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Newspaper
Mesa Tribune
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1994
Page
2
David Letterman tells A Current Affair he bit the head off a rooster during a state fair poultry contest while drunk nine years ago. He says both he and the rooster were disqualified and he has since stopped drinking, noting he drank enough for many.
Nichelle Nichols Lt Uhura delighted about 350 Star Trek fans in Wichita Kansas by imitating George Takei and others. Takei’s laugh drew cheers as fans in Vulcan ears and Starfleet outfits watched. Celebrities including Jean Claude Van Damme LeVar Burton Tom Arnold and Don Johnson attended while Willis led a harmonica set with his band the Accelerators.
Sting, 12 time Grammy winner and former Police frontman, jammed with Berklee students during a commencement eve concert in Boston and accepted an honorary degree. He praised music as a priceless gift and a religious decision, noting he never earned a diploma despite brief college attendance.
Thousands gathered in Miami to watch Sylvester Stallone Cindy Crawford Shaquille O Neal and Whoopi Goldberg at the Planet Hollywood opening outside the venue. Video screens and bleachers let the 5000 fans follow the invitation only gala while stars including Stallone Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis led the festivities as Planet Hollywood expands its memorabilia themed restaurant concept.
In April the Utah Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction of Frank Powell for a 1987 fatal hit run linked to a dispute over a pickup. In November Brazil’s Joselina da Silva, weighing 900 pounds, entered a Sao Paolo spa, transported by a specially adapted ambulance.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 64, was readmitted for routine cancer treatment a month after surgery for a bleeding ulcer. Spokeswoman Nancy Tuckerman said she is fine and awaiting possible release, with hospital officials declining to elaborate. The former first lady disclosed in February she has non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
On May 17 1994 a history snapshot notes that in 1954 the U S Supreme Court issued the Brown v Topeka decision declaring segregated public schools inherently unequal. The milestone helped spark nationwide desegregation and civil rights progress.
Passion leads with ten nominations, followed by Beauty and the Beast and She Loves Me with nine each. Also in the running for best musical are A Grand Night for Singing and Cyrano. Perestroika earns best play nod alongside Millennium Approaches, Broken Glass, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, and The Kentucky Cycle. Casts spotlight Donna Murphy, Jere Shea, Marin Mazzie, Tom Aldredge, Susan Egan, Terrence Mann, Stephen Spinella, and others.
Audrey Geisel uncovered a 20 year old Dr. Seuss screenplay in La Jolla. Random House plans winter publication and an animated adaptation with original Seuss drawings. The Cat in the Hat will narrate as Mayzie, a girl who sprouts a daisy on her head and faces fame’s perils.
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