Week of July 1, 1991

a conservative black judge with a controversial

record on civil rights - to replace Thurgood

Marshall.

President Bush does a two-day tour to celebrate

the fourth of July. He began with the presentation

at the White House of the Presidential Medal of

Freedom to the five senior officials who played a

central role in the Persian Gulf: Gen Colin Powell,

Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, James Baker,

Dick Cheney and Brent Scowcroft. Bush headed

off to Mt Rushmore for a speech and

celebrations.

who starred with her in 1962’s “Days Of Wine And Roses” said

of her: “Knowing and working with Lee will always remain one

of the most joyous experiences of my life. She was precious

and certainly the embodiment of grace.”

cancer that was diagnosed three months

ago.

Bestsellers - “The Kitchen God’s Wife’ - Any Tain, “Loves

Music, Loves to Dance’ - Mary Higgins Clark, “The Firm’ -

John Grisham, “Iron John: A book about men” - Robert Bly,

“Silent Coup - the removal of Richard Nixon’ - Len

Colodny/Robert Gettlin.

Roseanne and Tom Arnold

appear on The Joan Rivers Show for their first

extended interview since they renewed their

wedding vows June 23. Joan Rivers airs on the Fox

network.

debuts this week on a test basis

in Los Angeles. The show will run 13 weeks before any

national decision is made. Williams is a former Navy

Week of July 1, 1991

intelligence officer.

article “Gay Stars Stop Traffic.” Selleck says he is not a

homosexual and noted that he is married with a daughter. In his

first marriage, he raised a son.

Sports - Denver and Miami are given approval as the National

League’s expansion franchises. Both baseball teams will make

their debuts in 1993. Colorado’s logo - featuring a soaring white

baseball against a snow-capped purple mountain backdrop. The Denver Team

will be called the Colorado Rockies. Some wanted to call it the Denver Bears - a

nickname from a minor league team. Miami’s will be called the Florida Marlins.

tournament at Wimbledon, defeating Gabriela

Sabatini.

Rivals IBM and Apple say the have plans for a

high-stakes technology swap. Under some of the

terms - the deal calls for the creation of a new

company, jointly owned - to write a new type of

software and the integration of Apple’s Mac design

into IBM systems.

help two waitresses being robbed at a restaurant parking lot in

Dallas. His wounds are not life threatening.

TV ratings - 60 Minutes (14.1), Daytime Emmy Awards (13.5),

Roseanne (13.3), evening Shade (12.7), Coach (12.6), Cheers

(12.5), Murphy Brown (12.3), Empty Nest (12.1), Golden Girls

(111.9), Murder, She Wrote (11.9), Family Matter (11.9), Northern exposure

(11.7), Married With children (11.6), A Different World (11.1), Unsolved Mysteries

(11.1), America’s Funniest Home Videos

(10.9), The Cosby Show (10.9).

Tuesday Night TV - CBS - Rescue 911,

Windmills Of The Gods ... NBC - Matlock, In

The Heat Of The Night, Law & Order ...

ABC - Who’s The Boss, Roseanne,

Week of July 1, 1991

Matlock - Ben defends a fashion photographer accused of murdering the head of

a modeling agency.

“I Wanna Sex You Up” - Color Me Badd,

“Here I Am Come And Take Me” - UB40,

“Power Of Love/Love Power’ - Luther

Vandross, “Piece Of My Heart” - Tara Kemp,

“Place In This World” - Michael W. Smith,

“Strike It Up” - Black Box, “Playground” -

Another Bad Creation, “Right Here, Right

Now” - Jesus Jones, “Losing My Religion” -

REM, “Gypsy Woman” - Crystal Waters,

“How Can I Ease The Pain” - Lisa Fischer,

“Everything I Do, I Do It For You” - Bryan Adams, “Lily Was Here” - David A.

Stewart & Candy Dulfer.

Thunder Rolls” - Garth Brooks

At the movies -

The Rocketeer

Campbell Scott

Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton