Nation's largest-ever workforce marks Labor Day 1987
Americans celebrated Labor Day weekend as President Reagan hailed record employment. In Brady Texas about 10 000 attended the World Championship Barbecue Goat Cookoff where Gene Matthews won 150 prize. O H Mac McLendon traveled far to win goat chef award. In Saragosa Texas about 500 volunteers rebuilt town after May tornado leaving 30 dead and 100 injured. In Boston over 40000 watched USS John F Kennedy largest non nuclear powered warship parade. line cut early.
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John F. Kennedy
Cosby Tops Forbes List as Highest Paid Entertainer
Forbes places Bill Cosby at the top of the earnings chart for 1986 and 1987 with at least 84 million dollars, aided by The Cosby Show and his media ventures. The ranking also lists Stallone, Springsteen, Schulz, Murphy, Spielberg, Madonna, Houston, Jackson, and Carson with multi million incomes.
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Bill Cosby
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Cosby
Florida
America
Chrysler Corp
Lee Iacocca
Sylvester Stallone
Rocky
Bruce Springsteen
Whitney Houston
Michael Jackson
Johnny Carson
Iran says U S pressured Kuwait to expel envoys
Iran accuses the United States of pressuring Kuwait to expel five Iranian diplomats within a week while six U S mine sweepers head toward the Persian Gulf to shield reflagged Kuwaiti tankers. Kuwait denies the claim and Iran cites a missile strike incident.
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Manama
Bahrain
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Persian Gulf
Vernon Walters
United Nations
U.N
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Walters
Media withhold kidnap news to protect life in Kankakee
In Kankakee Illinois authorities say local media kept the Stephen B Small kidnapping secret for nearly three days to protect a man s right to live The Daily Journal owned by Small relatives delayed reporting until Sunday The victim s body was found Friday night buried in a wooden box Radio stations WKAN AM WLRT FM also imposed a blackout WBUS owner supported the restraint citing family ties and feelings of harm to relatives
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Stephen B. Small
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Wlrt-Fm
Susanne Small Bergeron
OSHA failure cited by watchdog group
The National Safe Workplace Institute accuses the Reagan era voluntary compliance program of failing to improve job safety. It notes a Mount Sinai study estimating one in eleven workers suffers a work related injury or illness and argues fatalities and injuries decline more slowly than in the 1970s. Officials say trends are down and offer a differing view.
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Siamese twins separated after 22 hour operation
Johns Hopkins surgeon Mark Rogers models the delicate 22 hour operation that separated the Siamese twins. The twins survive the procedure but their prognosis remains uncertain.
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Mark Rogers
Weekend Forecast With Showers And Mild Highs
Outside consider cloudiness with a chance of showers today and tonight. High 80 to 85, low near 65. Tuesday mostly cloudy with a high near 80. Rain chances about 50 percent on both days. Details on Page A-3.
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