Week of August 1, 1993

Israel halts its military offensive against Iranian-backed guerrillas in southern

Lebanon after the U.S. negotiated a cease-fire agreement with Lebanon.

President Clinton makes a national TV appeal for support of his $496-billion

deficit reduction plan.

President Clinton’s economic program of tax increases and spending is cleared

by the Senate - barely 51-50 as Al Gore cast the decider.

The United States and its NATO allies agree on a plan to use air strikes to aid

the beleaguered defenders of Sarajevo NATO officials declare.

Billionaire Ross Perot attacks President Clinton’s deficit-cutting plan as

inadequate. He blamed new government deficit estimates for the fact that his

five-year plan fails to eliminate red ink spending the way t claimed it would in his

presidential campaign last year.

woman to sit on the Supreme Court.

St. Louis - The surging Missouri, Mississippi and

Illinois rivers contaminated two more water treatment

plans, swamp historic brick storefronts, backed

sewage into homes and sent thousands fleeing.

A Zulu army of more than 200 cut a swath through

Tembisa, South Africa - killing 30.

Unemployment edges down to 6.8%.

Entertainment news -

Kathie Lee Gifford gives birth to a baby girl.

The talk of Hollywood is the arrest of Heidi Fleiss - the madam to the stars.

Music news - Some rappers are appealing to Michael Jackson who owns all the

Beatles songs and they’d like to put their spin on several Beatles tunes.

Tuesday night television -

CBS - Rescue 911, Movie

NBC - Movie, Dateline NBC, Jay Leno

ABC - Full House, Where I Live Doug, Roseanne, Coach, Civil Wars, Nightline

Week of August 1, 1993

Fox - Beverly Hills 90210, America’s Most Wanted

PBS - Nova, Frontline, P.O.V.

Disney - Best of Walt Disney Presents

MTV - Rock Videos That Don’t Such

CBS Movie - The Disappearance of Nora - Veronica Hamel

Jay Leno - Dieta Adams

At the movies -

Rising Sun

In the Line of Fire

The Firm

Free Willy

Jurassic Park

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Poetic justice

Sleepless in Seattle

Coneheads

Another Stakeout

Week of August 1, 1993