Alternate History 🇺🇸 November 2, 1976: President Nelson Rockefeller wins election to full 4-year term and the aftermath

[Sergeant Foley]

LONDON TIMES SAVED BY AUSSIE PRESS BARON
*Friday, February 13, 1981: Australian press baron Rupert Murdoch purchased the venerable London newspaper, The Times and also the companion publication The Sunday Times following theee weeks of negotiations with union leaders.

STARDUST FIRE RESULTS IN 48 DEATHS; 214 INJURIES
*Saturday, February 14, 1981: More than 700 people were attending a Valentine's Day party at the Stardust nightclub when flames broke out in different parts of the building around 1:30 AM.

PETTY WINS 7TH DAYTONA 500 CHAMPIONSHIP
*Sunday, February 15, 1981: NASCAR driver Richard Petty wins the Daytona 500 for the 7th and final time.

GRENADE EXPLODES AT PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL STADIUM IN KARACHI
*Monday, February 16, 1981: 20 minutes before Pope John Paul II's Mass at the National Stadium in Karachi with 70,000 people in attendance, the person holding a hand grenade exploded killing him instantly; explosion occurred in the stairway behind VIP grandstand; the Pontiff was in the middle of his 12-day tour of the Asian Pacific, following his departure from Rome.

REAGAN ISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDER #12291
*Tuesday, February 17, 1981: US President Ronald Reagan issued Executive Order #12291, which has major political ramifications going forward inside the United States. This requires executive branch agencies cannot issue new rules and regulations without submitting proposals to the OIRA including cost-benefit analysis.

PRESIDENT REAGAN PROPOSES 83 MAJOR PROGRAM CUTS; TELLS CONGRESS THE UNITED STATES FACES DAY OF RECKONING
*Wednesday, February 18, 1981: In his 35-minute Address to Joint Session of Congress, President Reagan outlined details packages of reforms aimed at aggressively reducing both inflation and unemployment by reducing federal government spending including domestic spending altogether and cutting the federal income tax.

SINATRA CLEARED OF ALLEGED MAFIA TIES; GETS GAMING LICENSE REINSTATED AFTER 18 YEARS
*Thursday, February 19, 1981: Entertainer Frank Sinatra was cleared of longstanding allegations of involvement with organized crime and ties to the mafia. The Nevada Gaming Commission voted 4-1 in favor of reinstating Sinatra's gaming license.

ARGENTINIAN AIRLINER ALMOST HITS WORLD TRADE CENTER
*Friday, February 20, 1981: Collision between Aerolinas Argentines Flight 342 and the atenna of Tower One of the World Trade Center was averted with air traffic controller Donald Zimmerman, who ordered the pilot of the Argentinian aircraft to turn rightward and to climb.

PONTIFF URGES MAJOR FAITHS DIALOGUE
*Saturday, February 21, 1981: Pope John Paul II delivered his annual broadcast from Radio Veritas in Manila, Philippines; proposing to meet with representatives of the world's major religions.

DEUKMEJIAN ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNORSHIP IN 1982
*Sunday, February 22, 1981: With California Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr., (D) choosing to run for the United States Senate in 1982, it came as no surprise that California State Attorney General George Deukmejian (R) confirmed he plans on running for the Governor's Mansion next year, which will set up a primary showdown with California Lieutenant Governor Mike Curb (R) on the Republican side while the Democrats will be united behind Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley (D), who launched his campaign for the Governorship in December 1980 after Brown on 27 October 1980 chose not to seek reelection in 1982 which shocked many political observers, preferring to challenge incumbent United States Senator Sam I. Hayakawa (R-CA) instead. Analysts anticipate San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson (R) to campaign for the United States Senate potentially challenging the controversial first-term incumbent United States Senator on the Republican primary; US Rep. Barry M. Goldwater, Jr., (R-CA) is also announcing his campaign for the United States Senate as well. Sources indicate there could be massive amounts of pressure on Hayakawa to abandon his reelection campaign due to disastrous polling numbers.

Setting a chain of musical chairs: Former State Assembly Speaker Leo T. McCarthy (D-San Francisco) announced plans on running for Lieutenant Governor to succeed Curb; Los Angeles County District Attorney John Van de Kamp (D) running for the Attorney Generalship succeeding Deukmejian.

FRANQUISTA COUP ATTEMPT FAILS
*Monday, February 23, 1981: Disgruntled Spanish Army Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina and 200 members of the Guardia Civil launched a botched coup attempt which was called The Tejeraeo by taking over the Spanish Congress of Deputies, seizing the Cortes Building and taking over 347 lawmakers hostage. Following long hours of uncertainty, King Juan Carlos I refused to accede to the coup plotters' demands and announced on nationwide television that he had full support of the Spanish Armed Forces; the coup attempt failed and those responsible were arrested quickly.

IT'S OFFICIAL: THEY'RE ENGAGED BOTH CROWN PRINCE CHARLES AND LADY DIANA SPENCER CONFIRM NEWS
*Tuesday, February 24, 1981: Crown Prince Charles of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer announced their engagement and confirm wedding will be taking place in late July (more on that later in Chapter 12).

ROBLES MAKES STATE VISIT TO IRAN
*Wednesday, February 25, 1981: Mexican President General Oscar Robles made a State Visit to Iran, where he met with Queen Farah Pahlavi and members of the Iranian Royal Family in Tehran at the Royal Palace during a grand red carpet Welcoming Honors Ceremony which included 21 Cannon Salute; playing of the respective national anthems of Mexico and Iran; Honor Guard Inspection. Accompanied by his daughter, Louise who is serving as Official Hostess subbing in for her stepmother, Mexican First Lady Fernanda Arizmendi, who hasn't been seen in public since her husband's third inauguration at the National Palace on 17 December 1980. Official statement by the Mexican military government says only "The health situation of Fernanda Arizmendi, First Lady of the United Mexican States is a state secret and will remaim so indefinitely." Robles is in the midst of a seven-nation tour in the Middle East: Iran, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Israel.

CHUN REELECTED ROK PRESIDENT IN OVERWHELMING LANDSLIDE
*Although the ROK government still controlled indirect presidential elections, Republic of Korea President Chun Doo-hwan was overwhelmingly reelected to a second term, this time a seven-year term of office garnering 4.755 votes and 90.23% of the nationwide vote. According to official figures, 78.1% of registered voters participated which resulted in giving Chun's Democratic Justice Party one of the largest supermajorities in the Electoral College by garnering 9,250,262 votes (60.71%) and 3,667 seats overall; while the main opposition political party, Democratic Korea Party managed to get 411 seats and 1,778,007 votes.

BENTSEN, WRIGHT ENDORSE SENATOR WHITE'S CAMPAIGN FOR TEXAS GOVERNOR'S MANSION IN 1982
*Thursday, February 26, 1981: United States Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) and US House Majority Leader Jim Wright (D-TX) both announced their endorsements of United States Senator Mark W. White, Jr., (D-TX) for the Texas Governor's Mansion in 1982 despite the fact an official announcement won't be coming until sometime in early June according to sources familiar with the Junior United States Senator's plans.

Houston Chronicle reported US Reps. Mickey Leland (D-TX) and Henry B. Gonzalez (D-TX) are also announcing plans to endorse Senator White's expected gubernatorial campaign as well. And the San Antonio Express News confirmed former Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe (D), who had originally considered making a comeback of reclaiming his old job, but ultimately chose not to do so, announced his endorsement of his young protege.

IT'S OFFICIAL: EDWIN EDWARDS CAMPAIGNING TAKING HIS OLD JOB: THE LOUISIANA GOVERNOR'S MANSION IN 1983
*Friday, February 27, 1981: During a campaign fundraiser in Baton Rouge, former Louisiana Governor Edwin Washington Edwards (D) confirmed he will be seeking to reclaim the Louisiana Governor's Mansion in 1983 and if successful, Edwards will become the first Louisiana Governor to serve three full terms with 12 years. Polling surveys show Edwarda trouncing incumbent Louisiana Governor David C. Treen (R) somewhere between 25-37 percentage points in head-to-head matchups.

COULD VIRGINIA POLITICS BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN: DECISION ON WILDER'S POLITICAL FUTURE IS EXPECTED SOMETIME IN LATE MAY
*Saturday, February 28, 1981: Over inside the Old Dominion, United States Senator L. Douglas Wilder (D-VA) hasn't opened up about his political future regarding seeking reelection in 1982 when it's expected the National Republican Senate Campaign Committee will be aggressively targeting to defeat Wilder next year. Sources in Richmond expect the Old Dominion's Senior United States Senator to announce his political future sometime in late May; political analysts believe if Wilder seeks reelection and wins in 1982, he'll be a future contender for the Vice Presidency on a future Democratic ticket in 1984 or 1988. However if Wilder chooses not to seek reelection, the Virginia Democratic Party will be hard pressed to find a candidate in holding onto Wilder's US Senate seat.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

CHUN INAUGURATED FOR SECOND TERM AS 12TH REPUBLIC OF KOREA PRESIDENT

ROK President Chun Doo-hwan delivering his second Inaugural Address as the 12th President of the Republic of Korea inside the Jamsil Arena Stadium in Seoul, Republic of Korea which was aired on the major television networks across the Republic of Korea. ​

*Tuesday, March 3, 1981: ROK President Chun Doo-hwan was inaugurated for a second term as the 12th President of the Republic of Korea inside the Jamsil Arena Stadium. He also commuted the sentences of 5,521 prisoners with at least 3,400 others released from incarceration.

CBS SPORTS BUYS BROADCASTING RIGHTS FOR NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
*Wednesday, March 4, 1981: CBS Sports paid amount of $48 million for the broadcasting rights of broadcasting the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament for about three years; they did it by successfully outbidding NBC, which had built the popularity of the playoffs since 1969.

