PROFESSOR MALCOLM Wilkins
of Glasgow University has told a
conference at. Loughborough
University in England that vegetari-
ans are cruel to plants.
“Plants are sensitive organisms,”
he said, claiming that some plants
‘emit crackling noises (inaudible to
humans) when they need water.
Wilkins ‘added he: is especially
“annoyed at vegetarians who “don’t
_ . like animals being killed. I say to
...them, ‘You are perfectly happy to
- Slice up a tomato or. cucumber.
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: Rigaud,. Quebee . _ An alleged
drug courtier. was recently arrested
after. his car came apart on the road

‘and police. found 700 pounds (315

kg) of: hashish stuffed into various —
places in the trunk. :

“7 The driver had gotten ‘a flat tire
but could not replace it because the
spare had been removed to increase
the hashish storage space. When the *
tire went flat, the increased pressure
in the trunk broke the car's rear sus-
pension. The courier got away, but
the hashish he abandoned v was as worth
“$5. 2 million :

The New. York Ties reports that 2
couniry-western dancing enthusiast
Les Burns has received a patent for
“an:electronic ‘sensor worm on: the:
arms ‘that, will alert a dancer. that
their: posture ‘is bad — when they:
are, according to the inventor, “lean-:

ng hopelessly to one side or anoth-

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- primarily to be struck by: lonely
\ sports’ fans in need of giving some-

one a high-five when their favorite
team enjoys momentary success.

University of Washington astro-
physicist. Dr. Bruce H. Margon,
quoted by The New York Times on
the continuing inability of science to
measure or infer what the “black-
ness” in space is, even though, by its

. properties, they. know: it must be

matter: “It’s a fairly embarrassing
situation to admit that we can’t find
90% of the universe.”

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Springfield, Missouri —- After.a
34-year-old man , somehow con-
vinced a-19-year-old Central Bible
College student to submit to a gyne- .

' cological exam in his motel room so

acc tding ‘to a report in Washington
City : Paper, and setup displays of

products and advertisements,
Finley who explains Bi his obses-

Troy; New York — ” Albert srt Cohen
been awarded. 2 patent for. an

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“she could be cleared for a “scholar-
ship” offer, prosecutors said that the

man’s only crime apparently was 4
misdemeanor deceptive business
practice. :

And police in Nashville are ina
quandary this month about whether.
to charge Raymond Mitchell, 45,
with a crime. Six women reported |

‘that he telephoned them, convinced -:
~ them to blindfold themselves and to’

wait for him, and had sex -with them.*
~ Each of the . women. said she

assumed it was a boy'friend calling.

One woman had sex with Mitchell
in that manner several times without
realizing he was a stranger.

The New York Times reported in
January that among United Nations
Secretary General Boutros Boutros-
Ghali’s suggestions for greater UN
recognition in 1995 -— its 50th
anniversary —- were advertisements
featuring a beautiful woman in an
expensive car driving by the UN
building and exclaiming, “Ah, the
United Nations!”

In December, two avid
Beethoven. “ins acquired a four-
inch-long lock of the composer's
hair for $7,300 at a Sotheby's auc-
tion in London.

The pair plan to have it tested to
confirm historical suspicions that
the composer had African blood and
had syphilis. The hair allegedly was

snipped by. Beethoven’s father in.

1827,

Also in December, the Internal
Revenue Service demanded that
John Zwynenberg pay $6.4 million
within 90 days.

But Zwynenberg’s only tax “lia
bility” is that he stands to be award-
ed money in the lawsuits filed in
connection with the 1988. terrorist
bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over
Lockerbie, Scotland, in which his
son, John, was killed. However, no
date has been set for the distribution
of that money, and the award might
be much less than IRS anticipates.

Still. IRS said Zwynenberg
would either have to pay up ar hire
a lawyer and sue the agency.

" Russellville, Arkansas -— Three’

roommates were recently arrested

‘and charged with theft.” ;
The men lived in a three-bed-.

room, two-bath house that, accord-
ing to the Pope County sheriff, was
built. and furnished in its: entirety

with stoien materials — everything, :

according to an investigator, from
the plywood to a porch swing to the
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