Week of March 1, 1988

President Reagan decides to impose no immediate new economic sanctions

against Panama, even though he has denounced the regime of Gen. Manual A.

Noriega for deposing Panama’s civilian president and aiding international drug

trafficking.

The House votes to restore broad civil rights protections narrowed by a 1984

U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Under the legislation, the government must withhold

all federal funds from a private or public institution if any of its agencies are found

guilty of discrimination on the grounds of race, age, sex or disability.

of other South African religious leaders are arrested in Cape

Town on as they attempted to march to Parliament to protest the

government’s latest ban on anti-apartheid activities.

The senate votes to ban most uses of lie detectors in job

interviews.

Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and Vice President George Bush win Vermont’s non-

binding presidential primary.

Alaska’s Republican caucuses.

Turnaround - The House defeats a $30-million non-military aid

package for the Nicaraguan Contras.

Bank holiday - Panama, which has developed into a major

Caribbean banking center, shuts down its banks because of

pressures from the United States and foes of Gen. Noriega.

George Bush wins the South Carolina Republican presidential primary.

At least eight are dead in bloody anti-Chinese rioting in the Tibetan capital of

Lhasa.

The federal government and Morton Thiokol Inc, bring annuities for $7.735

million to settle the claims by survivors of four of the astronauts who died aboard

the space shuttle Challenger.

Week of March 1, 1988

Arab guerrillas in southern Israel hijack a passenger bus and hold it three hours

before Israeli troops stormed it, killing three gunmen, Three Israeli civilians also

were killed and nine wounded.

Congress that it should consider trimming Social Security

and other entitlement programs as it searches for ways to

reduce the federal budge deficit.

Jesse Jackson opens his final campaign before super

Tuesday’s caucuses and primaries and visits AIDS

victims in Dallas and said it is time “for the scare tactics

to stop.”

Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart returns to TV this week and tells his followers that he

would tell them someday about the unspecified sin to which he confessed two

weeks earlier. He said that he was eager to tell the whole story, not just what has

been given in news reports and that he will do so when the time is right.

The nation’s unemployment rate drops to 5.6%.

Federated Department Stores Inc. announces that its board has accepted a

multibillion-dollar acquisition bid for Macy’s - but competitor Campeau vows to

fight on for the purchase of R.H. Macy.

Entertainment news -

going full swing. The 29-city concert tour,

notable for avoiding Las Vegas and Atlantic

City, begins March 13 at the Oakland

Coliseum and ends its spring leg April 9 at Radio City Music Hall.

Stooges and his for appearances on the old “Abbot and

Costello” TV show. He was 80.

Grammy Awards held this week (at Radio City Music

Hall)…

Record of the year - “Graceland” - Paul Simon

Album of the year - “The Joshua Tree” - U2

Song of the year - “Somewhere Out There” - James Horner, Barry Mann and

Cynthia Weil

Week of March 1, 1988

Pop/Rock - Female vocal - Whitney Houston - “I

Wanna Dance With Somebody.”

Male Pop Vocal - Sting - “Bring on the Night.”

Duo or Group Pop Vocal - Bill Medley and

Jennifer Warnes, “(I Had) the Time of My Life”

Pop Instrumental - Larry Carlton - “Minute by

Minute.”

Rock Vocal (Male or Female) - Bruce

Springsteen, “Tunnel of Love

Duo or Group Rock Vocal: U2, “The Joshua Tree”

Rock Instrumental - Frank Zappa, “Jazz From Hell.”

Country - Female Vocal - K.T. Oslin - “*0’s Ladies.”

Male Country Vocal - Randy Travis, “Always & Forever.”

Rhythm and Blues - Female - Aretha Franklin - “Aretha.”

Male - Smokey Robinson - “Just To Be With Her.”

Michael Jackson’s new Pepsi commercial debuts on the Grammy Awards

telecast.

Performing at a concert in Worchester (MA) - Bruce Springsteen misses some of

the lyrics on “Born to Run.” When he came out for an encore at the second show

of his new U.S. tour, Springsteen forgot the words of the opening line, stopping

after “The day we…” After joking with the audience, he began again and got it.

Springsteen later said the song has assumed a new meaning to him over the

years.

“It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” on Showtime, but this

week, Fox will re-run those shows. Also, Shandling is

Johnny Carson’s stand-in on “The Tonight Show” on

NBC-TV.

Radio news -

Making a live appearance on Rick Dees’ popular LA

morning show on KIIS-FM, John Denver sang “The

Ballad of Gary Hart.” - a satirical song written by singer

Tom Paxton. “He met her at a party. Her name was Donna Rice. She was Gary’s

kind of woman. She was pure Miami Vice.”

show, and say they are friends. Harrison scoffed at the notion that he and Paul

McCartney were feuding.

Week of March 1, 1988

remake of “Wipe Out” with the Beach Boys

are at it again. They’ve joined Chubby

Checker for a new rendition of “The Twist.”

Bon Jovi is taping a pair of Fuji Film TV

commercials which will air in Japan.

Ike Turner surrenders to a Pasadena court

on a week-old warrant that sought his arrest

because he failed to appear in court to face

cocaine charges.

Most popular TV commercial for last year…

California Raisins

Tuesday night television -

Pageant, Diamonds

NBC - Matlock, Hunter, Crime Story, Best of Carson

ABC - Who’s The Boss? Growing Pains, Moonlighting, Thirtysomething,

Nightline

PBS - Nova, Soldiers, Frontline

Moonlighting - It’s tension and arguments with Maddie and David this week as

they move through a bridal shower, bachelor party and a wedding.

NBC-TV Thursday Night

Week of March 1, 1988

Top movies this week -

Good Morning Vietnam

Frantic

Shoot To Kill

Moonstruck

Three men and a Baby

Unbearable Lightness.

Week of March 1, 1988