Jam Master Jay Of Run DMC Hurt In Village Car Crash
Rapper Jam Master Jay Jason Mizell of Run DMC suffers head cuts chest and leg pain after a head on collision in New York City. Police say the other driver Andreas Lardou 20 was cited for driving on the wrong side of the road. Mizell and two friends were rescued and treated at St Vincent's Hospital where Mizell was in stable condition.
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Run-Dmc
Jason Mizell
West Village
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St. Vincent’s Hospital
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St. Vincent’s
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Jay
Joe Simmons
Darryl McDaniels
Air Force couple welcomes healthy quadruplets at Travis AFB
A Sgt. John Cross and his wife Denise celebrated Christmas with four healthy babies Robert Daniel David and Melinda born by Caesarean at David Grant Medical Center Travis Air Force Base. The newborns weighed a total 18 pounds and all are in good condition as doctors handed each child to the father.
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Robert
Daniel
David
Melinda
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Monroe Miss America’s Arrival Shifts Local Signs
Miss America 1988 Kaye Lani Rae Rafko says hometown friends treat her similarly, but Monroe officials replace references to General Custer with six signs proclaiming Home of Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Miss America 1988. Rafko plans to resume nursing studies once her loan is paid and bookings permit.
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Monroe, Mich
Kaye Lani Rae Rafko
Monroe
George Armstrong Custer
Kirk D. McMullen
Rafko
Persian Gulf
Bob Hope
Peck Named Grand Marshal for 99th Rose Parade
Actor Gregory Peck Buzz Aldrin and Muhammad Ali will head floral float sections in the Rose Parade with space alien Garfield and squawking parrots. Peck serves as grand marshal amid protests from conservatives over his opposition to Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork.
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Buzz Aldrin
Muhammad Ali
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Robert Bork
U.S. Supreme Court
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Harriman Cronk
Girl sinks bite by grabbing alligator’s jaws in Florida canal
In Port Charlotte Florida 12 year old Lynnette Azbill survived a Christmas Eve attack when she grabbed the alligator’s jaws after it clamped onto her legs. She was treated and released from St Joseph Hospital. An official said bread feeding to ducks or alligators in the canal likely drew the animal. Local authorities searched for the small gator but were unsuccessful. Florida law prohibits feeding alligators.
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McGuire Park
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Dennis Tappan
The
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Tappan
Florida
Christmas Miracle After Girl Shields Gifts From Van Theft
In Philadelphia 11 year old Shena Johnson chased a thief who grabbed her Christmas presents. The suspect fled in a van but bystander Talib Ahmad followed and alerted police. Tony Reid, 23, was arrested and charged with robbery and assault. Johnson remained in good condition at Children’s Hospital.
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James Wales
Shena Johnson
Children’s Hospital
Stanley Puchalski
Talib Ahmad
Tony Reid
Puchalski
Reid
Mother Delivers In MedEvac Helicopter Above Philadelphia
Linda Olmo gave birth to an 8 pound 2 ounce daughter named Carla Medi aboard a MedEvac helicopter en route to Hahnemann University Hospital. The delivery occurred on Christmas Eve near Langhorne with pilot Steven W. Gray and Dr. Joseph Talvacchia assisting. Both mother and baby were reported fine two days later.
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Philadelphia
Linda Olmo
Massachusetts considers warnings on every alcohol bottle
The bill would require health warnings on beer wine and liquor bottles aiming to curb alcohol abuse. Supporters argue labels educate especially youth while opponents fear industry impact and the Senate deadline looms for 1987 with a plan to refile in 1988.
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Massachusetts
Suzanne Bump
House
Senate
Bump
Jonathan Howland
Boston University School of Public Health
Howland
First Black May Join Rockettes In New York
A black woman was among 23 auditionees selected on call for vacancies with the Rockettes in New York. The Times notes she may appear in a halftime line at the Super Bowl. Officials and activists cite a history of limited racial diversity in the troupe.
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Russell Markert
Violet Holmes
City Human Rights Commission
Commission
Rights Activists Targeted Worldwide in 1987 Report
A U.S. monitoring coalition reports human rights activists faced severe abuses in 1987 with 10 monitors killed in five countries. Five deaths were in Colombia and two in El Salvador, others in the Soviet Union Brazil and the Philippines. Two monitors disappeared in Peru and Guatemala. hundreds were tortured or harassed overall.
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Soviet Union
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Helsinki Watch
Colombia
el Salvador
Brazil
Philippines
Peru
Guatemala
Job Guarantee Plan Outlined In Flynn Speech In Boston
Mayor Flynn vows a job guarantee for high school graduates as part of a broader effort for full employment and economic opportunity. He will detail the program in his second inaugural address on January 4, citing Boston's overall low 2.3 percent unemployment and higher teen unemployment figures provided by his spokesman.
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