What once was weird
is now merely normal

ADDING to the list of
stories that were for-
merly weird but which
‘now occur with such
. frequency that they
must be retired from
circulation:
® The bank robber making
_ his getaway who hails a pass-
ing car, only to discover that
the driver. is a plainclothes
olice officer, who arrests
im, as happened to a bank
robber in Etobicoke, Ontario,
_in July;
¢ The political candidate
who dies during the campaign
but still wins, as did the late
Don Gnirk, who turned back
: challenger Bert Olson in a
South Dakota state senate pri-
mary in June.

The Associated Press
“recently reported on the fre-
quent journeys of German
‘-. graffiti-sprayers (referred to as
“taggers”) to practice their art
“in New York City.

"Said “Neon,” a 25-year-~

old: man from Cologne, “It’s
like a pilgrimage to the birth-
~ place. We want to know our

mw. roots.”

The Los Angeles Times

‘reports on a pioncering class
roject at Harvey Mudd

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NEWS OF THE
WEIRD

College in California, in
which students aimed to
develop an alternative,
manure-based fuel supply for
peasants in a Guatemalan vil-
lage where firewood is scarce.

In order to produce realis-
tic, village-based waste, one
student was designated to cat
only beans, rice and tortillas
for a week.

However, the dict made
him constipated, and the pro-
ject was scrapped when it
could not be completed by
the due date.

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Volant, Pennsytvania — A
32-year-old man was buried

under several tons of sand.

after falling into a sand-wash-

30.0. B

“marriage to a

Ne

ew:
“Sy
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ing machine in the summer.

And a 50-year-old con-
struction worker died after
being hit on the head by a
three-ton jackhammer in the
Bronx.

And a recycling-centre
worker was crushed to death
in the aluminum can crushing
machine in Sewanee, Tenn., in
August.

Tampa, Florida — Robert
Meier, 55, was arrested for
fraud and theft for a sham
comatose
woman and for his subsequent
purchases of almost $20,000
on her credit cards.

According to a sheriff's
detective, Meier said the
woman’s dog told him that
the woman would want him
to use her credit cards to live a
better life after she died.

Kingston, Jamaica — A
wealthy, though short-sighted
businessman recently went on
an unexpected sailing voyage.

Roger Kortonson, 59, fost
his glasses overboard while on
a short sail in Kingston. har-
bor, and unable to make out
simple land markings,
embarked on a 29 hour sailing
odyssey that landed him 275
miles (443 km) south in
Venezuela.

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