Week of November 1, 1984

Boston - Sensing a huge victory, President Reagan asks Democrats to desert

their roots and join his “second American Revolution.

Hindus set first and battle Sikhs

across northern India, seeking

vengeance for the assassination of

Indira Gandhi by two of her Sikh

guards. At least 150 are dead.

Rajiv Gandhi is named prime

minister of India, just hours after his

mother was assassinated by Sikh

members of her security guard.

Three days of rioting since Gandhi’

death as hundreds of Hindu rioters

attack New Delhi -bound trains.

President Reagan declares that he

will appoint judges “who restore

respect for the laws” and takes

credit for a decrease in reported

crime stats over the past two years.

Unemployment holds steady at

7.4%

The body of Indira Gandhi is

cremated on the banks of the Jamuna River atop a seven-foot funeral pyre.

Vice President George Bush praises Walter F. Mondale for “ hanging in there

and fighting for what he believes.”

Nancy Reagan loses her balance twice in a day and once nearly fell to her knees

going down the steps of a helicopter, the result, White House aides say, of a

head injury she suffered two days ago, leaving her “woozy.”

President Reagan wins reelection by a landslide - 49 states. Mondale carried

Minnesota and the District of Columbia.

Week of November 1, 1984

Declaring the people “approved what we’ve been doing and we’re going to keep

doing it.” President Regan pledges to parlay his landslide victory into an

extension of his conservative agenda “into the next decade and next century.

contributed to the defeat of Walter F. Mondale, says that

her run for the vice presidency would serve as “a first step

in opening doors for women in national politics.”

Soviet leaders congratulate President Reagan on his

reelection and say they hope “the coming years will be

marked by a turn for the better in relations between our

countries.” The telegram was signed by the president of

the Supreme Soviet, which is chaired by Soviet President Konstantin U.

Cherneko.

Josef Stalin’s daughter, Svetlana, who defected to the West in 1967, returns to

Moscow with her American daughter and her Soviet citizenship has been

restored.

Citibank and Chase Manhattan cut their prime lending rates by a quarter-point to

11.75%.

Sports -

The Supreme Court effectively strips the National Football League of the power

to block future franchise moves by rejecting an NFL challenge to the raiders jump

from Oakland to Los Angeles. The court, without comment, left intact a ruling that

the league’s control over franchise moves violates federal antitrust laws.

beat the New York Jets 31-17, giving the Dolphins

John McKay, apologizing for not getting the job done,

announces his resignation as coach of the NFL

Tampa Bay Buccaners, effective the end of this

season. He’s been the team’s only head coach since

the Bucs joined the league in 1976 as an expansion

team.

Entertainment news -

Television anchors Connie Chung, who lives in New York and Maury Povich, a

Washington resident, plan to marry next month. Ms. Chung (38) anchors both

Week of November 1, 1984

“NBC News at Sunrise” and the “NBC Nightly News’ on Saturday nights. Povich

(45) conducts Metromedia’s “Panorama” talk program is the anchor of the WTTG

(channel 5) Washington news. Both worked and met while working for KNXT

(channel 2) in Los Angeles and have been courting for over 6 years.

Radio news -

KIIS-FM Los Angeles is on fire with a 10.0 share! The station says it will carry

that success to the AM band and is jettisoning MOR KPRZ (1150) to simulcast

the FM station.

CNN’s (Cable News Network) real audience according to Nielsen is around

210,000 homes, but is available in about 30 million homes.

“Laverne & Shirley” hosts.

Monday night television -

CBS - Scarecrow and Mrs King (An American Portrait),

Kate and Allie, Newhart, Cagney & Lacey

NBC - Movie, Political Program

ABC - Political Program, Monday Night Football

PBS - Heritage; Civilization and the Jews

MTV - Video Music (Goodman)

At the movies -

The Terminator

Terror in the Aisles

Firstborn

Thief of Hearts

Little Drummer Girl

American Dreamer

The Razor’s Edge

Country

A Soldier’s story

Ghostbusters

Week of November 1, 1984

Week of November 1, 1984