Week of November 30, 1988

a Democratic State - projecting a vision of “a new

democratic Soviet Union” - outlining major changes

in the country’s political system.

OPEC officials resolve a dispute with Saudi Arabia

and sign an agreement aimed at boosting oil prices

to $18 a barrel. News of the signing pushed up oil

prices to $15,38 a barrel on the New York Mercantile

Exchange.

George J. Mitchell of Maine is elected Senate majority leader by Democrats. He

succeeds Robert Byrd of West Virginia who stepped aside in that capacity to

become chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

President Reagan elevates National Security Advisor Lt. Gen Colin Powell to a

rank of four-star general and at the same time, appoints him head of all Army

ground forces in the continental U.S.

President-elect George Bush retains CIA Director William Webster for the same

post and names Thomas Pickering as ambassador to the United Nations. In

addition, Carla Hills is named special trade representative - the first woman

picked for a high-level post in the incoming administration.

The investment firm of Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co bids to buy RJR Nabisco

for a record $24.5 billion.

A federal grand jury inducts PTL founder Jim Bakker (48) and several top aids of

fraud and conspiracy, capping a 16 month investigation. Bakker was forced to

give up his PTL ministry amid a sex scandal and alleged financial improprieties.

500 films - hundreds of B movies. Born Richmond-Reed

Carradine. “I never made big money in Hollywood: I was

paid in hundreds. The stars got thousands. But I worked

with some of the greatest directors in films and some of the

greatest writers. They gave me freedom to do what I can do

best and that was gratifying.”

Week of November 30, 1988

(84). His “Thru The Bible” series is a mainstay on

religious stations coast to coast. The broadcasts,

hosted by McGee - will still continue to air. He was

pastor of the Church of the Open Door in Los

Angeles.

Disney forms its third film division - “Hollywood

Studios.” The new company will start February 1

and will make movies similar to the company’s

“Touchstone Pictures.”

KTZZ-TV in Seattle receives phone complaints from

parents after an infomercial-invited kids to talk to Santa Clause for $2 for the first

minute and 30 cents-a-minute thereafter. All kids had to do was to hold the

phone up to the TV while the ad broadcast the sound of the touchtones.

Prosecutor Richard M. Daley (46) of Chicago says he will seek the office of

mayor his father held for 21 years. The office is up for grabs after the death of

Mayor Harold Washington who died last November. His father, Richard J. Daley,

held that office from 1955 until his death in 1976.

motorcycle accident in Southern California. The

actor was thrown off the bike, with the back of

his head hitting a curb. Busey has been an

outspoken opponent of mandatory helmet laws

for motorcyclists.

Bestsellers - “The Sands Of Time” - Sidney

Sheldon, “One” - Richard Bach, “The Cardinal Of

the Kremlin” - Tom Clancy, “Gracie: A Love

Story” - George Burns, “The Last Lion: Winston

Spencer Churchill” - William Manchester, “Child

Star” - Shirley Temple Black

Ringo Starr (48) is back in his native Britain after staying five weeks in Arizona at

a private clinic that treats alcoholics. “I feel a lot better and my intention is never

to drink again.”

Week of November 30, 1988

Oklahoma State is named the 54th winner of the

Heisman Trophy. Sanders established 20

National Collegiate Athletic Association rushing

and scoring records during the year.

NBC gets the rights to the 1992 Summer Olympic

games at Barcelona for $401 million - $101

million more then they paid for this year’s Seoul

games.

TV ratings - The Cosby Show (26.7), Barbara

Walters Special (24.9), A Different World (23.8),

Cheers (22.6), The Golden Girls (22.5),

Roseanne (21.2), 60 Minutes (20.60, Who’s The

Boss (19.9), Murder She Wrote (19.7), Growing Pains (19.6), LA Law (19.0),

Empty Nest (18.8), Dear John (18.7), Head Of The Class (18.7), Matlock (18.6),

Unsolved Mysteries (17.9), In The Heat Of the Night (17.7), Family Ties (17.6),

Knots Landing (17.2), Hunter (17.1), Monday Night Football (16.8), Amen (16.8),

Night Court (16.6), Wonder Years (16.5), Day by Day (16.3) Frosty The

Snowman (16.2) Movie-Shootdown (16.2), How The Grinch Stole Christmas

(15.9).

Wednesday Night TV -

CBS - The Van Dyke

Show, Annie McGuire,

Movie ... NBC - Unsolved

Mysteries, Night Court,

Baby Boom, Tattinger’s ...

ABC - Growing Pains,

Head Of The Class, The

Wonder Years,

Growing Pains - Taking a

photography class, the

course requires Mike to

photograph a nude.

The Wonder Years - Kevin hangs out with the cool crowd.

Night Court - Dan wants to get into an elite law club.

Week of November 30, 1988

Bon Jovi, “Baby, I Love Your

Way/Freebird” - Will To Power,

“How Can I Fall?” - Breathe,

“Desire” - U2, “I Don’t Want

Your Love” - Duran Duran,

“Waiting For A Star To Fall” -

Boy Meets Girl, “Look Away” -

Chicago, “Kissing A Fool” -

George Michael, “The Loco-

Motion” - Kylie Minigue, “Giving

You The Best That I Got” -

Anita Baker, “Don’t Know What

You Got (Till It’s Gone)” -

Cinderella, “Till I Loved You” -

Barbra Streisand & Don

Johnson, “Finish What Ya

Started” - Van Halen.

Top albums - “Giving You The Best That I Got” - Anita Baker, “Rattle and Hum” -

U2, “Appetite For Destruction” - Guns N’ Roses, “Cocktail’ - soundtrack, “New

Jersey” - Bon Jovi

Country Charts - “I’ll Leave This World Loving You” - Ricky Van Shelton, “I Know

How He Feels” - Reba McEntire.

At the movies -

“The Naked Gun” - Lesley

Nielson

Allen, John Forsyth

“Tequila Sunrise” - Mel Gibson,

Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell

“The Land Before Time”

“Oliver & Company”

“Ernest Saves Christmas’ - Jim

Varney