News for this day in 1982 was preoccupied with military action.

From Lebanon came reports that the Israeli Army was making huge advances against the PLO. While PLO leader Yassar Arafat made an appeal to the Soviet Union and other Arab nations for aid in the wake of swift action by the Israeli's. As of this report, 25 Israeli soldiers were dead, and some 7 were missing.

From Capitol Hill came word there would be no sanctions placed on Israel. The U.S. Navy was re-deploying to other parts of the Mediterranean as a precaution against direct involvement.

Meanwhile, the Falkland Islands crisis was continuing with British and Argentine troops waiting to see who blinks first,

President Reagan was visiting the UK and called for Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, but no such call for withdrawal for The Falkands.

On Capitol Hill - the fight was continuing over the 1983 Fiscal Spending Plan with some calling the same old problem with the same old answers. Others called it the continuing Economic Mess.

And Kermit the Frog made the Commencement Address to the graduating class of Harvard.

All that and a lot more for this day in June, 1982 as reported on The CBS World News Roundup, the 8:00 network news and the 9:00 network news.

May 14, 1978 saw the world in a state of threatened discontent. There were grumblings of a war developing between Ethiopia and Somalia. Border clashes between China and Russia brought a call from Beijing for intense training of its armed forces, citing a war between the two Communist powers was inevitable. Three Cambodian soldiers were killed in a clash with Thai Border police. And Yassar Arafat let everyone know Cuba offered to send troops to Lebanon if the PLO asked.

Meanwhile, a group of military experts was slated to accompany National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski on his upcoming trip to China. It was viewed as a slap in the face to Taiwan and further evidence the Taipei government was losing favor with the White House.

Speaking of Capitol Hill; the big push was on to win over votes in the Senate for Jimmy Carter's F-15 Fighter jet sales package to Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The bill was in threat of being vetoed and Carter pledged to override the veto if push came to shove.

A Russian language newspaper published in Manhattan was bombed by a Pro-Israeli group calling themselves The Jewish Resistance. No injuries, but a lot of damage, and phone calls claiming credit also demanded Russian Jews be allowed to emigrate to Israel.

In Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Abel Muzorewa threatened to pull out of the bi-racial transitional government of Ian Smith over the recent dismissal of a Black judge.

And American companies operating in Iran were told to restrict the movements of their employees because of intensified anti-government violence against the Shah.

Supposedly a quiet news day, since May 14th in 1978 was a Sunday.

All that, as reported by Neil Strawser on the 7:00 am (PDT) CBS Hourly News.

Struggles all over, this 12th day of April in 1973. The U.S. lodged a formal protest over PLO radio broadcasts "Hate America" propaganda, whipping up anti-American demonstrations and violence. More fighting in Beirut as the PLO held a funeral for four guerrillas, gunned down by Israeli Commandos.

President Nixon consults with Gen. Alexander Haig over the worsening situation in Cambodia.

On Capitol Hill - the house struggles with rising consumer prices. Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee Wilbur Mills calls for a roll back to the Phase One spending freeze.

A Federal judge ruled the dismantling of OEO was illegal and further layoffs and firings were put on hold.

Watergate was busily bubbling along. Dr. Armand Hammer's Occidental Petroleum signed an $8 Billion contract with the Soviet Union for Chemical supplies. The Senate votes unanimously for the Vietnam War Memorial. Nixon asks Congress to establish a minimum Unemployment compensation.

And two planes, one a military trainer and the other carrying NASA scientists collided and crashed just outside San Francisco, with 16 confirmed dead as of air-time.

And so it went, this April 12, 1973 as told by NBC Nightly News.

News this day was about the sudden collapse of any Peace Settlement in the Middle East. Jordan's King Hussein issued a tersely worded note saying the PLO weren't serious in discussing any worthwhile peace deal. This was hot on the heels of the assassination of PLO Moderate Leader Issam Sartawi in Portugal. Reagan scrambled to put a positive spin on things, but the damage had been done and now it was back to square one.

Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill - Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger was busy going on a promo tour for the Star Wars Missile Defense initiative, trying to drum up support. And a plan was introduced to keep the MX Missile program going, despite a Nuclear Freeze Initiative introduced in the House. Also on Capitol Hill, a fight was underway over the confirmation of Kenneth Adelman as Director of Arms Control.

The Space Shuttle Challenger was heading back to Cape Canaveral to ready for its next launch, after a successful landing the day before.

And all roads were closed in London and traffic was snarled for miles in every direction as a World War 2 era bomb was being defused.

Just one of those kinds of days.

As heard on The CBS World News Roundup and the 9:00 am (Pacific Coast) network news for April 11, 1983.

Since March 29th was a Sunday in 1987, today's installment covers the entire week in that rather scandal plagued year.

