Week of Dec 27-31-1989
President Bush admits that it was a screw-up for U.S. troops to search the
Nicaraguan ambassador’s residence in Panama City, even though they found a
weapons cache.
A national poll of journalists name the meeting of Soviet President Mikhail S.
Gorbachev and Pope John Paul II as the top religion news story of 1989.
The Vatican says it will not turn deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel A. Noriega
over to the U.S. U.S. officials say they hope to change Pope John Paul II’s mind.
Ion Illescu - a longtime ally of Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, is named
as provisional president of Romania.
Sports -
Wayne Gretzky
gets AP male athlete of the
decade. Early this season, Gretzky passed
Gordie How to become, at 28, the highest
scorer in NHL history. Howe had scored 1,850
points in 26 seasons and 1,767 games,
Gretzky passed him in his 11
th
season and
7890
th
game.
Music news -
A “New Kids on the Block” concert is canceled
in Boston after unruly fans proved too much for
the teen-idol group. Hundreds of teen girls
threw themselves toward the band when they
first appeared on stage where they stayed for a
minute or so before deciding the crowd was out
of control.
Passing - Author Samuel Beckett (83).
Television news -
Jane Pauley
conducts her last “Today” show. It’s a long
story, but her leaving the show has a lot to do with Dick
Ebersol’s decision to expand the role of Deborah Norvelle
last fall, placing her side by side with Pauley to get
younger viewers.
