06 Dec 1993
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Newspaper
Mesa Tribune
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1993
Page
1
Renowned musician and composer Frank Zappa has died at age 52 after a battle with prostate cancer. Once praised as a musical genius by critics, he later championed anti censorship causes and influenced rock and avant garde scenes.
The daily comic features Spider-Man launching new escapades. Readers are invited to follow his crime fighting exploits as the narrative unfolds on the page.
In orbit over the Red Sea Desert, astronauts Kathryn Thornton and Tom Akers detached a 400‑pound solar panel from the Hubble Space Telescope as a prelude to installing a replacement. Thornton released the panel after clamping a triangle handle, then waved goodbye as Endeavour drifted apart.
Jessica Bohrke, once a popular Paradise Valley High student, now 18 and among 85 others in a program at Williams Air Force Base to earn a high school diploma. The former cheerleader says peer pressure and a social life led to dropping out, and Project Challenge provides structure and discipline to finish.
In Petaluma California mourners lit candles outside Polly Klaas s home as her body was found and a nationwide reward was offered. Richard Allen Davis 39 was held in Sonoma County Jail on kidnapping and murder charges with an arraignment set for Tuesday morning. FBI agents searched the area 30 miles north of town.
Phoenix police say two Black men, ages 20 to 25, committed three sexual assaults and robberies at luxury southeast Phoenix apartments in two early Sunday incidents. In the first at Southcreek, one man with a knife and another with a handgun forced a woman into her unit. In the second at Presidio Apartments, four people were held at gunpoint, two women assaulted, and two men robbed. investigators seek tips at 262-6141.
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