Detroit Still US Murder Capital in 1986 FBI Report
FBI figures show Detroit leading U.S. cities in murders for 1986 with 648 homicides and 59 per 100 000 residents. City officials blame handguns and plan a gun freeze proposal while nationwide crimes rose 6 percent.
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Washington
Detroit
Maryann Mahaffey
U.S
FBI
Fort Worth
Texas
St. Louis
Atlanta
Flint
Miami
Richmond
John W. Peoples
Peoples
Reagan and Hope share stage at Pope Air Force Base
President Ronald Reagan joined Bob Hope for a five minute cameo during a Bob Hope television special at Pope Air Force Base. The crowd of about 20 000 cheered as Hope teased the president about age and Reagan joked about parachuting into the audience.
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Ronald Reagan
Bob Hope
Pope Air Force Base
Fayetteville
N.C
Hope
Reagan
Bob
Reagan urges black students to join tech and science roles
President Reagan in North Carolina lauds black achievement and calls for more black Americans to pursue science, engineering and medical fields. He cites George Washington Carver and praises Tuskegee University for the James Center dedication and a $9 million Education Department grant. He taps with Bob Hope at Airlift Rodeo 87 and honors General Chappie James and other figures.
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Washington
Reagan
Pope Air Force Base
Bob Hope
Fayetteville
N.C
Hope
U.S. Air Force
Lucille Ball
Brooke Shields
Phyllis Diller
Barbara Mandrell
Don Johnson
Military Airlift Command
Tuskegee University
Alabama
Air Force
Daniel ‘Chappie” James
George Washington Carver
Letes
Hollywood
America
Chappie James
James
Southeast Asia
Health and Science Center
Booker T. Washington
Benjamin Franklin Payton
Education Department
Tuskegee
James Center
Forest Fires Across U S and Canada Prompt Weather Hope
About 200 firefighters battled two Michigan blazes covering 5000 acres aided by cooler humid conditions and predicted rain. Dozens more fires burned in five states and Canada as crews from Minnesota Indiana and local agencies fought winds terrain and dry brush.
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Michigan
Pacific Northwest
Canada
New Jersey
Upper Peninsula
Loren Woerpel
Hiawatha National Forest
National Weather Service
Woerpel
Schoolcraft
Alger
Minnesota
Indiana
Patterson
Calif
Pam Porter
California Department of Forestry
Henry Coe Park
Stanislaus County
Porter
Weyerhaeuser Co
Cascades
Sweet Home, Ore
Chesney Sharp
Oregon Department of Forestry
Washington State
Pend Oreille County
Mount Rainier National Park
Columbia River
Colville
Montana
Missoula
Sam Johnson
Lolo Forest
Vern Schwartz
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Contra Effort
Azucena Ferrey
Contra
Congress
Ferrey
Ronnie
Ronnie Best
Washington, D.C
Bost
Catherine Greenwood
Womack Community Medical Center
Fort Bragg
David Chaney
Jesus Christ
Whiskey Rd
Geena
South Carolina
Palmetto State
Puetz Place
Lyndon Station
Dorothy Watkins James
The
Associated Press
AIKEN
York St
Aiken County
Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce
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