Show on WHO'S HITT7 Y1 tional Committee finances Bush’s campaign travel on behalf of political candidates Q What action is being taken against the obsessive fan charged with murdering young TV actress Rebecca Schaejer of "My Sister Sam"? Eric Shank ap Painesville Ohio Robert Bardo 20 a high school dropout from Tucson Ariz stands trial Oct 15 Jay Leno: Comic has signed on to perform two shows for troops Q With the crisis in the Middle East are the USO and Boh Hope planning anything to entertain the GIs over there ? Stephen Zotecki Sent! Fe NM Hope 87 has talked with the USO about hitting the road to Saudi Arabia but at press time he wasn't on the roster Who was? Steve Martin and Victoria Tennant are going over this month Jay Leno will perform at Thanksgiving if the troops still are deployed Other entertainment Sony Corp of America has donated 5000 personal radios Montgomery Ward is sending $2 million worth of video equipment and radio stations are sending tapes of their morning shows Prosecutors may seek the death penalty against him Bardo who’s in the psychiatric ward of the Los Angeles County Central Jail might plead not guilty by reason of insanity he has undergone ex- psychiatric aminations Schaeffer 21 was shot to death on July 18 1989 court-order- ed Q Leeza Gibbons of "Entertainment Tonight ” has a baby but still flirts with celebs Isn’t she married? Karria Parker Denver to flirt Gibbons 33 her hubby British with split star Quin- Christopher soap She’s free Who pays for President Bush’s personal trips such as his visits to Kennebunkport? Cape Canaveral daughter Jordan Alexandra The baby lives with Gibbons Q Has a major-leagpitcher ever hit an home run? If so who? ue inside-the-pa- rk Benrie Coken Del Wilmington Plenty of pitchers did in the days before baseball fields were fenced in After fences went up around the turn of the century the play became rarer — but it has occurred One instance On July 20 1965 then-Ne- w York Yankee Mel Stottlcmyre hit an inside-the-pagrand slam against pitcher Bill Momboquette of the re Boston Red Sox Today 48 is a pitching coach for the New York Mets (Son Todd 25 is a pitcher for Toronto And Stottlemyre Jr 27 pitches for Kansas City) rapper: Hammer’s album is rap’s tott-lemy- Q Did any member of Congress boycott Nelson Mandela’s June speech to the joint session of Congress? Ray Dtvely Baden Pa Congress didn’t take a head count but at least three members didn’t attend Mandela’s address the fifth by a foreign dignitary before a joint session and Sen Jesse Helms C William Dannemeyer Rep refused to attend because of the use of violence by Mandela’s African National Congress Rep Larry Smith la stayed away to protest Mandela’s support for Yasser Arafat of the PLO and his refusal to denounce Moammar Gadhafi and Fidel Castro Q If Elvis is the King of Rock V Roll who’s the King of Rap? Diam Davit New Hyde Park NY “MC Hammer of course” says Ed Kerby president and rap exa 70 percent rap station in Los Angeles “His pert of KDAY-Amusic is extremely acceptable and he puts on a tremendous concert He’s probably not die best rapper but he’s the rapper” Kerby’s not the only person who’s enthusiastic over Hammer 28 who started out selling records from the trunk of his car His album Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ’Em has sold more than 6 best seller Why rap? The million copies to become rap’s all-tiOakland Calif-bo- m Hammer says it’s the style: A message can be funk gives conveyed in comic or serious form and the hip-ho- p his Unlike music Live 2 a Hammer Crew wants to be you groove and and hatred the With much so in uplifting prejudice positive world already he says why make it worse? What music does Hammer listen to? 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