Week of September 28, 1983

Leaders of Continental Airlines pilots union vote to strike to protest pay cuts and

longer hours imposed after the carrier sought protection under bankruptcy laws.

Flight attendants will join them.

A Lebanese jetliner lands at Beirut International Airport, hours after the Druze

militia agreed to allow the field to reopen for the first time in more than a month.

presidential straw poll in Main.

President Reagan, citing pressing duties at home, but

equally concerned with security, drops the strife-torn

Philippines and two other nations from his trip to the Far

East.

birthday of history’s most famous train - the Orient express.

A Republic Airlines DC-9 taking off from John Wayne airport in Orange County,

CA, leaves a trail of flaming debris, igniting 15 homes in the Newport Beach area.

The cause was an engine failure. Nobody was injured.

Technology - AT&T unveils a $1.75billion cut in interstate long-distance

telephone charges but at the same time, discloses

plans to charge 75 cents a call for long-distance

information calls. A 10-minute night call between

Atlanta and Chicago would drop 16.3% to $2.25 from

$2.69.

Top computer games -

Zork 1

Blue Max

Choplifter

Zaxxon

Frogger

Lode Runner

Legacy of the Llylgamyn

Fort Apocalypse

Week of September 28, 1983

MCI Communications Corp. unveils a new nationwide electronic mail system that

will offer four topes of service ranging from instant communications between

personal computers to laser-printed letters delivered by regular mail. The new

service - MCI Mail. To use it, a person with a PC or other device will need a

modem.

Gene Austin who tried to save his drowning son, watches as three porpoises

found the teenager’s body and nudged it to shore. Cherry had tried to save his

son who disappeared beneath the waves when paddling a small raft off the

Currituck outer banks. “I have lived here al my life and I always heard that a

porpoise will push a dead man to shore. Makes you wonder,” said Austin of

Corolla, NC.

than ever - doing advertisements all over the

world for different clients. Cleese also does

industrial training films - 35 so far. Says the

entertainer; “I’ve always been able to pass myself

off as a professional, reliable chap, who, due to a

bum steer, ended up in show business. It’s

always been part of my strength to come on

respectable and then go quietly mad - or rather,

noisily mad.”

Airliners -

United is the largest carrier in

terms of passenger miles. Other strong major airlines -

Delta, American, Northwest, Pan American, USAir. Weaker majors

- TWA, Eastern, Continental, Western, Republic.

Passing - Lucille Armstrong, widow of Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong.

She was 69.

Sports - The New York Jets say they will move to New Jersey

after the season and the city will search for a new football team, so

says a shocked Mayor Edward Koch. The team will leave Shea

Stadium and take up at Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands

complex. Koch is expected to lure another team to the City.

Week of September 28, 1983

Broadway - Here’s how they stack for the most runs…

A Chorus Line - 3,393

Grease - 3,388

Fiddler On The Roof - 3,242

Life With Father - 3,224

Tobacco road - 3,182

Oh, Calcutta - 3,000

Hello Dolly - 2,844

My Fair Lady - 2,717

Annie - 2,377

Man of LaMancha - 2,328

Abie’s Irish rose - 2,327

Oklahoma - 2,212

Pippin - 1,994

South pacific - 1,925

Magic Show - 1,920

Deathtrap - 1,792

Gemini - 1,788

Harvey - 1,775

Top TV -

The A-Team - 25.3

Hotel - 23.7

Love Boat - 21.5

Hardcastle & McCormick - 20.7

Fall Guy - 20.3

Remington Steele - 20.0

Movie-Thunderball - 19.9

MASH - Final Episode - 19.3

Facts of Life - 19.0

Magnum, P.I. - 18.6

60 Minutes - 18.2

Movie- Saturday Night Fever - 18.1

1983 Emmy Awards - 18.0

Simon & Simon - 17.9

10/20 - 17.5

Fantasy Island - 172.2

Lottery - 15.2

Movie-Blazing Saddles - 16.1

Week of September 28, 1983

Thursday night television

CBS - Magnum P.I., Simon and Simon, Knot’s Landing

NBC - Gimme a Break, Mama’s Family, We Got It Made, Cheers, Live..And In

Person, Tonight Show

ABC - Trauma Center, It’s Not Easy, 20/20, Nightline

Trauma Center - Part II and a continuation from last night’s “Fall Guy” as Cutter

performs life-or-death surgery.

Debut - It’s Not Easy - The heads of two households

intertwine by marriage and remarriage. Stars Ken

Television news - the 5-year-old CSPAN cable TV

channel based in Washington says they hope to

accomplish in the upcoming season - “politics,” “live”

and “telephone” - more than ever. C-Span employs a

staff of 75 with an operating budget of $4 million.

Founded in December of 1977, it went on the air in

March 1979 and hopes to soon secure a second

channel.

completed shooting the role of villain Maurice Vermeil

on the CBS daytime serial “As The World Turns.” “I’ve

always wanted to do a soap, partly because I have an

ego that says I like the pressure,” said the blonde

Scotsman.

NBC television says it is switching to satellite

distribution of its programs. NBC and Communications

Satellite Corp announce that they have signed a 10-

year contract for calling for Comsat to distribute NBC

programming to its affiliates via satellite.

The FCC awards 23 low-power television station licenses through its first-ever

license lottery. The 23 winners were selected from among 78 applicants

competing to build stations in 16 cities.

Week of September 28, 1983

Music news - Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album tops 14 million worldwide sales

- the biggest album in CBS’ history. It surpasses “Simon & Garfunkle’s Greatest

Hits” which has sold 13 million. “Thriller” has sold some 8 million in the U.S. and

has yielded five top-10 singles - “Human Nature,” “The Girl Is Mine,” “Billie Jean,’

“Beat It” and “Wanna Be Startin’ Something.”

Radio news - new network - the National Gay Network based in San Francisco.

At the movies -

Eddie and the Cruisers -

Michael Pare

Star Wars Return of the Jedi

Flashdance

Strange Invaders

Mr. Mom

Revenge of the Ninja

Risky Business

Staying Alive

Brainstorm

Frightmare

The Lonely Lady

Trading Places

National Lampoon’s Vacation