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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1987
Page
16
NBC dominates the May 25 31 prime time ranking led by Family Ties and The Cosby Show with Growing Pains Murder She Wrote and Who's the Boss in the top six. Unsolved Mysteries Bob Hope Birthday Special and Molly Dodd round out the list with NBC leading overall.
Box office leaders include Beverly Hills Cop II at $17.1 million across 2,326 screens and $64.8 million gross in two weeks. Ernest Goes to Camp $3.6 million on 1,541 screens, The Secret of My Success $2.5 million on 1,295, Ishtar $1.6 million on 1,104, The Gate $1.5 million on 1,104, Creepshow II $1.4 million on 1,012, The Chipmunk Adventure $1.1 million on 900, Platoon $850,043 on 883, Lethal Weapon $830,816 on 859, and Blind Date $720,049 on 737.
The piece critiques an action heavy sequel with relentless pace and flashy edits. Eddie Murphy anchors the film as Axel Foley amid stylized violence and a cast including Brigitte Nielsen and Jurgen Prochnow. It praises Murphy’s performance while noting missing elements from the first film.
On August 22, 1968 Pope Paul arrived in Bogota Colombia marking the start of the first papal visit to Latin America.
Steve Wariner in Marion High Stadium with George Jones and Mel McDaniel at Salem Civic Center. Mountain Stage with John McCutcheon Allen Ginsberg Pierce Pettis at Capitol Plaza Theater. Buffalo Springfield and The Guess Who at Capitol Plaza Theater. Eddie Money with The Truth at Charleston Civic Center. Bryan Adams rescheduled to June 21 with The Hooters at Charleston Civic Center. Randy Travis June 26 at Charleston Civic Center. Wrestling at Charleston Civic Center. James Tegeler piano concert. What If You Couldn’t exhibit at Youth Museum Beckley. Hungry Mother Arts festival entries due June 17. Chautauqua Festival applications. The Foreigner Summit Players dinner theater June 6 12 13. Barter Theater shows ends June. Reservations and ticket lines listed.
Civil War Weekend features battle reenactments at Carnifex Ferry Battlefield Summersville with free admission and a Saturday siege display. Also listed are Farmers Day events June 5 7 with races bands wood chopping bale throwing and fireworks. RR excursions exist June 6 7 from Bristol to Radford and Johnson City to Natural Tunnel with $44 day tickets.
The State Fair of West Virginia runs August 21 to 29 featuring grandstand acts by Steve Wariner Ray Stevens Lee Greenwood The Jets Charley Pride George Strait Ricky Skaggs Sawyer Brown Eddie Rabbitt Randy Travis The Judds and the Statler Brothers Also planned are a big top circus ice skating harness racing horse shows arts and crafts puppet theatre petting zoo livestock shows three free stages pig racing and fireworks Tickets and premium books go on sale mid June Information available via State Fair Information P O Drawer 986 Lewisburg WV 24901 or by calling 645 1090.
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