Week of November 1, 1978

President Carter meets briefly with Menachem Begin in New York. Begin was in

town to receive the family of Man award of the New York Council of Churches.

Iran - Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlavi clamps a military government on his

troubled country and sent takes and troops throughout Tehran.

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s two-day-old military government, trying to quell

violent opposition to the monarch’s authoritarian rule, announces the arrests of

32 former ministers and ranking civil officials as foes of the regime.

More Iran - Premier Jafar Sharif-Emami submits

his resignation as antigovernment rioting intensifies

in Tehran and mobs burned the Iranian Information

Ministry.

The Soviet Union celebrates to Bolshevik Revolution

with a military parade in snow-covered Red Square

while President Leonid I. Brezhnev praised Soviets

for weathering a year when”clear days gave way to

rainy ones and not only as records to weather.”

A Staten Island ferryboat loaded with rush-hour

commuters misses a fogbound slip as it was docking

in lower Manhattan and crashed into a concrete

seawall, injuring more than 170 of the 2,000 people

aboard.

The nation’s unemployment rates dropped from 6% to 5.8% in October.

Inflation - Wholesale prices rose .9% in October for the second straight month.

The Dow jumps 35 points to 827.79 for a single day’s gain of nearly 4.5% - its

biggest daily gain ever (so far).

Queen Elizabeth II - robed and wearing a crown, opened the fifth and final

session of Britain’s 47 th parliament with traditional pomp and ceremony.

Dartmouth - The fraternities that were part of the inspiration for the movie “Animal

House” may be closed down because they allegedly encourage heavy drinking

and raucous behavior.

Week of November 1, 1978

After offers from New Jersey and Connecticut - the American Stock Exchange

says it has decided to remain in Manhattan where the city says it will build it a

$40 million home.

Lee Iacocca is selected as the new president of Chrysler Corp.

Sports - Bert Jones’ third touchdown pass of the game, a 27-yeard hookup with

Roger Carr with 3:08 to play, lifted the Baltimore Colts to a 21-17 upset victory

over the Washington Redskins.

Clutch - Dr. J. scores 10 points in the final 9 minutes as the Philadelphia 76ers

beat San Antonio 116-115.

Four former National Football League cheerleaders who were fired after

appearing in the December issue of Playboy, appear at a press conference -

calling it all “hypocritical.” They are Lynita Shilling formerly of the (Chargers),

Bunny Hover (Saints), Jacquelyn Rohrs (Bears), Andrea Mann (Colts).

Hockey great Bobby Hull (39) says he is retiring. He’s

been doing it for 22 professional seasons - the last seven

with the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Assn.

High school - Grenada Hills’ John Elway - rated one of

the top high school QB’s in California - is out for the

season with a torn cartilage in his left leg.

Ron Guidry of the Yankees is the winner of the American

League Cy Young award. He had a 25-3 record and a

1.74 era.

Music news -

Heart attack - Elton John (31) is taken by

ambulance to London’s exclusive Harley Street Clinic

and admitted to the coronary care unit.

Peter Frampton is currently on tour that began in

Japan last month and will end in New Zealand later

this month. He tours England in December.

Up and coming - The Cars. Ric Ocasek says the

band has been together eight years and is just

making it. “It was getting near the end of the line. It

was real close to the bottom… welfare road and all

Week of November 1, 1978

that.”

Top albums this week -

Living in the U.S.A. - Linda

Ronstadt

Live and More - Donna Summer

52 nd Street - Billy Joel

Pieces of Eight - Styx

Some Girls - Rolling Stones

Stranger In Town - Bob Segar

Double Vision - Foreigner

Don’t Look Back - Boston

Grease - Soundtrack

Who Are You - The Who

Hot Hits -

You Needed Me - Anne Murray

Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder

Ready to Take a Chance Again - Barry Manilow

Once Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic

You Never Done It Like That - Captain and Tennille

Kiss You All Over - Exile

MacArthur Park - Donna Summer

Double Vision - Foreigner

Whenever I Call You Friend - Kenny Loggins

How Much I Feel - Ambrosia

Johnny Carson files a complaint - saying his neighbor’s dogs are disturbing his

and his wife’s peace. One of the neighbor’s is Sonny Bono.

Sunday night television -

CBS - 60 Minutes, All in the Family, Alice, Kaz, Dallas

NBC - Wonderful World of Disney, Movie, Lifeline

ABC - Hardy Boys, Movie

PBS - Masterpiece Theater

NBC Made for TV movie - “The Time Machine” - John Beck, Priscilla Barnes,

Andrew Duggan.