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found guilty of accepting of $1.8 million bribe from the

Lockheed Aircraft Corp. It was the first time in Japan’s

recent history that a politician had been convicted of a

crime committed while serving as prime minister.

President Reagan unexpectedly selects National

Security Adviser William P. Clark to replace

controversial James Watt as secretary of the Interior.

Snipers shoot and kill a U.S Marine and wound another

while they were on patrol in their jeeps near Beirut

airport, bringing the latest casualties to five Marines killed and 41 wounded in the

last four weeks of peacekeeping operations.

President Reagan appoints special Middle East envoy Robert C. McFarlane to

succeed William P. Clark as his national security adviser.

A report released by the EPA this week - “Can We Delay a Greenhouse

Warming?” says the Earth will begin warming in the 1990’s and that average

temperatures will rise nearly four degrees Fahrenheit by 2040 and nine degrees

by 2100.

A natural gas explosion and fire destroys a crowded grocery store in Charleston,

South Carolina. A state trooper says, “there is no building left” and it’s estimated

that around 70 are dead.

Airbus Insustrie says that it has received a $225 million order from British

Caledonian Airways for at least seven A320 jetliners. The company says it a

“most significant” step toward the long-awaited formal launch of the all-new 150-

seat plane. The A320 is seen as crucial to the future of Airbus, because it make it

more competitive with Boeing and Mcdonnell Douglas which dominate the

market for standard-bodied jets.. Airbus is aiming for a launch by December in

order to make the A320 available for delivery in the spring of 1988.

The auto industry begins its 1984 model year with a 45% leap in the sales of new

cars - a sharp contrast of the bleak results a year ago. Chevy was up 47%, Ford -

68%, Chrysler Corp - 11% with American Motors up 8.6%.

films. Appeared in the film “Knute Rockne - All American” with

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President Reagan.

Passing - actor Paul Fixx (81) - best remembered for the role of marshal Micah

Torrance in the “Rifleman” television series starring Chuck Connors.

Award winner, pleads guilty to a charge of possessing

cocaine in a federal drug probe that brought guilty pleas

from three of his former Kansas City Royals teammates.

Bestsellers -

Hollywood Wives - Jackie Collins

Changes - Danielle Steel

Poland - James A. Michener

August - Judith Rossner

The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco

The Little Drummer Girl - John le Carre

Wicked Day - Mary Stewart

Who Killed The Robins Family? - Bill Adler, Thomas Chastain

Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession - Erma Bombeck

In Search Of excellence: Lessons From America’s Best run Companies -

Thomas J. Peters

Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives - John Naisbitt

The Best of James Herriot - James Herriot

Out On A Limb - Shirley MacLaine.

The technical adviser to the movie “Eddie and the Cruisers”

is John Lyon - better known as “Southside Johnny,” leader of

the Asbury Jukes - a well-known rock band from Asbury Park,

New Jersey - just Southwest of New York City. . Eddie is

Tarrytown, NY - just north of New York City. Music on the film

is actually performed by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown

Band. Ironically, the Asbury Jukes and the John Cafferty Band

have spent their careers dodging the same comparisons to

another artist from the Asbury Park area - Bruce Springsteen.

Ted Turner announces that he will purchase the rival Satellite News Channel for

$25 million. The channel will cease operations with the acquisition. Turner’s

Cable News Network and CNN Headline News will be offered to cable systems

now carrying SNC, which is owned by ABC Video Enterprises and Westinghouse

Broadcasting. The two competitors have been losing money - but SNC had been

losing more money than the Turner Channels.

Week of October 12, 1983

This Sunday on NBC - “High School

USA” with Dwayne Hickman, Bob

Denver, Tony Dow, Michael J. Fox

and Elinor Donahue. The show pits

the students of a Midwestern high

school (played by young television

stars of today) against their parents

and teachers (played by the

television stars of the late 50’s and

60’s). The special also features

Nancy Mckeaon (Facts of Life), Todd Bridges and Dana Plato (Diff’rent Strokes).

Also appearing - Angela Cartwright, Ken Osmond,

David Nelson and Barry Livingston.

Barbara Walters says she loves her fame, but

is sometimes irked when she hears people

fictional Gilda Radner character on “Saturday

Night Live.” “What I mind sometimes is when

I’m in a crowd or get in a plane and people

say, “oh, there’s Baba Wawa - don’t they

realize I heard? And is this what I am?

Saturday Night Television -

CBS - Cutter to Houston, Movie

NBC - Diff’rent Strokes, Silver Spoons, The Rousters, The Yellow Rose

ABC - T.J Hooker, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island

T.J. Hooker - Hooker’s link to a beautiful Eurasion girl leads him to a crime ring

that is funneling illegal weapons through Chinatown.

