Week of July 15, 1988

Going into the convention - Jesse Jackson insists that he be granted a

partnership in the Democratic presidential campaign including “participation in

the decision-making process” and “shared responsibility” for developing the

party‟s message.

By the end of the year - Vietnam‟s foreign minister pledges to try to resolve 70

cases of missing U.S. servicemen that the United States considers of highest

priority.

The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini says that

accepting a U.N. resolution calling for a cease-fire

in the Iran-Iraq war was “worse than drinking

poison,” but that Iran‟s political leaders

recommended it be done.

After nearly eight years of war, Iran announces

that it has accepted the terms of a U.N. resolution

calling for a cease-fire with Iraq.

Relatives of the discredited former Soviet leader

Leonid I. Brezhnev have been stripped of

“undeserved” pensions and other privileges they

inherited from the previous regime. The clan

included Brezhnev‟s daughter Galina, long a

subject of speculation about corruption, his son Yuri and Brezhnev‟s brother

Yakov. It‟s the latest blow in a campaign to blacken the reputation of the man

who ruled from 1964 until his death in 1982.

Michael Dukakis and rival Rev. Jesse Jackson

agree to work together on the first day of the

Democratic National convention in Atlanta.

The Soviet Union and China have agreed to meet in

Beijing next month in an attempt to work out a peace

settlement for Vietnamese-occupied Cambodia.

Colombian drug kingpin Carlos Lebder, convicted of leading the Medellin Cartel

that smuggled billions of dollars of cocaine into the United States is sentenced to

two consecutive life terms plus 150 years in prison and $425,000 in fines.

Week of July 15, 1988

A Navy helicopter breaks apart in a pair of explosions over open sea and

searchers fear all eight crewmen were killed A search is under way in an area

11miles west of the Golden Gate bridge.

Sports - Passing - John Galbreath , - former owner of the

Pittsburgh Pirates and breeder of two Kentucky Derby winners.

Track and field - Florence Griffith-Joyner breaks the world

record in the women‟s 100 meters, finishing at 10.49 seconds,

breaking the 10.76 seconds record.

Music news - A dress worn by Madonna in the “True Blue”

video is stolen. The heist occurred at a suburban Detroit

shopping mall from an exhibit called “MTV‟s Museum of Unnatural History.”

Bruce Springsteen tops a lineup that includes Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy

Chapman, and Yossou N‟ Dour for Amnesty International‟s upcoming Human

Rights New world tour.

Guns N‟ Roses‟ “Appetite For Destruction” cracks the Billboard Top-5 after

spending 47 weeks on the pop album charts. It‟s the sixth metal-based album to

place the top five or so this year, following Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Scorpions,

Poison and Van Halen‟s “OU812.”

Touted as the summer‟s hottest tour, the five-act Monsters of Rock is fizzling at

the box office. At least five promoters suffered big losses after the first dozen

shows of the 29-date tour. The nine-hour concert features Van Halen, Scorpions,

Dokken, Metallica and Kingdom Come.

Kiss‟s Gene Simmons has formed his own record label,

Simmons records. “I‟ve discovered several bug bands but

never had anything to show for it because I‟ve always

listened to someone else. who didn‟t want to sign them.‟

Retailers are gearing p for MTV‟s largest point-of-purchase

promotion to date, a contest designed to supports its 1988

MTV Video Music Awards scheduled for Sept. 7. Look for

MTV‟s man-in-the-moon logo with the promotion.

Entertainment news -

Marry - Michael J. Fox to Tracy Polan . The two met

when Polan was hired to play the girlfriend of Fox‟s

Week of July 15, 1988

Alex Keaton character on NBC‟s “Family Ties - a subplot that went on for several

years.

Television news -

USA Network plans to launch a weekly series of original TV movies beginning

April of next year. First is “The Zodiac Murders” based on the unsolved Northern

California murders. USA now reaches 45 million homes.

The FCC approves the sale of KHJ-TV Los Angeles to Disney.

