Week of March 8, 1987

The United States presents to the Soviet Union a touch permanent monitoring

plan to guard against violations of a proposed treaty to eliminate medium-range

nuclear missiles.

Near Chicago - Two depressed young women kill themselves by filling a garage

with auto exhaust. This follows the suicide death of four teens in New Jersey,

who died the same way.

Britain’s Prince Charles flies over the site of

Europe’s worst peacetime maritime disaster,

saying his country owes a debt of gratitude to

Belgium for its rescue operation after a British ferry

capsized in the North Sea. The disaster claimed

134 lives. 534 were aboard, mostly British

passengers.

Chrysler Corp, the nation’s third largest

automaker, announces an agreement to buy

Renault’s interest in ailing American Motors Corp

and all outstanding AMC stock for $757 million.

Sports - The NFL announces a new three-year television contract what will

include a package of games on cable’s ESPN - the first time it has reached out

to cable-TV. ESPN, will televise eight Sunday night games, four exhibition games

and the Pro Bowl, When ESPN televises a game, it still will be available via over

the air TV in the visiting team’s market and I the home team’s market if the game

is sold out 72 hours in advance. The Super Bowl will continue on a rotating basis

among the networks in the order of ABC, NBC and CBS. CBS and NBC will

retain their rights to Sunday afternoon telecasts

and ABC will retain “Monday Night Football.”

Passing - Famed Ohio State University football

AZT, the first AIDS drug expected to be

licensed, could cost patients up to $10,000 a

year.

Week of March 8, 1987

Sports -

WBA heavyweight crown - In Las Vegas - Mike Tyson defeats James

(Bonecrusher) Smith by decision.

Music news -

Ousted - William Lee Golden - the one with the

baritone and beard, is asked to leave the successful

“Oak Ridge Boys” after 22 years.

MTV Saturday night - Los Lobos in concert.

MTV debuts a series of anti-drug spots - a

campaign called Rock Against Drugs.

An inventory of music found stashed in a warehouse

has revealed unpublished songs by George

Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers and

others, some handwritten by the composers. With

the advent of sound films in the 1920’s, Warner

Bros. Bought several music publishing houses,

acquiring the material that was shunted from various

offices and warehouses before ending up in Secaucus. The 80 cartons were

discovered in 1982, but remained largely uninventoried. They were moved to a

vault in Manhattan. Since 1985, a team of music theater scholars has poured

over the material.

In Palm Beach, Yoko Ono unveils a collection oaf art by John Lennon, but

refused to donate proceeds to the poor because it would make his work, “a

charity case.” The exhibition works are on sale for prices from $20 to $36,000.

“I’m proud of him for these works. He had a burning desire of being accepted and

appreciated as an artist. He was a sort of renaissance man before his time” said

Ono.

convicted in 1985 on conspiracy and perjury charges

stemming from illegal contributions to his 1983 mayoral

campaign has formed a rock band - “The Arnold/Hedgecock

Experience”in San Diego. They recently opened for the

Tubes.

Television news -

CBS lays off more than 200 news employees. It was the first

major move by new CBS boss Laurence Tisch.

Week of March 8, 1987

Disney says it will make its first media purchase - KHJ-TV (Channel 9) Los

Angeles. The price - $320 million.

Friday night television -

CBS - The Magic of David Copperfield, Dallas, Falcon Crest, NCAA Basketball

(late night)

NBC - Amazing Stories, Miami Vice, Crime story, Tonight Show

ABC - Webster, Beach Boys Special, Starman, Nightline

Fox - Late Show with Joan Rivers

PBS - Washington Week, Wall St. Week

USA - Stephen King’s World of Horror

MTV - MTV’s Friday Night Party Zone

David Copperfield - Ann Jillian guests. Copperfield escapes from Alcatraz!

Beach Boys - 25 Years Together - With Glen Campbell, Three Dog Night,

Belinda Carlisle, Patrick Duffy, the Everly Brothers, Ray Charles, Paul Shaffer,

Joe Piscopo.

Late Show - Pee Wee Herman, Stephanie Beacham, Timbuk 3 in a repeat.

George Hamilton.

At the movies -

Some Kind of Wonderful

Nightmare On Elm Street 3

Platoon

Outrageous Fortune

Crocodile Dundee

Top Gun

Angel Heart