First Ills: Barbara Bush was having health...

First Ills: Barbara Bush was having health problems again this week. A small cancerous growth was removed Wednesday from her upper lip in an outpatient procedure at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md. Light-skinned people, such as Bush, are most susceptible to this kind of cancer. The First Lady has also had a series of radiation treatments for Graves’ disease, a thyroid disorder.

Booster Shot: New York Mayor David Dinkins has agreed to give a boost to a new ABC series called “H.E.L.P,” which stands for Harlem Eastside Lifesaving Program. Dinkins will make a cameo appearance as himself on the show, which tracks a fictional New York City emergency unit of firefighters, police and paramedics on its rounds. The show replaces the moribund reruns of “Mission Impossible,” which is going on hiatus on Feb. 24.

Cap Contempt: Elizabeth Morgan spent 25 months in jail on a civil contempt charge because she would not reveal the whereabouts of her daughter for court-ordered visits with the child’s father. She spoke Wednesday to legislators in Annapolis, Md., in support of a bill to put a one-year cap on such sentences. “I was there longer than a criminal is, on average, for manslaughter,” said Morgan, who had accused her husband of molesting their daughter, and who was released from jail in September. “I used to think that if I went to jail I should be given some of the due process Charles Manson got before he went to jail.”

Right Place, Right Time: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is to receive the first Bess Wallace Truman Award of the Junior Service League of Independence, Mo., where the former First Lady was born. The award, which is to be presented by Truman’s daughter, Margaret Truman Daniel, in Independence May 3, is designed for women who have “chosen a role appropriate to their time and place in history.” O’Connor is the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.