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Newspaper
Mesa Tribune
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1993
Page
2
Actor Michael J Fox testified for about 45 minutes in a lawsuit over a Studio City home sold in 1991 for 750000. Michele Ader alleges unresolved roof leaks and termites and seeks 245000. Fox said he was filming in Florida and left negotiations to his accountant and father in law.
Howard Stern said he would have gone to jail rather than pay a $25,000 damage bond and $14,000 police overtime charge to promote his Private Parts book in West Hollywood. A bookshop owner urged him not to appear and thousands camped overnight for the rescheduled Pasadena signing. Officials defended the bond as standard procedure.
Danny Bonaduce of WLUP FM Chicago received a 32 hour distress call from a 32 year old man in Surrey British Columbia. The RCMP said the former Partridge Family star kept the man on the line long enough for police to locate him at his home as he spoke. The caller said he had lost his job for stealing morphine and planned to poison himself.
A radio figure who pleaded no contest to drug charges and later faced charges for attacking a transvestite prostitute said on Tuesday that there was a time when he felt similar to the accused. He framed his remarks as a reflection on his past and personal position.
The Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety report actress Shannen Doherty is being dropped from the Fox TV series after four years as Brenda Walsh. Producer Aaron Spelling would not confirm the reports, saying no comment and that she will work on the show until season end.
Best selling author Robert Waller, known for The Bridges of Madison County, asks for privacy during a Cedar Falls book signing. He says he is embarrassed by fans’ ovations and would rather avoid celebrity status, despite being a media spotlight figure. The Associated Press contributed.
Princess Diana, 32, says she will seek more time and private life following a difficult marriage and relentless press scrutiny. She will resume a limited diary of public engagements later, with no set date, and plans to join the royal family at Christmas at Sandringham.
A Houston man convicted of cruelty to animals will face a jail term with a diet of bread and water as punishment. Judge Michael Peters ordered the diet to mirror the dogs suffering, while animal control reports show the seized German shepherd Butch improving from 30 pounds to 68 pounds after care and anticipation of adoption. Hall blamed his wife and three daughters for dog care.
On this date in 1993, the history note recalls the Wright brothers completing the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, marking a milestone in aviation. It also notes Arizona in 1923 showing high prohibition enforcement effectiveness with 97 percent convictions.
In Miami in September police stopped a man for speeding and found 4440 dollars stuffed in a sock. A records check showed the man Marion Promise owed more than that in child support and the judge ordered 4400 dollars turned over to the child's mother.
Results show no player matched all six numbers for the $4 million top prize. Five correct numbers yielded 57 tickets winning $1 214 each, four numbers produced 2 614 tickets worth $57, and three numbers paid $2 to 40 589 players.
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