Week of February 15, 1987

Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev charges that the United States is out to “bust”

the 1972 Anti-ballistic Missile treaty by planning early deployment of its strategic

defense initiative.

says that despite his own uneasy feelings, neither he nor

former CIA Director William J. Casey took any action after Lt.

Col. Oliver North mentioned “Swiss (bank) accounts and

contras last October in connection with a discussion of U.S.

arms sales to Iran.

President Reagan says that political pundits are trying to ring

down the curtain on his Administration “even before the show

is over” but he is “saving the best stuff for the last act.” “Our game plan is still be

best one in town, repeating his opposition to “government controls, central

planning and bureaucracy.‟

The Justice Department closes the books on its 30-month

investigation of the finances and disclosure statements of

her husband. They found insufficient basis to conclude that

Mrs. Ferraro knowingly and willfully falsified on knowingly and

willfully failed to report information under the 1978 Ethics in

Government act.

Testifying from a hospital room where he is recovering, former

National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane that he helped draft an inaccurate

chronology of the Iran arms affair to protect President Reagan from political

damage.

President Reagan says he will travel across the country promoting his package

of measures to make U.S. businesses more competitive and to restore

confidence in the “Made in America” label.

The city of New York will distribute at least 1 million free condoms a year in an

aggressive public anti-AIDS campaign designed to make every New Yorker a

condom expert. “The latex condom is currently our most effective front-line

weapon against increases in sexually transmitted diseases and especially the

relentless epidemic of AIDS,” said Commissioner Stephen Joseph.

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years! Thanks to a stringent cost-cutting program and booming sales of its new

aerodynamic Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable models, Ford said it earned a

record $3.285 billion in 1986, up more than 30% from its 1985 profits. By

comparison, GM had a 1986 profit of $2.945 billion, down 26.4%.

to collect $150,000 that he claims he and Dallas Mavericks

guard Brad Davis loaned to Laker center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

in 1985.

Don Mattingly of the Yankees wins $1.975 million in arbitration

- the largest cash-out since arbitration began for baseball some

13 years ago.

ready to roll. It combines video and audio. Prototypes of the new CD-Vs were

demonstrated this week at the National Assn. of Recording Merchandisers

convention in Miami. New combination audio-video machines will be introduced

that will play both sections of the 4.8-inch CD-Vs. Developers are Sony and

Phillips.

Disposable cameras ready to roll - Kodak and Co. and rival Fuji Photo announce

they will sell cheap cameras that are used to shoot just one roll of film. The

Kodak disposable camera will list for $6.95 and use 110 Kodacolor film and a 25-

milimeter wide-angle lens. Fuji‟s entry will feature 35-milimeter film which

produces a negative at least twice as large as the 110 film used by Kodak.

Music news - The Beatles are

finally coming out on compact

disc!, re-introducing some 14

Beatles albums to the world via

for format. The names of the

CD‟s which will retail from $13-

$15 - will in many cases be

different from the original

American releases Capitol has

elected to release the original

British version. “Meet the

Beatles” in the U.S. was

released in London as “With the

Beatles.” It all begins later this

month.

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Entertainment news -

A Barbados judge dismissed charges of possession of marijuana against Jerry

Hall, companion of rock star Mick Jagger.

The New York appeal board for the Motion Picture Assn. of America upholds the

“X” rating for the movie “Angel Heart” starring Cosby cast member Lisa Bonet.

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air time to the critics of its “Amerika” miniseries,” ABC

announces that it will devote a late-night “viewpoint” show

to the drama. Among the panelists will be representatives

of the Soviet Union, the United Nations and ABC-TV‟s

entertainment division.

Oprah Winfrey doesn‟t waste time - February is her

second national sweeps month (the show rolled-out

nationally last September and she‟s going all out) - Last

week, she did a segment from nearly all-white Cumming,

GA. Her rival - Phil Donahue aired five segments from the

Soviet Union. Here they are this week… (right).

Audiences defected from “Amerika” on the second night of

the seven night miniseries, according to Nielsen. The

lengthy $40 million project has drawn protests because of

its premise. It is set 10 years after a bloodless takeover of

the U.S. by Russia.

CBS and NBC reverse tracks and tell television stations

they own that they can take advertising for condoms.

“Good Morning America‟s” departing

offer from “Today‟s” Bryant Gumbel to be interviewed.

NBC Tuesday Night This Week…

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Russia Is Hot On TV This Week. From The Discovery Channel.

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Radio news - 94.7 “The Wave” - a new radio format being tried in Los Angeles is

defining its position. It‟s positioning statement is “Music For A New Age.”

Program Director Frank Cody says, “The idea was to find a station that oculd

appeal to anyone from 25 to 50. There are a lot of people who grew up with rock

who don‟t want to hear vanHalen or Z top, but who aren‟t Barbara Streisand or

BarryManilow fans either. The mos popular msic right now is soft pop, jazz and

melodic New Age. So we‟re going after the Mass-appeal elements of thereof the

hottest musical genres of the „80‟s, which should perfectly complement the

sensual and uplifting mood we‟re trying to create.” Cody believes “The Wave”

can do a lot better than the station that occupied its channel - album rock KMET,

whose last ratings were a 1.6 12+.