Week of February 1, 1988
Atty.
Gen. Edwin
Meese denies any wrongdoing on
his part in connection with the possible payoffs to a
high Israeli official to allow an Iraqi oil pipeline to be
built without Israel interference.
The House votes to reject $36 million in assistance
for the Nicaraguan Contras - a blow to one of
President Reagan’s chief foreign policy initiatives.
The nation’s jobless rate hold steady at a decade-low
5.8% last month as job growth slowed to less than
half what it had averaged in late 1987.
Two federal grand juries indict military strongman
Manuel Noriega and 16 associates on drug
smuggling and money laundering charges.
He still has it - After a 10-year retirement, George Formen stops Guido Trande in
the fifth round four his seventh straight win since he began his comeback last
March. The New Jersey Supreme Court riles in the landmark custody case of
Baby M that a contract paying a woman to give birth to a child amount to illegal
baby selling.
Judge Anthony M. Kennedy - President Reagan’s third choice for the post - will
fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court.
Major banks across the country cut their prime lending rates to 8.5% from 8.75%
Super Bowl XXII - The Washington Redskins destroy the Denver Broncos - 42-
10.
Music news -
Grace Slick says she’s had it with live concerts with the Starship.
On Saturday Night Live - Host Sean Penn with musical guest LL Cool J.
Clint Eastwood announces that he will not attempt a sequel to his two-year term
as mayor of Carmel, California. He wants to spend more time with his son (19)
and daughter (15).
Heather O’Rourke
, best known for her roll in the Poltergeist
films is dead at age 12. She is the second actress from the
