and Johnny Rutherford.

Jimmy Connors joins John McEnroe in boycotting the U.S. Davis Cup team’s

second-round match against West Germany in August because of a requirement

that team members sign a good-conduct pledge.

“Doonesbury” cartoonist Garry Trudeau agreed

not to send newspapers six comic strips involving

of their controversial nature. In the strip series, a

fetus is aborted within 12 minutes of conception.

Trudeau’s cartoons include a 12-minute-old fetus

named Timmy and refer to the pregnant woman as

anti-abortion groups and backed by Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell. In the

movie, an abortion is performed on a 15-

week-old fetus. Doctors in the film allege

that the fetus seems to scream silently as

it recoils from the procedure.

Music news -

Bruce Springsteen, whose wedding to

actress Julianne Phillips lands him on the

cover of “People” magazine this week.

And guess who’s on the cover of “Time”

magazine this week? Madonna. She’s

been hot with her “Like a Virgin,” album.

Sting’s debut single “If You Love

Somebody, Set Them Free” is getting a

lot of radio airplay. Sting is performing in

Paris this week.

Week of May 23, 1985

Sunday night television -

CBS - 60 minutes, Murder, She Wrote, Crazy Like a Fox, Trapper John, M.D.

NBC - Silver Spoons, Punky Brewster, Scene of the Crime, Movie

ABC - Ripley’s Believe it Or Not, Goldie and Bears, Indy 500 coverage (taped)

PBS - Nature, Masterpiece Theatre

MTV - Cutting Edge

Chicago Bears players who team up with their late

J. Carry III.

IRS Records’ The Cutting Edge - Depeche Mode,

Chris Isaak and Lords of the New Church. Interviewed

- Los Lobos.

At the movies -

Lost in America

Beverly Hills Cop

Rustler’s Rhapsody

Amadus

Ladyhawke

Witness

A View to Kill

Gotcha

Rambo

Breakfast Club

Code of Silence