Starting with news that PTL Club televangelist Jim Bakker resigned his position with the "church" over alleged sex scandals involving an assistant. Bakker was quick to blame fellow Bible thumper Jimmy Swaggart for spreading the dirt around as part of a plot of overtake Bakker's ministry and promised to spread some dirt of his own on Swaggart. Those wacky Evangelicals.

The ensuing defecation storm involved, not only Swaggart but Jerry Falwell and figures from The Moral Majority who characterized the seedy goings-on as attributed to "sex, money and power: The Unholy Trinity". Falwell would take over the PTL Club temporarily while the Bakker's aired tons of dirty laundry in public.

Meanwhile, not to be outdone by theatrics from the PTL kids, the Inimitable Oral Roberts announced he was told by God to "raise $8 milllion" or "be called home" by March 31st. Roberts gleefully announced around the first of the week that, yep, he raised the money via a $1.3million check given by a race track owner and that he wasn't going to go anywhere. Further evidence God has a sense of humor, but what kind, remains to be seen.

And over on Capitol Hill - President Reagan ventured out from the soothing climes of K Street, his first since November, and visited a grade school in the Mid-West and later addressed a Governor's Conference where he loudly committed to "making sure Education in America was the best in the world". He also vetoed the 65 mph Highway Bill before he left town.

Over at SCOTUS - a blow was struck for Affirmative Action in upholding a lawsuit brought about by a male employee who was passed over in preference for a Female employee, which Reagan loudly voiced disapproval over. And it was ruled Baseball Team owners did not have to share revenue from Broadcast rights with Team members.

In Beirut Lebanon, a video was released showing two kidnapped American teachers being held in exchange for PLO members being held in Israeli prisons. No dice, at least for the time being.

The FDA finally approved the drug AZT for fighting the effects of the AIDS virus. Still, a cure for the disease wasn't expected to be found until "sometime by the end of the century". Still waiting.

Alexander Haig announced his intentions to run for the Presidency on the Republican ticket in 1988.

And "Music Man" icon/actor Robert Preston died. And Dean Paul Martin, son of Dean Martin, was killed in a military plane accident.

What a week.

News on this Valentine's Day in 1994 ran the gamut. The ceasefire in Sarajevo was still holding, although fighting had broken out in Bosnia between Croats and Bosnian government troops. Still, the deadline was looming for weapons to be turned in.

A Trade War between the U.S. and Japan was looming as jitters ran through Wall Strett and the Yen came in at 105.67 to the U.S. Dollar. Japan was doing a wait-and-see if sanctions were going to be placed. The good economic news came in the form of a 3% growth in the economy projected for the rest of the year. Cause for cautious optimism at the White House.

Meanwhile, President Clinton was meeting with Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev over the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty which Kazakhstan just signed.

Israel and the PLO were meeting again for talks.

From Lillehamer and the 1994 Winter Olympics, Speed Skater Dan Jansen failed to win a medal, much to the shock of just about everyone. Speaking of Lillehamer, it was disclosed that 1/3 of Norway's Police force was milling around the Olympic Village and other key sites, adding a precautionary tone to the proceedings and not wanting, as they put it, to have "another Munich on their hands" (i.e. Munich 1972).

An 85 year old wanna-be sky-jacker fell a few thousand feet to his death when his parachute failed to open. His sons, assessing the news said it was "better he flamed out than rusted out". I would imagine he'd have a different take on it if asked.

And once again, Paul McCartney was called on to put the kabosh on rumors circulated by a British tabloid that the remaining Beatles were going to reunite. His terse summation as "rubbish" left that speculation cold.

And so lumbered on this Valentine's Day for 1994 as relayed by The CBS World News Roundup.

With the latest ceasefire in Sarajevo some four hours old, February 10th 1994 started off on a note of cautious optimism. With NATO and United Nations forces stepping up their efforts at a settlement in the never-ending ethnic strife that had overtaken the region, and air of skepticism and hope pervaded the atmosphere in the troubled former Yugoslavia.

So the news on this day in 1994 was hopeful. Hopeful too were signals a partial agreement had been reached between Israel and the PLO over the autonomy question in Gaza and Jericho. How long this would be in effect was also a matter of time, but it was a start.

Somalia, another up-and-coming trouble spot on the World stage, reported the kidnapping of two British members of Parliament and a British Aid worker. No news on conditions, demands or consequences as of this broadcast.

And the Winter Olympics/Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan Scandal was back in the news with lawyers for Harding filing a $25 million lawsuit over the barring of their client from the Winter Olympics. Hearings were continuing in Oslo over Harding's role as accomplice in the attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan. While attorney's for Harding maintained her innocence, a PR blitz ramped up on behalf of the Harding camp portrayed Tonya Harding as an innocent victim.

And University of Oklahoma coach Bud Wilkinson died at the age of 77.

All that and so much more, this day in history for February 10, 1994 as reported on The CBS World News Roundup.