Week of August 1, 1991

Israeli Prime Minister Tizhak Shamir announces he has agreed to the Bush

Administration’s proposal for an Arab-Israeli peace conference.

The Yugoslavia presidency proclaims “an absolute and unconditional cease-fire”

in Croatia.

Iraq admits that its military scientists had experimented with germ warfare, but

that experiments stopped last fall for fear of U.S. bombing.

President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev sign a historic treaty

cutting their nation’s nuclear arsenals - but end their two-day Moscow summit far

apart in terms of arms control.

Part of an Amtrak passenger train derailed and slammed into freight cars

standing on a side track in Camden, South Carolina. Seven are dead.

At least seven are dead after a bus containing Girl Scouts and their chaperones

overturned in Palm Springs - near the famed Aerial Tramway. The dead included

the bus driver.

announces that the formal signing of a

new federal power sharing agreement will

commence Aug. 20 but that republics can

adhere later if they want. Leaders of

Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will

accept the new union treaty and

hopefully, others will follow

Greek passenger liner Oceanos sinks in

stormy seas off South Africa’s wild coast.

All passengers got off - but so did the

captain- who took one of the first rescue

helicopters to safety - leaving his

passengers on board the sinking liner.

Unemployment drops to 6.8% from 7%.

The Dow ramps up 38.24, closing just short form its all-time high to 3,027.27 due

to a drop in interest rates by the Federal Reserve - to 5.5% - down a quarter

point.

Week of August 1, 1991

The Senate Ethics Committee clears Sen. Alfonse M. D’Amato (R-N.Y.) of

allegations that he abused his office but said that he had acted in an “improper

and inappropriate” manner in failing to prevent his influence from being exploited

by his brother.

J.D. Power - For the first time - an Asian auto maker - Lexus - tops a key

industry survey of car buyer satisfaction. Cadillac is #2.

Sports -

of the Browns and Bengals. He was

82.

Technology -

Denon introduces the first compact

disc recorder - now you can record

CD’s. it’s $19,000 and

blank/recordable CD’s will cost $40

each. Sony, announced in May that

it expects to introduce a recordable

mini-disc - small CD format. But

that system can only be played on

Sony systems.

The media is all over the Pee Wee

Herman story. Paul Reubens arrest

last week in an adult movie theater

on charges of indecent exposure

has swirled across that nation - lots of jokes.

Doris Day files a $25 million lawsuit against the Globe tabloid, saying it libeled

her and invaded her privacy with an article headlined: Doris Day, 67, Lives Like a

Bag Lady!

Music news -

Rick James and his girlfriend are arrested for allegedly imprisoning and torturing

a 24-yar-old woman with a hot cocaine pipe over three days. James is being held

on $1 million bail.

Don Henley Summer 1991.

Rod Stewart Vagabond Heart Tour, 1991.

Week of August 1, 1991

Television news -

Jay Leno will have no sidekick when he replaces Johnny

Carson.

CBS and cable’s USA Network will share a new series next

fall. “Silk Stockings” will be shown Wednesdays on CBS

and Sunday night on USA.

Thursday night television -

CBS - Top Cops, Rose O’Neill, Stephen King’s Golden years

NBC - The Cosby Show, A Different World, Cheers, Wings, L.A. Law, Tonight

Show

ABC - Gabriel’s Fire, Father Dowling Mysteries, PrimeTime Live, Nightline, Into

the Night

PBS - Mystery!

Fox - The Simpsons, True Colors, Beverly Hills 90210

Into the Night w/Rick Dees - John Wesley Harding.

Tonight Show - Martin Mull - Jonathan Katz.

At the movies -

Hot Shots!

Terminator 2

Boyz N the Hood

101 Dalmatians

City Slickers

The Naked Gun

Doc Hollywood

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

The Doctor

Return of the Blue Lagoon

Life Stinks

Point Break

101 Dalmations

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey

Week of August 1, 1991

Week of August 1, 1991

Week of August 1, 1991