Oyster Festival Draws Thousands Of Diners In Field
Oyster festival draws 3000 to 5000 attendees with 200 shoe lines and crowds forming long human chains around oyster stands. Volunteers from Mill Creek organize the event to benefit the local volunteer fire department, with proceeds near ten thousand dollars annually from food sales raffles and booth rentals. Oysters are bought from a dealer as local harvests are insufficient.
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Mill Creek
Alice Majors
Emerald Isle
Majors
Raleigh
J.P
Pauline Griffin
J. P
Tammy Knox
Knox
Fire Department
Smith details amid Co workers and confessions in tragedy case
Union workers and townspeople watched as Smith spoke in a CBS News interview. Susan Smith, held at the Women's Correctional Center near Columbia on a death by own action watch, faced two murder counts, with investigators citing her confession that she killed her sons after a breakup with a boyfriend. Police noted polygraph failures and discrepancies in her account while the community mourned the boys and prepared for the funeral.
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CBS News
Susan Smith
Women’s Correctional Center
Columbia
Robyn Zimmerman
Smith
Howard Wells
Newsweek Magazine
Michael
Associated Press
David
Tom Findlay
Findlay
Reagan Faces Alzheimer's Mention In Public Letter
The article notes Alzheimer's as a major death cause after heart disease cancer and strokes and cites Reagan's second term observations of forgetfulness. It says about 4 million Americans have the disease and 100,000 die yearly with Reagan planning to continue public life despite health challenges.
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Reagan
White House
Lennon letter on Beatle breakup heads to auction
A six page undated letter John Lennon wrote to Paul and Linda McCartney after the Beatles split is up for auction at Butterfield & Butterfield on December 3. Lennon blasts the couple for their post breakup remarks and laments how Yoko Ono and he were treated. The letter is expected to fetch as much as sixty thousand dollars. the owner’s name was not released.
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Paul
Linda McCartney
John Lennon
Yoko
Lennon
Linda
Butterfield & Butterfield
Princess Diana reluctant to divorce yet hopes for remarriage
The Sunday Times reports extracts from Andrew Morton's Diana book. Diana is described as reluctant to begin divorce against Prince Charles but hopes to remarry and have more children. The book allegedly details her bulimia and interest in astrologers and clairvoyants.
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Diana
Prince Charles
The
Sunday Times
Andrew Morton
Diana and Charles book extracts spark palace to public debate
The article discusses extracts from a forthcoming book about Diana, including her feelings on marriage and residence plans. It notes Diana’s possible forgiveness of Charles under certain conditions, references Morton’s previous Diana biography, and mentions denial from friends and rival papers about the new book’s timing or intent.
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Diana
Charles
Morton
The
Daily Express
Jonathan Dimbleby
Prince Charles hinges urban renewal on private partnerships
Prince Charles urged a global urban revival via public private ties during a Los Angeles stop before Hong Kong, promoting an Inner City Network run by the Prince of Wales Business Forum to unite business and civic leaders for city revival strategies. Meanwhile Mayor Giuliani joked about skating at night and his son Andrew coaching him on a radio show.
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Los Angeles
Hong Kong
Prince of Wales Business Forum
John F. Kennedy ,Jr
New York
Rudolph Giuliani
Giuliani
Andrew
Born in the U S A tops sales in U S A albums list
Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U S A has reached 14 million domestic sales, ranking as the second biggest selling LP in the United States behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller. The 1984 album, Springsteen’s seventh, includes hits Dancing in the Dark Glory Days and I’m on Fire.
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Bruce Springsteen
U.S.A
Recording Industry Association of America
Fleetwood Mac
Michael Jackson
Springsteen
Judge Wegner and the Anthony case in Kendall County
This column questions whether Judge Grant S Wegner fully considers Anthony the 6 year old boy living in DeKalb with DCFS oversight The gag order prevents court insiders from speaking while the boy’s pediatrician remains unbound The piece urges accountability and full disclosure before any long term decision.
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Grant S. Wegner
Kendall County
Ill
Wegner
Anthony
DeKalb
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
DCFS
Judge Wegner
Confession of Susan Smith and Union memorial debate
Reader question asks if you were surprised by Susan Smith's confession that she killed her sons after reporting them missing. It also asks whether you agree with the decision to erect a state historic commemorative statue in Bennettsville and contains a comment opposing Union statues in the South.
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Susan Smith
Bennettsville
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Fortin
Waterford, Mich
New Bern
SUN Journal
Chuck
Sycamore, Ill
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