Week of June 14, 1986

President Reagan announces that Warren E. Burger is

retiring after 17 years as chief justice of the Supreme

Court. The President says he will nominate Justice

The United States expels Soviet Col Vladimir Izmaylov

after he was caught red-handed trying to dig up top-

secret documents next to a telephone pole in what the

FBI called a dead drop. The Russian claimed to be lost

and looking for a spot to fish. When FBI agents

approached him in the secluded woods across the Potomac from Washington, he

struggled and swung at the agents who cuffed him.

An airplane and a helicopter collide

over the Grand Canyon - killing 25

tourists and crew.

Doctors remove two “very small”

polyps from President Reagan’s

colon. The polyps were about a

millimeter in size and will be tested to

determine whether they contain

cancer cells.

Bristol-Myers, makers of Extra-

Strength Excedrin, say they are

withdrawing all its capsule (over-the-

counter) medications as a result of two deaths in the Seattle-area who took

cyanide-tainted capsules. The company says it will also stop make capsules for

Datril, Comtrex and Bufferin.

At a concert in Long Beach, California featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica -

four persons jump off a balcony just as Metallica was playing - one 22 year-old

man died of a broken neck and three others are injured.

At the mart - Cornish Game Hens - 69lb .. London Broil - $1.37lb ... Pound Cake

- 14oz - $1.39 ... Dannon Yogurt - 8oz .59 each.

Grammy award winning playwright and lyricist who, with

Frederic Lowe created Broadway hits “My Fair Lady,

Camelot and Brigadoon.” Of lung cancer.

Week of June 14, 1986

Passing - Singer Kate Smith (79) - best known for the song “God Bless America.”

known as the host of “Wild Kingdom” on TV for 23

years. Perkins claimed he never met an animal he

didn’t like.

Passing - Benny Goodman - the “King Of Swing”

(77).

After 76 years - Gimbels flagship store in Manhattan

closes. The rest of the chain will also be sold off.

miss the Wimbledon championship. She is seeded third.

Pitcher Don Sutton of the California Angels wins his 300th

game. The Angels beat the Rangers 5-1.

The Cleveland Cavaliers get Brad Daugherty - North Carolina’s 7-foot center. He

was supposed to go to the 76ers in a last minute trade. The Philadelphia 76ers

trade Moses Malone - three-time MVP and Terry Catledge to the Washington

Bullets for center Jeff Ruland and forward Cliff Robinson.

Week of June 14, 1986

A real estate agent in New York begins selling parking spaces for $29 thousand

per spot and a $142/month maintenance fee. Harold Pronsky says he has sold

39 of the car condominiums in a Brooklyn parking garage and hopes to have all

145 sold before the end of the year.

Bestsellers include - “You’re Only Old Once! A Book For Obsolete Children” - Dr

Suess, “I’ll Take Manhattan” - Krantz, “Fatherhood” - Bill Cosby, “James Herriot’s

Dog Stories” - James Herriot.

term contract and there’s talk the comedian could have his own

prime-time variety show next year.

Don Johnson has missed several days of shooting on the first

episode (of the third season) of Miami Vice. He’s seeking more

money in a new contract.

network - probably by the end of the year. Under Tinker,

NBC hit #1 for the first time in 31 years with the likes of

“The Bill Cosby Show, “Family Ties,” “Miami Vice,” and

“The Golden Girls.”

Joan Rivers has a hysterectomy and at the same time -

a tummy tuck to help eradicate the hysterectomy scar.

TV ratings - The Cosby Show (25.4), Family Ties

(24.40, Cheers (21.4), All Is Forgiven (18.6), Golden Girls (17.0), 20/20 (16.6),

Who’s The Boss (15.9), Murder, She Wrote (15.4), 227 ((15.4), Hardcastle &

McCormick (15.40, 60 Minutes (15.0), Moonlighting (14.7), Highway to Heaven

(14.6), Kate & Allie (14.5), Paternity (14.1), Newhart (14.0), Remington Steele

(13.5), Hotel (13.4), Life Of The Party (13.4).

Thursday Night TV - CBS - Crazy Like A Fox,

Trapper John MD, Knot’s Landing ... NBC - The

Cosby Show, Family Ties, Cheers, Night Court, Hill

Street Blues ... ABC - Ripley’s Believe It Or Not,

The Colbys, 20/20

Ripley’s - voice-command automobiles and appliances are featured.

Week of June 14, 1986

Family Ties - Alex coaches Jennifer on public speaking.

Night Court - The staff goes unpaid after the state runs out of money.

As seen on TV - Joe Izuzu

At the movies -

Poltergeist II

Redford, Daryl

Hannah, Debra

Winger

Dangerfield