Week of June 1, 1990

Washington - President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev write

the final chapter of the 45-year cold war and sign a treaty slashing their nation’s

stockpiles of deadly chemical weapons and reach agreement in principle on a

treaty which makes cuts in their nuclear weaponry.

President Bush and Soviet leader

Mikhail S. Gorbachev end four days of

meetings on a good note. It ended at a

first-ever White House news conference

with the two superpower presidents.

At San Francisco, Soviet President

Mikhail S. Gorbachev finishes his seven-

day North American tour - ending it with

Ron and Nancy Reagan as well as South

Korean President Roh Tae Woo. He told

Stanford students at a speech that “The

Cold War is now behind us. I think and hope we’re entering a long period of

peace.”

The Secret Service is looking into an incident in which one of their agents

reportedly shoved Condeleezza Rice (35), a Soviet affairs specialist and one of

the Bush Administration’s top-ranking blacks. She was in the farewell line at San

Francisco International Airport when she was shoved by an agent from the field

office.

Entertainment news -

his role in “My Fair Lady” and “Dr. Doolittle.” He

was 82.

boomers remember him as

the television pitchman for

Cracker Jack, in which he and

a group of children “fought”

over the confection.

Week of June 1, 1990

Television news -

Charlie Rose who anchors CBS overnight newscast “Nightwatch,” is set to

anchor a new syndicated series “Personalities.”

New faces on the troubled “Today” show. Due to

declining ratings and revenue, these new faces will join

Bryant Gumbel, Deborah Norville and Willard Scott -

Joe Garagiola. “Today” had been No. 1 in the morning

show ratings until NBC brought Norville onto the show

as a newsreader in August, leading to Jane Pauley’s

decision to leave.

Larry King signs a new five-year contract to remain with

CNN for a reported $8 million. King, who is 56, said he

had offers from others including CBS, but said the 5-

year contract was very unusual and feels secure at CNN.

NBC says it has signed David Letterman and “Tonight” fill-in host Jay Leno to

new multi-year contracts.

“Aunt Bee” - Items belonging to the late actress Francis

Bavier were auctioned at her Raleigh, NC home. One fan

even bought a rake for $45.00.

A new cable channel debuts this week - E!. The channel

is cleared on over 500 cable systems with some 14

million subscribers. It’s actually a makeover of the 3-

year-old old Movietime channel. MTV’s Lee Masters is at

the helm, and he promises a bright channel with each

hour divided into 25 segments such as news, gossip,

health, beauty and other subjects.