Week of March 15, 1987

Funerals are held for three of four teens that died in a suicide pact in Bergenfield,

NJ. The four had requested in a suicide note that they be buried together but the

families arranged separate services.

and six co-defendants are acquitted of all counts of

racketeering and conspiracy.

Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis announces he will

enter the contest for the 1988 Democratic presidential

nomination, bringing to the campaign what his supporters claim

is the appeal of traditional liberalism, combined with state-of-

the-art managerial efficiency.

The INS sets rules for the landmark immigration law and it includes fees to be

charged people seeking legal resident status beginning May 5. Under the law, an

illegal immigrant cannot qualify for the legal status if he seems likely to become

a public charge, relying on social welfare programs. Ways to determine this

possibility include looking at employment history and whether he has received

government assistance. The INS intends to assess each illegal seeking legal

residency $185 - some $10 higher than the agency first proposed. In addition,

dependent children under 18 will be charged $50, but a family will charged no

more than $420.

The House agrees by a narrow margin to allow states to raise the speed limit to

65mph on rural interstate highways. Later, the measure is thrown into limbo as

Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole vowed to amend the legislation in a way that

would please President Reagan. It’s said that Dole is trying to create a situation

in which the House will be forced to accept a reduction in transportation spending

or risk a deadlock that would not only doom the higher speed limit, but also could

bring all federal highway aid to a halt.

Iran-contra prosecutor Lawrence Walsh reaches an

agreement with congressional investigators to allow

May under a limited grant of immunity from prosecution.

Week of March 15, 1987

President Reagan emphatically denies that he had any prior knowledge that

funds from the Iran arms-and-hostages deal were to be diverted to aid the anti-

Sandinista rebels in Nicaragua.

Copycat teen suicide attempt - in Bergenfield, NJ - a 20-year-old woman and

her 17-year-old boyfriend tried to kill themselves in the same garage where an

acquaintance and three other teens carried out a suicide pact last week.

Medical - The Food and Drug Administration

grants final approval for the prescription sale of

AZT, the first drug known to be effective in treating

AIDS patients.

Television evangelist Oral Roberts, claiming his life

is at stake says he will climb into his prayer tower

in Tulsa to fast and pray for just over $1 million

more in donations for his medical missionary program.

deadline from God to raise $8 million by March 31 or

die, receives the final $1.3 million from a Florida man.

Roberts who said he had planned to fast and pray for

the remaining money, now doesn’t have to, thanks to

Jerry Collins, who owns several greyhound racetracks in

the state.

Dr. Daniel Zagury, a French AIDS scientist injects

himself with a prototype AIDS vaccine, beginning the

first human testing of a vaccine against the deadly

illness. Zagury doesn’t have the virus, but he doesn’t know the side effects of the

test vaccine.

TV evangelist Jim Bakker is replaced by Jerry Falwell as chairman of the PTL

Club. On March 9, Bakker’s wife and TV co-host Tammey Faye Bakker said she

would leave the program for at least a year while being treated for drug

dependency.

Entertainment news -

early years. “Charlemane, a hand puppet and the Bairds’

most popular had first appeared on CBS-TV’s “The Morning

Show” in 1954 with Walter Cronkite.

Week of March 15, 1987

Princess Diana, who was the guest of honor at a jazz ballet production at

London’s Hippodrome club, spotted singer Boy George sitting below her and sent

word she wanted to meet him. But when he got in line to meet her, officials told

him go get out of the line. Just as a Buckingham Palace aide was hustling him

away, the Princess broke free and shook his hand.

68.

Vanna White - the popular letter-turner drops

her attempt to keep Playboy from publishing

semi-nude photos of her in May. She’s seen

posing in Lingerie.

David Bowie and Tina Turner will appear in new Pepsi commercials. He’ll soon

begin his “Glass Spider Tour” of which Pepsi is a sponsor.

In his USA Today column, talk show host Larry King says the heart attack he

suffered last month has taught him a lesson in survival. He quit smoking,

changed his diet and began regular exercise.

Interviewed on Gary Collins’ “Hour Magazine” - actor Burt Reynolds says rumors

that he has AIDS are port of a carefully orchestrated and clandestine smear

campaign. “Somebody’s doing a beautiful job of it.”

Woody Allen files a $10 million suit against Men’s World Outlet of New York - a

men swear firm, for placing newspaper ads in which a look-alike of the comedian

peddles suits he claims made him a “sex symbol.”

Bill Cosby - favorite male TV performer/entertainer

Cybill Shepherd - favorite female TV performer

Barbara Mandrel - tied with Cybill Shepard - favorite female entertainer

Lionel Ritchie - favorite male musical performer.

Television news -

proposed to give her radio-only work on nights and

weekends.

