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KIM CAMPBELL, who served as
Canada's first woman prime
minister for 19 weeks until losing
the federal election to the Liberal
party, has been named Chatelaine
magazine's Woman of the Year.
In choosing the Vancouver resi-
dent, the magazine said: ‘(T)he
Tories’ crushing election defeat
cannot detract from Kim Camp-
bells achievement: as Canada’s
first. woman prime minister, she
made her mark on history.” Or
rather, herstory.

Dairy farmer Anthony Tworek,
31, slipped from a stepladder in
Clarksdale, Missouri, in May,
falling backward with such force
that he impaled himself by the
neck on.a 1%-inch-thick pole.

‘The pole entered alongside his

cartoid artery but did not touch it
and went through the roof of his
mouth, missing his brain by half
an inch. He fully recovered.

in July, three armed men held up
‘the clerk of the bail office inside
the ‘Diepkloof Prison in South
Africa, forced him ‘to open the
safe and. made off with $21, 00.

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Compiled by A.P. McCredie

In Columbia, South Carolina
earlier this year, a buliet was fired
through the office window of
county treasurer Marjorie Sharpe
amidst growing displeasure at
delays in her office’s tax-appeal
hearings. Sharpe - told reporters,
“Don't (the vandals) realize it’s
going to make their tax bills (even)

‘higher when we have to replace

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On Oct, 29, two men approached
a teller at the Harbor Bank in
Baltimore with a note reading: ‘}
have a gun. Gimme (sic) your
money or else.’” According to a
witness, the teller looked at the
note, which was written on the
back of a deposit slip for another
bank, and replied, “This is a
Maryland National (Bank) trans-
action — you have to go to
Maryland National.’’ The men
looked at each other, panicked,
and ran off,

In Bay Minette, Alabama, Ray-
mond Giadrosich, 39, on trial. in
September for killing his wife and
mother-in-law near the end of a
stormy divorce proceeding, was
convicted on one-count. Although
Giadrosich shot his wife, and
then, 10 seconds later, the mother,
the jury found him not guilty by
reason of insanity for the first
killing but sane and guilty for the
second,

In March, Medford, Pennyslvania
police charged James G. Avallone
with, several DUlI-related offences.
Avalione allegedly smashed into a
tree and a lamppost, then dutifully
drove to the Medford police sta-
tion to report the ‘accidents.
However, he had no. driver’s
license or registration and refused
to take a blood-alcohol test.

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ideals of yore. The group (including John Bennett as Artur of.
Two Axes) met at. Waterfront Park during the summer, but.
move their metal inaide during the winter. months. ‘

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