: ~oe ot f fs * > A rite ‘i EY Fog wy ’ e GRRE a ‘ For Reference Not to be taken shop : a ae Ms from this library | -ey ) ivi cis a 7 —" ra fia ae if ’ - Facts On File® Yearbook 1984 +h Facts Onunie Yearoook 1984 The Indexed Record of World Events Volume XLIV Stephen Orlofsky Editor in Chief Marjorie Bank Managing Editor (Index) Thomas E. Hitchings Managing Editor (News) Foreign Affairs Marion Farrier, Editor Lyn Perlmuth, Editor Tom Crippen, Associate Editor Lisa Master, Associate Editor National Affairs Joseph Fickes, Senior Editor Raymond Hill, Senior Editor Ken Park, Editor Mark Sanborne, Associate Editor Lewis Warsh, Associate Editor Walter Kronenberg, Editorial Assistant Nick Castillo, Editorial Assistant Index James C. Johnson, Editor Janice Kirkel, Associate Editor Art Department Robin Smith, Production Manager Susan Brooker, Art Director Fran M. Fishelberg, Assistant Production Manager Debbie Glasserman, Production Assistant Duane Stapp, Artist Facts On File Publications New York. New York ® Oxford. Enaland Facts On File Yearbook 1984 © Copyright 1985 by FACTS ON FILE, INC. All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Card Catalogue Number 42-24704 ISBN 0-8160-1253-9 U.S. ISSN 0196-2981 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA How to Use the FACTS ON FILE Yearbook For over four decades, FACTS ON FILE news reference service has summarized, recorded and indexed the news each week. It provides a factual, detailed and up-to-date source for those who must have swift answers to questions on current events. The reference service consists of a weekly digest of national and foreign news events averaging 20 pages and a twice-monthly cumulative index that gives quick reference on the information recorded. The news digest also covers deaths, science, sports, medi- cine, education, religion, crime, books, plays, films and persons prominent in the news. The Facts ON FILE Yearbook consists of 52 weekly news digests, an annual index, which is printed on yellow paper at the back of the volume, and a color world atlas. To locate any news item recorded in the Yearbook, the researcher need only check the index for the subject of the story or for the name of the person, organization or country involved in it. Instructions for use of the index can be found on the first two pages of the yellow section. Digitized by the Internet Archive In 2022 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/factsonfileyearb0044unse