Week of May 29, 1980

The government reports that its economic forecasting index plunged a record

4.8% during April, providing dramatic evidence of the nation’s rapid decent into a

recession.

Two West Bank mayors who champion

the Palestinian cause are maimed when

their booby-trapped cars blow-up. PLO

chief Yasser Arafat says that Israel and

the U.S. are “fully responsible” for the

bombing attacks.

About 1000 Cubans, angry over delays in

their resettlement, battle state and

military police at the relocation center in

Ft Chaffee, Arkansas for several hours.

Up to 45 persons were injured and

several buildings were gutted by fire.

Former U.S. Atty Gen Ramsey Clark tells delegates

to the “Crimes of American” conference in Tehran

that he would be willing to exchange places with any

of the 53 American hostages if it would help resolve

the 200+ day standoff.

Senator Edward Kennedy and Republican Ronald

Reagan capture the California primary.

War Games? - The Pentagon reveals that military

officials increased the alert of strategic nuclear bombers and missiles briefly

when a computer problem caused a false alarm indicating a multiple-Soviet

Missile attack. No bombers were launched, although engines were started.

There was increased communication with missile crews but no weapons were

prepared for launch.

Caroline Kennedy graduates from Harvard this week.

Just released by Capitol Records - The

Beatles “Rarities” Includes such out-of-

print B-sides such as “Misery” and

“There’s A Place.”

Week of May 29, 1980

The FCC issues its final order refusing to let RKO-

General Inc renew its license for three major market

television stations - KHJ-TV (channel 9) in Los Angeles,

WNAC (channel 7) in Boston and WOR-TV (channel 9) in

New York. Under the terms of the order, RKO was ordered

to cease its operation of the three stations at 12:01am July

4, unless RKO appeals the commission’s decision, which it

is certain to do.

MGM and CBS announce a joint venture for the worldwide marketing of

videodiscs and videocassettes, which would include MGM’s library of more than

1,600 films. The first videodiscs however, will be manufactured for the needle-in-

the-groove technology developed by RCA and scheduled for store sales next

year. MGM already has made available to RCA some 300 titles from its library

under a 4 1/2-year-old agreement. MGM is free to make deals with rival

videodisc technologies.

CNN debuts this week and is available in 2 million homes.

Dave Walker and Lisa Hart are the inaugural anchors.

CNN says its break-even figure is 8 million homes. The

first day says the channel - was not typical. Debuting on

Sunday, the channel introduced its viewers to as many of

its news specialty anchors as possible. CNN’s best-known

figure is Daniel Schorr , former CBS reporter.

Mariette Hartley will be filling-in as co-host of the “Today”

show when Jane Pauley goes on vacation for three weeks next month. Tom

Brokaw is the other Today show host.

It’s announced that Garry Trudeau and Jane

Pauley will be married June 14.

In sports - Kareem Abdul Kabbar gets his sixth

MVP award - the most of any pro basketball

player. Only Bill Russell comes close with 5.

At the French Open - Jimmy Connors is fined

$1000 for the use of obscene language.

Week of May 29, 1980

The New York Mets select Darryl Strawberry as their No 1

choice in the regular draft phase. Strawberry - now 18 - is

from Southern California.

Bestsellers -

The Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum

Random Winds - Belva Plain

The Spike - Arnaud de Borchgrave/Robert Moss

No Love Lost - Helen Van Slyke

The Ninja - Eric Van Lustbader

Princess Daisy - Judith Krantz

The Devil’s Alternative - Frederick Forsyth

Kane & Abel - Jeffrey Archer

Thy Neighbor’s Wife - Gay Talese

Will - G. Gordon Liddy

Anatomy Of An Illness - Norman Cousins

Men In Love - Nancy Friday

Free to Choose - Milton and Rose Friedman

Donahue - Phil Donahue & Co

The Real War - Richard Nixon

Daytime Emmy Awards this week:

Drama Series - “Guiding Light

Game or Audience Participation Show - “Hollywood Squares” and “The 20,000

Pyramid”

Talk, Service or Variety Show - “The Phil

Donahue Show”

Actor, Daytime Drama - Douglass Watson (as

Mackenzie Cary) - “Another World”

Actress, Daytime Drama - Judith Light (as Karen

Wolek) - “One Life to Live”

Supporting Actor - daytime Drama - Warren Burton

(as Eddie Dorrance) - “All My Children”

Supporting Actress - Daytime Drama - Francesca

James (as Kelly Cole) - “All My Children”

Host, Game or Audience Participation Show -

Peter Marshall - the “Hollywood Squares”

Host - Talk, Service or Variety Series - Phil

Donahue - “The Phil Donahue Show”

Three men waving guns awaken actor Darrin McGavin and his wife, actress

Kathie Browne at 5:30 in the morning, and demand to be shown “where the

Week of May 29, 1980

money is.” After being given about $200, the three fled with a television and

silverware. The trio entered the McGavins Coldwater Canyon home by forcing

open a sliding glass door and ransacked the lower level before awakening the

couple in their second floor bedroom.

MGM signs tenor Pavarotti to a picture deal. He’ll be making his film debut in a

romantic comedy called “Yes, Giorgio.”

