Week of October 15-31, 1982
Poland’s top banking official in North America defects to the United States,
bringing significant intelligence information, according to the FBI.
President Reagan unveils a government interagency agreement that would
invest $5 billion in small business in 21 states and create as many as 300,000
jobs within four years.
Chevron U.S.A. and Philips Petroleum announce the discovery of a giant
offshore oil field holding at least 100 million barrels of recoverable oil.
John DeLorean
is arrested in Los
Angeles on charges of taking part in
a conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
The FBI says that a five-month
undercover investigation had
established that the 57-year-old
DeLorean was the “financier” of a ring
that brought nearly 60 pounds of
cocaine into the LA area and had
plans to import another 160 pounds,
altogether, worth $27 million.
Delorean - a maverick engineer,
established his own company in
Northern Ireland four years ago to produce the gull-winged, stainless steel-
bodied sports cars that bore his name and were priced at $25,000 apiece.
Disregarding surprised shouts and protests by Chinese officials, U.S. publisher
Malcolm Forbes flies without permission in a hot air balloon over Peking and
lands in a restricted military camp. “This was not allowed,’ a Chinese official said
gravely.” But we were too late to stop it.” Forbes and five other Americans
completed the first motorcycle tour across China - a 1,500-mile trek. But he had
been frustrated in his efforts to fly a 74-foot-tall hot air balloon he brought with
him.
The Dow hits highest level in almost 10 years - closing up 20.32 at 1034.12 - its
highest finish since it hit 1,039.36 on January 12, 1973.
The cyanide Tylenol killings have spawned an outbreak of copycat product
tamperings such as spiking acid into mouthwash, eye drops and nasal spray
purchased at stores from coast to coast. A woman in suburban Chicago suffered
burns when she used Listerine mouthwash contaminated with sulfuric acid. A
California man’s eyes were severely burned by acid-laced drips.
Week of October 15-31, 1982
The last of the copper pennies rolls off the presses at the Denver mint. It now
produces the new copper-coated zine pennies.
Sony is about to debut the Watchman - which contains a revolutionary 2-inch flat
black-and-white picture tube. It should sell for about $350 and you’ll be able to
give it as a Christmas gift.
Television news - Comic strip character
Garfield
makes
his TV debut in a primetime special - “Here Comes
Garfield” on CBS-TV this week.
Week of October 15-31, 1982
President Reagan offers to triple the tonnage of grain the United States will sell
the Soviet Union with an embargo-free guarantee if the soviets will buy before
Nov 30 and take deliveries within 180 days.
President Reagan tells the president of Lebanon “we hear you,” and that he will
give “serious consideration” to his suggestion that a multinational peacekeeping
force be enlarged and given an expanded role in the strife-torn Arab country.
Weekly radio address
- President Reagan
advises the
nation’s 11.3 million unemployed to “hang in there”’
saying a drop in inflation and interest rates and a recent
surge in the stock market had brought “new cause for
confidence.” The country’s biggest problem, he said,
“May be fear - fear that we’re adrift, that there is no plan,
that no one is doing anything to make things better.”
“That’s not true.”
President Reagan hails two days of optimistic economic
news as evidence the recession is ending and the nation
is headed for prosperity.
“Each week is fresh evidence that out program will work
and is momentum for recover. Yesterday, we learned that productivity increased
sharply in the third quarter,’ said the President.
In Northern Ireland a bomb explodes under a police vehicle in a rural area killing
three officers instantly as they patrolled along a quiet road frequented by
birdwatchers in County Armagh.
Virginia - School principals are asked to keep close watch on their teachers after
columnist Ann Landers received a letter from a man identifying himself as a
Wheeling teacher who threatened to commit ‘the worlds mass murder in the
history of this country.” The anonymous writer - singed the letter “Wheeling,
W.Va.”
President Reagan in an interview, rejected charges that he is uncaring and
declared, “I bleed for the unemployed” and dismissed House Speaker Thomas
(Tip) O’Neill Jr.’s assertion that he has “ice water” in his veins.
A 20-year-old woman who had taken Extra Strength Excedrin capsules fell ill and
authorities suspected that she had been poisoned by mercuric chloride, the toxic
chemical blamed for an Excedrin poisoning this week.
Week of October 15-31, 1982
Hudson’s - the “Big store”
with floor
space exceeded only by Macy’s in New
York is closing in January, leaving the
downtown area of Detroit without a major
department store.
King Hassan II of Morocco says that the
Arab nations “wish to live in peace with
Israel”, provided that Israel abandons the
territories if won in the 1967 Mideast war.
