Article by Andrew Holleran in the First Issue of New York Native, December 5, 1980

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First Article by Charles Ortleb in the Premiere Issue of New York Native, December 5, 1980

 The West Street Massacre

" . . . the ideas of Michele Foucault are not always easy to follow, even when you haven't just come from the site of a machine gun massacre."

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The First Issue of New York Native, December 5, 1980

The biggest idea about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is that it is part of the AIDS epidemic and caused by HHV-6 which activates an endogenous retrovirus. It was born in this newspaper. \

1980    Former city transit cop Ronald Crumpley goes on a shooting rampage in the Village, killing two and wounding six in front of The Ramrod (394 West St., between 10th and Christopher Sts.). "I want to kill them all," he explains afterward. "They're no good. They ruin everything." He is found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.
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The New York Native pioneered AIDS and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome coverage.

Wikipedia Totally Misrepresents the History of New York Native.

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