Week of June 1, 1987

President Reagan backs routine testing for the AIDS virus saying “we have a

moral obligation not to endanger others ... If a person has reason to believe he or

she ma be a carrier, that person has a moral duty to be tested for AIDS. Human

decency requires it.”

President Reagan announces that Federal Reserve Board

Greenspan will be nominated to fill the post.

A federal judge orders NASA to make public the tapes

containing the Challenger crew’s last transmissions before the

ship exploded. A transcript of the tape was released, but the

tape may contain more content or show voice inflections if the

crew was aware of any problems.

Two rare white tiger cubs are stolen when thieves make off with a rental truck in

New York. The cubs were on their way to appear on the CBS morning program

with Siegfried and Roy. A plea was made on the program to return the two cubs.

best known for his get rich quick on real estate

infomercials, files for chapter 7 bankruptcy. Lowery

blames his troubles on bad real estate deals in the

Lake Tahoe area.

At the mart - Roll of Bounty paper towels - .89 ...

Kellogg’s Corn Flakes - 24oz box - $2.09 ... Fresh

fryer chicken legs - .24lb ...

known for his role in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s

Nest.”

Passing - Sammy Kaye (77) - bandleader

Passing Adres Segovia (94) guitar maestro.

In sports - Bill Matlock - four-time National League

batting champ signs with the Detroit Tigers. He

was most recently with the Dodgers.

Week of June 1, 1987

In Duluth, truck driver Robert Benson pulled off the

road to get some sleep. When he awoke, he found

himself floating down the St Louis River in his truck.

He crawled out and the Coast Guard was called to

find his truck.

University with honors with a major in romance

languages with an emphasis in French. “I’ve proven

something to myself. I didn’t expect to get honors but

I worked as hard as I could from day one.”

Week of June 1, 1987

official didn’t give a reason for the singer’s decision.

Elton John says he’s going to take a year off of live performing to

rest his voice. The singer said his voice has become lower in pitch

following a throat operation last year.

Jim Belushi is charged with misdemeanor assault and battery

after he allegedly knocked down Bobby Henson for spitting on the car of Jim’s

girlfriend.

PTL scandal, along with the recent Oral Robertson life and death

plea for money “hit the evangelical world like a bombshell” and

that he must lay off 500 workers at his religious network. Most

other well-known TV ministries have also seen a decline in

pledges.

NBC announces that Bryant Gumbel will be the prime-time host of the network’s

1988 Summer Olympics coverage from Seoul.

Joe Namath joins NBC as an NFL foot analyst. He’ll be paired with Marv Albert

on NFL telecasts beginning next season.

“Les Miserables” gets 8 Tony awards including one for best musical. Linda Lavin

gets a Tony for best actress in “Broadway Bound.”

TV Ratings - Family Ties (23.0), The Cosby Show (22.6), Cheers (21.3), Growing

Pains (20.7), Murder, She Wrote (19.7), Who’s The Boss (19.0), 60 Minutes

(18.7), 60 Minutes (18.7), Unsolved Mysteries (18.3), Bob Hope Special (18.0),

Days and Nights Of Molly Dodd (16.6), Miss Universe pageant (15.6), Golden

Girls (15.3), Two Fathers’ Justice (15.1), 20/20

(15.0), Cracked Up (14.7), LA Law (14.6), Matlock

(14.6), NBA Basketball (14.4), Hotel (14.0), Night

Court (13.7)

Wednesday Night TV - CBS - Mike Hammer,

To Heaven, Night Court, Nothing In Common, Life

In The Fat Lane ... ABC - Perfect Strangers, Head

Of the Class, MacGyver, Hotel

Week of June 1, 1987

Mike Hammer - Hammer goes on trial for manslaughter after the death of a vice

cop

becomes the target of con men after winning $5 million.

Whitney Houston - “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” - Kim Wilde,

“Looking For A New Love” - Jody

Whatley, “The Lady In Red” - Chris

DeBurgh, “Big Love” - Fleetwood Mac,

“With Or Without You” - U2, “Head To

Toe” - Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam, “Wanted

Dead Or Alive” - Bon Jovi, “Right On Track” - Breakfast Club,

Top Country - “I will Be There” - Dan Seals, It Takes A little

rain (To Make Love Grow)” The Oak Ridge Boys, “Forever

And Ever, Amen” - Randy Travis

Top Albums - “The Joshua Tree” - U2, “Whitesnake” - Whitesnake, “Slippery

When Wet” - Bon Jovi, “Look What The Cat Dragged In” - Poison, “I Wanna

Dance With Somebody” - Whitney Houston

At the movies -

Costner

Judge Reinhold

Farr

The Secret Of My Success - Michael

J. Fox

Lithgow, Melinda Dillon Don Ameche