HIJACKING SCARE OF CONTINENTAL AIRLINES
*Thursday, March 5, 1981: A disgruntled fired employee from the Los Angeles International Airport took his frustrations out on Continental Airlines Flight 72 by hijacking the aircraft. The disgruntled employee named Victor Malasauskas had brought with him a 9-mm automatic pistol after buying a first-class seat on the flight which was being bound from LAX to Phoenix, Arizona. Due to her alertness, a flight attendant noticed Malasauskas had a concealed weapon; all but four passengers and two other flight attendants were able to get off of the airplane before he figured out he had been spotted. Later in the day, the last of the hostages escaped; Malasauskas also claimed that he had an explosive bomb on the airplane, which was later proven to be false and was then sentenced to 20 years in prison.

CRONKITE SIGNS OFF CBS EVENING NEWS ANCHORMAN FOR THE FINAL TIME AFTER 19 YEARS

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*Friday, March 6, 1981: Following 19 years being the main evening weeknight anchorman of CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signed off of the weeknight evening show since 19 April 1962 and will be replaced by Dan Rather.

COUP SUSPECTS ARRESTED BY DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT
*Saturday, March 7, 1981: Dominican Prime Minister Eugenia Charles announced the arrests of former Prime Minister Patrick John and Defence Force Commander Frederick Newton. Charles explained that a coup d'etat had been planned against her government for 14 March 1981; she also added "I would hope that death would be the penalty, but I can't say that for sure."

TRAIN WRECKAGE IN ARGENTINE REPUBLIC KILLS 45 DURING HOLIDAY RIDE
*Sunday, March 8, 1981: In the Argentine Republic: an express train which was bringing around 800 passengers crashed into two derailed fuel tanker cars, killing 45 people and injuring 120 others. Known as the "Firefly" Express, the train was returning to Buenos Aires from the seaside resort of Mar del Plata.

RATHER ERA BEGINS AT CBS NEWS
*Monday, March 9, 1981: Dan Rather, who replaced the legendary Walter Cronkite, begins his debut as the main anchorman for the CBS Evening News.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

The Police Commissioner and his Beautiful Wife!
Entertainment Industry Installments: Movie Mysteries Specials

17 February 1973: Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James: The duo, who portrayed San Francisco Police Department Commissioner Stuart McMilland and Sally Hull McMillan.
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One of the three original NBC Mystery Movie series that made its debut in the Fall of 1971, "McMillan & Wife" was viewed as comedy-tinged mystery which was created by executive producer Leonard B. Stern, who had wracked quite a list of accomplishments that included writing and producing credits on shows such as "The Honeymooners"; "Phil Silvers Show"; "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster" including the well-known "Get Smart" (which would go onto having a remake movie decades later during the 2010s).

The Series Pilot episode was called "Once Upon a Dead Man" which many assumed would be debuting on 29 September 1971, just one week following the premiere of "McCloud". However, there were some problems: Stern wasn't sure how the pilot episode (which was consisted of two hours) would get received well by the network executives of CBS, ABC and NBC. He figured out that his teleflick wouldn't be consisted of the typical police procedural television series, but it would be quite different and by that different, Stern was going to flex things out of the box. The two-hour movie made its official debut on 17 September 1971, just a few days following the launch of "Columbo."

Almost immediately, Stern tapped the secretive Rock Hudson to portray the role of Stuart McMillan, former US Navy veteran with a previous career in the Central Intelligence Agency as well as working as a defense attorney, to become the Police Commissioner of the San Francisco Police Department. Not wanting to be risking doing long-term small screen commitments, Hudson was lobbied personally by Stern that Once Upon a Dead Man was doing so well that NBC asked Hudson to reconsider his resistance, so in fact, he decided to reprise the role. "Once Rock got involved," Paul Mason, one of the executive producers of the show, "McMillan & Wife got the highest priority" and was quickly tagged to becoming the third spoke of the primary Mystery Movie wheel on the NBC Network.

In order to cast the role of Susan Hull McMillan, Stern spoke to several actresses such as Diane Keaton (from the "Godfather" trilogy movies) and Jill Clayburgh. During a lunchtime get-together in Los Angeles, California between Stern, Hudson and the gorgeous Susan Saint James, who was in her mid 20s and a lovely brunette who had portrayed the sexy Charlene Brown in "It Takes a Thief", which resulted in Saint James winning an Emmy for her portrayal of Peggy Maxwell in "The Name of the Game", had ultimately won Saint James second billing on the series. According to Stern, Hudson was quite comfortable with Saint James and it was an easy decision to have her cast as Sally McMillan.

Joining cast included Gretchen Corbett of "The Rockford Files", who portrayed Mac's sister, Megan McMillan; Mildred Natwick of "The Snoop Sisters", who portrayed his mother, Beatrice McMillan; John Schuck, the always funny and bumbling official assistant to the police commissioner, portrayed Sergeant Charles Enright and Nancy Walker, who portrayed the McMillan's imperfect and grumpy housekeeper. The popularity of the show had continued for remaining Seasons non-stop on the NBC Network.

Managing to restructure contract disputes, Stern and the producers managed to keep Saint James on the show for additional Seasons but with a twist: Following the end of the sixth (1976-77) Season, Hudson shocked everyone by announcing his exit from the popular show and from that point onward, there were strong dramatic changes; Yet, despite Hudson's abrupt exit (he would be replaced by William Shatner, who portrayed Stuart's cousin, William McMillan a US Marine Corps veteran and law enforcement officer of the San Francisco Police Department) so NBC decided to keep the moneymaker going non-stop, they changed the title to "The McMillan's" which continued for four additional Seasons until late May 1981 although the NBC Mystery Movie wheel continued showing films.

Following the end of "McMillan & Wife", Saint James went onto appear in several small and large-screen films before landing television series shows like "Katie & Allie" (1984-89), family sitcom in which she co-stared with Jane Curtin. She would also appear on "The Drew Carey Show"; "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit".

As for Hudson, he went to star in the 1979 miniseries "The Martian Chronicles" and also in "The Mirror Crack'd" (1980). He also landed a recurring role on ABC's "Dynasty", but his physical health took chaotic turns and twists. Hudson suffered a heart attack in November 1981 which strongly required quintuple heart surgery bypass, which sidelined Hudson an entire year. Despite recovering from the surgery, Hudson continued smoking non-stop and while filming "The Ambassador" in Israel, Hudson's health continued getting much worse. Things continued to escalate three years later in 1984, when Hudson's health continued declining faster which quickly fed speculation that the former leading man of the 1950s and 1960s films, was suffering from multiple health ailments due to the shocking gaunt appearance.

Hudson attended a White House State Dinner on 15 May 1984 with future US President George HW Bush honoring Mexican President General Oscar Robles less than three weeks before his shocking diagnosis: In June 1984, Hudson was diagnosed with HIV and he had tried desperately keeping his deadly diagnosis a secret as his showbiz career continued. Less than a year later, Hudson announced his HIV diagnosis and died of the deadly disease on 2 October 1985.

COMING UP IN THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Profiles on "McCloud" and "Banaceck" in the NBC Movie Mystery Specials including profiles on ABC television shows "TJ Hooker" and "Hart to Hart".

 

[Sergeant Foley]

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE: DECISION ON 1984 DNC CONVENTION TO BE MADE SOON
*Tuesday, March 10, 1981: With the 1984 Presidential election only three years away, there's debate on where to hold the upcoming 1984 DNC Convention. Speculation is that among the cities being mentioned: Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; New Orleans, Louisiana; Denver, Colorado; Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Sources indicate a final decision will be made sometime following the Summer.

PRESIDENT REAGAN ENDORSES WILSON FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
*Wednesday, March 11, 1981: San Diego Tribune reported that President Ronald Reagan has officially endorsed San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson (R) for the United States Senate in 1982. The move comes as there's strong indication that incumbent United States Senator Sam Hayakawa (R-CA) is expected to announce his political quite shortly in the coming days or weeks.

CLEMENTS SEEKING REELECTION AS TEXAS GOVERNOR IN 1982; SETTING UP LIKELY SHOWDOWN WITH SENATOR WHITE NEXT FALL

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*Thursday, March 12, 1981: Buyoed by his aggressive GOTV efforts of flipping Texas into the Republican column in campaigning for President Reagan and Vice President Bush in 1980, Texas Governor William P. Clements (R) announced he plans on seeking reelection in 1982, where political analysts anticipate a likely showdown with arch-rival United States Senator Mark W. White, Jr., (D-TX) next fall.

Clements also plans on spending millions and possibly more to get reelected if necessary. Polling surveys have Clements as a slight favorite while experts and pundits suggest Clements will have a big dogfight on his hands because out of all the Democratic contenders, Senator White is going to be tougher to go after considering his moderate-to-conservative voting record in the United States Senate.

Both President Reagan and Vice President Bush announced their endorsement of Clements' reelection campaign as well as former US Defense Secretary John G. Tower ; former Texas Governors Allan Shivers ; John B. Connally; Preston Smith including former Texas State Attorneys General Gerald Mann; John Ben Shepperd; Will Wilson; Waggoner Carr.

For White's part, the Lone Star State's Junior United States Senator is expected to make his gubernatorial campaign launch official sometime around in June according to the Austin American Statesman.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Summary of College Football
Recap of the 1978 and 1979 Seasons (Part I)

Legendary Alabama Crimson Tide Football Head Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant with assistant coach Sylvester Croom during the 1979 Sugar Bowl Game.​

Coming into the 1978 Season, Paul William "Bear" Bryant, the legendary head coach of the University of Alabama Football Team with four national championships (1961, 1964, 1965 and 1973) including eleven Southeastern Conference Championships (1950, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1977) had been working on efforts in getting rid of cheating in college football; Bryant had been one of several coaches being quoted by the Associated Press, who advocated for a specific rule which included having coaches notifying the NCAA of suspected or illegal infraction activities effective immediately and getting it done very quickly instead of the long-dragged out process of complaining about the rules following a loss in a regular season game.

Injuries among several players of the football team caused many of whom being held out during the annual Alabama Day Spring football game on 20 April 1978. One of the major concerns was the knee injury to starting quarterback Steadham Shealy, which also concerned Bryant the most. "Our 1978 team will have a very questionable offense, an average kicking game and a good defense." Despite losing at home to #7 Southern California at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama by a score of 24-14 (where Alabama had been ranked #1) on 23 September 1978, the Crimson Tide finished the regular season with eight consecutive victories and winning the Southeastern Conference Championship following their 34-16 victory over Auburn at Legion Field, finishing the regular season (10-1) and ranked #2 in the major polls.

