Week of January 8, 1987

chief spokesman for the White House. He

was press secretary to Vice President

George Bush.

The Supreme Court clears the way for

banks to buy and sell stocks for customers

in offices throughout the nation. . The ruling

moves banks another step toward

becoming all-purpose financial centers.

The Supreme Court upholds a California

law that gives pregnant employees the right

to a four-month leave and guarantees that

they get back their own or an equivalent job

afterward.

The House, feisty in its first legislative vote

President Reagan vetoed late last yard despite unanimous congressional support

Retail sales, bolstered by last-minute Christmas shopping, surged a near record

4.4% in December.

The nation’s jobless rate fell to 6.7% in December, the lowest monthly level in

1986, while inflation remained in check.

In Gulfport, MS - A woman who forgot she had placed her 2 ½-month old son

atop near her car drove-off with the infant still on the roof, and the boy fell off and

suffered a broken collarbone.

Republican Gov. Evan Mecham fulfilled a campaign pledge by formally

rescinding a state holiday honoring assassinated civil rights leader Martin Luther

King Jr.

Three Mafia family godfathers and five underlings are sentenced to prison terms

of up to 100 years for running “The Commission” that directed murders, loan

sharking and racketeering since the days of Al Capone. Anthony (Fat Tony)

Week of January 8, 1987

Salerno, leader of the Genovese crime family and Colombo

family Don Carmine (Junior) Persico were sentenced to

100 years in prison and fined $240,000. The head of the

received a 100-year sentence and a $250,000 fine.

Weekly Radio - President Reagan tells the nation he fells

“just fine” after Monday’s surgery and will soon be “suited

up and back on the playing field” for a fourth-quarter

defense of his program and the record $one-million 1988

budget he submitted to Congress.

The surrogate mother who agreed to have a baby for a childless couple and then

changed her mind testifies in a bitter custody battle that she decided while giving

birth, not to give up on her daughter. “I started out really wanting to do this, a

tearful Mary Beth Whitehead said of her agreement with William and Elizabeth

stern. “In the end, something really took over. I think it was just being another.

New at Disneyland - “Star Tours. It features

characters from “Star Wars” - the first time a

Disneyland attraction has used imagery from a non-

Disney movie. “Star Tours” features a combination of

effects to seem like you’re flying in space.

Sports -

John Mackovic says his dismissal as coach of the

Kansas City Chiefs came a week after he was offered

a tow-year contract extension by the club.

Music news -

Elton John is discharged from a Sydney hospital after

being told he doesn’t have cancer. The singer’s

surgeon Dr. John Tonin, said a biopsy carried out

after the singer’s throat operation, said he had a non-

malignant lesion.

On MTV Saturday night - George Thorogood live in concert.

Television news -

The current version of the low-rated CBS Morning News signs off. Saying

goodbye were co-anchors Charlie Rose and Sandy Will, weatherman Steve

Baskerville and newsman Douglas Edwards. CBS will debut “CBS Morning

News” back with “The Morning Show” this week. The news will be co-anchored

Week of January 8, 1987

by Forrest Sawyer and faith Daniels. The Morning Show features Mariette

Hartley and Rolland Smith.

New show in syndication - “Keep On Crusin” - hosted by Stephen Bishop and

Sinbad.

Tuesday night television -

CBS - Movie

NBC - Matlock, Hill Street Blues, NBC Newshour, Tonight, David Letterman

ABC - Who’s The Boss? Growing Pains, Moonlighting, Jack and Mike, Nightline

PBS - Nova

A&E - War Babies (comedy), Golden age of television

HBO - Humor and the Presidency

Humor and the Presidency - Gerald and Betty Ford

Buchwald, Mark Russell, Mort Sahl.

At the movies -

Assassination

Brighton Beach Memoirs

The Mosquito Coast

Wisdom

The Morning After

The Golden Child

Three Amigos

The Mission

Week of January 8, 1987