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 ...
1/1/1983: James Higgins Injured On Space Mountain (Injury)
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Accident Date: 1/1/1983
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 ...
6/4/1983: Philip Straughan Drowns (Death)
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Accident Date: 6/4/1983
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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 ...