Weekly radio address - President
Reagan attached the “six big myths”
about his economic policies that he said
his opponents were spreading.
At least 6,000 copies of a bogus
publication that was printed to look like a
section of the New York Times were confiscated after some dealers said they
had been asked to insert them in the Sunday papers. The 12-page section which
closely resembled the newspaper’s format, attacked the politically influential
attorney Roy Cohn, Mayor Edward Koch and republican gubernatorial candidate
Lewis e. Lehrman.
Sports - World welterweight champ Sugar Ray Leonard, who underwent surgery
in May to repair a detached retina in his left eye, will definitely retire in November.
Passing -
Joyce Clyde Hall
, who turned a small picture
postcard business into Hallmark Cards Inc. the world’s
largest greeting card company, dies in his sleep at 91.
Hall ran Hallmark for 56 years and stepped aside as
chief executive officer in 1966, when his son, Donald J.
Hall took over.
Passing - Former First Lady Bess Truman (97).
Entertainment news -
Actress Eileen Brennan was in critical but stable
condition after a speeding car struck in the middle of a
darkened street in Venice, near Los Angeles. She had
been dining with actress Goldie Hawn at a nearby
restaurant.
Week of October 15-31, 1982
Actress Jennifer O’Neill is shot once in the abdomen at her home in Westchester,
NY. She’s listed in fair condition after surgery.
Television news
- Don’t miss Pac man on ABC
Saturday mornings. The cartoon version has arms,
feet and wears a hat, unlike the yellow blob seen in
the arcades.
The Nashville Network, a new cable service is
scheduled for launch next year. Look for lots of
country music, live talk and variety shows and
others - just for country fans. It’s a joint venture of
WSM Inc and Group W. Satellite Communications.
Football is back - At Least A Little Bit - Ted Turner
says his WTBS Superstation will carry a series of
NFL All-Star games, because, as everyone knows,
there is a player’s strike. The NFL Players’ Assn.
cleared the legal hurdles for such games. The
games will also be syndicated to regular TV by
Turner.
With lack of NFL games this fall, NBC has been
telecasting Canadian Football coverage, but the
ratings have been a disaster.
Thursday night television -
CBS - Magnum, P.I., Simon and Simon, Knot’s
Landing
NBC -Fame, Star of the Family, Cheers, Taxi, Hill
Street Blues, Tonight, David Letterman
ABC - Joanie Loves Chachi, Star of the Family,
Too Close for Comfort, It Takes Two, 20/20,
PBS - Sneak Previews
Cheers - The coach doesn’t like the man his
daughter is about to marry.
Saturday night television -
CBS - EPCOT Center -The Opening Celebration, Movie
Week of October 15-31, 1982
NBC - Diff’rent Strokes, Silver Spoons, Gimme a Break, Love, Sidney, Devlin
Connection, Saturday Night Live
ABC - T.J. Hooker, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island
EPCOT Center … The Opening Celebration - Danny Kaye leads a musical tour
through Disney’s EPCOT.
Devlin Connection - Brian and Nick find a corpse in the trunk of Nick’s car.
Saturday Night Live - Howard Hessman hosts with musical guests Men at Work.
Also appearing - Andy Kaufman.
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Music news
-
Janet Jackson (16) makes her
album debut. “Young Love” is on
A&M records. She is managed by
her father, Joe Jackson for Joe
Jackson Productions at 6255
Sunset Blvd., Suite 716 -
Hollywood, CA. She’s been
performing with the family since she
was 7.
Update - The Nashville Network is
set to launch in early 1983.
The USA Network will air a live
concert by Utopia next month. The
channel now reaches an estimated
13 million cable households.
Elton John is suing the Dick James Organization for the returns of the copyrights
of all his songs from 1967 through 1975, for a total of 150 songs. It comes in the
wake of similar litigation between Gilbert O’Sullivan and the MAM Company and
between Police lead singer Sting and Virgin Music.
MTV begins Halloween early with an
Ozzy
Osbourne
concert taped this summer. Look for it
on the 30
th
. Then on Halloween, MTV will present
a Frank Zappa concert taped earlier after an airing
of “Night of the Living Dead.”
Radio news
-
Looks like WBBM-FM’s “Hot Hits” format has
pushed the station to third place in Chicago. WLS-
AM fell to a 3.6 from a 4.8. WBBM-FM hit a 5.3
share overall - a 20.8 share with teens! The
station had a 2.7 in the last ratings book.