Don‟t miss the “Just Say No” telethon this week. Broadcast

from Hollywood with a slough of actors including Robert

DiNero, Barbra Streisand and Don Johnson. Don‟t miss it.

Sunday Night Television -

CBS - 60 Minutes, Murder She Wrote, Movie

NBC - Rags to Riches, Family Ties, My Two dads, Movie

ABC - Movie, MacGyver, Movie

Fox - 21 Jump Street, America‟s Most Wanted, Garry

Shandling‟s Show, Tracey Ullman, Duet

PBS - National Audubon Society, Masterpiece Theatre

MTV - Young Ones, 120 Minutes

ESPN - Dog Show, Sportscenter

A&E - Alias Smith and Jones, Queen Elizabeth II

Family Ties - Jennifer does a book report on a book banned by her school.

Garry Shandling - Pete has an affair.

Top Country -

Set „Em Up Joe - Vern Gosdin

Baby Blue - George Strait

Don‟t We All have The Right - Ricky Van Shelton

Sunday Kind of Love - Reba Mcentire

Don‟t Close Your Eyes - Keith Whitley

Givers And Takers - Schyler, Knoblock and Bickhardt

I‟ll Give You All My Love Tonight - Bellamy Brothers

The Wanderer - Eddie Rabbit

Week of July 15, 1988

Top Albums This Week -

Faith - George Michael

Ou812 - Van Halen

Hysteria - Def Leppard

Appetite for Destruction - Guns N‟ Roses

Dirty Dancing Soundtrack

Stronger Than Pride - Sade

Open Up And Say… AHH! - Poison

More Dirty Dancing Soundtrack

Scenes From The Southside - Bruce Hornsby & The Range

Tracy Chapman

Let It Loose - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

The Hardline According To Terence Trend D‟Arby

Pebbles - Pebbles

Now and Zen - Robert Plant

Savage Amusement - Scorpions

Roll With it

- Steve Winwood

Tougher Than Leather - Run-D.M.C.

Kick - INXS

Roll With It - Steve Winwood

Bad - Michael Jackson

Lap of Luxury - Cheap Trick

Out of the Blue - Debbie Gibson

He‟s the D.J., I‟m The Rapper - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh

Prince

In Effect Mode - Al B. Sure

Diesel and Dust - Midnight Oil

Top Album Rock Cuts -

Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer

Roll With It - Steve Winwood

I Know You‟re Out There Somewhere - Moody Blues

All Fired Up - Pat Benatar

Look Out Any Window - Bruce Hornsby

I Know You‟re Out there Somewhere - Moody Blues

Can‟t Get Over You - Greg Allman

Open All Night - Georgia Satellites

Silvio - Bob Dylan

When Its Love - Van Halen

Holding On - Steve Winwood

Week of July 15, 1988

Hot Hits -

The Flame - Cheap Trick

Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard

Mercedes Boy - Pebbles

New Sensation - INXS

Hold On To The Nights - Richard

Marx

Roll With It - Steve Winwood

Hands to Heaven - Breather

Nite and Day - Al B. Sure

Nothin‟ But A Good Time - Poison

Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen

Lost In You - Rod Stewart

Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin

Foolish Beat - Debbie Gibson

Sign Your Name - Terence Trend

D‟Arby

Nothing Put A Good Time - Poison

The Valley Road - Bruce Hornsby &

The Range

Parents Just don‟t Understand - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

1-2-3- - Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine

Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson

I Just Got Paid - Johnny Kemp

Top Hits In Britain -

The Twist (Yo Twist) - Fat Boys

Nothing‟s Gonna Change My Love For You -

Glenn Medieros

(„88 Remix) - In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins

Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

Boys (Summertime Love) - Sabrina

I Owe You Nothing - Bros

Push It - Salt-N-Pepa

Wild World - Maxi Priest

Tribute (Right On) - Pasadenas

Breakfast In Bed - UB40 & Chrissie Hynde