07 Jul 1987
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1987
Page
1
A compact report examines why celebrities are photographed smoking in public spaces, highlighting fashion, image, and media scrutiny factors shaping these choices and public reactions. It notes notable names and venues while outlining potential health and lifestyle implications.
This four part Washingtonian excerpt profiles Oliver North, tracing his Texas upbringing, Army family background, and early years as Ollie, known as Larry, a model son who won a college scholarship to the State. It previews how his Vietnam service and Marine career shaped his later fame and public role.
Lt Col Oliver North arrived at Capitol Hill to testify before the Iran Contra hearings promising to tell the truth about his role as point man and the cover up. Lawmakers prepared to test his testimony against thousands of pages of documents in a bid for a clear account of events.
A crowded barge bound for crossing on the Liapata River between Zaire and Zayabla overturned after hitting a sandbar. Police in Mansa report at least 23 bodies recovered with hundreds feared dead. ship carried about 470 people and survivors swam to the opposite bank amid crocodile danger. The incident is blamed on the dozing Coxswain.
Weather bulletin fragment notes a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight. Tow near 7d is mentioned with a mix of clouds and sun and a humic Wednesday forecast with possible afternoon thunderstorm. Named place Pataise Arizona appears in the readable text.
In New York a NAACP sponsored event titled Olympics of the Mind drew Syracuse youths including 15 year old sculptress Kamilar Barcour of Syracuse. Barbour, seated in a pink chair, produced a soft sculpture of a harlequin doll that earned mixed reactions as contestants faced a national competition.
Oswego woman 18 dies after giving birth by Caesarean at Oswego Hospital. She bled after the surgery, received more than 10 transfusions, and died in her mother's arms. Relatives say her last words were take care of my baby. State health officials investigate the case, marking a second childbirth death probe at the hospital in two years.
Divers searched Little Sodus Bay near Fair Haven for a Newark resident who fell from a boat leaving Pleasant Beach Motel mooring at about 1:50 am. The other occupant drove the vessel away. the missing man jumped to help and did not surface. Authorities withheld names and ages.
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