Thanksgiving reflections from 1987 across America
Many Newsmakers express gratitude for personal triumphs and public headlines. Clara Escobedo de Martinez, 98, becomes the oldest undocumented immigrant to gain amnesty under the new law. Tom Antonik, 31, aids the AIDS cause. Edith Waugh, 18, cherishes her 3 week old daughter Kanisha. Chip McClure praises his recovered baby after a 58 hour well rescue. Muriel Siebert credits health and her staff. Reagan highlights freedom and resources in his Thanksgiving proclamation.
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Linda Despot
David Jacobsen
Jessica McClure
America
Clara Escobedo de Martinez
Brownsville
Texas
Edith Waugh
Gary
Ind
Kanisha
Chip McClure
Jessica
Midland
Reagan
Woods Recovering From Pneumonia After Hospital Stay
James Woods, star of Salvador, is recovering from pneumonia after a week in hospital. His film The Boost is paused for at least two weeks as work resumes soon. Publicist Andrea Jaffe confirmed the update.
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Los Angeles
James Woods
Salvador
Woods
Andrea Jaffe
Sean Young
Woods Woods
New York
Marks Ends 35 Year Run As Miss America Chief Executive
Albert A. Marks Jr., 74, relinquishes his duties as Miss America Pageant chief executive officer after 35 years. Leonard C. Horn succeeds him as head, following Marks’s decision amid the 1929 stock crash era split authority and prior Miss America controversies. Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac cancels Omaha concert due to bronchial illness and hospitalization.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Bert Parks
Albert A. Marks Jr
Leonard C. Horn
Marks
Omaha
Neb
Stevie Nicks
Miss Nicks
Street Gang Leaders Convicted In Libyan Plot
A federal jury convicted five El Rukn leaders in a scheme to blow up planes and buildings for 2.5 million dollars from Libya. The verdict marks the first U S citizen conspiracy to commit terrorist acts for a foreign government in exchange for money. Sentencing is set for December 29. Fort faces up to 260 years.
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Chicago
el Rukn
Libya
U.S
John Podliska
Podliska
Jeff Fort
Leon McAnderson
Reio Cranshaw
Alan Knox
Roosevelt Hawkins
el Rukns
Fort
Welfare workers fail to remove gravely at risk boy before boat death
In San Francisco a three year old boy described as gravely at risk drowned after authorities twice placed him in temporary foster care. Doctors reported anemia malnutrition and possible liver damage while a juvenile probation officer kept him with his father in Marin County despite welfare attempts.
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San Francisco
Henry Gilbert
San Francisco Examiner
Henry
Marin County
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National Association of People With Aids
God
Muriel Siebert
Ronald Reagan
Lebanon
Larry King
New York Hospital
Larry
Bob Woolf
Woolf
King
Mutual
CNN
Rona Barrett
Carreras
Seattle
Jose Carreras
Susan Edmonds
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Sammy Davis Jr
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Arnold Lipsman
Davis
Las Vegas
Nev
Turkey
Suzanne Kaye
Diahann Carroll
Fresno
Adam Bianchi
Hollywood
Ms. Kaye
Tom
Zelda
Elliott
Georgia
Marietta, Ga
Bill Elliott
Air Force
Georgia Air National Guard
Jefferson County
Wayne F. Conroy
Dobbins Air Force Base
Parks
Ron Ely
Gary Collins
Vanessa Williams
Nicks’ Health
Terry Gillespie
U.S. District Court
Willcox Inn
Colleton Avenue
Aiken
Christ, Scientist
Whiskey Rd
Iken
Barkana
Lucky Strike Stables
Barkana Farms
Fred Langdon
Aiken, S.C
Aiken County
National
BANK
South Carolina
Aiken County National Bank
Chesterfield Street
South
P.O
Wade M. Brodie
G.A. Milner
Ili
David M. Lock Kerby E. Confer
Paul H. Rothfuss
Michael L. Laughlin
W.G. Parrott, III
T.W. Morton
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