The Nation - News from June 3, 1986
A supporter of radical politician Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. agreed to drop criminal charges against television talk show host Phil Donahue during a hearing in Queens, N.Y. “We have no present intention of pursuing this,” a Donahue spokeswoman said. The two men came to blows after a bout of name-calling May 11 at LaGuardia Airport, where William Ferguson was handing out literature supporting nuclear power. Ferguson, 24, is from Ridgefield Park, N.J.
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