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THE SAN Francisco Health
Department ordered fumigation of
the San Francisco Opera House in
December after musicians com-
plained of itching, caused by sca-
bies. ;
Some violinists reportedly had
to lay down their bows during per-
formances in order to scratch.

Last summer. James Dixon, 29,
demanded that police come to his
home in Syracuse and listen to his
complaint about massive drug-traf-
ficking in the neighborhood
around his apartment house.

«, After the visit, on a hunch. one
officer stayed behind us the police
car pulled away from the building.
Almost immediately, reported the
officer, a stream of customers
knocked on Dixon's door to buy
drugs. A search turned up 84 bags
of crack cocaine.

Brattleboro. Vermont ~ At sen-
tencing in November for killing his
father with a chain saw,. Kevin
Record, 28, was asked by the judge
if he had any regrets.

Said Record, “One of the main
regrets that | have is that 1 wasn't
able to take the chain saw to the
rest of my family.” ao

Convicted © murderer Allen
Kinsella told an Ontario judge in
November that he intends to sue
officials at the Bath Institution
prison.

Kinsella, who was harshly pun- ,

CLARIFICATION —
THE SPORTING Look, also known

as TSL, is located at 1519 Bellevue .

Ave. in West Vancouver. As men-
tioned in an article on page 37 of
the Wednesday, April 26 edition of
the News, the store is holding a
clothing drive to benefit Living:
Room, a Vancouver drop-in centre
for the mentally iil, Phone 925-
2990 for more info.

The DR. is back

PYJAMAS

girls and boys
6 months —14 years

Caulfeild Village Mall

(Exit 4, Upper levels)

922-7833 _

ished after an escape, said that a
ladder carelessly left behind by a
construction crew, and not
removed by prison officials. gave
him the idea that he could slip
away.

In January, David Dezondea
filed a $3 million lawsuit against
the New York Police Departunent
claiming that officers injured him
during an arrest.

The arrest was for killing anoth-

er officer, a crime for which
Degondea was convicted. Part of
the $3 million is for “loss of earn-
ings”, but police evidence shows
that Degondea’s only occupation
was as drug dealer.

Writing in the Pebruary Journal
of Clinical Psychiatry, wo
Wisconsin researchers concluded
that nuse-picking does not create
problems for most people, but that

for some, the habit “may meet cri-
teria for a disorder —- rhinotillexo-
manta”

Among their survey findings:
66.4% of pickers did it “to relieve
discomfert or itehiness” (versus
21 for “enjoyment” and 0.46
for “sexual stimulation’); 635.1%
used the index finger (versus
20.2% Uitte finger and 16.4%
thumb).

And “Once removed, the nasal
debris was exanvined, at ledst
some of the time, by mast respon-
dents.”

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Shopkeepers whose kiosks are
onthe ground level of the National
Stadium in Dhaka. Bangladesh,
threatened a lawsuit if the Nadonal
Sports Council doesn’t deal with
their most pressing concern.

According to a spokesman for
the shopkeepers, when the 80,000-
capacity stadium is full, as it is for
soccer games. it offen appears “as
if v's raining” where the kiosks
are. The stadium was built without
public restroams.

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