Pride marches span nation in AIDS era protests and revelry
More than 500000 people joined gay pride events from California to New York blending solemn AIDS protests with celebratory displays. NYC, San Francisco, and Los Angeles drew the largest crowds as Chicago and West Hollywood hosted major parades. Activists emphasized solidarity, political clout, and memorials for AIDS victims, while hippish displays and Dykes on Bikes showcased evolving festival culture amid calls for cooperation in AIDS fight.
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California
New York
Debbie Holmes
Houston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Bill Anderson
Chicago
Richard M. Daley
Lincoln Ark
Mich
Atlanta
Tampa
Fla
West Hollywood
Calif
U.S. Health and Human Services
Louis W. Sullivan
Lovers imitate Shakespeare to murder in Virginia case
Jens Soering and Elizabeth Haysom, UVA students, plotted the 1985 stabbings of Haysom's parents Derek and Nancy Haysom in Bedford Virginia. A jury found Soering guilty of two murders and recommended two life terms. Haysom received 90 years after pleading guilty as an accessory.
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Bedford
Jens Soering
Elizabeth Haysom
University of Virginia
Haysom
London
Soering
Derek
Nancy Haysom
Lady Macbeth
Washington
United States
Britain
Wycombe Abbey
Cleopatra
National Theatre
James Updike
Survivors of Avianca Flight 52 face slow rehabilitation
The NYT report follows eighties survivors five months after the Cove Neck crash that killed and injured many. It details pain, therapy, legal actions seeking damages, and varying PTSD symptoms as families cope with medical bills and loss.
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New York
Avianca Airlines
Long Island
Cove Neck
Avianca
Bogota
Medellin
Colombia
Kennedy International Airport
Quints' parents face poverty amid fame in Michigan
Michele LEsperance and Raymond Jr struggle to feed five newborn quintuplets born Jan 11 1988 in Springfield Township Pontiac Michigan. They say they pay 350 weekly for formula and diapers for the six children plus two older brothers and three nieces, have had phone and electric service cut off, and their large family limousine repossessed as they sell belongings to survive.
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Pontiac
Mich
Alexandria
Danielle
Erica
Veronica
Raymond Jr
L’esperance
Raymond
L'Esperances
Army targets pigeons at Fort Hood in pest control plan
At Fort Hood Texas officials laced corn with poison to curb a pigeon problem drawing animal rights protests. Army officers call pigeons pests while protesters urge humane approaches, highlighting public interest and safety concerns.
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Port Hood
Texas
Fort Hood
U.S. Army
Killeen
Dallas
Safe deposit run reveals stolen art tied to World War II loot
Investigators in Dallas report a court ordered inventory of safe deposit boxes tied to the heirs of an Army officer alleges more artworks from Quedlinburg Germany and likely France and Germany during World War II. A large coins collection with German labels and other items with French inscriptions were found. The boxes were rented by Jane Meador Cook and Jack Meador, siblings of Joe T Meador, the former lieutenant suspected of taking church treasures from a mine shaft.
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Dallas
Quedlinburg
Germany
France
Europe
Jane Meador Cook
Jack Meador
Stiftskirche
East Germany
Cook
Meador
Joe T. Meador
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John O'Rielly
Hartford
Kurt Fletcher
Jesse Helms
Art Agnes
David Dinkins
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Louis Sullivan
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Sullivan
Act-Up
New York City
Naate
Leon Pro
IMBC
Hafner
Red
Buckley RD
Liverpool
Santalopes
Minuteman
Ageratum Petunias
Tomato Coleus
Pepper Now
Petunias Coleus
Ageratun
The
Associated Press
Mireya Navarro
New York Times News Service
Gloria L. Martinez
Martinez
N.J
Kenny
Melville
National Transportation Safety Board
Kennedy Airport
Glen Cove
Astrid E. Lopez
Westchester
Disney World
Orlando
Lopez
Red Cross
Aew
Michele L'Esperance
Oakland Press
Springfield Township
People Magazine
Army
Chris Kelly
People For the
Tim Vane
Dallas Morning News
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