Week of October 1, 1984

of baseball - but look - The Major League Umpires Assn. call

a surprise strike on the eve of the baseball playoffs!

Ueberroth says without the umps, the games will go on.

Labor Secretary Raymond J. Donovan is indicted by a county

grand jury in New York on charges of grand larceny and false

documentation in connection with a subway construction

project there.

Speaking in Texas, President Reagan charges that a “lynch atmosphere” has

dogged officials of his Administration throughout his term and says he considers

Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan “innocent until proven guilty.”

The Senate kills Civil Rights legislation that would have reversed a Supreme

Court decision narrowing the application of federal anti-discrimination laws.

Debate - President Reagan meets Walter F. Mondale in Louisville as they clash

on domestic issues.

The space shuttle Challenger lifts off from Cape Canaveral and its crew will study

the forces that make life possible on earth.

calls and outdoor exercise in the hospital. He told a judge: “I

am getting well. I am not the same person I was two years

ago… a sick young man.”

Campaigning - President Reagan will abandon his

presidential jet Air Force One to make an old-fashioned

whistle-stop train trip on the same railway car that was used

by Harry S. Truman.

Richard Miller, an FBI agent for more than 20 years becomes the first agent ever

accused of espionage and is arrested in California.

The nation’s unemployment rate edges down to 7.4% last month, the lowest

since June.

Week of October 1, 1984

Catching on - DeLorean car clubs.

There are five such clubs around the

country. Of more than 8.600 DeLoreans

built, about 6,000 of them have been

identified on dealer sales lists, which car

clubs use to solicit members. The

DeLoreans had an original sticker price

of about $26,000.

Sports -

San Diego Padre Steve Garvey hits a homer and 5 RBI’s against his old team -

the Dodges as the Padres win 7-5.

Muhammad Ali’s physician says that the former heavyweight champ’s physical

disorder probably has its roots in the punches he took in the ring. Ali underwent

tests last month at New York’s Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and

apparently, the cause of Ali’s slurred speech and stumbling gait was Parkinson’s

syndrome. Another doctor said Ali was hospitalized at the UCLA Clinics in 1982

‘for very early signs of Parkinsonism,” and was diagnosed as having the disorder

a year ago.

Passing - Manager Walter Emmons (Walt) Alston -

Who led the Dodgers

to seven National League pennants and four World

Series championships in 23 years - four in Brooklyn.

Entertainment news -

Jeffrey Katzenberg (33) is named president of motion

pictures and television for Walt Disney Productions. He

is currently president of movie production for paramount

Pictures.

Music news -

Actor Leonard Nimoy plays a cab driver in the Bangles video “Going Down To

Liverpool.”

The Justice department has launched a preliminary antitrust investigation of

MTV. Apparently, they are looking into the music channel’s controversial

contracts with five major record companies granting MTV exclusive rights to rock

video clips. Under the terms of its contracts, rock-video clips from the record

companies appear exclusively on MTV for 30 to 60 days before they are

available to other music programs such as NBC’s “Friday Night Videos.” The

contracts cover just over 40% of the videos airing on MTV.

Week of October 1, 1984

Week of October 1, 1984

Television news -

Belushi, Mary Gross, Gary Kroeger and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Gone are Eddie

Murphy and Joe Piscopo. Added this year - Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Rich Hall,

Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest and Pamela Stephenson.

CBS wins the overall ratings with a 17.5 rating, compared to NBC at 1 16.1 and

ABC with a 14.5.

as “Commissioner Gorden” in the Batman TV

series.

Monday night television -

CBS - Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Movie

NBC - TV Bloopers and Practical Jokes, Tonight

Letterman

ABC - Call to Glory, Monday Night Football,

Nightline

PBS - Wonder Works, Heritage: Civilization and

The Jews, Latenight America

HBO - Joe Piscopo Special

Showtime - D.C. Beach party: A Musical Celebration

Week of October 1, 1984