“taken” after skipping a boring

Boy Scout convention for a

couple of “older” girls

CBS Movie - “Trackdown -

Finding the Goodbar Killer”

(1983)- George Segal, Shelly

Hack.

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Saturday Night Live - Guest hosts - Rhea Perlman, Danny DeVito

Sunday news programs this week:

about President Reagan’s 1984 Presidential plans

This Week With David Brinkley (ABC) - Edward

Rollins, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) and

Sen. James R Sasser (D-Tenn) discuss the ‘84

Presidential campaign.

Meet The Press (NBC) - Frank Borman - chairman of

the financially troubled Eastern Airlines discusses

the industry.

Top Country single -

Lady Down On Love - Alabama

Hot Hits -

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

Islands in the Stream - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Ritchie

Making Love Out of Nothing - Air Supply

Delirious - Prince

One thing Leads To Another - The Fixx

Telefone - Sheena Easton

True - Spandau Ballet

Far From Over - Frank Stallone

How Am Supposed To Live Without You - Laura

Branigan

If Anyone Falls - Stevie Nicks

She’s Sexy +_17 - Stray Cats

Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

Tonight, I Celebrate My Love - Peabo

Bryson/Roberta Flack

Promises Promises - Naked Eyes

This Time - Bryan Adams

Sitting At The Wheel - The Moody Blues

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Dr Heckyll & Mr Jive - Men at Work

Everyday I Write The Book - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Top Albums -

Synchronicity - The Police

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Flashdance - soundtrack

Reach the Beach - The Fixx

In Innocent Man - Billy Joel

Greatest Hits - Air Supply

The Principle of Moments - Robert Plant

Pyromania - Def Leppard

Metal Health - Quiet Riot

Faster Than the Speed of Night - Bonnie

Tyler

More Albums -

Rhythm Of Youth - Men Without Hats

Greatest Hits Vol. II - Eddie Rabbit

Try It out - Klique

Hello Big Man - Carly Simon

No Frills - Bette Midler

Voice of the Heart - The Carpenters

The Completion Backward Principle - The Tubes

Born To Love - Peabo Bryson/Roberta Flack

The Wild Heart - Stevie Nicks

The Net - Little River Band

Lick It Up - Kiss

The Present - The Moody Blues

One particular Harbour - Jimmy Buffet

Numbers With Wings - The Bongos

Bent Out Of Shape - Rainbow

Cookin’ On The Rood - Roman Holliday

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Introducing The Style Council - Style Council

Little Robbers - The Motels

What’s New - Linda Ronstadt

The Crossing - Big Country

Cargo - Men at Work

Frontiers - Journey

Colour By Numbers - Culture Club

Punch The Clock - Elvis Costello &

The Attractions

Passionworks - Heart

Live From Earth - Pat Benatar

Drastic Measures - Kansas

True - Spandau Ballet

Fantastic - Wham! U.K.

Pancho & Lefty - Merle Haggard and

Willie Nelson

Don’t Cheat In Our Hometown -

Ricky Skaggs

At the movies -

Brandauer, Max Von Sydow, Barbara Carrera, Kim Basinger, Bernie Casey

Robertson

Cline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, Jobeth Williams

Maser

Janet Eilber

Gayle

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Week of October 12, 1983

Top Hits in Britain -

Karma Chamelon - Culture Club

Dear Prudence - Siouxsie & The Banchies

Modern Love - David Bowie

Red Red Wine - EB 40

New Song - Howard Jones

They Don’t Know - Tracey Ullman

Blue Monday - New Order

In Your eyes - George Benson

Tahiti - David Essex

This Is Not A Love Song - Pil

Radio News -

WPLJ lets long time DJ Carol Miller go. The

station just made a transition to Top-40 and

apparently, the rock album jock wasn’t cutting

it.

Music News -

Vestron Video will release “Michael Jackson:

Making of the Thriller Video” before Christmas.

Price of the 1-hour video - $29.95.

Look for a concert by Pat Benatar to be

broadcast by HBO November 5.

Sony says it will begin marketing a Compact

Disc player with a $700 price tag next month.

It’ll be $200 cheaper than the current Sony

model CDP-101 CD player.

“Thriller” by Michael Jackson with over 14

million copies sold worldwide, is the biggest

selling album in CBs’ history, surpassing

Simon & Garfunkel’s Great Hits at 13 million.

More video music is being produced now than

ever. There’s a trend with radio station and

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DJ’s to produce their local video shows on local stations. Look out.

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Week of October 12, 1983

Week of October 12, 1983