Week of September 17, 1982
Hundreds of Palestinians are massacred in the Sabra and
Chatilla refugee camps in Beirut by Lebanese Christian
militiamen - even though Israeli troops were just outside
the camps. Many were woman and children. The slaying
of the Palestinians comes only a few days after the
bombing assassination of Lebanon’s president-elect
Bashir Gemayel , leader of the Christian Falangists.
President Reagan expressed outrage over the massacre
and demands the immediate withdrawal of Israeli armed
forces from Beirut. “We also expect Israel thereafter to
commence serious negotiations which will first lead to the
earliest possible disengagement of Israeli forces from Beirut and, second to an
agreed framework for early withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon.”
Jordan’s King Hussein says that he will not negotiate with Israel as long as Prime
Minister Menachem Begin and Defense Minister Ariel Sharon are still in power,
saying the two are from the “same school of terrorism.” Israel says that its army
officers ordered Christian Falangist militiamen to cease firing and leave the two
Palestinian refugee camps, but the gunmen did not withdraw for several hours.
Sources say Israel troops never entered the camps themselves and - contrary to
earlier reports - did not open fire on the Falangists to prevent additional killings.
Many passenger trains halt service due to a nationwide strike of locomotive
engineers. Passenger traffic in the Northeast between Boston, New York,
Washington and Chicago was largely uninterrupted, but there was no service
south of Washington or west of Chicago. Freight service is running anywhere
from 30% to 75% of normal, but industry analysts say a prolonged strike could
virtually shut down traffic on the nation’s 110 major lines, which currently carry
almost 40% of intercity freight.
Neurologist Dr Jean Duplay, who attended
Princess Grace in her final hours, says she
suffered a stroke before her auto plunged off
a Riviera mountain road. And, according to
the doctor, Grace’s younger daughter
Princess Stephanie tried to stop their Rover
3500 sedan but was unable to activate the
emergency break before the car tumbled 120
feet off the road. There were reports that it
was Stephanie driving the vehicle and that
Princess Grace died of a brain hemorrhage
Week of September 17, 1982
resulting from the accident. Princess Stephanie is in satisfactory condition,
though suffering from multiple injuries including a broken leg, ribs and collarbone.
Old friends from Hollywood, royalty and elsewhere are converging in Monte Carlo
to bid the princess a final farewell at Saturday’s funeral.
Princess Grace is buried in the vault of Monaco’s reigning family. Her husband,
Prince Rainier presided over the private evening ceremony.
For the sixth straight year, Volkswagen tops the
government’s annual mileage rankings. A diesel-
powered Volkswagen Rabbit becomes the first
vehicle to reach 50 miles per gallon in the annual
rankings released by the EPA. The Nissan Sentra
and a Volkswagen Rabbit without the sop-and-start
feature tied for #2 at 48mpg. The Honda Civic is the
highest-ranking gasoline-powered car at 46mpg.
David “the bubble boy ” celebrates
his 11th birthday. David’s mother
Carol and his sister Katherine, 14,
invited the family priest and several
of David’s friends from school to
attend his birthday party. He was hoping to receive more Star
Trek items and a computer game - and he did. David suffers
from a rare genetic disease and has no natural defense against
germs that could infect his body and kill him.
Singer Teddy Pendergrass is
released from a Philadelphia hospital after he
was injured in March when his car crashed into
a tree. His doctor said, “I don’t see him walking
again, but that won’t have any effect on his
singing talents.”
In sports - A strike is called by the NFL - the first
regular-season walkout in pro football history.
Throughout the bargaining sessions, the Players
Association has stood firm on its original
demand for 55% of the owner’s gross revenues.
Week of September 17, 1982
You say you like Funk music? Here are some of the best funk artists of the day:
The Gap
Band
Rick James
Cameo
Dazz Band
One Way
Zapp/Roger
Kool & The
Gang
The Isley
Brothers
The Bar-Kays,
The Fatback
Band
Chocolate Milk
The Bar-Kays
Odyssey
Ozone
Goodie D.Train
George Clinton
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“The Fun. The Excitement. The Challenge. It Never
Stops With Atari.
Get these video game cartridges now from Atari:
Berzerk - $23.75
Defender - $25.45
Yar’s Revenge - $21.20
Demon’s to Diamonds - $21.20
Pac-Man - $25.45
Haunted House - $16.95
Week of September 17, 1982
Super Breakout - $21.20
Asteroids - $25.45.
Just insert a cartridge into the Atari Video Computer system and get ready for
hour of bleeps, blinks and blasts right on your TV. It’s like having a video arcade
in your living room.
NBC White House correspondent John Palmer is
named news anchor on the “Today” show, replacing
Chris Wallace who will assume Palmer’s post.
