Week of Jan 26-31, 1988
Financial Corp. of America, the nation’s largest thrift holding company, posts a
fourth-quarter loss of $224.6 million.
President Regan asks FBI Director
William Sessions
for
a full report on the investigation into spying on critics of the
Administration’s controversial policy in Central America.
A United Airlines 747-SP circles the world in record time -
36 hours.
Rather all-over Bush during interview - Vice President
George Bush compared his confrontation with CBS
anchorman Dan Rather to combat. During the interview,
Bush objected strongly to Rather’s questioning on his
knowledge of the Iran-Contra affair. Many believe Rather was disrespectful of
Bush.
U.S. Surgeon General C. Evertt Koop says he wants to screen every student of a
major American university this spring to help determine the incidence of AIDS
among young adults.
Canada’s highest court throws’ out a 16-year-old law restricting abortions, saying
the regulation constitutes a “profound interference’ with a woman’s body.
Sports
- Don’t miss Super Bowl XXII on ABC-TV with
Keith Jackson
, Jack Whitaker and Bob Griese.
Radio news -
New in syndication - “The Lost Lennon Tapes.” Yoko Ono
says she decided to make the tapes available for the same
reasons she has overseen the posthumous release of other
Lennon works - “I think that the spirit of sharing is what we
were all about. I have the choice of keeping these tings
locked up. Or to share them. And I think that it’s in John’s
spirit to share them.” Eliot Mintz hosts.
Exercise tapes - Well, Jane Fonda is tops in sales, but Kathy Smith is #2. She’s
got a new video out called “Kathy Smith’s Starting Out.”