Week of March 15, 1987

The Walt Disney Company says it will buy KHJ-TV (Los Angeles) for $320 million

from embattled RKO General.

confront rapists! Women tell why they fell in love with

criminals. Plus Hollywood’s hot new comedy acts.

So far this month, CBS news has laid-off more than 200

staffers as part of a $30 million budget cut. That’s getting a lot

of attention for non-union CNN, which operates much leaner

than its network counterparts. Several newspapers have done comparisons.

CNN has an annual budget of $100 million/2,250 on staff compared to $275

million/1,200 on staff for ABC, $270 million/1020 on staff for CBS and $273

million/1,250 on staff for NBC.

be released from her $1.2 million

contract so she can help her husband,

John Brown run for governor of

Kentucky.

Thursday night television -

CBS - The Wizard, Movie, NCAA

Basketball

NBC - The Cosby Show, Debut-

Roomies, Cheers, Cheers, Debut-Bronx

Zoo, Tonight Show

ABC - Our World, The Colbys, 20/20

Fox - Late Show Starring Joan Rivers

PBS - Great Performances

Disney - Best of Walt Disney Presents, Movie (1973)-Tom Sawyer, DTV

USA - Riptide, Movie (1979)Saint Jack, Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Dragnet

shares college quarters with a 14-year-old

CBS Movie - Play It Again Sam - Woody Allen

Cheers #2 - Diane falls victim to her own

experiment in paranoia.

Week of March 15, 1987

(Debut) - Bronx Zoo - Ed Asner stars as a high school principal whose efforts to

quell crime and chaos in his new job stir strong emotions.

Tonight Show - Dalton Stevens the button king and Joe Garagiola.

Week of March 15, 1987

Music news -

possession, pleas guilty to possessing marijuana.

Judge Maria Black said the singer, whose real name

is George O’Dowd, had made “amazing efforts” to

come off drugs, and she let him go on a two-year

“conditional discharge.” If he gets into trouble again

with the law in that period, the marijuana charge can

be brought back against him along with any new

charges.

Record companies are beginning to send radio

stations CD promo copies including CD singles.

Many CD promo singles now feature more than one

mix of a song. Warner Bros recently serviced a CD of Paul Simon’s “The Boy In

The Bubble” with a 7-inch remix and a six-minute extended version.

Radio news -

Soupy’s gone from NBC radio as two shows are

been with the station since April 1985. NBC Radio

Entertainment cancels the syndicated “Soupy Sales’

Moldy Oldie Show” effective March 27. It had been

on the air since last April.

After a year in Philadelphia and WTRK, Ross Britain

is returning to the Morning Zoo at Z-100 with Scott

Shannon.

Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi

Invisible Touch - Genesis

The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & The

range

Night Songs - Cinderella

Graceland - Paul Simon

Georgia Satellites

Control - Janet Jackson

Fore! - Huey Lewis And The News

Week of March 15, 1987

The Final Countdown - Europe

Life, Love and Pain - Club Nouveau

Rapture - Anita Baker

Pop music this week in 1987 -

Jacob’s Ladder - Huey Lewis And The News

Let’s Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson

Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt/James Ingram

Lean On Me - Club Nouveau

Livin’ On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

Big Time - Peter Gabriel

You Got It All - The Jets

You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party - Beastie Boys

Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis

Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship

Respect Yourself - Bruce Willis

Brand New Lover - Dead Or Alive

I Wanna Go Back - Eddie Money

Keep Your Hands To Yourself -

Georgia Satellites

Don’t Dream It’s Over - Crowded

House

Will You Still Love Me? - Chicago

The Final Countdown - Europe

Let’s Go! - Wang Chung

Candy - Cameo

Top hits in Britain -

Stand By Me - Ben E. King

When A Man Loves A Woman -

Percy Sledge

Male Stripper - Man 2 Man Meet

Man Parrish

Live it Up - Mental As Anything

Crush On You - Jets

Down To Earth - Curiosity Killed The Cat

Everything I Own - Boy George

I Get The Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson

The Great Pretender - Freddie Mercury

Week of March 15, 1987

Top country -

Baby’s Got A New Baby - S-K-O

Twenty Years Ago - Kenny Rogers

No Place Like Home - Randy Travis

I’ll Still Be Loving You - Restless Heart

Talkin’ To The Moon - Larry, Steve, Rudy: The Gatlin

Brothers

Ocean Front Property - George Straight

Forever - The Statler Brothers

You’ve Got The Touch - Alabama

Take The Long Way Home - Jim Schneider

The Right Left Hand - George Jones

Kids of the Baby Boom - Bellamy Brothers

Top movies this week in 1987 -

Lethal Weapon

Nightmare on Elm Street - Part 3

Platoon

Angel Heart

Outrageous Fortune

Some Kind of Wonderful

Hoosiers

Black Widow

Mannequin

Radio Days

Crocodile Dundee

Over The Top

Week of March 15, 1987