Week of April 25, 1988

Jerusalem - Retired U.S. auto worker John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death by

hanging for killing thousands of Jews at the World War II nazi concentration

camp in occupied Poland, where he became known as “Ivan the Terrible.”

see the day” when every person arrested is subjected

to a urine test.

Shift of policy - The White House says the aim of U.S.

policy in Panama is to oust Brig. Gen. Manual A.

Noriega from power but not necessarily drive him from

the country.

Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev meets the leader of

the Russian Orthodox Church and says the Soviet

state has made tragic mistakes in its past treatment of

Christmas. He also said believers “have the full right to

express their conviction with dignity” and pledged the state would not interfere,

according to Tass.

The government’s chief forecasting gauge of future economic activity shot up

.8% in March, pointing to continued growth for the rest of the year according to

the Commerce Department.

The federal government orders inspection of old Boeing 737’s for cracks in the

upper fuselage. This after a structural failure in the fuselage of an Aloha Airlines

737 after its roof was ripped open. 60 people were injured and a stewardess was

sucked out of the cabin to her death.

The U.S. economy grew at a respectable 2.3% annual rate in the first three

months of 1988.

General Motors is dropping Firestone Tire as a supplier of tires for new GM cars

and trucks, which account for about 20% of Firestone’s U.S. production. GM

says it was part of their ongoing supplier-rationalization study.” GM says they’ve

got four other tire suppliers - Genera, Goodyear, Michelin and Uniroyal-

Goodrich. Separately, Firestone shareholders will vote on a $2.6 billion buyout

offer from Bridgestone. Corp of Japan.

Week of April 25, 1988

Comcast and Tele-Communications agree to acquire the cable systems of the

former Storer Communications for about $1.55 billion.

answer questions from a congressional subcommittee

investigating a $145-million fund that allegedly invested

in bond issues before they were distributed to the

public.

Sports - Manager Frank Robinson is taking blame for

the Baltimore Orioles incredible losing streak - where

they have lost a record of 20 consecutive games.

removes Janie Williams as trustee of her 16-year-old

daughter’s $100,000 trust fund. The daughter is teen

singing sensation Tiffany.

A federal jury in White Plains, NY rules that Mick Jagger did not steal his 1985 hit

“Just Another Night” from Patrick Alley, a Jamaican-born musician from the

Bronx.

The number of pre-recorded music on records, tapes and the new CD format

jumped by more than 14% in 1987. Total number of units sold last year - 706.8

million up from 618.3 million in 1986.

The 1987 performance is the industry’s best since peaking in 1978 at 762.1 total

units. Last year’s dollar volume was the industry’s highest ever - $5.57 billion,

compared to $4.65 billion in 1986. For the first time, the dollar volume of compact

disc sales in 1987 exceeded those of record albums. CD’s did $1.60 billion last

year compared to $930 million for LP’s.

Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac marries

ceremony - Dave Mason, Dick Clark, Alit

MacGraw and Lindsey Buckingham among

others.

Radio news

Noble Broadcasting purchases KMJQ in

Houston for $65 million - the largest price

ever for a single U.S. radio station (so far).

Week of April 25, 1988

Television news -

Magnum P.I. bids viewers a farewell

this week as the last first-run episode

in eight years is broadcast .

This year’s fastest growing cable

channel? The Discovery Channel and

its dose of nature programs. Said one

executive - “If it can eat you, the

ratings go through the roof.”

CBS blames the delay on the writer’s

strike for its decision to delay the start

of the fall season.

Friday night television -

CBS- Beauty and the Beast, Dallas, Falcon Crest

NBC - Down and Out with Donald Duck, Highwayman, Miami Vice, Tonight

ABC - Perfect Strangers, Full House, Mr. Belvedere, Family Man, 20/20,

Nightline

PBS - Washington Week, Wall St. Week

MTV - Top 20 Video countdown, Friday Night Rock Blocks

Bravo - Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich and his Band

WTBS - Night Tracks

Dallas - J.R. tells Sue Ellen she will never see her son again.

At the movies -

Beetlejuice

Casual Sex?

Colors

Above the Law

Return to Snowy River

Biloxi Blues

Lady in White

Permanent Record

The Last Emperor

World Gone Wild