Leading up to the 1978 Sugar Bowl against #1 Penn State Nittany Lions (11-0), where the legendary football coach Joe Paterno didn't want to face Alabama for obvious reasons: Crimson Tide had beaten the Nittany Lions 13-6 in the 1975 Sugar Bowl that year; Paterno and the Nittany Lions were working hard lobbying to play in a different bowl game, preferring to face the University of Oklahoma Sooners in the 1978 Orange Bowl where Penn State's vaulted and well-known defense would've been facing off against the Heisman Trophy winner, Billy Sims of Oklahoma (as the Sooners were led by Barry Switzer).

Knowing how to cajole and manipulate Paterno, Bryant recounted to him that the two teams faced off in the 1975 Sugar Bowl and would like to face off against the Nittany Lions once again. Paterno accepted and the match-up was basically ON! Fast forward to 1978 Sugar Bowl Game: where Alabama's defense held off the Nittany Lions' offense by a score of 14-7 winning their 10th national championship, giving him his fifth national championship: in what some college football analysts viewed as "Getting the championship ring on the thumb" as the Crimson Tide finished the 1978 Season with a record of (11-1) and a winning streak of nine games dating back to 30 September 1978.

Fast forward to the 1979 Season: Alabama continued their winning streak by capping off the decade of the 1970s with strong, amazing success with their seventh perfect season: 1925, 1930, 1934, 1945, 1961, 1966 and 1977 (where the Crimson Tide was snubbed of winning the national championship due to Notre Dame's blowout victory over Texas Longhorns in the 1977 Cotton Bowl Classic). Alabama's defense had recorded at least five shutouts, only allowing just two teams scoring into the double digits while the offensive firepower scored 30+ points at least seven times during the regular season. Alabama won their thirteenth Southeastern Conference Championship following their come-from-behind 25-18 victory against #14 Auburn on 1 December 1979, giving them their eighth overall undefeated perfect season with a record of (11-0) and ranked #2 in both of the major polls.

Alabama had faced off against the co-champions of the Southwestern Conference, #6 Arkansas Razorbacks (10-1) led by Lou Holtz. The Razorbacks defense had given up just 9.8 points per game in the 1979 Season, which was regarded as one of the sixth-best scoring defense in Division I College Football. Little did the Razorbacks realize of what they were going to be facing in the upcoming Sugar Bowl.

On 1 January 1980 inside the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana before an estimated crowd of 77,484 in attendance: the Crimson Tide, who were favored by around 10 1/2 points, crushed the Razorbacks in a blowout 73-9 victory: giving Coach Bryant his sixth national championship; the Most Valuable Player of the Game was given to Alabama Crimson Tide running back Major Ogilive, who had scored a touchdown in all three of the Crimson Tide Sugar Bowl victories (1977, 1978, 1979). All-American tackle for Alabama Jim Bunch summed it up like this: "There's a possibility we could play the Pittsburgh Steelers and they'd come out on top. Other than that, there's no doubt in my mind that we're the best team in college football." "I feel like we're very deserving of the honor of being Number 1," Coach Bryant said after the Crimson Tide completed their first perfect season (12-0) since 1977.
Following their recording of a very impressive triumph and fifth consecutive bowl victory in a row, Alabama had to sit back and await the outcome of the Rose Bowl Game between #1 Ohio State Buckeyes, the Big 10 Champions and #3 Southern Cal Trojans, the Pac-10 Champions.


COMING SOON IN THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: PARTS II, III, IV AND V: INCLUDING SHORT RECAP OF THE 1978 AND 1979 SEASONS FROM THE FOLLOWING:
*1978 Cotton Bowl Classic between #10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs #9 Houston Cougars
*1978 Rose Bowl between #3 Southern California Trojans vs #5 Michigan Wolverines
*1978 Orange Bowl between #4 Oklahoma Sooners vs #6 Nebraska Cornhuskers
*1978 Gator Bowl between #7 Clemson Tigers vs #20 Ohio State Buckeyes (I'll be doing research on this bowl game and the downfall of the legendary Woody Hayes, who got so triggered by punching one of the Clemson players)
*1978 Fiesta Bowl between #8 Arkansas Razorbacks vs #15 UCLA Bruins
*Summary of the 1978 Season for the Texas Longhorns as Fred Akers settled into his own as the Longhorns Football Coach.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

FROSCHL WINS FIRST-EVER WORLD SPEEDCUBING CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
*Friday, March 13, 1981: In the first-ever world speedcubing championship tournament in Munich, West Germany, Jury Froschl won the first competition with just under 38 seconds.

PIA FLIGHT 326 HIJACKED DURING FLIGHT FROM KARACHI
*Saturday, March 14, 1981: Three gunmen seized Pakistan International Airlines Flight 326 during the Boeing 720 jet's flight from Karachi to Peshawar on 2 March 1981; they killed one passenger; More than 100 people were held hostage as the hijackers commandeered the plane to Kabul, Afghanistan; In order to secure the release of the hostages of PIA Flight 326, the Pakistani government had to release 55 prisoners. After nearly two weeks, the hostages were finally released from captivity on the jet.

HAYAKAWA NOT SEEKING REELECTION AS CALIFORNIA'S UNITED STATES SENATOR IN 1982
*Sunday, March 15, 1981: Unpopular incumbent United States Senator Sam I. Hayakawa (R-CA) announced during a press conference in Bakersfield, California that he was not seeking reelection to a second six-year term as the Golden State's Junior United States Senator in 1982: "Serving Californians in the United States Senate has been the honor of my life, but I feel like that it is time for the next generation of Californians to continue leading the charge into the future."

REAGAN GIVES PUBLIC STATEMENT ON SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
*Monday, March 16, 1981: President Ronald Reagan delivered a public statement on the Observance of Saint Patrick's Day: "Nancy and I are delighted to wish a most Saint Patrick's Day to everyone. It has been said that "the Irish, like the presence of God, are to be found everywhere." And that is certainly true. Even the Reagan family, with roots in Ballyporeen, County Tipperary, is rumored to have a home in Washington DC. In the name of every American, we gratefully honor the contributions of Irish Americans in every walk of life down through our nation's history. Just as Saint Patrick brought the light of faith to Ireland, so Ireland, in turn, has given many gifted men and women to America. On this Saint Patrick's Day, let us remember all our great Irish Americans. And let all sons and daughters of Erin keep green their Irish heritage, for their own sake and for the continued enrichment of American life."

P2 SECRET SOCIETY EXPOSED IN ITALY
*Tuesday, March 17, 1981: The Propaganda Due Scandal explodes in Italy when law enforcement agencies raided the villa of Licio Gelli at Arezzo; they discovered a list of 962 members of the secret society called "P2", who were suspected of being involved in the embezzlement by Roberto Calvi of hundreds of millions of dollars from the Banco Administration.

GREATEST AMERICAN HERO DEBUTS ON ABC NETWORK

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*Wednesday, March 18, 1981: The American Television Show, "The Greatest American Hero" premieres on America's Broadcasting Company (ABC) starring William Katt, the son of Bill Williams and Barbara Hale; Katt portrayed the leading character Ralph Hinckley, an ordinary teacher who was given super powers but not the knowledge of controlling them.

ARKANSAS BECOMES FIRST US STATE/TERRITORY TO TEACH CREATIONISM
*Thursday, March 19, 1981: Following the passage of Senate Resolution 590 in the Democratic-controlled Arkansas House of Representatives (69-18) and Democratic-controlled Arkansas State Senate (22-2), the legislation was signed into law by Arkansas Governor Frank Durward White (R); making Arkansas the first US State/Territory to requiring Arkansas teachers to teach Creationism.

INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF PHYSICIANS GATHERING IN VIRGINIA WARNING OF NUCLEAR EFFECTS
*Friday, March 20, 1981: The first world congress of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, convened in Arlie, Virginia with 80 physicians from 12 countries in attendance.

RACIALLY-CHARGED MURDER IN ALABAMA
*Saturday, March 21, 1981: Michael Donald, an African American man who had been picked at random by pairs of racists, was kidnapped, tortured and violently murdered in Mobile, Alabama by James Llewelyn Knowles and Henry F. Hayes, two members of the UKA.

FIRST MONGOLIAN TO TRAVEL IN OUTER SPACE
*Sunday, March 22, 1981: Jugderdemidiin Gurragchaa becomes the first person from the Republic of Mongolia to traveling into outer space, launched on Soyuz 39.

MAIL RATE GOING UPWARD TO 18 CENTS
*Monday, March 23, 1981: The cost of mailing letters in the United States increased 20%, as the price of the first-class stamp was increased from 15 cents to 18 cents.

NEO NAZI PROPAGANDA SEIZED IN WEST GERMANY
*Tuesday, March 24, 1981: The Federal Republic of West Germany carried out one of the largest crusades against the Nazis since the country's founding in 1949; raiding hundreds of homes of suspected Neo-Nazi sympathizers and members by confiscating party literature and propaganda.

GOLDWATER, JR., ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE
*Wednesday, March 25, 1981: Seven-term US Rep. Barry Goldwater, Jr., (R-CA) , the son of United States Senator Barry Goldwater, Sr., (R-AZ), announced his campaign for the United States Senate in 1982, facing off against three-term San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson (R) in the Republican primary in June 1982 fir the right to succeed outgoing United States Senator Sam Hayakawa (R-CA), who on 15 March, announced announced he wasn't going to be seeking reelection. The winner of the Republican primary will face off against the likely Democratic party nominee, California Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr., (D) next November.

BURNETT WINS $1.6 MILLION LIBEL SUIT
*Thursday, March 26, 1981: American comedian Carol Burnett wins a grand jury verdict $1.6 million against the National Enquirer for libel. In the 12 March 1976 issue, the Enquirer had run a story alleging Burnett had been disruptive in a Washington restaurant and implying that the comedian was drunk.

