Week of June 8, 1988

The House Ethics Committee says that it will investigate six allegations of

possible misconduct by House Speaker Jim Wright, the first time in this country a

House Speaker has been the target of an ethics inquiry.

U.S. District Judge Gerhard Gesell, the judge in the Iran-Contra case rules that

Oliver L. North, John M. Poindexter and two other defendants each be tried

separately, so they can defend themselves using each other’s congressional

testimony given under a grant of limited immunity.

George Bush criticizes South Africa as a “racist state,” another step away from

Reagan Administration policy.

Massachusetts Gov Michael Dukakis wins

the Democratic presidential nomination with

victories in California and New Jersey over

Jesse Jackson.

In Algiers - An Arab summit called to discuss

the rebellion against Israeli rule in the West

Bank and Gaza Strip ends with an agreement

b oil-rich Persian Gulf states to give the PLO

a massive subsidy to finance the 6-month-old

uprising in the territories.

Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze

announces that the Soviet Union will observe

a permanent moratorium on nuclear testing if

the United States also agrees.

Howard Baker Jr. announces he is resigning as White House chief of staff after a

little more than a year. He said it’s for personal reasons related to the ill health of

his wife, Joy.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson issues a call for Michael Dukakis to offer him the vice

president spot on the Democratic ticket. He says he has “earned consideration”

for the v/p nomination.

A report of three Senate Democrats say that the first phase of “Star Wars” would

cost $170 billion and would intercept only 16% of Soviet missiles and would not

deploy until the end of this century.

Week of June 8, 1988

Nancy Reagan says she will continue to protect her husband and “if that

interferes with affairs of state, then so be it.”

the U.S. at the rate of one every 14 minutes and an estimated 365,000 cases will

have been reported by 1992.

to be a Democratic National Convention delegate

pledged to her cousin, nominee Michael Dukakis. Ms.

Dukakis plugged her cousin on national television while

accepting her Oscar as best supporting actress this year

in “Moonstruck” and has been involved in fund raising

and phone campaigning at state campaign

headquarters.

Passing novelist Louis L’Amour. He was 80… of lung

cancer.

New AIDS cases are being reported the United States at

the rate of one every 14 minutes and an estimated

365,000 cases will have been reported by 1992.

Three Walt Disney cartoon cels sell for a record-breaking $142,000 at a

Christie’s auction in New York. One was from the 1933 Mickey Mouse cartoon

short “The Mad Doctor and fetched $58,000. All three were purchased by a

private collector.

courtroom because he’s being sued by Julius Gold, a

delicatessen owner who claims he was promised a

share of the actor’s celebrity food business. Newman

said Gold had been at several tasting parties to

introduce the products, “but I don’t think he made a

contribution.”

Music news -

Van Halen’s Monsters of Rock tour opens in

Washington D.C. at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. The

tour also features the Scorpions and Kingdom Come.

Guns N’ Roses cancel upcoming appearances as

Week of June 8, 1988

opening act for Iron Maiden because lead W. Axl Rose has laryngitis.

Music news -

decade off. She says she finally quit smoking. Look for a

summer tour. Ms. Nyro is 41.

Teenage sensation Tiffany drops her petition to emancipate

herself from her mother’s legal guardianship, but she won’t

be returning home soon. Tiffany Renee Darwish has been

living with her paternal grandmother in S. California since

leaving home last March 7. Her mother, Janie C. Williams

alleged that her producer, George Tobin, tied her daughter to

unfair management and production contracts that give the

bulk of her profits to Tobin. She also alleged that Tobin urged

the 16-year-old singer to petition for emancipation.

Wednesday night television -

CBS - You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Equalizer (late night) Adderly

NBC - Highway to Heaven, Life and Times of Molly Dodd, Sara, Bronx Zoo,

Tonight, David Letterman

ABC - Growing pains, Head of the Class, Hooperman, the Slap Maxwell story,

Nightline

PBS - American Playhouse

A&E - Evening at the Improv, Victory at Sea

HBO - Harry Shearer.

Showtime - Garry Shandling

The Equalizer - McCall tracks down an international terrorist.

Elayne Boosier

Week of June 8, 1988

Thursday night television -

CBS - NBA Finals, 48 Hours

NBC - Cosby Show, A Different World, Cheers, Night Curt, L.A. Law, Tonight,

David Letterman

ABC - Movie, Nightline

A&E - Good Time café, Comedy Break, My Family And Other Animals

At the movies -

Crocodile Dundee II

Big

Big Business

The Presidio

Poltergeist III

Willow

Two Moon Junction

Funny Farm

Above the Law

Week of June 8, 1988