Week of June 23, 1987

Glenn Robinette - a former CIA operative testifies that White House aid Oliver

North wrote and backdated phony letters last year to try to cover up the fact that

a $16 thousand security system installed at his home had been paid for by Maj.

Gen. Richard Secord. He’s the one who managed the proceeds from the Iran

arms sales.

P. David Herringer of Capital Management Corp makes a bogus $6.8 billion

buyout bid for Dayton Hudson Corp - setting off wild gyrations in the company’s

stock price. He was fired then taken for a medical examination.

The American Medical Association adopts its first comprehensive report on AIDS

and calls for more leadership in dealing with the epidemic and a cautious

approach to screening anyone with the virus. The AMA will also begin an

information program, endorsing the use of condoms as one useful measure to

contain the spread of AIDS.

Seeking to cash in on the popularity of

among college students and other young

buyers. - General Motors plans to sell a

slightly larger version of the Samurai

beginning next year. GM’s version will be

called the Chevrolet Tracker. Right now,

the Samurai’s base price is $7,495.

Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell

quits after 15 years, setting the stage for conservatives to gain a clear majority on

the high court.

In his weekly radio address - President Reagan

took a jab at the Iran-contra hearings, referring

to them as “sideshows and hoopla. “With all the

sideshows and hoopla in Washington these

days, you may sometimes wonder if anyone’s

paying attention to what really matters. Keeping

inflation, unemployment and your taxes down

and growth up and getting control of our federal

deficit so the economy will stay health - these

are among Washington’s most important jobs... the good news is that our

economy is strong and getting stronger.”

Week of June 23, 1987

President Reagan has several non-cancerous polyps removed from his colon.

They were discovered during a semiannual medical examination. The president

“feels great.”

race for President this week. He says he is seeking the

1988 Democratic nomination “to restore the rule of law

and respect for common sense to the White House.”

Arkansas Gov Bill Clinton has promised an

announcement of his plans soon. Another southerner,

Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia is under intense pressure to

declare his intentions as well.

Actor Sean Penn (26) is sentenced to 60 days in jail for

reckless driving and for punching an extra on the set of

his latest movie. He is ordered to bring a toothbrush and overnight case on his

surrender date of July 7.

Chrysler Corp and two senior executives are indicted by a federal grand jury on

charges of selling as new, more than 60 thousand vehicles that had been driven

by company executives for as long as five weeks with the odometer

disconnected. They were found out when reports began coming in, after some of

them were stopped for speeding, but told officers they didn’t know how fast they

were going because their odometers had just been disconnected.

has a problem on its hands. With an

estimated 21,000 Americans having died

of AIDS since 1981, the company says it

needs to look at a new marketing

strategy and yes - change the name. The

previous owner, Jeffrey-Martin Inc said as little as two years ago, that the name

sticks - “let the disease change its name.”

admitted to the hospital last week with pneumonia. Dubbed

the greatest dancer ever.

was all with beautiful music Fromm wonderful composers and

wonderful lyricists. I just

Week of June 23, 1987

adored and admired Fred with all my heart. He was the best partner anyone

could ever have.”

Mine is plebeian style, his is an aristocratic one ... He was a good, dear friend

and a lovely man. God bless him.”

star ... the purest talent I have ever worked with.”

Passing - Jackie Gleason “The Great One” - (71) of

cancer. Received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of

an aging pool shark in the movie “The Hustler.” His

albums of mood music sold in the millions in the 50’s and

60’s. Many of the album covers were adorned with

Salvador Dalli paintings. Gleason will be remembered

forever as “Ralph Kramden” in “The Honeymooners.”

The series was born as an adjunct to the “Cavalcade of

Stars” on Dumont television in the early 50’s with Gleason subbing for host Jerry

Lester in the summer months. The original Alice Kramden was played by Pert

Kelton. Art Carney was cast as “Ed Norton.” Eventually Audrey Meadows and

Joyce Randolph would join the cast. CBS then offered him a staggering $8,000

a week to leave Dumont and so he did - creating “The Jackie Gleason Show.”

That show ran originally from 1952 until 1959 and again from 1962 to 1970. “The

Honeymooners” series was spun out of that show and ran from 1955 to 1956.

