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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1982
Page
4
After a black slum area riot sparked by a Hispanic officer wounding a black man at a video arcade, police sealed off 84 blocks in Overtown. One looter was killed, seven injured, 29 arrested. Newell Johnson Jr. in critical condition.
President Reagan completes West Coast business including recommissioning of the USS New Jersey in Los Angeles and a New Year’s Eve party planned with business and entertainment figures in Palm Springs. The White House may announce a presidential commission to study MX missile basing methods after Congress urged review.
West Palm Beach, AP A judge awarded Peter Pulitzer custody of his twin sons and modest alimony to Roxanne Pulitzer after a 18 day trial filled with drug and adultery allegations. The ruling cited flagrant adultery by Mrs. Pulitzer and ordered her jewels, a Porsche, yacht stake, and two years of alimony. The winner celebrated at his ranch while the wife, at their Palm Beach home, declined comment.
A 29 page district attorney report concluded Marilyn Monroe died by own action or an accidental barbiturate overdose. DA John Van de Kamp said no foul play found and no further investigation planned, despite private detective Milo Speriglio's murder theory.
The list covers the Falklands War through 1981s other major events. Argentinian seizure of the Falklands led to a British naval response, Haig shuttle peace efforts failed, and a 200 mile blockade formed. The decade saw Brezhnev death, Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Hinckley verdict, Palestinian camps massacre, first artificial heart, Air Florida Crash, and a 57 day NFL strike ending with a nine game schedule.
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