Week of August 8, 1990

Congressional leaders line-up solidly behind President bush’s decision to deploy

forces in Saudi Arabia and that the threat of Iraqi control of world oil supplies

justifies putting U.s. troops at risk. President Bush ordered a massive deployment

of American troops and warplanes to Saudi Arabia and other Mideast locations.

- pleads not guilty to murder and illegal

weapons charges and is back in jail after

failing to post $10 million in bail.

Iraq sends word that most Americans in

Iraq and Kuwait cannot leave and may be

held indefinitely - and there about 580 of

them in Iraq.

Hussein’s holy war against the U.S. - Arab

leaders abandon hope of negotiating a

peaceful solution to the Persian Gulf crisis

and now call for the dispatch of Arab troops

in the area.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

declares there is no hope for the crisis in

Kuwait and dispatches several thousand

troops to Saudi Arabia to serve alongside a multinational force.

Iraq is prevented from loading oil at its pipeline terminal on the red sea coast of

Saudi Arabia. There’s an international warship fleet assembled nearby to

intercept Iraqi shipments. Earlier, the U.S. said it planned to intercept ships and

half Iraqi sea trade in response to a request from the exiled government of

Kuwait.

Rioting spread from the South African city of Port Elizabeth to neighboring

Uitenhage and South African police say 42 have been shot dead.

A jury convicts Mayor Marion Barry of only one of 14 drug-related charges -

misdemeanor drug possession.

Sports -

& Racquet Club, defeating fourth-seeded Manuela Maleeva.

Week of August 8, 1990

Pete Rose enters a minimum- security camp in Illinois. Rose, banned from

baseball a year ago for gambling, was convicted on two counts of filing false

income tax returns, where he’ll remain for five months.

Quarterback Joe Montana gets one of the richest contracts in NFL history (so far)

- agreeing to a four-year deal worth $13 million with the San Francisco 49ers.

Music news -

Concert tour - McDonald’s presents New Kids on the Block Magic Summer tour.

MTV won’t play the latest Billy Idol video - “L.A. Woman” because of alleged

referenced to bondage.

whose bail in his murder case has been reduced to $2 million. “My son is no

mad-dog killer.” “There is another view. There is another Christian. And I hope to

have the opportunity to present it in court.”

Television news -

Back and forth - Writing a four-page

says her “Designing Women”

producers are abusive and insulting

toward her. Producers Linda

Bloodworth-Thomason and husband

Harry Thomason say her allegations

were a complete untruth.

Monday night television -

CBS - Major Dad, Wish You Were

Here, Murphy Brown, Designing

Women, Face to Face

NBC - Matlock, The Two Mrs.

Grenvilles, Best of Carson

ABC - NFL Preseason game,

Nightline

PBS - Natinal Audubon Society,

Adventure, American Masters

Fox - 21 Jump Street, Alien Nation

Nick at Nite - Dobie Gillis, Bewtiched, Green Acres, Donna Reed Saturday Night,

Fernwood 2-nite, Alfred Hitchcock, Patty Duke, My Three Sons

HBO - Bog Saget - in the Dream State

Week of August 8, 1990

At the movies -

Flatliners

Ghost

Air America

Presumed Innocent

Problem Child

Young Guns II

The Two jakes

Arachnophobia

Die Hard 2

Duck Tales