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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1986
Page
5
In New York, Anatoly Shcharansky thanked a 300000 strong crowd for support during a Solidarity Sunday rally. He recalled prison years, praised his wife Avital, and urged tougher actions against the Soviet Union while noting ongoing emigration rejections.
In Honolulu, deposed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos urged an end to violence at a five hour event for his 32nd wedding anniversary and Mother's Day attended by about 4,000 supporters. Imelda Marcos joined him as speakers criticized Corazon Aquino's government and pledged to restore democracy.
Governor Edwin Edwards spent Mother's Day with his mother then returned to work in Baton Rouge. An aide said he canceled appearances in Gretna and Lake Charles, preferring to focus on the state’s projected $800 million revenue shortfall for the new fiscal year.
In New York a brawl broke out in LaGuardia Airport central terminal between talk show host Phil Donahue and a man who shouted that Donahue and his wife Marlo Thomas ought to be murdered. Police say the fight started after the curbside confrontation during a trip to Boston where Thomas was to receive an award for arms control work.
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