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    • Oct 21, 1982
    Bill Monroe headlines a $25-a-ticket fundraiser for Tennessee senator Jim Sasser at the Nashville Palace
    Dec 4, 1982
    Barbara Mandrell finishes her Las Vegas nightclub debut. Mandrell earned a reported $300,000 per week
    Mar 21, 1983
    Merle Haggard sets a new world's record for the largest round of whiskey by buying 5,095 shots at Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth. Intended to promote his "C.C. Waterback" duet with George Jones, it costs $12,737.50
    Mar 30, 1983
    The FCC approves a $245-million sale of Los Angeles' KTLA-TV by Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters and the Signal companies. Autry receives $20 million in the agreement and becomes the sole owner of the California Angels baseball team and several other properties
    May 5, 1983
    George Jones angers 750 fans at the Armadillo Palace in Athens, Georgia, when he ends his show after 29 minutes. The club owner files suit the next day, asking for $10,000 plus damages
    May 17, 1983
    The same day he's honored at the White House, Bill Monroe is arrested in a Washington airport for inadvertently attempting to pass a loaded gun through security. He is forced to pay a $15,000 fine
    Jun 20, 1983
    Elvis Presley's estate ends a lengthy legal squabble with RCA Records and Colonel Tom Parker with an out-of-court settlement. RCA reportedly agrees to send $2 million to Parker and $1.1 million to the estate
    Jul 1, 1983
    Gaylord Broadcasting announces it's signed a letter of intent to purchase all Opryland properties, for a reported $250 million. Included in the deal is the Nashville Network
    Jul 14, 1983
    A judge orders Merle Haggard to pay $25,000-a-month temporary alimony to his wife, Leona Williams, who petitioned for divorce in June
    Sep 16, 1983
    George Jones performs a benefit concert in Jackson, Mississippi, for 6,000 people, a condition of a plea bargain for cocaine charges the previous year. The show raises $18,000 for local charities



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