Week of June 27, 1992
The Supreme Court affirms the right to abortion, reaffirming the basic principles
laid down in Roe vs. Wade, but will allow restrictions by states related to health
and other matters.
The Supreme Court tells Mississippi that
they have not done nearly enough to
dismantle their formerly segregated
system of higher learning; that they have
an “affirmative duty to dismantle their
prior dual university system. In 1980,
nearly 99% of the state’s white college
students were enrolled at one of five
historically white campuses. Nearly 71%
of the state’s black students were
enrolled at one of the three historically
black campuses. The court said that
because those enrollment patterns are
“traceable” to policies set by the state,
the state has a duty to remedy this form
of continuing segregation.
Two large earthquakes jar Southern California. The first shaker struck at almost
five in the morning just north of Yucca Valley, CA in the high desert area of
Southern California. The quake measured a magnitude 7.4. The second quake,
hit about 3 hours later - a 6.5 quake near Big Bear, CA - not too far from the first
quake. So far - one death and 350 injuries are reported. Most of the damage was
confined to the less populated areas near the quakes.
In a Washington Post-ABC News poll - Arkansas
Gov Bill Clinton leads rivals President Bush and
Ross Perot in the Presidential polls. Among those
most likely to vote - Clinton led Perot - 33% to 30%
with Bush favored by 29% of those voters. It’s the
first time Clinton has lead in a Post-ABC News
survey and the first time Bush has finished third.
President Bush condemns the entertainment
industry for what he labels its “sick” practice of
producing films, television programs and music
that glorify cop killing. “It is wrong for any company
- I don’t care how noble the name of the company,
Week of June 27, 1992
to issue records that approve of killing a law enforcement officer.”
President Bush’s daughter, Dorothy LeBlond weds Bobby Koch at a low-key
ceremony at Camp David. Not even Dan Quayle and James Baker III were on
the guest list. It’s her second marriage and his first. Koch is a former top aide to
House Majority Leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo).
Presidential candidate Ross Perot appears on a
live broadcast of “National Town Meeting” on
ABC television. Under recent weeks - he’s come
under increasing criticism that he has a penchant
for investigating people he perceives to be his
enemies. He was asked about that from someone
in the studio audience: “The facts are I do not
investigate people’s private lives.” “I’ve used
investigators three or four times - all when it
involved people accused of theft. Personal lives
of people are their own business.” Perot called
those characterizations “dirty tricks” on the part of
the GOP.
Dell Computer unveils a new series of low-cost PC’s. Called “Dimension” they’re
priced 5 to 15% less than comparable machines from rival Compaq. The basic
model in the Dimension line sells for $1,259 and has a 386sx microprocessor, 2
megs of memory, an 80 meg hard disk drive, mouse, color monitor and comes
with Microsoft’s Windows software.
Rodney King (27) - whose videotaped beating lead to an international outrage, is
arrested at his Los Angeles apartment after his wife said he had injured her
during an argument and she feared for her life. He was released four hours later
after his wife, Crystal, Lynette Waters, declined to file a complaint against him
and investigators found insufficient reason to press charges.
“Swatch Automatic - The first self-winding Swatch.”
Time Warner is accused of a 2nd inflammatory rap
album. The company is already under the gun from
police groups all over the country for rap-metal artist Ice-
T’s “Cop Killer” song. Officials at the New York State
Sheriffs’ Association say the proposed album cover of
San Francisco rapper Paris depicts a man with an
automatic weapon about to ambush President Bush. The
group also says that the upcoming album contains a song about shooting the
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President and another called “Coffee, Doughnuts and Death” which they maintain
glorifies the killing of police officers.
Ron Reagan (son of the former president) signs to host and co-produce six one-
hour documentaries for E! Entertainment Television. The project “See How They
Run,” explores how the 1992 presidential campaign is exploiting entertainment. It
is his second major project for the cable network.
Rock group ZZ Top signs a five-album deal with RCA for $30 million. Sources
say that the group is guaranteed a $5 million advance per album - up $2 million
from their previous advance fee - plus 20% royalty rate on every record they sell
- up from the 18% deal they had with Warner Brothers Records.
Actor Rob Morrow - who plays the New York
Doctor on “Northern Exposure” is slapped with a
breach of contract suit by Universal Television for
refusing to show up when the series resumed
shooting last week. Morrow is holding out and is
demanding double the $30 thousand per episode
he currently receives - even though he signed a
standard seven-year contract with built-in salary
increases when the sleeper series premiered two
years ago.
