Henkels & McCoy opens a facility in Richmond, Va. to house the Delmarva
Division, Star Datacom, and Corrosion Control offices. The Industrial
Division officially opens the new office in Gibbstown, N.J. as well as
additional warehouse facilities in Philadelphia, Pa… H&M Corrosion
Control Department will complete work at the National Aquarium in Baltimore,
Md. Crews install cathodic protection on metal brackets and lighting
fixtures in the enormous tanks… Henkels & McCoy’s Executive Vice President
Robert E. Bricker is elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Western
Maryland College… H&M’s first venture in China is completed as the Jian Guo
Hotel opens in Bejing, Peoples Republic of China on April 29. Henkels &
McCoy, working in conjunction with GTE, furnished and installed all the
cable and hardware for the facility’s complex telecommunications system and
finished the job two months ahead of schedule… Closer to home, Henkels &
McCoy acquires Business Communications Systems of Salt Lake City, Utah,
expanding H&M’s interconnect abilities in the western states… Mr. Reed
"Bobby" Rawls retires from a 47-year career with Henkels & McCoy which began
in 1935. Mrs. Anne Henkels, widow of founder John B. (Jack) Henkels, Jr. noted at
Rawls’ retirement ceremony that it was people like Bobby Rawls "who made the
company what it is today," bringing not only intelligence, ingenuity and
imagination to the work place, and the most prized attribute of all,
integrity… The Industrial Division completes a two-year construction project
at PECO’s Eddystone Generating Plant and work on a related facility at
Allied Chemical in Claymont, Delaware. Crews in Eddystone construct a
facility which uses magnesium oxide to reduce sulfur content of stack
emissions. H&M also installs and calibrates the instrumentation. At Allied
Chemical, H&M installs all the piping for regenerating the spent magnesium
oxide, preparing it for "cleaning" and eventual reuse at Eddystone.
April 2
In a long standing dispute over sovereignty of two small, sparsely populated islands
(1,800 people and thousands of sheep) off
the eastern coast of lower South America, the United Kingdom goes to war
with Argentina after Argentine forces land and occupy Stanley, the capital.
In response, Margaret Thatcher dispatches a fleet, Royal Marines, Commados
and members of the crack Paratroop Regiment. This short but nasty campaign will be known as the
Falklands War. The islands are known in Argentina as the Malvinas. Hundreds
of Argentine and British soldiers and sailors will be killed before
Argentina surrenders on June 14.Right: HMS Glamorgan, a Royal Navy destroyer
will be hit by a French-made Exocet missile.
April 29
The new $20 million, 530-room Jian Guo Hotel opens ahead of schedule near
the Forbidden City in Beijing, People’s Republic of China. Henkels & McCoy,
in conjunction with General Telephone & Electronics Corporation install
major segments of the highly sophisticated telecommunications system in
1981.
June 4
Israel invades Lebanon in attack on Palestinian Liberation Organization.
June 21
John W. Hinckley, Jr., is found not guilty because of insanity in his shooting
of President Ronald Reagan.
June 30
Equal Rights Amendment fails ratification.
September 14
Princess Grace, 52, (left) dies of injuries received when her car plunges
from a winding mountain road in her adopted Monaco;
daughter Stephanie, 17, suffers serious injuries but recovers.
October
St. Louis Cardinals beat Milwaukee Brewers four games to three in the World
Series.
November 10
Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader, dies at 75. He will be succeeded by Yuri V.
Andropov, 68.
December 2
The first permanent artificial heart (right) is implanted in a human being, in Salt
Lake City, Utah.
ALSO IN 1982:
Thomas Keneally’s, Schindler's List and Alice Walker’s
The Color Purple top the lists in sales in US in bookstores... Deaths
this year include 1940s-50s movie star Ingrid Bergman, left, (Casablanca,
Notorious), and baseball great Satchel Paige.
In Sports
Super Bowl: San Francisco d. Cincinnati (26-21)... In the NBA Championship,
the LA Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers (4-2)... In the Stanley Cup, it’s
the NY Islanders over Vancouver in a four game sweep... Italy trounces West
Germany in the World Cup Final, tre goals to eins (3-1).
That's Show Biz
Chariots of Fire roars away with 1982’s Best Picture Oscar... Album
of the Year: Double Fantasy, John Lennon and Yoko Ono... Michael
Jackson (right) releases Thriller. It sells more than 25 million copies, to
become the biggest-selling album in history... Troubled comic genius John
Belushi dies of a drug overdose at age 33... Cats opens on Broadway
and becomes Broadway's longest-running play... Ghandi, E.T, Tootsie, The
Verdict are screened in US theatres.
What's on TV
This season's top 20 leaders include Simon & Simon, The A-Team, Newhart,
The Fall Guy, The Mississippi, 9 to 5, Gloria and Goodnight Beantown.
