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Two Sorority Members Die in Fiery Dallas Plane Crash
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Aviation (Accidents), College sororities
Congressman, Group Push New Enterprise Zone Bill
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Jack Kemp (American football player, congressman and Secretary of housing and urban development.), Enterprise Zone Employment and Development Act
Gary, Detroit Top FBI's 25 Deadliest Cities List
6
Murder, Cities and towns (Rating)
S. Dakota Town Elects Its 1st Black Council Member
6
Leonard Williams, Mitchell (S.D.) (Politics and government)
Bishop Desmond Tutu Leads Desperate Fight to Avoid Racial War in South Africa
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Desmond Tutu (South African archbishop.), Church and race relations (South Africa)
Trudi Morrison: Black Woman Gets Top Job on Capitol Hill
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Trudi Michelle Morrison, United States Congress Senate (Employees)
Aris Allen Eyeing a Run for Maryland Governorship
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Aris T. Allen, Maryland (Politics and government)
Gasoline Ignited by Bomb Caused Philly Blaze: City
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MOVE (Organization), Philadelphia (Pa.) (Police)
Black Men Six Times More Likely to Get Prison Term
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Black prisoners
Pride in Jackie Robinson Helped Direct Brock's Life to Baseball Hall of Fame
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Lou Brock; 1939-., National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Dade County School Board OK's Plan to Give Contracts
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Black contractors, Miami-Dade County (Fla.) (County contracts)
National Park Service Exec. Stirs Furor Over Bethune House Subsidy
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United States National Park Service (Appropriations and expenditures), Bethune Museum Archives
Boston School System Gets First Black Superintendent
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Laval S. Wilson (American school superintendent.), Black school superintendents and principals (Selection and appointment), Boston (Mass.) (Education)
Doctors Explode Myths about AIDS.
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AIDS (Disease)
Black Press Cited by Top Major Companies
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Black press, Business (Press coverage)
GAO to Pay, Promote Workers in Settlement
28
United States General Accounting Office, Government employees (Salaries), Blacks (Employment, Discriminatory practices)
Bill Cosby to Write Book on Fatherhood
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Bill Cosby; 1937-.
Flip Wilson Talks about TV Comeback
34
Flip Wilson; 1933-1998
Lee Elder Enjoying New Life on Senior PGA Tour
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Lee Elder (American golfer); 1934-
AKA's Dedicate New National Office Building
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Alpha Kappa Alpha (Buildings, facilities, etc), Chicago (Ill.) (Architecture)
Queen of Soul Aretha Talks about Her Love Life
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Aretha Franklin
Sarah Vaughan Gets Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Sarah Vaughan (American singer.); 1924-1990, Walk of Fame (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Debbie Allen's Career Takes a New Turn
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Debbie Allen
Teen Singer Sets Sights on Gospel Disc, College Degree
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Johnny Gill
Soldier's Story Wins Top Prize at Moscow Film Fest
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Moscow Film Festival, Soldier's story (Motion picture)

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