week. The Reagan Administration was, however, able to reduce the inflation rate to five percent annually, and interest rates fell to affordable levels. Eighty million football fans were unable to enjoy a traditional autumn National Football league season because 1,800 professional football players walked away from the competition, seek ing a higher percentage of club owners' profits. Denied many of their requests, the striking players finally agreed to a compromise and resumed work after 57 days. Perhaps the most frightening of all domestic incidents was the mysterious wave of Tylenol poisionings. Pau la Prince's death, one of seven in the Chicago area, began a series of fatal contaminations of everything from eyedrops to candy throughout the country. As a result, Halloween trick-or-treating was banned in many cities and producers of over-the-counter medicines replaced most products with tamper-resistant containers. The murders , though, remained unsolved. In 1982, death claimed the lives of many notable public figures. leonid Breshnev, Soviet head of state, died after 18 years as Russia's leader. He was succeeded by 68-year-old Yuri Andropov. Other deaths included actor Henry Fonda, 77; actress Ingrid Bergman, 67; and actor John Belushi. Finally, the death of Princess Grace of Monaco, 52, darkened the world on September 13. Pleasant news was among the years headlines also. News of the birth of the "royal (continued on page 40) _ Wide World Photos 1. Washington. Patricia Felch is rescued by M. E. Winston, a paramedic with the National Park Police, after an Air Florida ietliner crashed in the Patomic River on Jan. 13, 19B2. 2. Beirut, Lebanon. Hundreds of innocent men, women and children were the victims of a massacre in Sabra, a PLO camp in West Beirut which was attacked by a Christian militia group on Sept. 1B, 1982. 3. Goose Green, East Falkland. Argentinian sdldiers captured at Goose Green are guarded ~y a Royal Marine shortly after their sur- _ Wide WOfld Pholru render ended the conflict between Creat Britian and Argentina on June 2,1982.4.-6. New York. A booming stock market made for feverish activity as prices on the New York. Stock Exchange soared to record levels, reaching a high for the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 1,065.49 on Nov. 3, 19B2. 7. Washington. Demonstrators stand in Lafayette Park, across from the White House, protesting unemployment on Oct. 9, 1982. \y }\lJl'() - - / _. JOBS _ Wide World Photos World News/39
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