Television rankings

The Jeffersons

Dallas

Alice

60 Minutes

The Dukes of Hazzard

Trapper John, MD

Three’s Company

Bob Hope’s All Star Comedy

Birthday Party

Taxi

Hart to Hart

The Great Smokey Roadblock

CHiPs

MASH

That’s Incredible

One Day At A Time

Movie - The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

Wednesday Night Television -

CBS - Captain America, TV Movie

NBC - Real People, Diff’rent Strokes, Facts of Life, Quincy

ABC - Family, Charlie’s Angles, Vegas

PBS - Great Performances

Real People - Camel races, a human drum and a popular nightclub featuring

female impersonators. Sarah Purcell, John Barbour, Skip Stephenson, Bryon

Allen host.

Charlie’s Angels - The Angels are lured

to a remote island were a madman has

plans for them.

The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson -

Guest host David Steinberg.

Week of May 29, 1980

Pop music this week in 1980 -

FUNKYTOWN - Lipps, Inc.

CALL ME - Blondie

BIGGEST PART OF ME - Ambrosia

DON’T FALL IN LOVE WITH A DREAMER - Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes

LOST IN LOVE - Air Supply

CARS - Gary Numan

SEXY EYES - Dr. Hook

COMING UP - Paul McCartney

HURT SO BAD - Linda Ronstadt

THE ROSE - Bette Midler

RIDE LIKE THE WIND -

Christopher Cross

STOMP! - Brothers Johnson

BRASS IN POCKET (I’m Special) -

Pretenders

STEAL AWAY - Robbie Dupree

ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL

(pt. 2) - Pink Floyd

AGAINST THE WIND - Bob Seger

LITTLE JEANNIE - Elton John

I CAN’T HELP IT - Andy Gibb &

Olivia Newton-John

BREAKDOWN DEAD AHEAD -

Boz Scaggs

LET’S GET SERIOUS - Jermaine Jackson

WITH YOU I’M BORN AGAIN - Billy Preston & Syreeta

YOU MAY BE RIGHT - Billy Joel

SHE’S OUT OF MY LIFE - Michael Jackson

TRAIN IN VAIN (Stand By Me) - Clash

PILOT OF THE AIRWAVES - Charlie Dore

THE SEDUCTION (Love Theme) - James Last

Band

WONDERING WHERE THE LIONS ARE - Bruce

Cockburn

IT’S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME - Billy Joe

SHOULD’VE NEVER LET YOU GO - Neil Sedaka

& Dara Sedaka

LET ME LOVE YOU TONIGHT - Pure Prairie

League

CUPID/I’VE LOVED YOU FOR A LONG TIME -

Spinners

Week of May 29, 1980

HEART HOTELS - Dan Fogelberg

GEE WHIZ - Bernadette Peters

WE LIVE FOR LOVE - Pat Benatar

IT’S HARD TO BE HUMBLE - Mac Davis

HEADED FOR A FALL - Firefall

TIRED OF TOEIN’ THE LINE - Rocky

Burnette

NEW ROMANCE (It’s A Mystery) -

Spider

LOVE STINKS - J. Geils Band

SHINING STAR - Manhattans

Top Country Single - My Heart - Ronnie

Milsap

Top Albums -

Glass Houses - Billy Joel

Against The Wind - Bob Segar & The Silver Bullet Band

Just One Night - Eric Clapton

Women and Children First - Van Halen

The Wall - Pink Floyd

Go All The Way - The Isley

Brothers

Mad Love - Linda Ronstadt

Pretenders - Pretenders

Christopher Cross - Christopher

Cross

Mouth to Mouth - Lipps Inc

Light Up The Night - The Brothers

Johnson.

More Albums -

One Eighty - Ambrosia

Gideon- Kenny Rogers/Kim Carnes

American Gigolo Soundtrack

Sometimes You Win - Dr Hook

Mad Love - Linda Ronstadt

McCartney 2 - Paul McCartney

After Midnight - Manhattans

21 at 33 - Elton John

Extensions - Manhattan Transfer

Week of May 29, 1980

After Dark - Andy Gibb/Olivia

Newton John

Soundtrack - The Rose

Lost In Love - Air Supply

The B-52’s - The B-52’s

London Calling - The Clash

Invisible Man’s Band - Invisible

Man’s Band

Ray, Goodman & Brown - Ray,

Goodman & Brown

Naturally - Leon Haywood

The Son Of Rock and Roll - Rocky

Burnette

At the movies -

The Empire Strikes Back - Mark

Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher,

Billy Dee Willams, Anthony Daniels

Apocalypse Now -

Fame

The Nude Bomb - Don Adams as

Maxwell Smart, Sylvia Kristel, Rhonda

Fleming, Dana Elcar, Bill Dana

The Shining - Jack Nicholson, Shelley

Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd

The Long Riders - David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, James

Keach, Stacy Keach, Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid

Coal Miner’s Daughter - Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D’Angelo,

Levon Helm

The Hollywood Nights

Friday the 13th

Slammer

All that Jazz - Roy Schieder

Coal Miner’s Daughter - Sissy Spacek

A Full Day’s Work - Jacques Dufilho, Andre Galcon, Luce Marquand, Antoine

Marin

The Gong Show Movie - Chuck Barris