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, ACCORDING | TO. a’ ' Durham,
ONLC.,- police ., officer's testimony, -
~ Caron Magwood, 23, was insistent
: when“ arrested that everybody :
“know he is a seller of cocaine.
oo Magwood. was : arrested» ia
ae October and: accused . of selling

¢ crack cocaine; but wanted: to:

the record, ‘Straight because he
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omer. who thought. bes inert -

In’ Noveinber,, the Netherlands’

‘Liver and “Intestine Foundation,
which supports research on diges-
tive problems, announced a public-
:ity, campaign to encourage people

:to pass gas as’ much as 15 times a,

lay to ease intestinal discomfort, ,

had to hire actors to Supply the
voices,

‘Research supported by a British
juice company recently found that
30,000 people in Great Britain
seck hospital treatment every year

“from injuries incurred while strug-

gling to open milk and Juice care
tons, aa

Brian Bucz, 29, recently told
police in Chicago that -he had
stolen $272,000 from his employer
so far in 1994,

He also admitted that $261,000
of it had already been spent —
entirely. on private table dances

and other services at the strip club,
The Dollhouse,

Bucz said he visited the cluban .

average of three. times’a week,
“which meant that he would have
had to drop about $3,000 per visit
on liquor and entertainment.

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. In Kelowna, a man was convicted

of biting his pet pit bull-and sen-

: ‘Latest Men Bite Dogs stories: ;
‘In August, an“assault, Suspect i . oe
‘Simi Valley was charged: ‘with’ blt- 6
sing a ‘police ‘dog. A’month earlier,
"in Auckland, New Zealand, anoth- ©:
er suspect was charged with biting °
- Off part of the ear of a police dog. .

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tenced to 40 hours of community Be
service. :

. But in Bytow, Poland, in July, a

dog stepped on his master’s shot-

gun, engaging the trigger, and sent

about. 60 pellets, into the man's :

/ body. ; :

Mexico cn

ry deadlocked for a

‘svehicular'. homicide:

gainst Gordon House, 35.”

In. December: 1992, according

police’: investigators, House

‘ank at least {7 beers and then,

,Ariving 89.9 m.p.h. the wrong way -”
an‘ interstate. highway, near...

: Albuquerque, rammed another car,

killing | a.-woman - rand: her. three | foe

ung daughters...

House denied he’ was drunk and -
id he was not responsible i in that
he had a severe migraine headache

he time. .

aot October, before a a meeting of
alternative”. physicians in North
;Carolina,.Dr. Robert Willner, who
‘believes that AIDS. ‘is not caused

"P
‘Sua, twice Satay drew: blood

from: an‘HIV-infected man and |

inject dit into © his own v hand.

a A . I6-yearoud p girl was hit by a’ .

Ticocheting .38-calibre bullet from
a’nearby gang fight in Michigan
= fast summer,. but suffered only a
bruise ‘on-her sternum. The bullet
bounced off of a metal clasp on the
front of her brassiere.

In September, as a response to

irish Republican Army's ccase- -

“fire in «Northern - Ireland,’ British
‘Prime ‘Minister, John Major sus-
pended ieee anti-IRA

rs¢have:'not’ been’ ‘permitted. on
British" radio and television’ —
‘on newscasts. Thus, for near-
25". years, -. the
B nadcas ing Corp. : has shown

British |

community memozial:to better reflect the respect,

memory and tribute, due to those citizens of North -

Vancouver who made’ the ultimate sacrifice.

‘The project includes new memorial plaques’

bearing the names of all North Vancouver citizens
who gave their lives during the wars, a memorial
flame that will burn as part of memorial day services

and some general beautification of the immediate _

-area. The completion date and time for the first
lighting of the flame has been set to coincide with
North Vancouver's memorial service on November
Lin, 1995, :

The project cost is estimated at.
$520,000, of which the City of North. & :
Vancouver, the District of North’ 7
Vancouver and the Heritage Trust
Fund have already contributed
the bulk of the required funds:
Approximately $150,000 will be
acquired through a community
fund. -raising drive.

pee tee
on Parte ees

locations throughout the Lower Mainland.

‘ f he Victoria’ Park k cenotaph, “originally
constructed: in'1923, has deteriorated and ©
requires upgrading. The City.and District, working:
together, have developed a program to. refurbish this

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‘The. ‘Cenotaph? Enhancement Project j is: “an:
- opportunity for all North Vancouver residents to

“Keep the Flame Alive’in honor of the sacrifices _

made by many North Shore residents during

wartime and peace- keeping missions.

We are pleased to announce that the Houiorable a
Senator Ray Perrault, P.C., will chair the.
fund-raising campaign, assisted by committee
executive Broc Braconnier, PEng., and Bill Good:

-who will establish a. fund-raising. organization

involving North Vancouver residents, community
organizations and local businesses. _-

City and District residents, businesses and

; organizations, who want to be part ‘of thisi initiative,:

as a donor ora volunteer, are asked to contact
983- 7333.

‘Help North Vancouver
eee the, Flame Alive:

City 8 District of North. :
‘Vancouver Working Together.

Contact: 141 West 14th Street, North,
Va ‘ancouver,.B.C. V7M THO: ¢ 983- 7333

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