COAL MINERS STRIKE AS CONTRACT EXPIRES
*Friday, March 27, 1981: The United Mine Worlers went on strike at 12:00 AM with about 160,000 American coal miners walking off of their jobs.

MAHRE WINS WORLD SKIING CHAMPIONSHIP
*Saturday, March 28, 1981: Phillip Mahre makes history becoming the first American skier to win the World Skiing Championship.

VIOLA INAUGURATED AS THE 41ST PRESIDENT OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC

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*Sunday, March 29, 1981: Army General Roberto Eduardo Viola was inaugurated as the 41st President of the Argentine Republic during a special ceremony inside the National Congress Building in Buenos Aires; Viola succeeds former President Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videla, who had been in office since 29 March 1976.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

CBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT:
BREAKING NEWS: SHOTS FIRED AT PRESIDENT REAGAN
2:27 PM EST, Monday, March 30, 1981
Washington Hilton Hotel
Washington, DC.

President Ronald Reagan waving to the crowd and reporters outside of the Washington Hilton Hotel. Secret Service agent Jerry Parr (wearing the white trench-coat); White House Press Secretary Jim Brady; White House Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver; Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department police officer Thomas Delahanty and Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy.
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*President Reagan wounded; hospitalized, undergoing surgery; doctors expect good recovery in the coming days
*Condition of White House Press Secretary Jim Brady unclear
*Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department police officer Thomas Delahanty wounded; Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy also wounded in the shooting.
*Developments still coming in.
*Vice President George HW Bush flying on Air Force Two from his home state of Texas, heading to Washington, DC
*National Security Council holding closed door meeting at the White House.

Dan Rather: "Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen, CBS News is interrupting your regularly scheduled program of "As The World Turns" for an important major development that had just broke out. We've been getting reports that shots have been fired at President Ronald Reagan about a little over sixteen minutes ago, at 2:27 PM EST. The President was on his way back to the White House after giving a speech at the Washington Hilton Hotel before the AFL-CIO. As we're hearing, shots were fired at the President from a greeting crowd called "The President's Walk" on Florida Avenue, where reporters had been waiting. We're going to turn it over to our reporter next to the building where the tragedy occurred. What do we know?"

Reporter #1: "Good afternoon Dan, about 19 minutes ago, President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton Hotel toward his waiting limousine as a disturbed man inside the crowd of supporters opened fire at the leader of the free world and most highest leader of the federal government, firing six shots. Mike Putzel of the Associated Press shouted at President Reagan with the words "Mr. President------", when the six shots were fired. According to eyewitnesses, the first shot struck White House Press Secretary Jim Brady in the head which passed through underneath his brain and shattered his brain cavity exploding upon impact causing brain matter splattering over some of the eyewitnesses; Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department police officer Thomas Delahanty quickly heard the gunshot sounds and turned around left to the suspected shooter (who's in custody), while he was doing so, Officer Delahanty was struck in the back of his neck by the second shot, the bullet had ricocheted off his spine; falling on top of Mr. Brady, Delahanty screamed "I am hit!" The third shot missed President Reagan, which instead struck the window of a building across the street. Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy was hit by the fourth shot, being struck in the lower abdomen, which then traversed his right lung, diaphragm and right lobe of the liver. Now the fifth shot hit the bullet-proof glass of the window of the open rear door of the presidential limousine and finally, the sixth shot ricocheted off the armored side of the limousine, passing between the space of the open rear door and vehicle frame, hitting President Reagan in the left underarm. Now this final shot grazed one of his ribs and was lodged in his lung, causing it to partially collapse before stopping less than an inch from his heart."

Rather: "Oh my goodness. How exactly did this happen? You would assume that stronger protection protocols are enforced especially after President Ford's assassination in 1975."

Reporter #1: "Dan, this will almost certainly be investigated extensively. From what we know, the Secret Service had extensively those attending the President's speech earlier in the day, but greatly erred by allowing an unscreened group to stand within 20 feet of the President, behind a rope line on the President's Walk."

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[Sergeant Foley]

......"General Alexander Fucking Haig was becoming a complete pain in the ass! From the moment he uttered these words "I am in charge here" while Vice President Bush flying in Air Force Two leaving Texas, it angered George and Barbara. It also angered and infuriated the Reagan's when they were notified by Haig's gaffe.

Despite his impressive and impeccable military service including stints as White House Chief of Staff and Ambassador to NATO, the man was hearing himself talk plus stroking his own annoying ego. I mean: C'mon!

I was tasked of finding some ways to sideline the Secretary of State by having him going overseas which was eagerly approved by the President himself when he returned home to the White House from the hospital. Haig's controversial objectives on foreign policy such as supporting the Argentine Republic's full sovereignty claims of the Falklands had infuriated British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during a closed door meeting.

Let's just say Haig vowed never to get scolded like that ever again. "I'll find a way in putting that bitch in her place" he uttered before Cabinet meetings. I was startled and shocked Haig would say something like that about the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; I intervened saying "General, that's NOT a good idea spouting ugly language like that. You need to immediately cease and desist right now!"

Haig stupidly doubled-down on his controversial comments about Thatcher, preferring to "See someone put a bullet in her head". After arguing with the Secretary of State including Ambassador Kirkpatrick of the United Nations, who also was aligned with Haig on supporting Argentine Republic's claims to the Falklands, was going to be causing some foreign policy headaches for this administration because something had to give."
Excerpt from "The Falklands and the Full Blown War between United Kingdom and the Argentine Republic"

 

[Sergeant Foley]

AUTHOR'S UPDATE: I will be flexing a flash-forward special instead of dragging out Spring 1981 but I will post maybe one final special of National and International Headlines from Spring 1981 before venturing into Summer 1981.

Be on the lookout for the flash-forward installments of Summer 1981.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

BAILEY FALLS TO GRUESOME DEATH DURING ATTEMPTED UNDERCAGE SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE STUNT

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*Wednesday, April 1, 1981: Australian stuntman Jim Bailey unsuccessfully attempted to become the undercage of a single-engine airplane; Bailey's safety harness snapped during the flight, leaving him dangling under the front landing gear about 500 feet before ultimately falling to his death.

COUP ATTEMPT FAILS IN THAILAND
*Friday, April 3, 1981: Following two days of a coup attempt against the Thai government, the Thai Royal Armed Forces aggressively put down the botched coup attempt by retaking the capital city of Bangkok without any much resistance from rebels, who fled. Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda took King Bhumibol Adulyadej and members of the Thai Royal Family to Karot.

OSBORNE 1 DEBUTS
*Preceding the launch of the IBM Personal Computer, the Osborne 1 was formally launched and introduced during the 7th Annual West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco, California.

CISNEROS WINS SAN ANTONIO MAYORAL ELECTION IN LANDSLIDE VICTORY
*Saturday, April 4, 1981: San Antonio City Councilman Henry Cisneros (D) wins the Mayoral election in a landslide victory with 62% of the citywide vote; he becomes the youngest person elected to the Mayoralty at the age of 33. Cisneros will take office on 1 May 1981.

30 MASSACRED NEAR SAN SALVADOR
*Tuesday, April 7, 1981: National Guardsmen of the El Salvadoran National Guard drove into the neighborhood of Marel Carmelos, pulling out residents accused of rebellion against the government and brutally executed them. Reporters who arrived later found 30 bodies in the streets.

EXPLOSIONS KILLING 9 AT GRAIN ELAVATOR
*An explosion of grain elavator in Corpus Christi, Texas resulted in the deaths of 9 people; injuring 30 others.

LAST FIFTH-STAR WORLD WAR II GENERAL DIES

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*Wednesday, April 8, 1981: United States Army General of the Army Omar Bradley, the last of the fifth-star Generals passed away at the age of 88 in New York City, New York State from cardiac arrhythmia just minutes after receiving an award from the National Institute of Social Sciences.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: LEGENDARY HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION JOE LOUIS PASSES AWAY FROM HEART ATTACK; HE WAS 66 YEARS OLD.

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*Sunday, April 12, 1981: Legendary former heavyweight boxing champion Joseph Louis Barrow collapsed inside the bathroom of his residence in Las Vegas, Nevada at 9:30 AM PST. Efforts to reviving the boxing legend by Noel Larimer, the boxing champion's personal therapist and also by paramedics were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at Desert Springs Hospital in Paradise, Nevada. His wife of 22 years, Martha Jefferson Barrow was at his side when he passed. Louis is survived by his wife, Martha including six children: Jacqueline Barrow; Joseph Louis Barrow, Jr..,; Joe Louis Barrow, Jr.,; John Louis Barrow; Joyce Louis Barrow and Janet Louis Barrow. Hours earlier, Louis had attended the heavyweight championship fight between Larry Holmes and Trevor Berbick, which was his last public appearance on 11 April 1981.

"He was in cardiac arrest when he arrived," Shirley Brown, the nursing supervisor of Desert Spring Hospital said. "They did everything they could to revive him. He had been ill for quite some time. He had been hospitalized before." Asked about how the family is holding up, Ceasars Palace president Harry Ward said: "Mrs. Louis is taking it well as can be expected" "We're very shocked at what happened. He was at the fight last night. He was really enjoying himself and his pacemaker was working very well. He was looking forward to attending the Diana Ross Show tomorrow night at the hotel and then this morning he just collapsed. It's very sad."

Condolences came from all over the boxing community including several political leaders from both sides of the aisle.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

REAGAN PARDONS FORMER FBI OFFICIALS
*Wednesday, April 15, 1981: President Ronald Reagan pardoned former FBI agents W. Mark Felt and Edward S. Miller five months after they had both been convicted of conspiracy to violating civil rights of friends and relatives of the suspected members of the Weather Underground terrorist organization.

