Week of August 18, 1988

using the influence of his publishing family in 1969 to

get a stateside slot in the Indiana National guard,

avoiding a Vietnam draft. Vice-President Bush

dismissed as “a tempest in a teapot.” Quayle has

been pulled off the campaign trail to answer the

allegations.

At least 46 people are killed when three Italian

planes hit above a crowd at an air show at Ramstein,

West Germany. It’s the worst disaster in air

show history. Some victims at the U.S. airbase

were burned in their tracks; others were hit with

flying debris. One man described the burning

victims: “Their hair turned yellow and the skin

was peeling off in bits.”

Under indictment in the Iran-Contra scandal,

Oliver North speaks at a $100-a-plate dinner for

republican U.S. Senate candidate Stephen King

in Wisconsin. Eleven protesters are arrested.

Twenty Lucchese family mob figures are

acquitted by a jury in Newark, NJ -

handing the government a “stunning’

defeat. The family was on trial for

racketeering charges. It’s believed to be

the nation’s longest federal trial. “What’s

there to say? Apparently, the jury just

resented the length of the trial and the breadth of the indictment” said a U.S

attorney.

NASA says that up to seven O-ring seals used in space shuttle booster engines

have been sabotaged - but the damaged rings never made it out of the factory.

The space agency along with the FBI and HydraPac Inc (the manufacturers) are

investigating.

Week of August 18, 1988

Sherwood Cryer - the co-owner of the

famous “Gilley’s” nightclub in Pasadena

Texas files for chapter 11 protection.

Cryer filed a day after he was suppose to

pay co-founder Mickey Gilley a $16

million judgment. Last month, a judge

awarded Gilley the amount after he sued

Cryer for back profits from the club -

opened in the 70’s. Cryer says he has

$500 thousand in assets and owes $18

million including the judgment.

Diana Ross (44) gives birth to a baby boy - her fifth child and second with

husband Arne Naess Jr.

Frank Sinatra’s $450 thousand judgment is upheld against a Swiss Health Clinic

who planted a story in the National Enquirer, saying the singer was a client. The

October, 1984 article said that Sinatra was admitted to the clinic for youth

regeneration.

Former PTL secretary Jessica Hahn signs a 30-day contract to work as a

personality on KOY-FM in Phoenix

passes at 87. Under coach Chuck Noll and quarterback Terry

Bradshaw, the team finally became a football powerhouse in

the 70’s...

Sportscaster Keith Olbermann (29) moves from sports

reporting at KTLA (channel 5) to the position of Sports Director

at KNX (channel 2) in Los Angeles...

Mike Tyson suffers a hairline fracture in his right hand after getting in a street

fight in New York. Tyson apparently got mad at former boxer Mitch Green and

popped him on the nose during an argument outside a nightclub in Harlem.

Tyson: “I’m a victim ... I guess I hit him over the eye. I was nervous. I hadn’t had

a street fight in seven years. I had no choice but to defend myself. He hit me in

the chest.”

Week of August 18, 1988

French Coast, trying to swim the English Channel. She was a

marathon swimmer of worldwide status.

Thursday Night TV - CBS - 48 Hours, Cagney & Lacey ...

NBC - The Cosby Show, A Different World, Cheers, Night

Court, L.A. Law ... ABC - Movie, Hothouse

Nightcourt - Mac quits his job after inheriting $2 million.

Cagney & Lacy - a case gets the girls involved with bank embezzlement.

Late Night w/David Letterman (NBC) - a gyroscope demonstration.

At the Emmy Awards this week:

Best Comedy - “The Wonder Years

Winning Emmys - John Larroquette -

“Night Court”

Michael J. Fox - “Family Ties

Tyne Daly - “Cagney & Lacey”

Beatrice Arthur and Estelle Getty -

“Golden Girls”

Richard Kiley - “A Year In A Live”

TV Ratings - 60 Minutes (15.6), Murder, She Wrote (15.6), The Cosby Show

(15.3), The Golden Girls (15.1), Outrage (14.8), A Different World (14.4), Amen

(13.0), Hunter (12.7), 227 (11.6), Letting Go (11.6), Child’s Cry (11.4), Matlock

(10.9), ALF (10.8), Full House (Tues) (10.7), 20/20 (10.5), Full House (Fri) (10.4),

Mr. Belvedere (10.2), Perfect

Strangers (10.1), Who’s The Boss?

(10.1), Hogan Family (9.9).

“Monkey” - George Michael, “Roll

With It” - Steve Winwood, “I Don’t

Wanna Go On With You Like That” -

Elton John, “I Don’t Wanna Live

Without Your Love” - Chicago, “Fast

Car” - Tracy Chapman, “Love Will

Save The Day” - Whitney Houston,

Week of August 18, 1988

“Sweet Child O’ Mine” - Guns N’ Roses, “Perfect World” - Huey Lewis & The

News, “When It’s Love” - Van Halen, “If It Isn’t Love’ - Icehouse, “Don’t Worry, Be

Happy” - Bobby McFerrin

Country Charts - “The Wanderer” - Eddie Rabbit, “Bluest Eyes In Texas” -

Restless Heart, “I Couldn’t Leave You If I Tried” Rodney Crowell.

Leppard, “Tracy Chapman” - Tracy

Chapman, “Roll With It” - Steve

Winwood, “Appetite For Destruction” -

Guns N’ Roses, “He’s The DJ, I’m

The Rapper’ - DJ Jazzy Feff/The

Fresh Prince

At the movies -

Nightmare On Elm Street 4

Kiefer, Sutherland, Lou Diamond

Philips

Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline,

Michael Palin.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?