Week of February 13, In Moscow, tens of thousands pay their last respects to President Yuri V. Andropov.

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1 In Moscow, tens of thousands pay their last respects to President Yuri V. Andropov. Konstantin U. Chernenko (72), a Siberian peasant and a lifelong protégé of President Leonid I. Brezhnev is chosen as the new leader of the Soviet Union.. He replaces President Yuri V Andropov, who died last week at the age of 69 after 15 months in office. President Regan signs an order to withdraw the U.S. Marine contingent from the Beirut airport within 30 days and base it on Navy ships offshore. Syria rejects an 8-oint Saudi Arabian peace plan and says that only by unconditionally scrapping its troop-withdrawal and security agreement with Israel could Lebanon take the first step toward ending the factional conflict. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pleads guilty to felony heroin possession involving an incident on an airline flight to Rapid City. Kennedy will be sentenced on March 16. The Justice Department says it would file suit, if necessary, to block the proposed merger of LTV Corp. and Republic Steel Corp. the nation s third and fourth largest steel firms, unless they abandon or significantly modify their proposal. Housing starts hit a 5-year high as factories operate at 79.9% - their highest capacity in more than two years. Princess Diana (22), wife of Prince Charles, is expecting the couple s second baby in late September. Olympics Debbie Armstrong gets a gold medal for skiing. More sports Sugar Ray Leonard undergoes preventive surgery on his right eye.

2 Medical In Pittsburgh - Stormie Jones A 6-year-old girl suffering from life-threatening levels of fat in her blood receives a new heart and liver in a 16-hour operation that doctors said was the world s first such double transplant. Technology IBM unveils a portable version of its Personal Computer. The 30-pound IBM Portable Persona Computer will be available March 1 in limited quantities at a price of $2,795. Music news worry me. Marries - Pop star Elton John to Renate Blauel, a sound engineer. The British singer, born Reg Dwight, declared several years ago that he was bisexual, but Blauel said in an interview He s the nicest guy I ve ever met. I ve heard all sorts of stories about Elton and that he s supposed to be bisexual but that doesn t MTV says it banned the Rolling Stones She Was Hot video because it used a can of Tab cola (blatantly too commercial) and because of a scene which contained a man becoming excited watching dancer Anita Morris body gyrations. MTV asked the band to edit the offending scenes and they ll air the video. Entertainment news Walt Disney Pictures unveils Touchstone Films, its new division for movies that will be more adult, mature and provocative than the usual Disney family fare. Passing Ethel Merman (75) Queen of the musical stage. Television news Jimmy McNichol joins the cast of General Hospital where he ll portray Josh a bellboy. ABC runs third to the other tow major television networks in the ratings with prime-time programming consisting almost entirely of the Winter Olympic Games from Sarajevo.

3 Tuesday night television CBS Disney s All-Star Valentine party, Movie NBC A-Team, Celebrity, Tonight Show ABC XIV Winter Games, Nightline PBS Nova, American Playhouse, Latenight America HBO Billy Crystal: A Comics Line Winter Olympics Events include Alpine skiing, men s figure skating.

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6 Arriving in LA for a press conference, the five members of Duran Duran insist that their popularity is due as much to musical values as to their video presence or fashion-conscious image. They insist they are not just a video band. WTBS the Atlanta Superstation is pulling the country video clip show America s Music Tracks after 15 weeks on the air. One of the reasons, not enough country videos are being made. Radio news ABC Watermark cancels Soundtrack of the 1960 s which is hosted by Gary Owens. The show debuted in 1980 with the late Murray the K. Dan Ingram and Ron Lundy, long associated with WABC when it played music, sue WHTZ for $5 million in a civil suit that says the station used their names, voice and styles in the context of a promotional endorsement for the station. Country WKHK New York goes Light FM and WLTW KSDO-FM San Diego will begin using Hot Hits on the air, same as sister Gannett station KIIS-FM just north in Los Angeles. WZKS (96.3) Nashville goes top-40 with a Hot Hits sound. WZUU Milwaukee goes top-40. Top Hits In Britain Radio Ga Ga Queen Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood Break My Stride Matthew Wilder Girls Just Want To have Fun Cyndi Lauper That s Living Alright Joe Fagin My Ever Changing Moods Style Council New Moon on Monday Duran Duran Love Theme From The Thorn Birds Juan

7 martin Holiday Madonna Hot Hits Jump Van Halen Thriller Michael Jackson Karma Chameleon Culture Club Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper Wrapped Around Your Finger The Police An Innocent Man Billy Joel Somebody s Watching Me Rockwell Let The Music Play Shannon Joanna Kool & The Gang Talking in Your Sleep The Romantics That s All Genesis New Moon On Monday - Duran Duran Nobody But Me John Lennon Think Of Laura Christopher Cross Running With The Night Lionel Richie Owner of a Lonely Heart Yes Yah Mo Be There James Ingram With Michael McDonald Footloose Kenny Loggins I Want A New Drug Huey Lewis & The News Top Albums Colour By Numbers Culture Club Thriller Michael Jackson Learning to Crawl Pretenders An Innocent Man Billy Joel Can t Slow Down Lionel Richie 1984 Van Halen Seven and the Ragged Tiger Duran Duran Yes Oh-Huh - John Cougar Mellencamp Milk and Honey John Lennon and Yoko Ono Eliminator ZZ Top In heat Romantics Sorts Huey Lewis & The News

8 Synchronicity The Police Touch Eurythmics Defenders of the faith Judas Priest Metal Health Quiet Riot Genesis Genesis Rock N Soul Part 1 Hall & Oates What s New Linda Ronstadt Shout at the Devil Motley Crue Pyromania Def Leppard Top Country Don t Cheat In Our Hometown Ricky Skaggs Two Car Garage B.J. Thomas Stay Young Don Williams Why Lady Why Gary Morris Elizabeth Statler Brothers Going Going Gone Lee Greenwood I Never Quite Got Back (From Loving You) Sylvia Lonely Women Make Good Lovers Steve Warnier That s The Way Love Goes Merle Haggard Woke Up In Love Exile

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