Week of Oct 28-31, 1985

President Reagan announces that he is making a new nuclear weapons

limitation proposal to the Soviet Union and that he will request the current round

of negotiations in Geneva be extended to consider it.

President Reagan, trying to talk “directly with the people of the Soviet Union”

before the superpower summit, will be questioned by four Moscow journalists in

the first interview an American president has granted the Soviet press in nearly a

quarter of a century.

The nation’s trade deficit hit an all-time high of $15.5 billion in September, an

increase of 57% over August.

King.” - in a car crash while en route to watch the

launch of the space shuttle Challenger. He was 74.

Sports - Marvelous Marvin Hagler’s postpones his

middleweight match against John Mugabi in

November because of a broken nose that haggler

suffered while sparring at his Palm Springs camp.

President Reagan welcomed the world champion

Kansas City Royals to the White House, praising

the team for its “never-say-die spirit.”

Walt Disney Productions announces that it is

syndicating 20 of its feature movies for television

beginning next fall. Actually it’s two packages - one includes the theatrical films

and the other with a selection of programming from its prime-time series that ran

from 1954 to 1983 on all three networks.