The October 25, 1983 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♏. It was the 297 day of the year. President of the United States was Ronald Reagan.
If you were born on this day, you are 41 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, October 25, 2024, 350 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, October 25, 2025, in 14 days. You have lived for 15,326 days, or about 367,824 hours, or about 22,069,472 minutes, or about 1,324,168,320 seconds.
25th of October 1983 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on October 25, 1983
REPORTING THE NEWS IN A COMMUNIQUE WAR
Date: 26 October 1983
By Jonathan Friendly
Jonathan Friendly
Most of the news reports about last week's coup in Grenada and yesterday's invasion have relied on Government accounts from Washington and various diplomatic and intelligence sources, sporadic reports on the Grenadian radio station and telephone conversations with island residents. Journalists, many sent recently to Bridgetown, Barbados, 150 miles from Grenada, have been unable to get firsthand confirmation of information on such matters as the extent of casualties in the invasion or the situation of United States students and tourists caught in the upheaval. Virtually all Western reporters were expelled from Grenada more than a week ago, when the Government of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop was overthrown. No reporters were allowed to accompany the invasion force of United States Marines and troops from half a dozen other Caribbean countries - so the major stories were written by reporters in Washington, based on information given to them by State Department and other Government sources.
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STRIFE HURTS SALVADOR NEWS OUTLETS
Date: 25 October 1983
By Lydia Chavez
Lydia Chavez
When a radio station here did not broadcast a statement issued recently by a right- wing paramilitary group, bombs were planted in the building. As a result, the owner has decided to stop all news broadcasts. El Mundo, San Salvador's only evening newspaper, which is financially pressed, and three other radio stations were warned by the same paramilitary organization, the Secret Anti-Communist Army, that they should stop running paid political advertisements by unions or what it described as ''other Communist groups'' such as Mothers of the Disappeared. According to editors who did not want to be identified, news considered controversial is rarely reported in the press here, in the words of one, ''because of the situation.''
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COMPANY NEWS
Date: 26 October 1983
Hyster Gets Bid from Esco PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 25 (AP) - The Hyster Company has received a bid from the Esco Corporation to acquire the Portland-based lift-truck manufacturer for $69 a share, or a total of $338 million. Hyster announced Sept. 6 that it had received a leveraged buyout offer from Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Company for cash and securities totaling $63 per share.
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COMPANY NEWS
Date: 26 October 1983
Compaq Computer Plans to Go Public The Compaq Computer Corporation, one of the most successful manufacturers of portable computers, said yesterday it would go public with an initial public offering of six million shares. Analysts have regarded Compaq, which was founded only last year by several former Texas Instruments engineers, as one of the bright lights in the otherwise chaotic personal computer field. In late January the company introduced its first product, a 28-pound, transportable version of International Business Machines' Personal Computer. Yesterday, the company said that it had already shipped 28,000 units, including 6,700 in September.
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MARINE OF A NEW ERA
Date: 25 October 1983
Sen. Paul Xavier Kelley, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, is known as a committed officer who genuinely cares for his troops. He has a flair for language and is never afraid to say what he feels. General Kelley displayed both of these qualities in remarks to reporters before taking off for Beirut from Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington this morning. ''I've been a marine for all of my adult life,'' General Kelley said. ''And, yesterday, I have to say to you in all sincerity and honesty, was the hardest day of my life.''
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Continental Group
Date: 26 October 1983
The Continental Group of Stamford, Conn., said that about four million common shares were tendered in its offer to buy six million of the shares outstanding.
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SPORTS NEWS BRIEFS
Date: 25 October 1983
Player Is Stable After Surgery Sexto Benitez, an 18-year-old senior on the George Washington High School football team, underwent surgery yesterday at Montefiore Hospital for injuries suffered Saturday in a game with John F. Kennedy High School. Judy Murphy, a hospital spokesman, said Benitez was listed in stable condition in the hospital's special- care unit.
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SPORTS NEWS BRIEFS
Date: 25 October 1983
Cosmos' TV Pact The Cosmos and Sports Channel, a regional all-sports pay network, will announce tomorrow the signing of a multiyear cable-televison contract.
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Alcan Potlines
Date: 26 October 1983
Reuters
The Alcan Aluminum Company said it would start up the last of three potlines at its smelter at Grande Baie, Quebec, in December.
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SPORTS NEWS BRIEFS
Date: 25 October 1983
Bossy Expected To Play Tonight Mike Bossy, sidelined by a pulled hip muscle for the last five games, will probably play for the Islanders tonight in their game with the Winnipeg Jets at Nassau Coliseum. However, a team spokesman said yesterday that Denis Potvin would likely miss the game because of a wrist injury he suffered in the game Sunday night with the Rangers.
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