Week of November 8, 1981
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President Reagan declared the economy must be rescued from years of
government mismanagement and that the nation needs to “stiffen its spine and
not throw in the towel” on the government spending cuts.
Beset by problem after problem, the space shuttle Columbia is commanded to
make an early landing at Edwards Air Force Base. The latest problem: one of its
three electric fuel cells doesn’t work.
Princess Diana, expecting a baby in June, tells another young wife that she had
never heard abut morning sickness before her marriage and that she is “fed up”
with it.
New anti drug crusade - Nancy Reagan all but blames drug addiction on the
nation’s parents and advises them to get tough, even if it means, losing your
child for a while. She told members of the national federation of parents - “I think
for a long time parents weren’t involved. They shifted it to the schools or the
police or the government - anybody but themselves - because it took time, it
took effort, it’s not pleasant.”
Presidential Press Secretary
James Brady
, giving a
“thumbs up” sign, formally opens the newly refurbish
White House press quarters in his first official
appearance since he was shot in the head march 20.
Adm. Hyman Rickover, now 81-years-old, will be forced
to retire from the Navy next year. He is known as the
father of the nuclear submarine. He has served 63
years, probably the longest active-duty tour in the Navy.
A costumed gadfly “Spider Dan” Goodwin scales the world’s fifth-tallest building,
The Hancock in Chicago dodging firefighters’ hoses and grapping hooks toe the
cheers of hundred of supporters. Firefighters broke out windows on the 38
th
floor,
blocked Goodwin’s path with grappling hooks and sprayed water on the side of
the steel-and-glass skyscraper during their attempt to stop him.
J. Paul Getty III - blind and totally helpless at age 25 after suffering a stroke, is
suing his millionaire father because he won’t help with the youth’s huge medical
bills. The younger Getty was kidnapped in Italy for five months in 1973 and he
and his mother have filed to compel J. Getty Jr. to pay $25,000-per-month medial
expenses.
