Week of March 1, 1989
Manila - Philippine police in suburban Quezon City say they have hauled about
300 violators of a new anti-smoking law off to jail.
President Bush calls for a ban on use of production of ozone-depleting chemicals
by the turn of the century.
Six more nations announce they will sign an international accord to rid the
atmosphere of ozone-destroying chemicals. An international conference opens in
London and will try to curb action on ozone-destroying chemicals.
Everyone from pilots, mechanics, and pilots strike Eastern airlines.
Former National Security Adviser Robert C. McFarlane receives a suspended
two-year sentence and is fined $20,000 on his guilty plea last year of four
misdemeanor charges of misleading Congress about the Iranian arms scandal.
Sports -
Sideline by a mild heart attack
- Bob Uecker
-
Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play announcer and
sometimes actor - is back.
Bob Probert of the Detroit Red Wings becomes
the first player to be expelled by the National
Hockey League for a drug-related incident as
league officials responded to the player’s recent
arrest for smuggling cocaine.
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
becomes a grandmother as her daughter-in-law,
Diane gives birth to a boy.
Darryl Strawberry - the National League’s top
home run hitter last season, walks out of the Mets camp in Port St. Lucie
because of the contract dispute after taking a swing at teammate Keith
Hernandez.
Radio news -
Geoff Edwards leaves his talkshow gig at KFI after he would not promote Tom
Leykis after Leykis’ destruction of the recordings of Cat Stevens. The act was
intended as a protest against the former rock star’s reported endorsement of the