TRUDEAU REJECTS PROVINCIAL PLAN OF CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
*Thursday, April 16, 1981: Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau rejected a plan which had been endorsed by the Premiers of eight out of the ten provinces that would've allowed individual provincial legislatures to reject constitutional changes, saying it would turn Canada into a loose confederation.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR LEGENDARY HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION JOE LOUIS HELD IN LAS VEGAS

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*Friday, April 17, 1981: The funeral services for legendary heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis was held inside the Sports Pavilion of Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada officiated by the Reverend Jesse Jackson. Among those in attendance: United States Senator Paul Laxalt (R-NV); Caesar's Palace president Harry Ward; boxing greats Muhammad Ali; Sugar Ray Robinson; Larry Holmes; Floyd Patterson; entertainers Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr.,; comedian Bill Cosby; Max Schmeling; Gene Tunney; Jack Dempsey; Lou Nova and promoter Don King. Louis' flag-draped casket was then driven to the airport for the flight to Washington, DC., where President Reagan waived the eligibility requirements in allowing the boxing legend to be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia with full military honors.

SPORTS: NEBRASKA WRANGLERS WIN WPBL CHAMPIONSHIP IN LEAGUE'S FINAL GAME
*Monday, April 20, 1981: In the final game of the WPBL, the Nebraska Wranglers defeated the Dallas Diamonds by a score of 99-90 winning the WPBL Championship.

HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING LEGEND JOE LOUIS OFFICIALLY LAID TO REST WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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*Tuesday, April 21, 1981: With family, friends including boxing greats and boxing contemporaries in attendance, legendary heavyweight boxing champion Joseph Louis Barrow was officially laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

NABSICO MERGING WITH STANDARD BRANDS
*Wednesday, April 22, 1981: Food producers Nabsico, Inc., agreed to acquire Standard Brands, Inc., in a stock transaction which was valued at around $1.9 billion creating Nabisco Brands, Inc.,

PRESIDENT REAGAN LIFTS GRAIN EMBRAGO
*Friday, April 24, 1981: President Ronald Reagan ended the Grain Embargo which had been instituted by then-President Linwood Holton on 7 January 1980 and which had also restricted the sale of American grain to the Soviet Union following the Soviets' invasion of Afghanistan. In announcing this decision, Reagan said "American farmers have been unfairly singled out to bear the burden of this ineffective policy."

GISCARD AND MITTERRAND ADVANCE TO PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF ELECTION IN FRANCE

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*Sunday, April 26, 1981: In the first round of the 1981 French Presidential election campaign, incumbent French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing and Francois Mitterrand advanced to the 10 May 1981 runoff election, which will be hotly-contested as the eyes of France and the world will be watching quite closely. The winner of the runoff election will take office on 21 May 1981 for the seven-year term.

TENNIS STAR ADMITS SECRET LESBIAN AFFAIR
*Tuesday, April 28, 1981: Professional tennis champion Billie Jean King was sued by Marilyn Barnett, a woman who stated in her complaint, they were lesbian lovers. Initially denying the allegations, King ultimately admitted to the secret lesbian relationship four days later.

PEOPLE EXPRESS POISED TO FLY
*Thursday, April 30, 1981: Promoting themselves as the "No-Frills Airline", the People Express began their low-cost trips to and from its hub at the Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey; tickets for the inaugural flight from Newark, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York State priced only $23.00.

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: UNITED STATES SENATOR HARRISON WILLIAMS (D-NJ) CONVICTED ON FELONY CHARGES OF BRIBERY AND CONSPIRACY
*Friday, May 1, 1981: United States Senator Harrison Williams (D-NJ) was convicted by federal grand jury on felony charges of bribery and conspiracy and was sentenced to three years in federal prison. Williams steadfastly refused to resign his US Senate seat saying, "This despicable injustice has robbed New Jerseyans of having one of two of their United States Senators fighting for them in Capitol Hill."

VOLUNTARY RESTRAINT AGREEMENT ENACTED BY MITI
*Responding to US pressure, the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) enacted the Voluntary Restraint Agreement (VRA) reducing the number of car sales to the United States to 1,680,000 units.

GRANITE V HONORING VIETNAM WAR DEAD CHOSEN FOR NEW MEMORIAL HONORING VIETNAM WAR VETERANS
*Wednesday, May 6, 1981: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund announced that they accepted the design of 21-year-old architecture student Maya Lin for the new Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

AIR FORCE JET EXPLODES; KILLING 21
*United States Air Force C-135 aircraft exploded at 10:45 while on an altitude of 28,000 FT; All 21 USAF Personnel on board the plane were killed instantly and the wreckage scattered over Frederick, Maryland.

INA NEWS AGENCY REPORTS MITTERRAND WINS FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF ELECTION, DEFEATS INCUMBENT GISCARD IN CLOSE VOTE

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*Sunday, May 10, 1981: With a record turnout of 85.85% in the French Presidential runoff elections, Francois Mitterrand of the Socialist Party defeated incumbent French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing of the Union for French Democracy Party, making Giscard the first incumbent French President to lose reelection. Mitterrand garnered 15,708,262 votes (51.76%) while President Giscard garnered 14,642,306 votes (48.24%). Mitterrand will be inaugurated as the 21st President of the French Republic at Elysee Palace on 21 May 1981.

PLAN REVAMPING SOCIAL SECURITY UNVEILED; CONGRESS CONDEMNS THE PROPOSAL
*Tuesday, May 12, 1981: US Secretary of Health and Human Services Richard Schweiker unveiled the Reagan administration's plan of balancing the Federal Budget by reducing social security benefits paid for early retirement from 80% of the full rating to 55%. This proposal was so unpopular both Republicans and Democrats agreed on it: voting 98-0 on a Senate resolution strongly condemning the idea. United States Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) referred to this proposal "Heartless, Disgusting and Full of Garbage, the American people are going to respond forcefully in the 1982 Midterms."

SPORTS: BOSTON CELTICS WIN 14TH NBA CHAMPIONSHIP

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*Thursday, May 14, 1981: The Boston Celtics of the Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference champion Houston Rockets by a score of 102-91 in Game 6 of the 1981 NBA Finals at The Summit in Houston, Texas before a crowd of 16,121 in attendance; Celtics small forward Cedric Maxwell was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player; this is the 14th NBA Championship for the Boston Celtics with long storied history and winning championship throughout the years.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

MITTERRAND INAUGURATED AS 21ST PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing bids farwell to French President Francois Mitterrand on the courtyard grounds of Elysee Palace before Mitterrand's inauguration.
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*Thursday, May 21, 1981: Francois Mitterrand was inaugurated as the 21st President of the French Republic inside the ornate 18th Century ballroom of Elysee Palace (Residence of the French Republic President and his family). Upon arriving at the Palace, Mitterrand held a 47-minute private meeting with outgoing French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing during which according to sources, the transfer of secretive nuclear codes took place. However, Giscard snubbed his successor by not attending the Inauguration festivities as was customary in previous presidential inaugurations: Once he shook hands with Mitterrand wishing him luck in the next seven years, the 20th President of the French Republic left the Elysee Palace grounds on foot through the palace courtyards: which was ironically the same way he entered back in 1974 when he took office.

Inside the palace ballroom, the room was filled with very prominent Socialists and leftists, who were determined to change the French Republic. Mitterrand during his inaugural address exclaimed: "What higher demand for our country than to achieve a new alliance of socialism and liberty? What more beautiful ambition than to offer the world of tomorrow? I want to be the President of all the French, I want to unite them for the great causes that await us and create in all circumstances conditions of a true national community. To all the French, beyond this room and this palace, I say let us have confidence and faith in the future."

Wasting no time in launching his drive in pursuing a leftist-dominated government, one of Mitterrand's first acts was naming longtime Socialist Party aide Pierre Mauroy as the new Prime Minister and having the French Parliament dissolved altogether in order to permitting new elections being held. Following the Inauguration, Mitterrand walked to the backyard of the Elysee Palace and was honored with a loud thundering 21 Cannon Salute including reviewing the troops of the French Armed Forces; he then rode in an open limousine to the Arch of Triumph for the ritual laying of the wreath of the tomb of the French Unknown Soldier. Breaking with tradition, Mitterrand mingled with the people by walking up Boulevard Saint Michel, famed center of the Left Bank student quarter; then toward the domed Pantheon Monument: paying homage to the tombs of Jean Jaures, founder of the French Socialist Party and Jean Moulin, leader of the World War II Underground Resistance, both of whom are entombed there respectively.

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[Sergeant Foley]

SHOCKING NEWS OUT OF ECUADOR: ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT JAIME ROLDOS KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
*Sunday, May 24, 1981: Ecuadorian President Jaime Roldos along with his wife, Ecuadorian First Lady Martha Bucaram; the Ecuadorian Defense Minister and six other people were killed in a plane crash. Roldos was on his way to Zarotillo for a ceremony when the Avro-748 presidential aircraft crashed into the side of the mountain. Vice President Osvaldo Hurtado was sworn into office as the 34th President of the Republic of Ecuador soon afterwards. Hurtado would serve out the remainder of Roldos' five-year term until 10 August 1984.

GCC ESTABLISHED IN RIYADH
*Monday, May 25, 1981: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was established by Saudi Arabia; the United Arab Emirates; Kuwait; Oman and Qatar as economic and military alliances between the Middle Eastern nations.

RAHMAN ASSASSINATED BY REBEL TROOPS
*Saturday, May 30, 1981: Bangladeshi President Ziaur Rahman was assassinated while spending the night in Chittagong, Bangladesh at 4:00 AM in the morning by rebel troops.

ERA AMENDMENT APPROVED IN SWITZERLAND
*Sunday, June 14, 1981: Voters in Switzerland approved the Equal Rights Amendment to the Swiss Constitution.

MARCOS WINS REELECTION OVERWHELMINGLY IN MASSIVE LANDSLIDE, SECURING THIRD TERM AS PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT
*Tuesday, June 16, 1981: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was overwhelmingly reelected to a historic third term, garnering 18,309,360 votes and 88% of the nationwide vote, the highest number of votes ever in Philippine history. He will be taking office on 30 June 1981 at the Quirino Grandstand.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This installment will be updated daily either sometime later this evening or maybe next week, now just be patient folks.

