CED Digest Vol. 7 No. 33

CED Digest Vol. 7 No. 33 • 8/17/2002
20 Years Ago In CED History:

August 18, 1982:
* France bans the radical Direct Action group after it claims responsibility
for several anti-Semitic attacks.

August 19, 1982:
* Both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate approve a $98.3 billion
increase in tax revenues. President Reagan urged passage of the bill, saying it
was "80 percent tax reform" and not, as some suggested, the largest tax
increase in history. The bill's bipartisan support is unprecedented in an
election year.
* Svetlana Savtiskaya, a Russian test pilot, becomes the second woman to go
into space, following Valentina Tereshkova, who orbited Earth in June 1963.

August 20, 1982:
* U.S. Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block announces that the Soviet Union
has accepted President Reagan's offer of a one-year extension of the grain
sales agreement.
* The U.S. offers a multibillion-dollar plan to help Mexico pay debt and emerge
from its financial crisis.
* Future CED title in widespread theatrical release: The Beastmaster.

August 21, 1982:
* King Sobhuza II of Swaziland dies at the age of 83. Sobhuza, who became king
at the age of 1, was the world's longest reigning sovereign.
* About 400 members of the PLO leave Lebanon by ship, the first step in what is
planned to be the total evacuation of Guerrillas from West Beirut within the
next two weeks.

August 22, 1982:
* Israel's Defense Minister Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss a
peaceful coexistence.

August 23, 1982:
* The Exxon Corporation announces it will close 850 service stations in the
Northeast and Midwest because it sees no prospect for an upswing in the
declining demand for gasoline.
* Giovanni Spadolini forms Italy's 42nd post-World War II government; it has
the same makeup as the one that fell August 7.
* Bashir Gemayel, a Maronite Christian, is elected president of Lebanon despite
efforts by Muslims in the National Assembly to deprive the assembly of the
quorum needed for such an election.

August 24, 1982:
* British unemployment is reported to have reached 13.8 percent of the work
force in August.

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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 19:28:23 -0400
Subject: the quest for a working stylus
From: Shawn <scdolley>
To: digest@cedmagic.com

Dear digest,

	I have a couple of players that work ok, but really need new styli to
function well.  I ordered two of these, at the cost of $40 a piece, from fox
international.  Both were missing the gold thread connection.  I returned the
defective parts, and asked for one credit and one replacement.  The credited
me, and replaced the part with a stylus that has the gold thread, bit the
thread is loose on one end.  This all happened about a year ago, and I gave up.

	Is there a way to repair the part I have, or is there a better source for
these now discontinued parts?

Sincerely,

Shawn
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