New York City memorial for Linda McCartney draws crowds
Tens of thousands gathered at Riverside Church in Manhattan for Linda McCartney’s memorial service. Paul McCartney arrived by limousine for the 8:30 p.m. service honoring his wife who died of breast cancer in April. A London service featured the surviving Beatles, but Ringo Starr and George Harrison were not expected at the New York ceremony. Linda, born near Scarsdale, is remembered by friends and family in a solemn public tribute.
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London
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Ringo Starr
George Harrison
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Harrison
Riverside Church
Manhattan
New York
Linda
New York City
Scarsdale
Missouri Arrives At Pearl Harbor Resting Place
The USS Missouri reached Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor to become a floating museum after an 18 day voyage from the West Coast. The ship will be refurbished with a planned 1 million project and opened in January. A plaque marks the surrender site with the 1945 ceremony noted by visitors and officials including former President George Bush.
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Sea Victory
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Pearl Harbor
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Walker
George Bush
USS Missouri Memorial Assn
America
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Missouri Memorial Assn
Don Hess
Missouri Restoration Project
Hun
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo Bay
Japan
Submarine seized off South Korea in suspected North Korean incursion
South Korea captured a suspected North Korean midget submersible after it tangled in a fishing net ten miles east of Sokcho. Officials fear booby traps and potential crew death by their own action, amid heightened tensions after the 1996 groundings and ongoing cross border hostilities.
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Donghae
South Korea
Koreas
Kim Dae-jung
North Korea
Defense Ministry
Navy
Seoul
Sokcho
Kim In-yong
Tobacco award reversed in Florida appeals ruling
An appeals court voided a 750000 verdict against Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp ruling the suit was filed too late. Grady Carter, a 68 year old smoker, had claimed lung cancer from 44 years of use. The court cited a four year knowledge bar and 1969 federal law restricting warnings label challenges.
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Fla
Jacksonville
Florida
Grady Carter
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
1St District Court of Appeals
Carter
Tobacco
Norwood
Woody” Wilner
Tom Bezanson
Brown & Williamson
Court of Appeals
Wilner
B&w
Rose Cipollone
New Jersey
Celebrities discuss careers and life changes in entertainment roundup
Mike Myers talks dry projects and a History Channel role while eyeing Studio 54 fame. Rick Schroder joins NYPD Blue as Jimmy Smits exits. Larry Flynt marries his former nurse Elizabeth Barrios with Woody Harrelson among guests. Queen Elizabeth II gains a communications secretary at Buckingham Palace. Reba McEntire passes on Titanic Molly Brown due to scheduling. Wardrobe woes plague Titanic and A Will of Their Own productions. Notable birthdays include June Carter Cash Clarence Thomas Frances McDormand Steve Shelley.
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Silver Spoons
Rick Schroder
Nypd Blue
Andy Sipowicz
Schroder
Jimmy Smits
Smits
Bobby Simone
Schrader
Steven Bochco
Sipowicz
Dennis Franz
Larry Flynt
Hollywood Hills
Hustler Magazine
Elizabeth Barrios
Flynt
Woody Harrelson
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