Week of September 11, 1983

Gannett’s “USA Today”

celebrates is first anniversary.

The paper is already in 16 major

markets and growing. This week,

it’s being launched in New

England and the Great Lakes

region

Prime Minister Menachem Begin

of Israel submits his formal

resignation. The move clears the

way for Foreign Minister Yitzhak

Shamir to form a new

government.

For the first time, President Reagan authorizes the use of American forces to

protect the Lebanese army. It’s part of a series of moves to protect the defenses

of the 1000 plus U.S Marines stationed in Beirut.

Japanese searchers find the first American ID in the Korean airliner, which was

shot out of the sky last week by the Russians. 269 perished in the waters of the

north sea of Japan, including 61 Americans.

IBM announces that it has developed a new chip with twice the storage capacity

of anything on the market. The chip uses something called “plate pushing” to

read data on its output. The chip has 512K dynamic RAM

Time Inc. drops its “TV-Cable Week” magazine after only five months. It’s the

company’s first failure in launching a magazine in 61 years. The company spent

$50 million so far on the project.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (29) is charged with possession of heroin after his bag is

searched after a flight. Kennedy was traveling to South Dakota on a flight from

Minneapolis when he became sick. Ironically, he was on his way to Black Hills to

seek help for drug dependency.

becomes the first black to be crowned Miss

America. She’s from Millwood, NY in

Westchester County.

Week of September 11, 1983

Barbara Bel Geddes who plays matriarch Ellie Ewing on “Dallas” is back at work

on the series. The actress suffered a heart attack in March. She’s missed the first

12 episodes of the new season.

Elena Holley Diaz, Buddy Holly’s widow - proclaims September 10 “Buddy Holly

Memorial Day” at a ceremony in Lubbock, TX.

In sports - Jimmy Connors wins the U.S. Open Men’s championship and Martina

Navratilova wins on the woman’s side at Flushing Meadow NY.

NBC says it’s adding two games shows

to the daytime schedule beginning in

O’Connell... The other actually pairs two

older game shows - “The Match Game-

Hollywood Squares Hour.” In an unusual

idea - three contestants play “The Match

Game” the first half hour. Two high

scorers of that game get to sit in a

square on “The Hollywood Squares”

airing the next half hour. The winner on

“The Hollywood Squares” in turn, gets to play “The Match Game” once again in a

bonus round...

. WOW!

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger gets his U.S citizenship in Los Angeles.

Friday Night TV - CBS - Magnum PI, Simon and Simon, Knots Landing ... NBC -

Gimmie A Break, Mama’s Family, We Got It Made, Cheers, Hill Street Blues ...

ABC - Football, Too Close For Comfort.

Elizabeth Taylor and Carol Burnett. “One wants to catch a rich

husband the other to cath up on the sexual revolution. They

have a friendship you’ll never forget.”

Top Books - “Poland” - James A. Michener, “August” - Judith

Rossner, “Hollywood Wives” - Jackie Collins, “The One Minute

Manager” - Kenneth Blanchard/Spencer Johnson, “Creating

Wealth” - Robert G. Allen.

Week of September 11, 1983

Sembello, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” -

Eurythmics, ”Puttin’ On The Ritz” - Taco, “The

Safety Dance” - Men Without Hats, “Human Nature”

- Michael Jackson, “I’ll Tumble 4 Ya” - Culture Club,

“Lawyers In Love” - Jackson Browne, “Total Eclipse

Of The Heart” - Bonnie Tyler, “Tell Her About It” -

Billy Joel, “She’s) Sexy + 17” - Stray Cats, “Don’t

Cry” - Asia.

Country Charts - “I’m Only In It For The Love’ -

John Conlee, “A Fire I Can’t Pout Out” - George Strait, “Night Games” - Charley

Pride.

At the movies - “Risky Business” - Tom

Cruise, “Trading Places” - Eddie Murphy,

“Smokey And The Bandit III” - Burt

Reynolds, “Wargames” - Mathew Broderick,

Bowie, Tom Conti, “Return Of The Jedi”

“Strange Invaders” - Paul Le Mat, Nancy

Allen, Diana Searwid, “Final Option” - Lewis

Collins, Judy David, Richard Widmark.