Orson Welles dubbed him “The Great One” and the name stuck.

outdoor rock concert - the first of its kind on July

4 in Moscow. Joining Soviet artists will be

American bands Santana, the Doobie Brothers,

Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor. Most of the $600

thousand cost is being picked-up by Apple

Computer founder Steve Wozniak.

Grant Tinker - head of CTG (Grant Tinker-

Gannett) productions announces a video version

of “USA Today.” The show will be produced by

Steve Friedman, former executive producer of

the “Today” show. The half-hour, five-night-a-

week series will have the pace of “Entertainment Tonight” and will employ a four-

section format now featured by USA Today - News, Money, Sports and Life. No

anchors or staff members have yet been fixed for the series.

Week of June 23, 1987

years ago. She’s 35 and it’s her first marriage.

Sunday Night Television

CBS - 60 Minutes,

Murder, She Wrote,

Movie

ABC - Movie, Movie

Fox - 21 Jump Street, Married With Children, Duet, Mr.

President, The Tracey Ullman Show

PBS - Upstairs, Downstairs, Masterpiece Theater

MTV - Videos, Young Ones, 120 Minutes

ABC Movie - The B.R.A.T. Patrol - Brian Keith, Sean Astin.

Notorious Marine base Brats try to warn authorities about a

plot they uncovered to steal top-secret military hardware.

Murder She Wrote - Jessica investigates the mysterious

deaths of a former pupil’s husband and father-in-law.

Television ratings -

The Cosby Show - 23.2

Family Ties - 21.9

Cheers - 18.9

Moonlighting - 16.6

Who’s the Boss? - 16.4

Movie - The Ladies - 15.4

Movie - Lady from Yesterday - 15.2

Golden Girls - 15.0

Days and Nights of Molly Dodd - 15.0

Valerie - 14.9

ALF - 14.7

Murder, She Wrote - 14.6

Hunter - 14.3

Miami Vice - 14.1

Rocky III - 13.9

20/20 - 13.9

Designing Woman - 13.9

Week of June 23, 1987

Movie - City Killer - 13.6

Matlock - 13.5

Newhart - 13.2

60 Minutes - 12.9

MacGyver - 12.9

Special - Soviet Union - Seven Day Days In May - 12.7

Movie - Jealousy - 12.3

Cagney & Lacey - 12.3

Pop music this week in 1987 -

I Wanna Dance With Somebody

- Whitney Houston

Head to Toe - Lisa Lisa & Cult

Jam

Always - Atlantic Starr

Alone - Heart

In Too Deep - Genesis

Songbird - Kenny G

Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon

Jovi

Just To See Her - Smokey

Robinson

Meet Me Halfway - Kenny

Loggins

Jammin’ Me - Tom Petty & The

Heartbreakers

Diamonds - Herb Alpert

Point of No Return - Expose

Funky Town - Pseudo Echo

Every Little Kiss - Bruce

Hornsby & The Range

Lessons In Love - Level 42

Sweet Sixteen - Billy Idol

Week of June 23, 1987

Top Albums -

T he Joshua Tree - U2

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi

Tribute - Ozzy Osbourne/Randy

Rhoads

Duotones - Kenny G

Girls, Girls, Girls - Motley Crue

Look What The Cat Dragged In -

Poison

Tango In The Night - Fleetwood

Mac

Graceland - Paul Simon

Spanish Fly - Lisa Lisa & The Cult

Jam

Other albums -

Concrete Blonde - Concrete Blonde

Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The Joshua Tree - U2

By The Light Of The Moon - Los Lobos

Whitney - Whitney Houston

Always and Forever - Randy Travis

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - The Cure

Dead Letter Office - R.E.M.

One Voice - Barbra Streisand

Hillbilly Deluxe - Dwight Yoakam

Never Let Me Down - David Bowie

Let It Loose - Gloria Estefan & Miami

Sound Machine

Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac

Sentimental Hygiene - Warren Zevon

Solitude Standing - Suzanne Vega

Bad Animals - Heart

Sold - Boy George

Pleased To Meet Us - The Replacements

Bigger and Deffer - L.L. Cool J

Week of June 23, 1987

At the movies

Fred Willard

Benji the Hunted -

Million Dollar Mystery

Glover

Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin

Christopher Plummer, Harry Morgan,

Alexandra Paul, Dabney Coleman

Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Joan Rivers

Maia Brewton