Week of October 7, 1995

An Amtrak Sunset Limited train derails at a bridge over a dry wash in the Arizona

desert. The tracks were apparently sabotaged by a group calling themselves

“Sons of Gestapo.” At least 100 were hurt.

Suspected Bosnian Serb gunners launch bomb attacks that killed or wounded

dozens of civilians at a refugee camp in Bosnia.

A 7.6 earthquake hits the Pacific coast side of Mexico with dozens dead.

nation’s power and wealth and

challenges America to look beyond its

extravagant wealth to meet the

challenge of its poor citizens and the

mend the unraveling fabric of families.

While in New York the Pope conducted

an open-air mass in Central Park. The

Pope now heads to Baltimore.

Libya expels about 800 Palestinians

including women and children from

Tripoli to a barren strip along the border

with Egypt.

An ambush by Hezbollah guerrillas kills

three Israeli soldiers in southern

Lebanon.

A computer failed late in the countdown and grounded NASA’s oldest space

shuttle - as the countdown is halted for the fourth time.

Anti-nuclear scientist Joseph Rotblat and his associates win the 1995 Nobel

Peace Prize

House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) tells fellow Republicans he is worried that

a presidential candidacy by retired Gen. Colin L. Powell could frustrate the goals

of the party’s 1994 electoral victory and asked them whether he should become a

candidate himself.

“Dateline NBC” will feature an interview with O.J. Simpson - his first TV

interview. Apparently - O.J. has a pay-per-view event coming up - and this could

be a chance to promote that. Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric will interview. But

Week of October 7, 1995

wait - O.J. pulls out of the interview, fearing it would be a confrontation rather

than a conversation.

Forbes says Bill Gates is the richest again - worth an estimated $14.8 billion.

Warren Buffet comes in second - at $11.8 billion with John Kluge third at $6.7

billion. Next is Paul Allen at $6.1 billion then Sumner Redstone at $4.8 billion.

HeathSouth says it has agreed to buy Surgical Care Affiliates Inc. in a $1.2 billion

deal that would make it the nation’s largest operator of outpatient surgery

centers.

Federated Department Stores says that all 21 west-coast Bullock’s stores will be

converted to Macy’s.

Entertainment news -

Wow - some of the original Mouseketeers such as Annette Funicello and Tim

Japanese police arrest cult figure Fumihiro Joyu in a deadly terrorist attack on

Tokyo subways.

Actor Robert DiNero bloodies a video cameraman’s nose outside a NY club and

is charged with misdemeanor assault - is booked and fingerprinted by police.

Later, charges are dropped.

Music news -

Rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur is released from Riker’s Island prison in NY after

Death Row Records put up $1.4 million bail. The rapper was sentenced in

February to between 1-1/2 and 4-1/2 years in prison for a 1993 sexual assault

on a woman in a Manhattan hotel

room. He is free pending an

appeal.

Rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg will

remain free on $1 million bail while

he awaits his murder trial but the

Dogg will be monitored

electronically.

The late Selena’s “Dreaming of

You” is in the national top-10. And

outside the San Antonio Hard Rock

Café - an unveiling of Selena

Week of October 7, 1995

memorabilia. She had performed at the restaurant’s grand opening in January.

Television news -

On “Saturday Night Live” - Host Chevy Chase with

Arsenio Hall - making his first TV appearance since

the cancellation of his show - will host the “Soul Train

Top TV -

ER - 24.5

Seinfeld - 22.5

Friends - 19.8

Caroline in the City - 18.4

Single Guy -

18.0

Home Improvement - 16.5

Monday Night Football - 15.6

60 Minutes - 15.4

Hudson Street - 14.6

ABC O.J. Simpson Special - 14.5

PrimeTime Live - 13.9

Movie-Fight for Justice - 13.7

Grace Under Fire - 13.4

Movie-Captain Ron - 13.3

Country Music Assn Awards -

13.0

Monday night television -

CBS - The Nanny, Can’t Hurry

Love, Murphy Brown, If Not for

You, Chicago Hope, Dave

Letterman

NBC - Fresh Prince of Bel Air, In

the House, Movie, Jay Leno

ABC - The Marshal, Monday

Night Football, Nightline

PBS - Masterpiece Theater,

Charlie Rose

MTV - Prime Time, Unplugged,

Road Rules

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Hot hits -

Gangsta’s Paradise - Coolio

You Are Not Alone - Michael Jackson

I Hate U - Prince

Brokenhearted - Brandy

Colors of Wind - Vanessa Williams

I Got 5 On it - Luniz

Runaway - Janet Jackson

Tell Me - Groove Theory

Summertime in LBC - Dove Shack

Fantasy - Mariah Carey

Television news -

“Mad TV” debuts on Fox-TV Saturday

night. It’s described as a sketch

comedy show.

At the movies -

Seven

Assassins

Dead Presidents

To Die For

How To Make an American Quilt

The Big Green

Devil in a Blue Dress

Halloween:: The Curse

To Wong Foo

Showgirls

Week of October 7, 1995