Mike Joseph’s “Hot Hits” top-40 format comes to Detroit and WHYT (formerly
WJR-FM).
Week of October 15-31, 1982
Rick Carroll signs a fourth station - KEGL (eagle) in Dallas will begin to sound
like KROQ - Pasadena.
Ratings - WBLS-FM (New York) program director
Frankie
Crocker
has big numbers on his late afternoon-early evening
show. Frankie starts with a 5.5 share and ends with a 7.7
share.
Country WHN (New York) will pick-up Mets play-by-play.
Now four years old - Birch - the other ratings company, is now
available in 56 markets. It’s competing with staple Arbitron for
the radio ratings business.
WAPP - New York’s newest rock station hits a 4.9 share after running
commercial free. But now commercials have been added - can they maintain
those ratings? WKTU is still on top - but at a 5.5 share - down form 6.2 in the
spring. WBLS is up to a 5.3 from a 5.1 and WRKS is down to 5.1 from 5.9. A/C
WYNY is up to 5.0. Country is down to a 2.6 from a 2.7 and rival WKHK is up to
2.2 from 1.7. WNEW-FM is down to a 2.0 from a 2.9.
Los Angeles - KROQ is holding at a 3.7 while KMET falls to a 3.4 from a 4.0.
Top-40 KIQQ moves up to a 4.1 from a 3.7. Talker KABC leads LA with an 8.6
share, up from 6.7 last book. KLOS gets a 4.7. A/C music station KFI slips to a
1.7 from a 2.5. KNX-FM (mellow rock) slips to a 1.6 from 2.2. Beautiful KBIG
slips to a 4.0 from 5.0.
Hot Rock Album Tracks -
Electricland - Bad Company
New World Man - Rush
Everybody Wants You - Billy Squier
Don’t Fight - Kenny Loggins/Steve Perry
Eminence Front - The Who
You Don’t Want Me Anymore - Steel
Breeze
Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac
Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel
Top Country -
He Got You - Ronnie Milsap
Let It Be Me - Willie Nelson
Close Enough To Perfect - Alabama
I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
Week of October 15-31, 1982
Break It To Me Gently - Juice Newton
Mistakes - Don Williams
You’re So Good When You’re Bad - Charley Pride
Yesterday’s Wine - Merle haggard & George Jones
I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head - Oak Ridge Boys
She’s Lying - Lee Greenwood
Top Hits in Britain -
Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
Zoom - Pat Larry’s Band
Hard To Say I’m Sorry - Chicago
There It is - Shalamar
Jackie Wilson Said - Kevin Rowland and Dexys Midnight Runners
Love Come Down - Evelyn King
Friend Or Foe - Adam Ant
The Bitterest Pill - the Jam
Just What I Always Wanted - Mari Wilson
Hot Albums -
Mirage - Fleetwood Mac
American Fool - John Cougar
Emotions in Motion - Billy Squier
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
Chicago 16 - Chicago
If that’s What It Takes - Michael
McDonald
Vacation - Go-Go’s
It’s Hard - The Who
Eye in the Sky - Alan Parson’s Project
Business as Usual - Men At Work
Signals - Rush
A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls
Get Lucky - Loverboy
Combat Rock - The Clash
High Adventure - Kenny Loggins
Hey Ricky - Melissa Manchester
Donna Summer - Donna Summer
No Control - Eddie Money
Asia - Asia
Screaming For Vengeance - Judas Priest
Jump To It - Aretha Franklin
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15-31, 1982
Shango - Santana
Built For Speed - stray Cats
Rough Diamonds - Bad Company
What Time Is It? - The Time
Good Trouble - REO Speedwagon
Rock in a Hard Place - Aerosmith
Hot Hits
Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work
Jack and Diane - John Cougar
Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
Hard To Say I’m Sorry - Chicago
Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project
I Ran - Flock of Seagulls
Somebody’s Baby - Jackson
Brown
I Keep Forgettin - Michael
McDonald
Blue Eyes - Elton John
Up Where We Belong - Joe
Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Hold On - Santana
Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac
Break It To Me Gently - Juice
Newton
You Can Do Magic - America
Heart Attack - Olivia Newton-John
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
Heartlight - Neil Diamond
What’s Forever For - Michael
Murphy
Don’t Fight It - Kenny Loggins/Steve Perry
Gloria - Lora Branigan
Big Fun - Kool & The Gang
You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester
The One You Love - Glenn Frey
Jump To It - Aretha Franklin
Nobody - Sylvia
You Don’t Want Me Anymore - Steel Breeze
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