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    • Jul 12, 1988
    A judge awards Mickey Gilley $17 million after Gilley sued ex-manager Sherwood Cryer to have his name removed from Gilley's in Pasadena, Texas. Gilley maintains Cryer had allowed the club, associated with the movie "Urban Cowboy," to go to seed
    Jul 22, 1988
    Steve and Lou Earle's divorce is finalized, with the singer required to pay her $2,500 monthly in alimony and child support, plus legal fees and $5,300 for her other debts
    Aug 4, 1988
    Brenda Lee files a $20-million lawsuit against MCA Records, accusing the label of underpaying royalties. Both parties settle out of court for an undisclosed sum
    Aug 19, 1988
    Mickey Gilley's former manager, Sherwood Cryer, files for bankruptcy in Houston five weeks after Gilley won a $17-million legal judgment. Cryer claims assets of $500,000 and debts of $18 million
    Sep 10, 1988
    The Leader Federal Savings & Loan in Memphis introduces the first commemorative Elvis Presley MasterCard
    Sep 20, 1988
    Tammy Wynette files for bankruptcy after a Florida savings & loan failed. The institution had lent money to Wynette for an investment, and a federal agency that backed the bank demanded $900,000 to cover the debt
    Sep 28, 1988
    John Denver offers the Soviet Union $10 million to let him travel into outer space on the Soyez shuttle
    Oct 12, 1988
    Little Jimmy Dickens visits the jail in Manchester, Tennessee, to pay the $2,500 bail for an impoverished mother of two who was sentenced to 99 days for writing bad checks. Dickens discovered her plight in a newspaper article
    Nov 8, 1988
    Jerry Lee Lewis files for bankruptcy, a day after production begins in Memphis on a movie about his life
    Dec 1, 1988
    Stopped for speeding in Lexington, Kentucky, John Michael Montgomery is charged with possession of a controlled substance when the officer discovers muscle relaxers in his pocket. Montgomery pays a $100 fine and $57.50 in court costs, but insists the pills were for a migraine



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