CED Digest Vol. 7 No. 14

CED Digest Vol. 7 No. 14 • 4/6/2002
20 Years Ago In CED History:

April 7, 1982:
* President Reagan begins a five-day "working holiday" in the Caribbean during
which he meets leaders of Jamaica, Barbados, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, and St. Kitts-Nevis.
* U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig begins a series of intense diplomatic
discussions with leaders in Britain and Argentina in an effort to resolve the
growing crisis over Argentina's seizure of the Falkland Islands on April 2.
Hopes for a peaceful settlement dim as Argentina refuses to meet British
demands that it withdraw its troops as a precondition for negotiations.

April 8, 1982:
* In response to the Hama uprising that began in February, Syria closes its
border with Iraq, shutting off the pipeline carrying Iraqi oil to the
Mediterranean.
* RCA PRESS RELEASE:
Howard Ballon Named Director of Marketing for RCA "SelectaVision" VideoDiscs

Howard M. Ballon has been named Director of Marketing for RCA "SelectaVision"
VideoDiscs, it was announced today by Thomas G. Kuhn, Division Vice President,
RCA "SelectaVision" VideoDiscs.

Mr. Ballon's expanded responsibilities will include: market planning, national
sales and merchandising, advertising, and creative services for RCA's video
discs. He was previously Acting Director of Marketing for RCA "SelectaVision"
VideoDiscs.

Mr. Ballon has an extensive background in book and film marketing and
distribution, having served previously with Random House and Warner
Communications.

A native of New York City, he received a B.A. from Vassar and an M.B.A. from
the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

April 9, 1982:
* General Motors workers narrowly ratify a contract including major pay
concessions to management.
* Future CED title in widespread theatrical release: Diner.

April 10, 1982:
* The Iranian government confirms that Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, who became Iran's
foreign minister shortly after the seizure of the U.S. embassy in November
1979, was arrested on April 7 for plotting to assassinate Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini.

April 11, 1982:
* Alan Harry Goodman, a 37-year-old U.S.-born Israeli soldier, runs amok in
Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock, one of Islam's most sacred shrines. Two people
are killed and a number wounded before Goodman is subdued by Israeli policemen
and border guards.
* Craig Stadler wins the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.

April 12, 1982:
* The British Navy begins enforcing a blockade around the Falklands,
threatening to sink any Argentine ship within 200 miles of the islands.

April 13, 1982:
* King Khalid of Saudi Arabia asks Moslems to strike in protest of the Dome of
the Rock attack on April 11.

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From: JasonCheeser
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 02:37:04 EST
Subject: I remember CED(S)!
To: digest@cedmagic.com

I remember in my early childhood in california, while attending a
preschool/daycare center, walking in on a big man in a big buisness suit
talking to one of the head ladies about something or someone brining movies so
that we could watch them latter on. Several weeks latter we were all called
around to sit in front of the tv in a large room. There an assistent pulled out
a large yet skinny blue rectangle looking thing. She shoved it into a brown
machine and...I saw Escape to Witch Mountain...one of my now favorites...for
the first time via the old CED system.

(I loved it whtn the RCA Selectavision logos came on and when you flip the disk
over!)

But there is a problem. I went to this school in between 1989-1990!
Was there some sort of program to re-sell the old ced system to schools and
educationial facilities?

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From: "David Lowell" <david4stgh>
To: digest@cedmagic.com
Subject: Find at a Hobby Shop 
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 07:57:47 -0800

I am helping a friend who plans to close his hobby shop by years end.  While
going through the storage area of his shop to start inventory, I came across
500+ titles of CEDs and four CED units still in unopened cartons.

I have inventoried the titles.  If any one would like to get a list of the
titles found, they can email me.  Some of the titles are still factory sealed. 
The Hobby Shop was an authorized dealer for RCA back in the 1980s.

Thanks.

David

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To: digest@cedmagic.com
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 20:14:06 -0800
From: "Tom Howe" <tom@cedmagic.com>
Subject: A Tale of Two Tails

Hello All:

TV Land is going to broadcast this episode of the "Get Smart" TV series on
Monday 4/8 at 8am and again on Tuesday 4/9 at 3am (East coast times). You may
know from the current Featured CED that this is some of the earliest material
ever put on CED:



http://www.cedmagic.com/featured/

I'll be updating the Featured CED to the Spider-Man discs next week to cover
the TV genre and in anticipation of the new movie coming out in May.

--Tom
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