DID YOU HEAR ABOUT X

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Credit: NY Times Crossword - Oct. 12, 1986
A.J. Santora  (#1 & 2)

Did you hear about...................

1. The Tokyo one-hit-wonder group?
2. The Santiago snub?
3. The World War I Delaware favorite?
4. The patriotic expression of North Carolina?
5  The  Canadian doctor's exercise advice?
6.  The symbolic welcome gift in Ecuador?
7. The energetic type from Taiwan?


Answers:

1. They were a flash in Japan.
2. It was a Chile reception. 
3. "Dover There" 
4."Raleigh 'Round the Flag" 
5. "You Ottawalk more."
6. Quito the city
7. Taipei personality