Grad Drowns On Joyride
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A New Mexico high school senior who came to Disneyland for an all-night graduation party apparently drowned when he and a friend took a rubber raft for a "joy ride" on one of the amusement park's waterways.
The body of Phil Straughan, 18, a student at St. Pius X High School in Albuquerque, was pulled from four feet of water in the river near the manmade Tom Sawyer's Island about 12:15 ...
Holiday Happenings At Southern California's 'Big Four' Theme Parks
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One highlight of any vacation in Southern California is making a trip to at least one of the big theme parks. Now is an especially rewarding time to visit for a dose of holiday cheer, plus all the rides and attractions the parks normally offer. The four listed here have lavish holiday plans to entertain vacationing children, as well as ...
James Higgins Injured On Space Mountain (Injury)
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Accident Date: January 1, 1983
Accident Type: Injury
1983: -- James Higgins 18 was thrown from the Space Mountain ride. As the roller coaster rounded a bend, the youth was suddenly thrown from the rocket car.
May 27, 1987: A jury verdict that found Disneyland blameless in an accident that left a teen-ager partially paralyzed. He was left with some brain damage, and he testified during his trial that he must use braces to stand and must hold on to ...
Philip Straughan Drowns (Death)
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Accident Date: June 4, 1983
Accident Type: Death
June 4, 1983:-- Philip Straughan, an 18-year-old Albuquerque, New Mexico, resident, drowned in the Rivers of America in a Grad Nite incident. Straughan and a friend - celebrating both their graduations and Straughan's eighteenth birthday - had been drinking quite heavily that evening. They sneaked into a ''Cast Members Only'' area along the river and untied an inflatable rubber maintenance ...
