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As the Phillips Petroleum Company sweetened its offer to shareholders in an effort to keep the company independent, the local Chamber of Commerce was working on a sweetener of its own. About a dozen members met last week to consider ways to help Phillips win stockholder support at a meeting scheduled for Feb. 22.
Today marks the debut of the animals of Wuzzles, the ''plush people'' of Hugga Bunch, the warring forces of M.A.S.K., the women of the Princess of Power and the ''insectoids'' of Sectaurs. Each is a major toy line being introduced at the opening of the American International Toy Fair here. More important, all are hot character licensing properties.
Julius Erving electrified the crowd with a cradle dunk. Earvin (Magic) Johnson made a seemingly impossible pass and George Gervin hit a 15-foot jumper from the hip. There were 21 other players looking for playing time and making moves usually reserved for the playgrounds, moves that some coaches might frown on in a game that counted. And in the end, the West beat the East, 140-129, in the 35th annual All-Star Game today. It was the West's first victory after five consecutive losses, and it came before the largest N.B.A. crowd ever, 43,146, at the Hoosier Dome. Ralph Sampson of the Houston Rockets was crowned the star of stars. He scored 24 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and was named the game's most valuable player.
The Bank of Boston plans to issue its first major statement Monday explaining in detail why it failed to report $1.22 billion in international cash transfers, mostly with Swiss banks, a spokesman for the bank said today. At the same time, the spokesman, Barry Allen, said that a Federal investigation of the bank had begun as early as May 1983 and had originally focused on the bank's domestic cash transfers. The inquiry by the United States Attorney's office here shifted to the Bank of Boston's foreign operations only last June, Mr. Allen said.
The controversy over the violence that broke out last Friday when the exiled opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returned home took a new turn today. The United States Ambassador to South Korea charged that some members of a group of prominent Americans had deliberately provoked the violence. The accusation was rejected as ''absolutely false'' by the Americans.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 6, 1985, covering February 11, 1985.
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen
Wham!
Foreigner
Prince And The Revolution
1985Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Michael Richards is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Richards played 11 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons, spending time with the Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, and Washington Capitals.
1985Šárka Strachová, Czech skier[†]
Šárka Strachová is a retired Czech World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Benecko, she specializes in the slalom event. Strachová is the first alpine racer representing the Czech Republic to medal at the Winter Olympics and at the World Championships and just the second Czech alpine skier ever to medal in the Olympics.
1985Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (born 1898)[†]
Henry Hathaway was an American film director and producer. He is best known as a director of Westerns, especially starring Randolph Scott and John Wayne. He directed Gary Cooper in seven films.
In 1985, the world population was approximately 4,868,943,465 people[†]