Week of September 8, 1980

Campaign trail in New Jersey as President Carter tells a crowd in Perth Amboy

that Ronald Reagan’s economic program would bring “massive tax breaks for the

wealthy and massive increases in inflation to working people.”

Ronald Reagan says that if he were elected President he would restrain the

projected growth in federal spending by 7 to 10 per cent over the next five years.

And independent John Anderson will be in the next Presidential debate.

Retired Adm. Elmo Zumwalt says that White House and Pentagon sources told

him that President Carter personally approved the disclosure of the top-secret

“Stealth” aircraft program for political purposes.

Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini intervenes dramatically

in the 10-month old American hostages crisis, setting

unexpectedly moderate terms for the release of the 52

captives. He said the hostages could be released if the

United states returned to Iran the property of the late shah,

canceled all of its financial claims against Iran, promised not

to intervene politically or militarily in Iran and released Iranian

assets frozen by president Carter after the hostages were

seized.

A Cuban refugee was filed in a hijacking attempt when he was over powered by

two passengers and a stewardess aboard an Eastern airlines jet. The plane,

carrying 79 passengers and six crewmembers from Newark, N.J., landed in

Miami as scheduled.

The Afghan government has demanded the extradition of

Dan Rather , CBS television reporter, on charges that he

took part in the killing of three Afghan workers. Rather said

“this is a classic case of the propaganda technique known

the world over as the big lie.” The incident was said to have

taken place in March. Rather went to Naragarhar Province in

March with CBS television crew to film the Afghan insurgents

he was accompanied by guides and insurgent bodyguards.

Sports - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw

announces his marriage to Jo Jo Starbuck, who last month

filed for divorce, is on again.

Week of September 8, 1980

The Pittsburgh Steelers break out of

a 17-17 third-quarter deadlock to beat

the Houston Oilers 31-17. “Feel sorry

for Kenny Stabler?” said Terry

Bradshaw. “I wish he had thrown 15

interceptions instead of five.” Also,

dig Bradshaw’s new peanut butter!

Passing - Max Morgenthaler, a Swiss

chemist known as the “father of

Nescafe’ instant coffee.

Robert Linkletter (35) son of

entertainer Art Linkletter is fatally

inured after his car collided head-on with another in Los Angeles.

Josephine Hoffa (62), wife of missing teamster Union boss Jimmy Hoffa, dies in a

Detroit hospital after a stroke.

The current People Magazine has a six-page spread of Ronald Reagan’s movie

roles.

Interviewed on the “Today” show, former President Richard Nixon says President

Carter’s aides are “tough” and ruthless,’ and that Republican nominee Ronald

Reagan had better “shape up” his staff. “You know, they’re a touch bunch,

believe me, these Georgia boys. They may play softball down in Plains, but they

play hardball in the country,’” said Nixon.

Music - Slim Whitman is back again. Slim Whitman?

Yes. After Suffolk marketing did a direct TV ad for an album

of his old hits. It sold well, but more importantly, his name is

remembered for better or worse. He recently placed a top-

20 tune on the country charts - “When.” Suffolk is coming

out with a second Slim Whitman TV album. Look out!

Glen Campbell (44) and Tanya Tucker (21) plan

to marry. They’ve been seen together since

February. It’ll be his fourth wife.

Looks like Toni Tenille is changing her image.

US Magazine reports she’s splitting,

professionally from the Captain - Daryl Dragon

(her husband) to begin a new talkshow. Gone

Week of September 8, 1980

are her bangs. In for her - blond tresses. “This is the way I looked when I met

Daryl. It’s not new to me. But going back to this style was a conscious decision. I

was tired of being a little cutesy-pie and I felt the time had come for a mature,

sexy image. A change was needed.

Television news -

Fred Silverman, head of programming for #3 ranked NBC said that things have

been so unlucky lately that if CBS’ “Dallas” were on NBC the guy who shot J.R.

would have missed.

WSNS-TV (Channel 44) Chicago is about to give up a nice part of its broadcast

day to pay-TV, in this case ON-TV of Chicago (see ad). The official opening is

Sept 22. It’s called subscription TV and there are operations in big cities such as

Los Angeles and New York - all using UHF stations to scramble signals.

Week of September 8, 1980

Chuck Barris is in a body cast after receiving a sprained back and cracked ribs

while playing racquetball.

Actress MacKenzie Phillips is ordered to pay 41,500 in

temporary alimony to her estranged husband, Jeffrey Sessler.

Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal announce that they’ll soon be

married. He was married to actresses Joanna Moore and Leigh

Taylor-Young. She was married to Lee Majors.

Sunday night television -

CBS - 60 Minutes, Archie Bunker’s Place, One Day At A Time, Alice, The

Jeffersons, Trapper John, M.D.

NBC - Disney, ChiPs, NBC Special - Emmy Awards

ABC - Those Amazing Animals (see add), Movie-The Longest Yard

PBS - Masterpiece Theater

ChiPS - Officer Bonnie Clark is injured in an accident, but a CB radio enthusiast

comes to the rescue.

Emmy Awards - Michael Landon, Lee Remick and Bob

Newhart host the ceremony. Presenters include Danny

Thomas, Loni Anderson, Lucille Ball, Carl Reiner and

Sally Struthers.

At the movies -

The Blues Brothers

Smokey and the Bandit II

The Big Brawl

My Bodyguard

Empire strikes Back

Raise the Titanic

Airplane