Woman’s Day Magazine announces the reader’s choice for Murphy Brown’s
baby. It’s Avery - after Murphy’s late mother. Other choices include Buster
Brown, Dan Quayle Brown, Charlie Brown, Elvis Brown and Johnny Carson
Brown. The magazine received 2,500 calls from a special 900 number. Proceeds
will go to Pediatric AIDS Foundation and the March of Dimes Birth Defects
Foundation. Murphy Brown is played by Candice Bergen.
Interview Magazine says it will place July’s
issue in a plastic wrapper in order to head off
expected controversy. The issue contains a
nude cover photo of actress Drew Barrymore
(17). The cover shows her lying stretched out
on a lawn next to her fully clothed boyfriend,
actor James Walters.
Now at stores - the new Elton John CD “The
One.”
Week of June 27, 1992
Bestsellers -
The Pelican Brief - John Grisham
Waiting To Exhale - Terry McMillan
Scruples II - Judith Krantz
Star Wars: Dark Force Rising - Timothy Zahn
Sahara - Clive Cussler
The Silent Passage - Gail Sheehy
Chief: My Life in the LAPD - Daryl Gates
Truman - David McCullough
Diana In Private - Lady Campbell
Sam Walton: Made in America - Sam Walton
Perot: An Unauthorized Biography - Todd Mason
TV ratings - last week
Daytime Emmy Awards - 15.3
60 Minutes - 15.0
Home Improvement - 14.8
Roseanne - 14.8
Movie - Sins of the Mother - 14.7
Murder, She Wrote - 14.2
Primetime Live - 13.6
Raven - 13.3
Murphy Brown - 13.2
Movie - The Empire Strikes Back - 12.8
Full House - 12.7
20/20 - 12.7
Cheers - 12.4
Rescue 911 - 12.3
Movie - Love, Lies and Murder - 11.9
Coach - 11.9
Unsolved Mysteries - 11.6
Northern Exposure - 11.5
Fresh Prince of Bel Air - 11.3
48 Hours Special - 11.0
Red Heat - 11.0
Major Dad - 11.0
FBI: Untold Stories - 10.7
Seinfeld - 10.5
Bodies of Evidence - 10.4
American Detective - 10.4
Blossom - 10.2
Grapevine - 10.2
Week of June 27, 1992
Thursday Night Television
CBS - Top Cops, Special-Moment of Truth, Street Stories, Bodies of Evidence
NBC - A Different World, The Cosby Show, Cheers, Wings, L.A. Law
ABC - Movie - The Sting II
Fox - The Simpsons, Michael Jackson:
The Dangerous Tour , Beverly Hills -
90210
PBS - Childhood, Mystery!, Great
Performances
A & E - Brute Force, An Evening at the
Improv, Nature’s Kingdom, World at War
Syndicated - Dennis Miller Show guests
John Densmore, comedians Roger
Rittenhouse and David Spade.
Pop music this week in 1992 -
I’ll Be There - Mariah Carey
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot
Acky Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
If You Asked Me To - Celine Dion
Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover - Sophie B.
Hawkins
Tennessee - Arrested Development
Wishing On A Star - The Cover Girls
The Best Things In Life Are Free - Luther
Vandross & Janet Jackson
Hold On My Heart - Genesis
Top albums -
Some Gave All - Billy Ray Cyrus
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chilli
Peppers
MTV Unplugged EP - Mariah Carey
The Southern Harmony and Musical
Companion - The Black Crowes
Greatest Hits - ZZ Top
Mack Daddy - Sir Mix-A-Lot
Ropin’ The Wind - Garth Brooks
Ten - Pearl Jam
Adrenalize - Def Leppard
Totally Krossed Out - Kris Kross
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Shadows And Light - Wilson Phillips
Angel Dust - Faith No More
Other Albums -
Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos
Shadows & Light - Wilson Phillips
Play With Toys - Basehead
At the movies -
Batman Returns - Michael Keaton,
Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Christopher Walken
Unlawful Entry - Kurt Russell, Ray
Liotta, Madeleine Stowe
Sister Act - Whoopi Goldberg,
Maggie Smith, Harvey Keitel
Housesitter - Steve Martin, Goldie
Hawn
Patriot Games - Harrison Ford
Pinocchio
Lethal Weapon 3 - Mel Gibson,
Danny Glover
Far and Away - Tom Cruise, Nicole
Kidman
Encino Man - Sean Astin, Pauly Shore
A League Of Their Own - Tom Hanks,
Geena Davis, Madonna
Boomerang - Eddie Murphy
Poison Ivy - Drew Barrymore
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