Chapter 12: Marcos's Historic Third Term
6:50 AM PHST, Tuesday, June 30, 1981
Quirino Grandstand
Manila, Philippines

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos taking the Oath of Office for a third term as the 10th President of the Republic of the Philippines.
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The third presidential inauguration of Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr., as the 10th President of the Republic of the Philippines was very historic: this was the first presidential inauguration taking place on June 30th, plus it was the first time in Philippine history that an incumbent President was being sworn in for a historic third term; already the longest-serving Philippine President in Philippine history, sworn into office for a six-year term that was cut short upon his death on 13 March 1984, succeeded by his wife and Vice President Imelda Romualdez Marcos (more on that later in the later chapters of the timeline). Among those in attendance at the Inauguration festivities: US Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush and his wife, US Second Lady Barbara Bush; Mexican President General Oscar Robles; Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew; Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda among several other foreign dignitaries; members of the Diplomatic Corps were also attending the inauguration including many international news organizations.

Following taking the Oath of Office by Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Enrique Fernando, President Marcos was given the traditional 21 Cannon Salute while the Presidential anthem "We Say Mabuhay" was being performed by PSG Marching Band and walked up to the podium delivering his third inaugural address to the loud cheers of the large crowd in attendance:

President Marcos: "My beloved and fellow Countrymen:
By the generosity of your sovereign mandate, I have been sworn again today before you, and in the sight of the world to defend, preserve, and promote all that we hold dear and cherish as a nation.
The greatness of this occasion dwarfs all personal feelings of joy, gratitude and pride which one feels at this moment. As it has ever been, the entire nation, not one man alone, is summoned by this historic ceremony to ledge faith in ourselves and in the future.
In the history of our nation, there are certain moments that fix for us a tide of turning and redirection, when the nation irrevocably moves into a new course and bravely ventures into the future.

This is such a turning point.
On a dreary December dawn eighty-five years ago, young patriot and prophet of the race fell on this very soil, "a martyr to his illusions" of a new Philippines.
Sixteen years ago, we stood on this same hallowed ground, sharing a vision of Filipino greatness.

Sixty-nine years separated the martyrdom and the mandate of greatness. More than two generations of thwarted hopes and disappointed dreams. The blood of the martyr inspired the Philippine Revolution, from which sprung the first Asian Republic, proclaimed in Kawit, Cavite on the twelfth of June, 1898. It was a short-lived Republic, for soon after, recalling three and half centuries of foreign domination, we were colonized once again.

Two other republics followed, under which the Philippines was independent but not truly sovereign, for as history decrees, authentic freedom is self-proclaimed and is not a gift from alien lands.

The Filipino had lost his dignity, his courage and even his soul. For we existed at the time in a precarious democracy which advanced the few who were rich and powerful and debased the many who were poor. Government was the acolyte of an oligarchy whose preeminence reached back to the colonial era. This arrangement resulted in a society that could no longer endure; as social scientists said, we, the Filipinos, were sitting on top of a "social volcano." But our young martyr and hero had a more arresting metaphor. A social cancer was all over the land. A major surgery was inevitable.

We were caught, according to a popular image, between a world that was dead and a world that was too feeble to be born. We had to accelerate the birth of this New World-a Caesarean operation was required. Either that or perish beneath the weight of our own failures.

Out of this peril-from the jaws of dismemberment and extinction, and from the heart of the rebellion of the poor-was our new republic.

The first republic was still-born, it had to be born again-in our time.

Today, we proclaimed here the birth of a new republic, new in structure and character, and ordained to preside over a new time of ferment and change in our national life.

Our republic is new for its fidelity to our historical legacy and its utter repudiation of the colonial past. In it is the power of the vision which sacrificed the "First Filipino" on this sacred ground. Time alone can tell the fate and fortune of our new republic.

Thus has history presented our saga to this generation of Filipinos that we must rise from the depths of ignominy and failure; and thus is it said that we have an appointment with destiny.

With the past, we affirm here and now the continuity and integrity of the nation vouchsafed to us by the sacrifices and struggles of our fathers. But we are also deeply conscious of the need to break away from the historical ties have fettered time and again the pursuit of the national destiny.

Too often in the long sweep of history, we have seen national longing and aspiration denied at the threshold of fulfillment. We have seen our nation aborted at birth, tossed in the sway of empires, gripped in irresolution and drift, paralyzed by disunity and strife, and hostage to chaos and instability. Our national independence since the beginning has been partly cast in light, partly in shadow.

There are, to be sure, imperfections in our institutions, and as these are run by men, there are more imperfections still. But I choose to regard these as redeemable; we can still win the few, the faltering, recalcitrant few, to our government.

Unerringly, the many crises and trials of our republic have repeatedly pointed to one recurring theme. The helplessness of government to cope with problems and its inability to prosecute national purposes and goals. We have suffered less from the failure of political ideals than from the failure to make democratic government work and prosper in our land.
From such failure did we pass into the long night of crises and instability that so lately visited our land, and required the extraordinary recourse to martial law and the establishment of a crisis government.

Yet from our response to that time of challenge, during an eight-and-a-half year period that will ever be distinguished landmark in the history of our nation, we emerged a nation strengthened and transformed, her faith renewed in the vitality of her democratic institutions.

Ironic, we say now, is the fact that to arrive at this new beginning for democracy in our country, we have had to travel the route of authoritarian government, passed through the very eye of hazard and crisis, and endured the verdict of some men who despaired that democracy has been irretrievably lost in our land.

The interval of crisis government and reconstruction opened to our nation a new meaning in the democratic ideal and a new dynamism towards its attainment. We can never again stand in alienation from one another, in resignation before our problems, or in humiliation before the world.

Living through the tempest of crises and ferment, we have known the reserves of national will we possess and the kind of government we are truly capable of establishing in our country.

Not the poverty of principles, or the decay of ideals, but the simple failure of government has undermined our confused and tortuous route as a nation. And so it is that our national rebirth must be founded first and foremost upon the rock of government.

This is the new beginning that we proclaim-----today the awakening of our republic to the fundamental challenge of governing our land and our people, of ministering to the cares of public life, and of redeeming every dream and every aspiration that throughout our national history has fired the hearts and minds of our people.

Fundamentally, this is s beginning and a change not in dreams and aspiration, but in rededication and reappraisal. For so long we have immersed in a confused debate over ideas and principles, when our real need was self-discipline.

We have swayed between the ideologies of the times and been entrapped in their irresoluble contention, when our attention might have been better focused infusing confidence in our people.

We have wearied of the efficacy of democratic ideals, despaired of their ever taking root in our country, when our task was to make these ideals find life and sustenance in our society through our own self-abnehation.

We have been captivated by models and images of development not our own making without moulding them to the reality of our culture and traditions.

Today, we know better.

This is the vision of rebirth that we hold out to the nation today of a new people and a new government that will be stable, strong, and capable of leading that way the national future.

Our chief concern is to develop and perfect the means whereby government may recapture the original purpose of society------that of promoting the well-being of all the members of our community. This is no mere sentiment. This we recognize as a fundamental duty to be practically and resolutely pursued.

Its essence is less to be seen in what we say of those timeless democratic principles we swear by------freedom, rights, morals, service and the like------than in the manner by which we organize law and government for their realization in our society.

Others may speak of their facile ideas to make change and development in our country. We shall address ourselves to the organization of government, to the engineering of change, to the management of our affairs for this is how, fundamentally and truly, the most lofty ideals begins to be realized and come to live in society.

We speak to our farming communities who had long been disenchanted by slogans promising land and progress and who at last, under the 1972 program of land reform now have their own lands to tiill but also need the continuing assistance of their government to attain both advancement in their lives and growth in their communities.

We speak to our working classes who need not only a greater share in the profits of production but the uograding of skills and talents by the energetic action of government so that they may carry out the programs designed to spur the growth of our economic and social life.

We speak to the entrepreneurs throughout our land who need, besides the maintenance of our free enterprise system, the practical assistance of government in the identification of markets, in the development of sources of labor and raw materials, in the availment of credit facilities, and in the concerted effort to free the full bounty of our resources as a nation.

We speak to every family------to every man, woman and child throughout our land------whose security, well-being and advancement must be directly affected by, and be the concern of, government in practical programs that will broaden opportunities in education, health and welfare and other human needs.

We speak to the citizenry, whose sovereign will and whose rights must exist not only on paper, but in effective processes that magnify its participation in government and its enjoyable of its rights.

We speak also to the family of nations and councils of the world, to which our national life is so intimately linked today, to which we pledge continued and abiding cooperation in efforts and programs that will truly advance the peace and progress of peoples, especially of those with whom we share the cause of reform of the international system.

We shall not merely dream, we shall achieve.

We are done with pining for all the comforts and rewards of more advanced societies. We shall now draw up our plans in accordance with our vision and culture, to realize within our land our own program of development and progress.

True liberation such as has been dreamed of since the birth of our nation, and has never left the bosom of our people, is not to be attained save by the enduring union of government and the people.

It is unthinkable that we should approach this task as partisans to warring interests, creeds and ideologies. Our goal is to unite, not divide.

National unity is a covenant between each and every Filipino, and between the leader and his people. The true honor that you have bestowed on me as your thrice-elected leader imposes on my person-----and those closes to me-----a debt, an obligation that I cannot shirk and a pledge that I dare not betray. Let history judge me harshly on this------that until every Filipino can say with conviction that he has been liberated from ignorance, poverty, and disease; until, in sum, he can call his mind, body, and spirit his own, I shall have failed you.

For this purpose it shall be our task as a people to break, with the force of our will and our energies, the tradition of discord and suspicion that characterized our efforts in the past to build one nation.

It is a duty we can no longer ignore or deny to bring the wasteful strife in the South to an end, to settle for all time the secessionist war which has haunted the nation these past several years. Let us sweep aside the gloom of separatism and distrust.

We must apply to the cultivation of a new national tradition of Filipino-unity, in which Christian and Muslim are brothers in blood and aspiration, in which religious freedom is not only a guarantee but also a true and enduring bond to hold all men together, none of them less than the others because of his religious creed or mode of worship.

