Week of November 8, 1983

A bomb goes off about 30 feet from the Senate chamber entrance at the U.S.

Capitol. The blast blew the doors off a reception room - no one was injured. The

force of the blast was estimated to be between 2 to 5 sticks of dynamite. A group

opposed to U.S. involvement in Grenada claimed responsibility.

President Reagan’s handling of the October 25 invasion of Grenada wins

widespread public and congressional support allaying concern for his conduct on

foreign affairs. Before the Grenada invasion, Americans had become increasingly

concerned about tensions in Lebanon and Central America, U.S-Soviet relations

including the Soviet’s downing of a South Korean Jetliner.

A Republic Airlines pilot loses an eye and suffers cuts from broken glass when a

goose crashes through the windshield of his plane as it was approaching the

airport in Sioux City, South Dakota. The co-pilot landed the craft with 30

passengers aboard, despite a hole in the windshield the size of a football.

Microsoft will begin of offer programs that make it easier for a PC user to handle

several programs on their screens simultaneously. Its new “Windows” will let

independent software companies develop these products - dubbed “integrated

software packages.” Microsoft says that 23 PC makers will offer Windows with

their systems including HP, Compaq, Tandy, Wang, DEC, Apple and Eagle.

Windows will compete with the recently released Visi-on from VisiCorp and with

Week of November 8, 1983

Lisa (Apple Corp). Lisa relies on a device called a mouse, which lets a viewer

point a click from a menu of choices on a screen and integrating one task with

another.

Hustler magazine Publisher Larry Flynt is forcibly removed from court after

shouting obscenities at 9 justices. “F#@% this court. You denied me the counsel

of my choice.” Officers surrounded him and rolled his gold-plated wheelchair out

of the courtroom. He was arrested and charged with contempt of court. The

outburst occurred after arguments were heard in a libel case with Penthouse

Magazine.

advertisement running in several magazines depicting

her with critic Gene Shalit, actress Ruth Gordon and

model Shari Belafonte-Harper. The ad shows and real

Shalit, Gordon and Harper and implies that the other

model is Onassis. The ad depicts shows the double

peeking over Shalit’s shoulder and was “an

embarrassment and injurious to my reputation

because it makes it appear that I am acting as a

photographic model” said Onassis.

known for his appearances on “Hee Haw.” Samples most

famous skit on the show was a parody on used car

commercials. Samples was from the rural community of

Cumming, Georgia and said his TV appearances “just ‘bout

ruint me” because his neighbors always wanted him to pay

their bills thinking he was rich.

The Frank Sinatra concert scheduled at the St Paul Civic Center in Minnesota is

cancelled due to a sore throat. A new date will be set sometime between 2 and

12 weeks.

Trying to keep a low profile, John F. Kennedy Jr.

arrives in New Delhi, India for six months of

independent study. “I have never given interviews and

I don’t see why I should start now.”

purple jockeys he replied “yes I do.’

Week of November 8, 1983

A wealthy Long Island businessman kisses his wife and then shoots her to death

while she was riding her exercise bike. Stephan Hoffman confessed to the killing

after attempting to make it look like a burglary. Hoffman said his wife insisted on

moving to $400 thousand condominium and he couldn’t afford it.

House speaker Tip O’Neill writes a letter of apology to Nancy Reagan for

remarks he made about her in the New York Times. In the interview, O’Neil said,

“President Reagan could quit tomorrow and she would be queen of Beverly

Hills.”

Bestsellers include - “Poland” - James A. Michener, “The Saga Of Baby Divine” -

Bette Midler “Motherhood: The Second oldest Profession” - Erma Brombeck, “On

Wings Of Eagles” - Ken Follett

In sports - Larry O’Brien resigns as

commissioner of the NBA. ..

.Marvelous

15 round decision to retain his middleweight

title.

At the mart - a 4-pack Lipton Cup-A-Soup -

.66...2 ply Kleenex towels - 100 - .65...409 Cleaner - 220z -$1.29... New at the

mart - Donky Kong cereal.

Tuesday night TV (begins at 8 eastern)... (CBS) Mississippi, Movie...(NBC) The

A Team, Remington Steele, Bay City Blues...(ABC) Just Our Luck, Happy Days,

Three’s Company, Madeline, Hart To Hart.

Fleetwood’s Zoo as musical guests this week.

TV ratings last week - Dallas (26.8), Stir Crazy (26.7),

60 minutes (24.6), Falcon Crest (23.3), Magnum, PI

(23.2), The A-Team (23.1), Simon & Simon (23.0),

Dynasty (22.1), Hotel (20.8), Love Boat (20.4), Knots

Landing (20.3), Hart to Hart (19.7), Facts of Life (19.7),

Newhart (19.7), AfterMASH (19.5).

Week of November 8, 1983

At the movies - “Star 80” - Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson

“The Right Stuff” - Charles Frank, Ed Harris

“Never Cry Wolf” - Charles Martin Smith, Brain Dennehy

“The Dead Zone’ - Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt

“Deal Of The Century” - Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, Gregory Hines

“Never Say Die Again” - Sean Connry As James Bond.

On the charts - “All Night Long” - Lionel

Ritchie, “Islands In The Stream” - Kenny

Rogers/ Dolly Parton, “Uptown Girl” - Billy

Joel, “True” - Spandau Ballet, “One Thing

Leads To Another” - The Fixx, “Cum On

- Prince, “Telefone (long distance love

affair)” - Sheena Easton, “Modern Love” -

David Bowie, “If Anyone Falls” - Stevie

Nicks, “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love” - Peabo Bryson/Roberta Flack, “Crumblin’

Down” - John Cougar Mellencamp.

On a country road - “Lady Down On Love” - Alabama, “Holding Her And Loving

You” - Earl Thomas Conley, “One Of A Kind Pair Of Fools” - Barbara Mandrell,

“Somebody’s Gonna Love You” - Lee Greenwood