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Newspaper
Mesa Tribune
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1994
Page
2
Patti Davis weighs in on her July Playboy spread after years of weight training. She says she is proud of her transformation at 41, believing women and men should see it. Ronald Reagan’s stance remains unspecified with no comment from his office.
Farrah Fawcett discusses her 13 year relationship with Ryan O Neal in TV Guide saying she would be devastated by a breakup. She credits him with boosting her confidence and notes her rise to stronger acting roles including The Burning Bed.
Lifestyles with Robin Leach will be renamed Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte and gain Katie Wagner as a new correspondent. Wagner, a former VH-1 VJ and host, will interview top film and TV stars and major recording artists, with Dan Akroyd as her first guest.
Prince Charles will visit the graves of the Russian royal family in the Peter and Paul Fortress during his St. Petersburg trip, the first royal visit to the city in a century. The Romanov tombs mark a 300 year legacy. Charles recalls how his great-grandfather George V refused refuge to Czar Nicholas II in 1917.
Meg Ryan's mother Susan Jordan Ryan asks her estranged daughter to reconcile in Redbook. She described leaving an abusive marriage with four children and cited past harsh remarks by her new husband. Friends say Meg avoids family drama while she remains silent on the plea.
Results show no winning ticket for the 1.1 million top prize. Five numbers produced 28 winners at 1288 dollars each, four numbers granted 1669 prizes of 43 dollars, and three numbers paid out 24321 prizes. Winning numbers were 1 9 13 17 22 and 42.
At the 47th Cannes Film Festival France's cultural minister Jacques Toubon praised Clint Eastwood as "the incarnation of the American dream" and awarded him France's highest cultural honor. Eastwood serves as jury president and remains linked to Bridges of Madison County.
Paul Rodriguez recounts directing and acting in A Million to Juan, a low budget film with stars like Edward James Olmos, Ruben Blades and Cheech Marin. He describes 18 hour days, demanding prep, and off screen roles as confidant, con man, and liaison amid production and casting tensions.
John Grisham told University of Mississippi graduates in Oxford he may soon quit writing and try another path. The author of A Time to Kill and The Pelican Brief said he could be done with books in about ten years and his next move would help others, though he did not specify what.
Star Trek The Next Generation moves from TV to film as producers plot a big screen revival. Several cast members express reservations about the project and possible shifts in character focus and tone.
Saturday’s Powerball results show no overall winner. Winning numbers were 9, 330, 33, and 45 with Powerball missing. Six players matched five numbers but not the Powerball, with Arizona awarding a $100,000 prize and others collecting smaller sums. Arizona winners total $1.
Hong Kong newspaper reports a February filming of the first open-heart surgery at Weifang Medical Institute in Shangdong must be reshot after officials discover the patient was a boy admitted for a tonsillectomy. The Chinese TV crew had completed shooting before the mix-up was found, prompting a redo of the documentary.
On May 16 1994 the calendar notes the 136th day with 229 remaining. In 1868 the Senate narrowly failed to convict Andrew Johnson on one impeachment article by one vote. In 1930 Arizona outlaws set fire to a railway trestle between Miami and Globe to derail a Southern Pacific train, but the attempt failed as the engine powered through the flames.
Blues icon B B King headlines the debut of China's first Hard Rock Cafe in Beijing with a censored set for a 300-strong crowd of diplomats and foreigners. Cui Jian is kept outside for about an hour amid government sensitivities ahead of the Tiananmen crackdown anniversary. Other Chinese rockers slip in through a back door as censors approve the memorabilia and stage with a pink Cadillac and a red Communist star.
President Clinton, a former Rhodes Scholar at Oxford from 1968 to 1970, will be awarded a Doctor of Law during a ceremony on June 8. The event honors his statesmanship as a head of state. He will visit Britain and France in June to mark the 50th anniversary of D-Day.
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