Week of May 1, 1988

Michael Dukakis rolls up comfortable victories over the

Rev. Jesse Jackson in Ohio and Indiana.

The federal government unveils an explicit pamphlet, to

be mailed to every American household, no how to avoid

AIDS. The pamphlet includes advice on condoms and

urges readers to “talk about” AIDS “with those you love.”

Federal officials issue an emergency order restricting the

use of older Boeing 737 jetliners as investigators in

Hawaii focus on metal fatigue as a possible cause of the

accident in which an Aloha Airlines plane was ripped open in flight.

Commencement speech at Liberty University - In his first

major public appearance since being indicted in the Iran-

Contra scandal , Oliver L. North told a college crowd that the

criminal charges against him are “a badge of honor.”

A United Airlines Boeing 747 on a flight from Los Angeles

with 258 people aboard lands safely at New Tokyo

International Airport after three of its four engines shut down.

The aircraft lost the use of one engine over the Pacific

Ocean approx. one hour and 15 minutes before landing, a

second engine about 30 minutes later and a third engine just before landing.

Three off-duty British servicemen based in West Germany are slain and three

more wounded in the Netherlands and the outlawed Irish Republican Army

claimed responsibility.

A blaze rips through several floors of the First Interstate Bank Building - the

tallest building in Los Angeles. There are fears that the building may be totaled

(but luckily, it will be OK.)

Part of a children’s hospital in northern India collapses after heavy rains killing at

least 14.

Multinational climbing teams scale Mt. Everest simultaneously form two

directions and made a live television broadcast from atop the world’s highest

mountain. The expedition involved more than 200 people from Japan, Nepal and

China and the broadcast was seen Japan’s Nihon Television Corp (NTV).

Week of May 1, 1988

President Regan said that “no policy or decision in my mind has ever been

influenced by astrology” after a White House spokesman suggested the First

Lady’s interest in the shifting alignment of heavenly bodies had played a role in

his scheduling.

Stung by a series of “kiss-and-tell” books by

former White House officials, President Regan

lashes out at his once-trusted Chief of staff

Donald T. Regan for choosing “to attack my

wife” in his soon-to-be released memoirs,

saying, “I don’t look kindly upon that at all.” In

Regan’s new book, “For the Record,” he

discusses President and Mrs. Reagan’s interest

in astrology and said the First lady guided the President’s travel and scheduling

on the basis of consultations with astrologers. Former presidential spokesman

Larry Speakes touched off a minor furor when he admitted in his new book, he

made up quotes for the President. Asked about these books, the President said,

“I doubt they will be on my reading list.”

The jobless rate hits 5.4% - the lowest in 14 years.

Sports -

Boston Celtics Coach K.C. Jones says he will retire

after the current National Basketball Assn. season and

will be succeeded by assistant coach Jimmy Rodgers.

Jones led the Celtics to the NBA finals in each of his

previous four yeas as their coach.

Ram owner Georgia Frontiere has filed for divorce from

her seventh husband, Dominic, who was released from

prison last September after serving time on tax charges

related to ticket scalping.

Pushing Ump to far - Cincinnati Red Manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30

days by National League President Bart Giamatti for his run-in with umpire Dave

Palione.

Entertainment news -

Marry - Burt Reynolds to Loni Anderson .

Music news - Paul McCartney signs a record

contract with the Soviet recording company

Week of May 1, 1988

Melodiya. McCartney will reprise 13 rock ‘n’ roll songs from the 1950’s and

1960’s on the album.

Huey Lewis and the News announce they will celebrate the band’s 10 th

anniversary with the release of the 5 th album and a world tour this summer. The

new album is titled “Small World.”

Eric Clapton and his wife, Patti Boyd

file papers in London seeking to end their

nine-year marriage.

Week of May 1, 1988

Television news -

NBC affiliates give a green light as the Disney channel and NBC Productions

give the go-ahead for “Good Morning Miss Bliss,” which will run on the national

Pay-TV Disney Channel.

More NBC and cable TV - NBC says that it has signed a letter of intent with two

companies to buy the Tempo Television cable program service. The network also

said it hopes to begin two new cable services - one offering financial and

business news, the other sports programming. Under NBC’s proposed deal, TCI,

a cable company that is planning to buy Tempo enterprises, would sell Tempo’s

program service to NBC. NBC and TCI also reached agreement under which

NBC said it “would expect” to launch its tow new cable operations on the Tempo

Television cable service. Price was not disclosed.

Morton Downey Jr ., whose New York talk TV show was

described by Daily Variety as “TV’s version of the Inquisition”

is starting to syndicate.

“The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson, which has been in

reruns since a writer’s strike, resumes taping as Carson

himself will write his monologue and introductions.

Tuesday night television -

CBS - Houston Knights, Movie, Primary Report

NBC - Matlock, In the Heat of the Night, Crime Story, Best of Carson

ABC - Who’s the Boss? Just the Ten of Us, Moonlighting, thirtysomething

PBS - Nova, Frontline