New York City tensions and incidents raise questions about city life
A pregnant commuter is rescued after a man pushes her onto tracks in an unprovoked attack. A corrections barge for prisoners is criticized as dangerous. Brooklyn youths face murder charges after an arson in an abandoned car. Upstate pit bull fighting nets 27 arrests, including two officers. City officials report 3000 homeless-school absences among transient hotel children amid Board of Education confusion. Irving Howe critiques city life in Dissent article.
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Donald Kaul
York
New York City
New York
United States
Michelle Hobb
Frederick Nelson
Ronald Bauman
William Paredes
Andrew Lampkins
Hobb
Correction Department
Ruby Ryles
Grand Central Station
Port Authority
East River
Brooklyn
Hippolito Perez
Perez
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Upstate
Orange County
Midtown Manhattan
Board of Education
Dissent
Irving Howe
the Quarterly
Polka Days Draw Dancers from Across States to Lodi
Dancers wearing lederhosen joined the Polish hop and two step to oom-pah bands at Polka Days California a large polka dancing party at the Lodi Grape Festival grounds attracting entrants from Washington Wisconsin and Nebraska over the weekend.
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Lodi
Calif
Lederhosen
California
Washington State
Wisconsin
Nebraska
New French hobby makes hieroglyphics a craze
In France a three year course in hieroglyphics draws doctors gardeners lawyers and housewives to Kheops the organization behind the program The 1987 88 sessions aim to enroll about 200 students after a launch that saw 250 attendees and high interest in Champollion inspired study The price per semester is about 265 dollars with strong cultural appeal and personal satisfaction noted by participants.
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Paris
Jean-Francois Champollion
Egypt
Christine Gallois
Kheops
Cheops
Michel Sidhom
Champollion
Sidhom
Miss Gallois
Khoops
Roland Mouzy
Air France
Nicole Serpette
Serpette
Missing heir to J R. Ewing found in East Boston
Charles Ewing, 51, a painter and wallpaper hanger in East Boston, learned he is the sole heir to his father J R Ewing’s $150 000 estate after an attorney could not find heirs for years. The elder Ewing had died in Houston seven years earlier.
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Champollion
Napoleon I
Egypt
Ptolemy V
British Museum
London
Gallois
France
J.R
Boston
J.R. Ewing
Houston
Charles Ewing
Dallas
Ewing
Boston Globe
Globe
Central Square
Charlie Ewing
Texas
Toddler Survives Weeks Alone After Parents Die
A 17 month old girl in Kansas City, Missouri area survived two to three weeks by eating potato chips and drinking toilet water while her parents and infant sister lay dead. Linda M. Cox remains in fair condition after discovery. Autopsies show the parents died by single gunshot wounds and the infant died of dehydration. Police suspect murder suicide spur with financial troubles noted by the father.
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Kansas City
Kan
Linda M. Cox
Bethany Medical Center
Mary Chance
Linda
Matthew A. Madl
Angela J. Cox
Madd
Schulz earns 30 million as Peanuts creator
Forbes cites Charles Schulz with estimated 30 million earnings last year and projected this year. Snoopy licensing drives near one billion dollars in retail merchandise. Neighbors seek to eject John DeLorean from a Fifth Avenue co op over lease violations tied to his cocaine case bail. Tip ONeill faces another surgery after cancer treatment.
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Peanuts
Charles Schulz
Schulz
Forbes
Bruce Springsteen
Bill Cosby
Sylvester Stallone
Snoopy
John DeLorean
New York
Fifth Avenue
DeLorean
U.S. District Court
Detroit
U.S
George Woods
John
Morganroth
Southfield
Tip
Thomas
Tip” O'Neill
Boston
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Laura Duffy
O'Neill
Brigham and Women’s
O’neill
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids Gazette contact and subscription details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces its 1883 establishment, office at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406, and postal and subscription information including weekly and yearly rates for different regions. Postmaster address and AP republication rights are noted.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
AP News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Caroline Killeen Seeks Peace Tree Visit Not Treaty
Caroline Killeen pursuing the Democratic presidential bid aims to plant a symbolic peace tree in Moscow rather than sign a peace treaty as she told The Gazette. The Gazette issues corrections to reporting deemed inaccurate, with complaints handled via phone at 398 8313.
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Caroline Killeen
Democratic Party
Soviet Union
Moscow
The
Gazette
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Weight Loss Clinic International, Inc
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