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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1988
Page
3
Police divers recovered the tail of an airplane from the Seine in southwest Paris after hours of calls about low level flights over the 15th and 16th districts. No body or wreckage was found and authorities deemed the event a hoax.
Ray Charles Harry Belafonte Neil Sedaka and Ben Vereen led celebrities at the Ninth Annual Lou Rawls Parade of Stars raising over 9.4 million dollars for the United Negro College Fund. Aretha Franklin Bob Hope and more than 50 stars appeared in Los Angeles with taped messages from Michael Jackson and President Reagan.
Names In The News reports Meharry Medical College received $800000 from Bronson after a dinner with Cosby. Cosby has given millions to black colleges, including 20 million to Spelman. In New Orleans Jimmy Buffett and Herbie Hancock joined a Neville Brothers tribute with HBO Cinemax taping a zydeco fusion special featuring Allman, Hyatt, the Dixie Cups, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Buckwheat Zydeco.
Halifax report says Rowan Gorilla 1 crew of 27, including two women, endured 22 hours in an enclosed life raft after tow line broke and the rig capsized 1,200 miles east of New York. They sang Farewell to Nova Scotia, joked about pizza, and were rescued as planes patrolled above.
Police at O'Hare arrested Lamberto Camacho of Defiance Ohio after Uzi submachine guns were found gift wrapped in Christmas paper in his family’s baggage on a Northwest flight to Manila. Investigators said he ran guns part time to the Philippines, with seven handguns and spare parts seized, plus a hidden .45 in a microwave. He was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and attempting to board with weapons. Camacho, 44, worked as a GM lab technician.
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