Week of December 8, 1990

About 500 foreign hostages fly out of Iraq and that number included 22

Americans. This just after Iraq freed 1,000 hostages.

W. Nathaniel Howell III is the last of the U.S. Envoys to leave Kuwait. He says

the U.S. Embassy still stands and the U.S. flag still flies over it. He said he

subsisted on tuna fish for months.

President Bush concludes a week-long tour of South American and lauded a new

spirit for private enterprise.

Instead of slicing open 5-year-old plastic ration pouches, American troops on

patrol at the front lines in Saudi Arabia soon will be able to eat meals as fresh as

packaged preservative laced food can be. The Pentagon has placed a $260-

million order for nearly 190 million entrée side-dish packs for its basic battlefield

ration in a move to p preserve and build up dwindling supplies of the food

soldiers carry into battle.

Queen Elizabeth II awarded former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher the

coveted Order of Merit and made her husband a Baronet.

Unemployment rises to 5.9% - a new three-year high.

Five are seriously hurt and 264 others are taken to Boston hospitals after an

Amtrak train from Washington slammed into a local train.

man he allegedly succeeded as

head of America’s most powerful

organized crime family - Paul

Castellano.

Passing - Billionaire Armand

Hammer. He was 92.

CBS says it will spend $2 billion to

buy back 44% of its stock.

Sports -

Mike Tyson knocks down Alex

Stewart in the first round of a bout

in Atlantic City.

Week of December 8, 1990

Larry Bird scored eight consecutive points in a late 15-0 Boston run as the

visiting Celtics beat the Houston Rockets 107-95.

Technology News -

Ad for Circuit City says that, “Cellular Phones… Not Just For Business Anymore”

with cell phones ranging from just $399 to $599 in price.

Music news -

E.C.Records store owner Charles Freeman of Ft. Lauderdale - becomes the first

record store owner in the nation ever to be convicted of selling obscene material.

He was fined 1.000 for selling 2 Live Crew’s “As Nasty as They Wanna Be” rap

album to an adult undercover officer - two days after a judge their ruled the

album was obscene.

City officials in Hialeah, Fla want to

violence.

With Paula Abdul driving - her Jaguar

rear-ended a car that went into another

car near Hollywood. She’ll be fine.

Television news -

On “Saturday Night Live” - Tom Hanks

hosts with musical guests Edie Brickell &

The New Bohemians.

CBS’ “American Tonight” with Charles

Kuralt and Lesley Stahl will end on

January 18.

Tuesday night television -

CBS - Rescue 911, Grammy Legends Show, America Tonight

NBC - Matlock, Heat of the Night, Law & Order, Johnny Carson

ABC - Who’s the Boss, Head of the Class, Roseanne, Coach, thirtysomething,

Nightline

PBS - Nova, Frontline

MTV - MTV Prime, Top 10 at 10

Week of December 8, 1990

Grammy Legends Show -

June Carter Cash, Roseanne Cash,

Dizzy Gillespie, James Ingram, Jess

Robinson, Oprah Winfrey, Stevie

Wonder, James Woods, Dion, Dwight

Yoakam, Frankie Valli, Johnny Cash,

Aretha Franklin, Billy Joe and Quincy

Jones.

Johnny Carson - Jay Leno hosts with

Olivia Newton John, Clint Eastwood.

At the movies -

Home Alone

Misery

The Rookie

Dances with Wolves

Three Men

Edward Scissorhands

Week of December 8, 1990