We ask all our countrymen, every group and every sector of our society, to gather around this work now unfolding, to lend to it their counsel and their guidance, and the light of their earnest criticism.

We have had enough of bitterness and faction among us to realize now that we have spent ourselves and recuced thereby the vitality and strength of our nation. Learning from one another, striving towards consensus, contending and yet aware of our common life as a nation, we can provide healing answers to the travails of national life. We shall move forward together.

Of the leadership, the dedication, and the vision so clearly needed by this work of building and creation in our land, government shall be the first to provide. We shall bring into the service of government the broadest knowledge and expertise available throughout our land. We shall set upon the task of reconstructing on a new foundation the whole of our government bureaucracy------from the lowest echelons to the highest------so that we shall have once and for all truly a government that is servant to our hopes and our needs.

Governnent can lead the way to building our new republic but it cannot do the task alone. It requires us also to establish new concepts of cooperation and interaction between government and the people, between communities and their leaders, between the variant sectors of our society.

The people's initiative, their caring, and their imagination, as much as those of government, will determine how far and how fast we can achieve the blessings of true democracy on our land.

But I do believe that our people have never been more prepared for this test of their communal life and for the effort that it demands. I believe that today we all see our problems and our opportunities more clearly than we used to as tasks that are resolved not by a fever of words and hopes but by action patiently applied to them.

When I look upon our history as a nation, it is this attitude to work and struggle that is truly new in our society today. It is this profession of faith above all others that shines upon our work now beginning in our country.

Nearly a century ago, the man who was martyred on these grounds, Dr. Jose Rizal, described in words of cautious prophecy the nation that the Filipino race could become a century hence. He wrote: "The Philippines will defend with inexpressible valor the liberty secured at the price of so much blood and sacrifice. With the new men that will spring from their soil and with the recollection of their past, they will perhaps strive to enter freely upon the wide road of progress, and all will labor together to strengthen their fatherland, both internally and externally, with the same enthusiasm, with which a youth falls again to tilling the land of his ancestors so long wasted and abandoned through the neglect of those who have withheld it from him. Then the mines will be made to give up their fold for relieving distress, iron for weapons, copper, lead and coal. Perhaps the country will revive the maritime and mercantile life for which the islanders are fitted by their nature, ability and instincts, and once more free, like the bird that leaves its cage, like the flower that unfolds to the air, will recover the pristine virtues that are gradually dying out and will again become addicted to peace------cheerful, happy, joyous, hospitable and daring."

We are the nation today. With courage and vision we shall be more.

From you therefore, my countrymen, I ask utmost commitment, the unswerving allegiance to the vision which unites us. You owe this to yourselves.

Give all that you can to your country, and I, God willing, will leave you a society that will fill all your needs for a decent and honorable life.

Let us then call on the intransigent to realize their just purpose with us; let us awaken the unconscious and enlighten the mislead; let us listen to our detractors in honest counsel. Let us bind the wounds of the past, and in one united effort, realize the aspirations of our people. There are no outside saviors; there is only us------the Filipinos.

There is no injustice that we cannot dedicate, no corruption that we cannot extirpate, no hardship or crisis that we cannot overcome as long as we keep faith with the vision of national greatness.

With the advent of this hour of the New Republic, we enter with a clear eye and a stout heart a perilous decade. There is nothing to fear; we shall achieve national liberation; we shall prevail.

I ask you then: let us cross this frontier."​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Mexico's First Lady Laid Dying
10:00 PM EST, Sunday, July 5, 1981
Summer Presidential Retreat
Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico​

Fernanda Arizmendi opened her eyes. She was tired, unable to get out of bed. Her throat was very dry. Her eyes had become tinged with constant pain due to the severity of her advanced cervical cancer over the past two years in a battle that resulted in seeing the youngest popular First Lady of the United Mexican States losing weight to only weighing just 73 pounds. Her breathing was very slow. She also knew that Death------which had been stalking her since 21 May 1979, stalked her with eagerness and Death was aggressively cunning with such ruthless resolve------finally had come for her. Considering once again since nobody told her the truth about her diagnosis especially her husband of 12 years, Mexican President General Oscar Robles, who tacitly viewed it as keeping the political optics going by keeping the truth from her, never even told his dying second wife the truth of the advanced cervical cancer. When she died within hours at the age of 32, Fernanda would hold the record as the youngest-ever First Lady in Mexico's history with eight years, four months and 3,057 days.

She lay in her bed inside the Summer Presidential Retreat on the second floor, holding the hand of her husband, Oscar (her knight and shining armor). Her daughter, Donna Belle including her some of her stepchildren Raquel, Margaret and Maria Alba (from Oscar's first marriage with Geneva DeSouza) including Donna Belle's half brother, Senator Winfred Joaquin Robles were also inside the room. Before them, the First Lady of the United Mexican States laid dying.

Maria Alba left the room to find her stepmother's press secretary. They needed to put out an official statement that her condition had taken its final turn. They work-shopped something quickly and released in the Los Pinos doctor's name. The First Lady's condition had been growing serious in the last few weeks. She was being made comfortable at the Summer Presidential Retreat (preferring to remain there in the final months of her illness) and declined further medical treatment.

Deputy Chief of Staff Eloise Almendariz asked if they should release an updated statement to the press, who were converging onto the grounds of the Summer Presidential Retreat (maximum security had blocked the press from coming anywhere the grounds: strongly having the press pool of reporters holding court at the outside gates while some television news stations were doing their news reports, only stating "The Presidential Office is reporting the First Family has been notified about serious concerns of the First Lady's health situation." Maria Alba didn't think so. It was only a matter of time.

She was roaming through the halls of the Summer Presidential Retreat while her stepmother, drifting inside and outside of sleep, spent her final moments. Maria Alba took her seat behind the desk inside the First Lady's personal office, looking at the pictures of her entire family as a teenager. The wedding photos of her father and stepmother; pictures of her seven half-sisters, above the mantle included pictures with the late American Presidents Gerald Rudolph Ford and Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller; American First Ladies Betty Ford; Happy Rockefeller; Jinks Holton; pictures of Oscar and Fernanda meeting with the Pahlavi's; Chilean President Captain General Augusto Pinochet and his wife, Chilean First Lady Lucia Hirart Pinochet; the late Pope Paul VI; French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing; King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium; Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip of the United Kingdom; King Sobhuza II of Swaziland; Gabonese President Omar Bongo and his wife, Gabonese First Lady Patience Dabany; Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley; Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace of Monaco including countless others. It was room full of history.

Maria Alba thought about what her stepmother's legacy would be. Surely, there would be some skeptics who wondered why didn't they tell Fernanda the truth about her terminal cancer nor if the truth ever come known before the public. That was well deserved. But she hoped that most Mexicans would remember her stepmother for the courageous staunch support of social welfare and women's rights in Mexico and for the Women's Robles-ista Movement pushing for the eventual full Equal Employment Act which Oscar had signed into law. She had hoped many of the multiple long list of accomplishments would be the legacy of her stepmother.

Her hands in her pockets, she walked along the outdoor colonnade which led back to the Private Residence. The Summer hot air was obviously biting hard. She noticed the Summer Presidential Retreat fences (which were increased to even higher levels with dark black armored triple gates); a crowd of well-wishers were gathering. It was very bright for candles, but they did bring flowers and laid them along the posts toward the main gates. Maria Alba brushed away some tears. Some in the crowd of well-wishers knew it too------that inside the Summer Presidential Retreat, their popular beloved First Lady laid dying.

Her father rose to put his arm around her when she came back to the room. Her stepmother was still alive, but barely. Fernanda's daughter, Donna Belle, helped her sip water through straws. Five of Fernanda's siblings were inside the residence bracing for the inevitable.

The First Lady drew in deep and mighty breaths. She looked at each of her seven daughters including four of her twelve stepchildren (the others were in France and Spain and weren't able to make it back to Mexico, but were being updated). She looked at whom she referred to as "Knight and Shining Armor", her beloved Oscar. She offered them all feeble smiles. The First Lady who hadn't spoken in over the past few weeks, opened her mouth and said "I Love You All." She then turned to her sister, Mireya Alexander and said her final words "I am leaving."

She then turned to squint out the window at the crowd of well-wishers gathering for the final time and then Fernanda Arizmendi closed her eyes and drifted away to meet her Maker. Mireya pressed her eyes tightly shut as she felt her sister's life passing from her hands. Oscar took a deep breath as he too, felt his wife slipping away quickly. Her daughter, Donna Belle, at his side, hugged him tightly. She put her hands out on her mother's skeletal legs and squeezed. At 10:00 PM, the end had officially come for Fernanda Livia Arizmendi de Robles.

The family took moments with their wife, mother, stepmother and sister. They all knew what was coming next. The chaotic spectacle of Lying in Repose. The riderless horses. The Cannon Salutes. The flight to Mexico City for the Ceremonial Funeral festivities; the flight back to Isla Mujeres. However, for now, they took the time to remembering their mother before the nation would be called upon to remember one of the most popular First Ladies in Mexico history.

Oscar then left his wife's room to find Dr. Irene Evanggeliou (her husband, Giorgio was getting the chemicals and the other methods ready). She needn't traveling far. Irene had been posted outside the bedroom in a chair. She rose at the sight of the three-term 58th President of the United Mexican States.

"Dr. Evanggeliou," he said in a calm stern voice, "You and your husband have full access to my wife's body. Do whatever you have to do in order to make her beautiful, while arrangements for Fernanda's funeral will be getting worked out."

She got the message, walked down the hall and picked up the phone calling her husband: "It's a Go!"

 

[Sergeant Foley]

BREAKING NEWS ALERTS: MEXICAN FIRST LADY FERNANDA ARIZMENDI DIES OF UNDISCLOSED ILLNESS AT THE AGE OF 32
*Presidential Office confirms the sad news.
*Regularly scheduled programming across Mexico interrupted to announce the First Lady's death.
*Mexican President General Oscar Robles to address the nation at the National Palace in Mexico City tomorrow afternoon.
*Arrangements to be unveiled in a few days.

