Week of August 5, 1992

President Bush announces a historic common market - a free trade agreement

between the United States, Mexico and Canada. The pact should eliminate most

barriers to the flow of goods and services. Bush had pushed for the agreement

before the Republican National Convention next week.

President Bush demands that Serbian military forces end their “vile policy of

ethnic cleansing deliberately murdering innocent civilians.” U.S military forces will

not be used in the Balkans except for the delivery of food and medicine.

Federal prosecutors file civil rights charges against the

same four Los Angeles police officers that were tried in

California state court earlier in the year in the beating of

one. Charged with stomping, kicking and beating

Rodney King are officers Timothy Wind, Laurence

Powell and Theodore Briseno and Sgt Stacey Koon.

IBM, Dell and Compaq unveil new super PC’s which use

Intel’s new 486DX2 - 66MHZ microprocessor. It’s 35%

faster then the original 50Mhz-486DX2 chip.

for “Toto,” dies after a heart attack. Porcaro helped found the group

and was a popular session drummer, working with the likes of Elton

John, Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney. He was revived by

paramedics briefly, but went into full cardiac arrest.

a two-year deal with TriStar Pictures to

develop and produce an unspecified

number of projects.

The FCC votes to expand the radio station

ownership rules from 12 AM and 12 FM stations to

18 AM and 18 FM stations - increasing to 20 on

each band in two years...

In other action - the FCC authorizes three companies to begin testing satellite-

based cellular phone services - Motorola (for their 77-satellite Iridium system),

Constellation Communications (2 satellites) and Ellipsis Corp (4 satellites).

Week of August 5, 1992

Bestsellers - “Waiting To Exhale’ - Terry McMillan, “Gerald’s Game’ - Stephen

King , “Diana: Her True Story’ - Andrew Morton, “The Silent Passage’ - Gail

Sheehy.

medal quest in Barcelona - beating Croatia 117-

85. Coach Chuck Daly “You will see another team

of professionals, but I don’t think you’ll see

another team like this.”

gold medal of the 1992 games in Barcelona -

getting a 7-2 decision

over Marco Rudolph of

Germany in the 132

pound weight class...

Other gold medal

winners at the summer

Olympics this week - Carl Lewis - for his 28’ 5 1/2” long

jump ... Kevin Young - wins the 400-meter hurdles -

breaking Edwin Moses’ world record - hitting 46.78

second ... Gwen Torrence finishes the 200 meter run in

21.81 seconds.

TV ratings - Summer Olympics -

Thurs (22.3), Tues (20.5), Mon

(19.7), Wed (18.9), Sat (18.3),

Sun (18.1), Fri (16.9)/ Roseanne

(13.9), Conspiracy of Silence-

part2 (12.2), Home Improvement

(12.2), 60 Minutes (11.6), Coach

(11.1), Murder She Wrote (10.40,

Full House (10.10, Home

Improvement#2 (10.1), “It” -

(10.0), To Be The Best (9.3), Northern Exposure (9.3), Happy Days Reunion

(9.1), 48 Hours 8.8, Beverly Hills 90210 (8.8).

Monday Night TV - CBS - Evening Shade, Major Dad, Murphy Brown, Designing

Woman, Northern Exposure ... NBC - Blossom, Blossom, Movie ... ABC -

Monday Night Football

Week of August 5, 1992

Blossom - begins new season with #2 - Blossom the runaway ends up in a hotel

with her boyfriend.

Designing Woman - Carlene becomes a girl scout troop leader.

Northern Exposure - Maggie watches her house burn; he parents split up.

This Monday - an original movie on TNT - “Crazy In

Gena Rowlands.

More than 500 young woman show-up for auditions

in Fox’s “In Living Color.” Three slots are available

in the Fly Girls dance troupe. Producers say they

are looking for “flavor,” not just dance steps.

Elvis Presley is crowned “the most certified

recording artist of all time” at ceremonies at

Graceland in Memphis. RCA records and the RIAA presented 110 gold and

platinum-certified records to the Presley estate.

Road” - Boys II Men, “Baby Got Back” - Sir

Mix-A-Lot, “Baby-Baby-Baby” - TLC, “This

Used To Be My Playground” - Madonna,

“Achy Breaky Heart” - Billy Ray Cyrus, “Just

Another Day” - Jon Secada, “Too Funky” -

George Michael, “Come & Talk To Me” -

Jodeci, “Warm It Up” - Kris Kross, “Friday, I’m

In Love” - The Cure, “Life Is A Highway” -

Tom Cochrane, “Wishing On A Star” - The

Cover Girls

Top Country - “Boot Scootin’ Boogie”

- Brooks & Dunn, “The River” - Garth

Brooks

Top Albums - “Some Gave All” -

Billy Ray Cyrus, “Ten” - Pearl Jam,

“Totally Krossed Out” - Kris Kross,

“MTV Unplugged EP” - Mariah

Carey, “Mo’ Money” - soundtrack,

Week of August 5, 1992

“Boomerang” - soundtrack, “Countdown To Extinction” - Megadeath, “Blood

Sugar Sex Magik” - Red Hot Chilli Peppers, “Ropin’ The Wind” - Garth Brooks.

At the movies -

Anthony Lapaglia, Jill Clayburgh.

Morgan Freeman

Davidovich

Willis, Goldie Hawn.

Davis, Madonna.