Average Income:       $21,073.00

New Car:                    $8,577.00

New House:               $82,600.00

Loaf of Bread:                       .89

Gallon of Gas:                    $1.17

Gallon of Milk:                    $2.19

President:    Ronald Reagan  VP:  George Bush, Sr.

1983 minimum wage:   $3.35

1983 life expectancy:    74.6 years

Best Picture 1983:       Terms of Endearment

Best Actress:              Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment

Best Actor:                 Robert Duvall in Tender Mercies

In the News:

• Space Shuttle Challenger, the second US shuttle, makes its maiden voyage
• Reagan proposed Star Wars Defense Plan
• Nutrasweet is introduced as a synthetic sugar
• Cabbage Patch Dolls become an overnight sensation

• Sally Ride becomes the first  US woman in space