*Sunday, July 5, 1981: Mexicans were shocked and stunned by the bombshell news reports as regularly scheduled programming across Mexico had been abruptly interrupted with the ominous words: "We're interrupting regularly scheduled programming to make an official announcement."

Eyewitnesses in Mexico City noticed the large Mexican flag on the grounds of the National Palace being lowered in half-mast, one young female said "I kind of figured the First Lady of our nation was gone when the flag was lowered at half-mast and the bells began tolling." Others gathered at the gates of Los Pinos crying, hugging each other and singing the Mexican National Anthem.

Sources reported some members of the Robles family will be boarding the Presidential aircraft and head straight to Mexico City at once, heading straight toward Los Pinos (Residence of the Mexican President and First Family).

Unnamed anonymous sources state the late First Lady's body will remain at an undisclosed location in Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo until sometime around 11 July 1981 when the first of three funeral services will be held; the location unknown at this time.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

NSFW DISCLAIMER: The following installment will be quite gruesome, grisly and erotic. Viewer discretion is advised!
Personal PoV's: Creepy Greek Embalmer begins his work on perfecting the masterpiece (Part I)
1:57 AM EST, Monday, July 6, 1981
Somewhere in Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico

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Giorgio Evanggeliou was alone inside an extra-large underground sound-proof lab which had lots of air conditioning fans, etc.,

Upon getting the official notification from Irene that Mexican First Lady Fernanda Arizmendi had met her Maker a few hours earlier at 10:00 PM on that Sunday evening inside her private bedroom of the heavily secluded Summer Presidential Retreat in the outskirts of Isla Mujeres, Giorgio had gotten all of the chemicals, scapling-carving knives, etc all ready in what would be one of many super deep thorough "secret examinations" of Fernanda as her husband, Mexican President General Oscar Robles gave the Evanggeliou's full access of his wife's body and given them to go-ahead of doing whatever it takes to making her look beautiful.

Once the Robles family left the Summer Presidential Retreat and headed for Mexico City, Irene and Giorgio had covered up Fernanda with a long white sheet; placed her on a stretcher by wheeling her out of the room via private elevator and went through a sound-proof backway tunnel which ultimately led to the super secret lab.

Irene had used nail polish remover in getting rid of the red nail polish off of her fingers and feet before asking Giorgio "I'm going to bed, assuming you'll be here all night?" Giorgio replied "That's right. Time for me to get started, I'll be here quite awhile, so good night." Irene went across the hall and went to bed.

Giorgio looked all over Fernanda's body "Such a young beautiful body. Despite the fact you're dead, I am going to perfect your likeness as Irene had finished making latex human body skin-suits with your likeness from head to toe a few days earlier. Now let's get started."

Removing the pajamas off of Fernanda, Giorgio then carefully removed all of the undergarments including her thong; Next he reached around her back and took off her bra, throwing the clothes onto the large basket before closing the lid. Amazed and eye-googling "Oh my. You're beautiful" Giorgio calmly said as he slowly caressed Fernanda's breasts including all over the naked body from head to toe.

Slightly placing her on her left side, Giorgio used an incision scapel to use incisions across the entire backside and slowly and carefully removed Fernanda's entire skin from head to toe, revealing her completely skinless naked and barefoot. Squishing sounds ensued as he placed the mangled skin of Fernanda into some cleaning container with special chemicals.

Next, Giorgio removed all of the organs out of the body: brain, pituitary, parathyroid, esophagus, larynx (everything in the entire throat); heart, adrenals, liver, kidneys, intestines, stomach, ovaries. Once that was done, Giorgio placed all of the organs into special boxes with name placards; then he used a secret power-washing hose in thoroughly cleaning Fernanda up all over including the backside as well. Afterwards, he sewed her up and used some lathering all over Fernanda's naked skinless body including slowly massaging all over her body including massaging her hands, fingers, breasts, stomach, vagina, legs, thighs and feet.

Lifting her off of the heavy black stretcher, Giorgio placed Fernanda's naked body into a massive deep pool container, where he applied mysterious concoction that caused massive purges of gases coming out of her entire body including her nose and mouth which lasted several hours while Giorgio took a shower.

Around 4:00 AM, Giorgio returned to the secret lab and opened up the pool container, Fernanda was faced down floating and looked very perfect at normal size. He lifted her out of the container, walked down the hall and placed her into a glass-container swimming pool (which had lights on the floor of the pool) before sealing the lid shut before turning off the lights of this secret room and went to get another shower before finally heading to bed.​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ANNOUNCED FOR THE LATE MEXICAN FIRST LADY FERNANDA ARIZMENDI
*Public Viewing to be held in Yucatan, Quintana Roo between 11 July-15 July 1981.

*Special Service of Memory held earlier on afternoon of 11 July 1981.

*Flag-draped casket of the late Mexican First Lady to be flown on Presidential aircraft back to Mexico City.

*Private Family Viewing inside Los Pinos during service only for family and friends on 15 July 1981.

*16 July 1981: Procession from Los Pinos to the National Palace begins with military honors.
*Flag-draped casket of the late Mexican First Lady will be carried on military truck caisson during the procession.

*16 July-20 July 1981: Public Viewing
National Palace Museum
Mexico City, Mexico

*Funeral Mass:
10:00 AM
Monday, 20 July 1981
Bascilica of Our Lady Guadalupe
Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City

*Procession from Bascilica of Our Lady Guadalupe to the Santa Lucia Air Base begins.
*Departure Honors ensue as the casket will be placed inside the special aircraft that will take the late Mexican First Lady Fernanda Arizmendi back to her beloved home State of Quintana Roo.

*Private Entombment
Monday, 20 July 1981
Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico

The Presidential Office announced that the interment of the late Mexican First Lady Fernanda Arizmendi will be extremely private and also confirmed upon construction of a tomb in the outskirts of Isla Mujeres will be where the First Lady will be entombed at a later date depending on the unspecified details on how long it'll take building and constructing the Arizmemdi Liberty Great Mausoleum due to possibilities such as the weather or other unspecified logistics.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CEREMONIAL FUNERAL FESTIVITIES OF MEXICAN FIRST LADY FERNANDA ARIZMENDI

20 July 1981: Crowds of mourners and spectators estimation of over 72,000 saying goodbye to Mexican First Lady Fernanda Arizmendi during the funeral procession in Mexico City following funeral services at Basilica of Our Lady Guadalupe.​

*From 11 July to 15 July 1981, the late Mexican First Lady Fernanda Arizmendi laid in repose inside the sanctuary of Church of the Immaculada Concepcion in Isla Mujeres, where approximately 137,000 people paid their respects filing past her open casket during the three-days. A Special Service of Memory was held in the late First Lady's honor. In the early afternoon hours of July 15th, the flag-draped casket was placed aboard the Presidential Aircraft which took five hours before arriving at Santa Lucia Air Base, where an Honor Guard of the Mexican Air Force personnel troops carried the late First Lady's flag-draped casket, placing it into a special State Hearse that was accompanied by members of the Robles and Arizmendi families including Federal law enforcement agencies as the procession from Santa Lucia Air Base entered the heart of Mexico City, filing past throngs of mourners waving Mexican flags and pictures of their beloved popular First Lady.

Upon arriving at Los Pinos (Residence of the Mexican President and First Family), anonymous sources confirmed the casket was opened once again where the family held a private viewing inside the private chambers of the presidential palace before heading off to the private family quarters; the casket was closed again. On July 16th, the military procession marched from Los Pinos all the way to the National Palace Museum in downtown Mexico City, where the flag-draped casket was carried by a special military truck caisson as the long line of limousines containing the family and agents of the Presidential General Staff including motorcyclists of the Mexican Federal Police and Mexico City Metropolitan Police Department; Following another special ceremony inside the National Palace Museum and after the Robles family left to return to Los Pinos, thousands of mourners filed past the closed flag-draped casket inside. Many of the visitors included members of the Diplomatic Corps from 60 countries including several foreign dignitaries.

On the morning of 20 July 1981, a Ceremonial Funeral service was held in Fernanda's honor at the Basilica of Our Lady Guadalupe in Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City. Several political leaders from parts of Mexico and across the world attended the ceremony, as did actors, actresses, professional athletes, beauty pageant contestants and other rank-and-file individuals. Many of the foreign dignitaries had an opportunity to meet with Mexican President General Oscar Robles face-to-face, including US Secretary of State Alexander Haig (who represented the Reagan administration), British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, French President Francis Mitterrand (who met with Robles in their first bilateral meeting hours following the funeral service). Following the three-hour funeral services, the closed flag-draped casket of the late Mexican First Lady was then carried by Honor Guard personnel of the Mexican Armed Forces and placed back onto the special military truck caisson and the final procession began: slowly marching back to Santa Lucia Air Base, where the Departure Honors Ceremony began with a loud thundering final 21 Cannon Salute was fired by the Field Regiment of the Mexican Army that included a flyover from the F-16 fighter jets of the Mexican Air Force in Fernanda's honor as the Honor Guard personnel folded the Mexican flag, which was given to President Robles who humbly accepted and placed the folded Mexican flag in a special case before giving it to his daughter, Donna Belle who was quite strong and composed. Following the Departure Honors festivities, the casket of the late Mexican First Lady was then placed into the Presidential aircraft which then took off for the return flight to Isla Mujeres as members of the Robles family returned back to Los Pinos.

Upon arriving in Isla Mujeres, Fernanda's casket was placed into a special hearse which drove slowly through the streets of Isla Mujeres before arriving at their destination of a secluded area when the live coverage ended. Reportedly, it's said that Fernanda's casket was taken into an undisclosed secret location during an exclusive secretive private ceremony while plans were being made on constructing her final resting place called the Arizmendi Great Liberty Mausoleum in the outskirts of Isla Mujeres and that final completion could take awhile possibly years depending on the severe weather and other logistics because of the long dragged-out building and construction planning.

COMING SOON IN THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part II of the Creepy Greek Embalmer perfecting the special perfect masterpiece.