Week of November 1, 1987

Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev accuses Josef Stalin of “enormous and

unforgivable” crimes and announces formation of a commission to resume the

rehabilitation of Stalin’s victims.

A U.S. Navy frigate mistook an unarmed Emirates fishing skiff for an Iranian

gunboat when it fired on the vessel, killing an Indian crewmember.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega agrees to indirect negations with U.S.-

backed Nicaraguan rebels to end six years of war.

The New York Times reports that Maj. Roger Miranda Bengoechea, a

Nicaraguan military officer believed to have access to highly sensitive

information, has defected to the United States.

officially submits his resignation to President

Reagan and issues a farewell warning that

adequate funding for a strong national

defense cannot take a back seat to reduction

of the federal budget deficit.

The Rev. Jerry Falwell says he is resigning as president of the Moral Majority

and will no longer play an active role in stumping for political candidates or

lobbying for causes of the religious right.

Hasbro is pulling its Barbie competitor doll - “Jem.” Hasbro introduced the doll in

1986 and her rock band, the Holograms to compete with Mattel’s Barbie. About

the same time, Mattel, created a rock band for

Barbie that resulted in a record-breaking

Barbie sales last year.

Week of November 1, 1987

Technology -

At the Comdex show in Las Vegas, IBM

announces it had gone over the 1 million in its

PS/2 sales. IBM and Microsoft are jointly

developing Operating System/2 which will

increase the amount of memory a program can

address by a factor of 25. Indications are there is

a growing acceptance of PC’s based on Intel’s top

80386 microprocessor as the office standard. The

big buzz at the show was Lotus Agenda - a

product, says the company, “that will help people

manage textual data more intelligently.”

Music news -

songs to be made into TV jingles. ZZ Top just sold the

rights to their hit, “Legs” for use in L’Eggs Pantyhose

commercials.

Entertainment news -

Warner Bros. files a $10 million lawsuit against Rodney

Dangerfield claiming the comedian breached a contract to

reprise the obnoxious character Al Czervit in a sequel to

“Caddyshack,” the popular 1981 comedy.

“Dynasty” star Joan Collins wins another round in her divorce battle with ex-

husband Peter Holm as a judge threw out his unusual request for reconsideration

of $80,000 a month in support payments.

Television news -

New in syndication - “The D.C. Follies” with Fred Williard and a series of

puppets. The show was inspired by the popular British TV series “Spitting

Image.”

Week of November 1, 1987

On the Phil Donahue Show this week - “Shirley MacLaine - Reborn Again?”

On the Oprah Winfrey Show this week - “Wives of criminals! How much do they

know about the crimes… and why do they stand by their man? Is it…

Seen on PBS - The Old “Dark Shadows” soap opera.

Monday night television -

CBS - Echoes in the Darkness

NBC - ALF, Valerie’s Family, Movie

ABC - Monday Night Football, MacGyver

PBS - The First Eden

Top movies -

Fatal Attraction

Baby Boom

Suspect

Fatal Beauty

Prince of Darkness