Week of September 23 1988

televised debate. Some of the issues

included in the debate, televised from

Wake Forest University, included

Dukakis’ firing-off Reagan’s involvement

with the Iran-Contra affair and Dukakis

linking Bush with the administration’s

negotiations with Panamanian

strongman Noreiega. Bush countered

by portraying Dukakis as an ultra-liberal

who would lead the nation to the far left.

In an ABC poll of 639 voters who watched the debate - 44% thought Dukakis

won with 36% choosing George Bush and 20% undecided.

returning the U.S. into space for the first time in

2 1/2 years. The redesign of the booster

rockets kept the other three shuttles off the

ground since the Challenger disaster. Getting

past the ill-fated 73-second mark seemed to be

the high point for most viewers.

The house passes a major AIDS policy bill that

would expand testing and counseling, protect

the confidentiality of test results and speed

research into the fatal disease.

At the Seoul

Olympics -

Olympic 100 meters gold medal at 9.79

seconds is tested positive for steroids and is

disqualified. Johnson flew back to Canada in

disgrace. Canadian officials announce that

Johnson is banned from its teams for life. By

medal. Lewis, who ran to Johnson at 9.92

seconds. Johnson’s world-record time was

erased from the records.

Week of September 23 1988

Three South Korean boxing officials and two assistants are thrown out of their

own Olympics for attacking a New Zealand referee. The referee, Keith Walker,

assessed two possibly pivotal penalty points against Korean bantamweight Byun

Jong-il. After the decision, the 5 stormed onto the ring - punching and kicking

referee Walker. The brawl was televised completely by NBC.

NBC apologizes for a T-shirt design making fun of the Korean boxing brawl.

Production members of the network ordered 50 T-shirts with the NBC peacock

logo and the words “We’re Boxing, We’re Bad” on the front. The back was to

feature the South Korean flag and two boxers over the slogan “Chaos Tour ‘88,

XXIVth Olympiad.” A shop owner refused the order and chided NBC staffers for

trying to make South Korea appear responsible for the incident.

cancer. Probably the best known “first-

brother” in U.S. history.

In Moscow, Soviet labor camp inmates,

attempting to distill alcohol by heating paint

instead start a fire - killing 24 men.

Soul Brother #1 -James Brown is arrested

after he brandished a pistol in a roomful of

people and led police on a chase. Brown was

stopped when police shot-out three of his four

tires. He was arrested for assault, carrying a

pistol without a license, carrying a deadly weapon

at a public gathering and seven misdemeanor

charges.

Yoko Ono, receives John Lennon’s star on the

Hollywood walk of fame, near the Capitol Records

building...Paul Harvey (70) celebrates is 50th

anniversary in radio.

Bestsellers include - “The Lives Of John Lennon”

- Albert Goldman, “A Brief History of Time” -

Stephen Hawking, “The Cardinal Of The Kremlin”

- Tom Clancy, “Spocks World” - Diane Duane.

Week of September 23 1988

At the mart - Cap’n Crunch Cerial - 15oz pkg - $2.29...Life Cereal - 20oz pkg -

$2.39...All Detergent - 20lb box - $10.79...1/2 gal “Fresh & Natural” Orange Juice

- $1.99

Tuesday Night TV - (CBS) It’s The Girl In The Red Truck

Charlie Brown, Movie...(NBC) Summer Olympics from

Seoul...(ABC) Growing Pains, Head Of The Class, Movie

CBS Movie - “Mayflower” (1987) Candice Bergen, Chira

Rivera

ABC Movie - “Stand By Me” - (1986) Wil Wheaton, River

Phoenix, Corey Feldman.

“Sweet Child Of Mine’ - Guns N’

Roses, “Don’t Worry Be Happy” -

Bobby McFerrin, “Simply

Irresistible” - Robert Palmer, “I’ll

Always Love You” - Taylor Dayne, “When It’s Love” - Van

Halen, “If It Isn’t Love” - New Edition, “Perfect World” -

Huey Lewis & The News, “Nobody’s Fool” - Kenny

Loggins, “Another Part Of Me” - Michael Jackson.

Thomas Conlee w/Emmylou Harris, “Addicted” - Dan

Seals, “Joe Knows How To Live” - Eddie Raven, “Streets

Of Bakersfield” - Dwight Yokam w/Buck Owens, “Honky Tonk Man” - Randy

Travis.

At the movies - “A Fish Called Wanda” - John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin

Kline, Michael Palin.

“Betrayed” - Debra Winger, Tom Berenger

“Messenger Of Death” - Charles Bronson

“Kansas” - Matt Dillon, Andrew McCarthy

“Spellbinder” - Timothy Daly, Kelly Preston.

Week of September 23 1988