Week of July 8, 1989

The Bush Administration orders 43 types of assault rifles, including the AK-47

and the Uzi carbine, be permanently barred from entry into the United States

thousands of Poles and the newly elected

Polish Parliament and pledges to provide

u>S. support for economic and political

reforms designed to help push Poland

toward a democratic system based on free

enterprise.

The Pentagon said it remains convinced

that a “star Wars” laser facility in the Soviet

Union poses a serious threat, despite the

fact that an American delegation visited the

site and concluded it to be ‘irrelevant.’

The House approves a measure that would

halt offshore drilling along much of the American coastline with the Bush

Administration bowing to growing anti drilling sentiment and abandoning an effort

to block the moratorium on the House floor.

The Senate approves a bill that would overhaul the nation’s laws in legal

immigration with an annual cap of 630,000 immigrants in each of the next three

years and opening the doors to more residents of Western Europe.

Mayor Edward Koch of New York says he will issue an executive order granting

bereavement leave rights to homosexuals and unmarried heterosexuals whose

“domestic partners’ die.

Sports -

The Denver Nuggets become the first black-owned major professional sports

franchise as both Bertram Lee and Peter C.B. Bynoe purchase the NBA team for

$65 million.

Passing - Program director Rick Carroll who was instrumental of bringing

KROCK and New Wave pop to the mainstream.

Entertainment news -

Passing - Voice great Mel Blanc. He was 81.

Passing - actor - Laurence Olivier. He was 82.

Week of July 8, 1989

guest host with musical guest Anita Baker.

Get Ready - HBO is about to begin “The Comedy

Channel” this fall and MTV Networks will launch “HA”

early next year. Yes - two competing comedy

channels. HBO says its channel plans to have six to

12 comedy hosts or “comedy jocks” to introduce the

material and performing their own jokes. They’ll be

clips of comedy films, classic TV comedy shows, stand-up comedy performances

and full length comedy movies. The Ha channel will offer long and short-form

programming, sketch comedy, stand-up performances and movies and situation

comedies either made for HA or bought in syndication. They’ll be no comedy

hosts, but new comics will be presented on the network.

Wednesday night television -

CBS - Jake and the Fatman, Wiseguy, Pat Sajak

NBC - Unsolved Mysteries, Night Court, Knight and Dave, Miami Vice, Tonight,

David Letterman, Later With Bob Costas

ABC - Growing Pains, Just The Ten Of Us, Hooperman, The Robert Guilaume

Show, China Beach, Nightline

PBS - Discover

MTV - Big Show, Remote Control

Pat Sajak - T. Graham Brown.

Tonight - Sarah Brightman

Later With Bob Costas - John Chancellor.

At the movies -

Lethal Weapon

Atman

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Ghostbusters II

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Week of July 8, 1989

Music news -

The Rolling Stones hold a press conference previewing their upcoming “Steel

Wheels” album and played a brief excerpt from the song “Mixed Emotions” during

the conference at New York’s Grand Central Station. The conference was aired

live by MTV and FM radio stations. The conference announced their upcoming

North American tour which starts September 1 in Buffalo. It’s the first tour for the

band since 1981.