IN WHAT might seta new U.S,
record for reluctitnce to part with
deceqsed relatives, aecighbors
found the mauimmified hady of
Georgin Farretl ving on her sofa in
Boise, Idaho, in March. Authorities
said she probably died itn O87 at
the age of 88, bur that the death
was never reported by her son
Robert, who tived in the house.
One avighbor said she often asked
Robert where bis mother was, and
that Robert replled, "Oh, she's in
(the house)" (Last August, a
Maple Heights, Obio, min was
repurted not to have parted with
his deceused mother for two
yeuts,)

Mark A, Thomas announced in
December that he would tun tor
sheriff in Winston-Salem, North

Carolina, this year, ‘Thomas said he
wold be mare effective at fighting
erie than the incumbent because
he is “criminally minded": He was
convicted of theft in 1983 and of
embezzlement a few years earlier,

in February, Vincent Castillo
was jailed-in Kenner, Louisiana,
after illegally breaking into his
mother’s home in order to establish
a “domicile” in Kenner so he could
tun for mayor.as a resident. In a
previous attempt to establish a
Kenner domicile,‘ he said he lived
in the vacant storefront of a pet
shop he once ran,

In February, the Dutch parlia-
_ment passed a law forcing farmers
in the Netherlands to reduce the

‘ amount of animal dung they can

produce by one-third. The country
-has so much livestock that the
dung is causing massive water pol-
-lution, Farmers believe they can
meet the new requirements by
changing their livestock’s diet.

ae

The Seattle Times reported in
Ye “February that staff members of

Compiled b vA di McCradie

are the chiel of police, the city
administrator, bwo office employ-
ves, and the entire planning and
zoning board, He attempted to
have the counci! members arrested
after their firing, and when the
police chief refused, he ordered the

Washington state Rep.. Adam. §

Smith could.not describe to a
reporter the workings of the “sexu-
. al devices” that would be restricted
for sale in Smith’s proposed legis-
: lation. The bill regulates the sale of
~~ books, magazines, films, etc., and

also requires that devices for sale

such as the “penisator” and the’.

“vibrillator” be kept out of sight of
“minors. ‘

As of mid-February, after six
weeks in office, Mayor Freddie
Goode of Liberty, Kentucky,

resolved clashes in his new admin-.

istration by firing four of the five
members of the city council (the
fifth member is Mrs. Goode). Gone

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A bill introduced in the Georgia
legislature in January by Rep
Doug Teper of Ababani would
require warnings i all hatel rooms
that fornication, adultery and
sodoniy ate Mlegal in the staty, Phe
bill also requites that the warnings
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which were not specified.

According laa recently ied
lawsuil, Utah state Senator Sasa
Kubank, a womed's yds adve-
cate, fired her employer Jacqueting
Hedberg, alleghig that Hedherg’s
productivity had dropped driestival-
ly, The principal
Hedberg's loss af productivity was
that she had aot been able to recov.
er emotionally. from being raped in
December 1992, Sait a representa-
tive of the Utah National
Organization for women, “(Che
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