Television ratings -
60 Minutes - 25.3
Monday Night Football - 24.9
NFL Football - CBS - 23.5
NFL Football postgame - 23.2
Too Close for Comfort - 23.0
Three’s Company - 22.8
Emmy Awards - 21.6
Hart to Hart - 21.3
Seven Brides/Seven Brothers - 19.7
MASH - 19.5
Laverne & Shirley - 18.1
Happy Days - 17.2
NFL Football - 17.0
Quincy, M.E. - 16.7
WKRP in Cincinnati - 16.6
House Calls - 16.5
Facts of Life - 16.2
Magnum PI - 15.6
Simon & Simon - 15.6
Gimme A Break - 15.6
Love Sidney - 15.6
Hill Street Blues - 15.5
Dallas - 15.4
Real People - 15.3
Meatballs - 15.3
Murder In Texas Part 2 - 15.3
The Shootist - 15.2
Alice - 15.1
Dukes of Hazzard - 14.3
TV Movie - Charles and Diana - A Love Story - 14.3
Week of September 17, 1982
Emmy Awards held this week -
Best Comedy - Barney Miller
Best actor in comedy - Alan Alda - MASH
Best actress in comedy - Carol Kane - Taxi
Best supporting actor in comedy - Christopher Lloyd - Taxi
Best supporting actress in comedy - Loretta Swift - MASH
Best Drama series - Hill Street Blues
Best actor in a drama - Daniel J. Travanti - Hill Street
Blues
Best actress in a drama - Michael Learned - Nurse
Best supporting actor in a drama - Michael Conrad - Hill
Street Blues
Best supporting actress in a drama - Nancy Marchand -
Lou Grant
Wednesday Night Television
CBS - Debut Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Movie
NBC - Real People, Debut-Family Ties, Quincy
ABC - Debut-Tales of the Gold Monkee, Dynasty
PBS - The Most Endangered Species, Closing Ranks, South Bronx: Work in
Progress.
Debut - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
CBS TV Movie - “Maid in America” - Susan Clark, Alex Karras, Fritz Weaver,
Barbara Spielberg. Comedy about two people struggling with the changing roles
of men and woman.
Debut - Family Ties - Meredith Baxter
Birney and Michael Gross star as a
couple who came of age in the 60’s and
are now trying to raise their children in
the conservative 80’s. Co-stars Justin
Bateman, Tina Yothers and Michael J.
Fox.
The Tonight Show w/Johnny Carson -
guests Richard Benjamin, Maureen
Murphy
Week of September 17, 1982
Bestsellers - Master of the Game - Sidney Sheldon
Different Seasons - Stephen King
Lace - Shirley Conran
The Valley of Horses - Jean M Auel
The Case of Lucy Bending - Lawrence Sanders
Crossings - Danielle Steel
The E.T. Story Book - William Kotzwinkle
Prodigal Daughter - Jeffrey Archer
Life Extension - Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw
Living, Loving and Learning - Leo Buscaglia
Jane Fonda’s Workout Book - Jane Fonda
How To Make Love to a Woman - Michael Morgenstern
Princess - Robert Lacey
When Bad Things Happen to Good People - Harold S. Kushner
Lana: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth - Lana Turner
Richard Simmons’ Never-Say Diet Cookbook - Richard Simmons
Top Country -
“What’s Forever For” - Michael Martin Murphy
On the charts -
Jack and Diane - John Cougar
Hard to say I’m Sorry - Chicago
Abracadabra - Steve Miller
You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester
Somebody’s Baby - Jackson Brown
Hurts So Good - John Cougar
Love is in Control - Donna Summer
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
Who Can It Be Now - Men At Work
Somebody’s Baby - Jackson
Browne
I Keep Forgettin’ - Michael
McDonald
You Can Do Magic - America
Big Fun - Kool and the Gang
Break It To Me Gently - Juice
Newton
Blue Eyes - Elton John
Think I’m In Love - Eddie Money
Let Me Tickle Your Fancy -
Jermaine Jackson
Week of September 17, 1982
Do You Want To Touch Me - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Hot In The City - Billy Idol
Jump To It - Aretha Franklin
Never Been In Love - Randy Meisner
You Dropped A Bomb On Me - The Gap Band
Johnny Can’t Read - Don Henley
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - The Clash
Top albums -
Mirage - Fleetwood Mac
American Fool - John Cougar
Asia - Asia
Good Trouble - REO Speedwagon
Vacation - the Go-Go’s
Emotions in Motion - Billy Squier
Chicago 16 - Chicago
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
Pictures at Eleven - Robert Plant
Abracadabra - Steve Miller
Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson
Other albums -
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
(released this week)
Soundtrack - Fast Times at
Ridgemont High
No Fun Aloud - Glenn Frey
I Can’t Stand Still - Don Henley
It’s Hard - The Who
If That’s What It Takes - Michael Mcdonald
Talking Back To The Night - Steve
Winwood
Daylight Again - Crosby Stills & Nash
Three Sides Live - Genesis
Donna Summer - Donna Summer
High Adventure - Kenney Loggins
Rock in a Hard Place - Aerosmith
Voyeur - Kim Carnes
Rough Diamonds - Bad Company
Soundtrack - E.T. - John Williams
Special Forces - 38 Special
Week of September 17, 1982
At the movies -
( Special advisor Sun Myung Moon) Inchon - Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline
Bisset, Ben Gazzara,
Toshiro Mifune, Richard
Roundtree
E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial
- Dee Wallace, Robert
MacNaughton, Drew
Barrymore
Best Little Whorehouse In
Texas - Burt Reynolds,
Dolly Parton
Fast Times At Ridgemont
High - Sean Penn, Jennifer
Jason Leigh, Judge
Reinhold, Richard Romanus
Night Shift - Henry Winkler
The Wall
Young Doctors In Love
Star Trek - The Wrath Of Kahn - William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy
An Officer and a Gentleman - Richard Gere, David Keith, Debra Winger, Lou
Gossett Jr.
Rocky III - Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
The World According To Garp - Robin Williams