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obstructing North Vancouver
RCMP Const. Dean
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CANADA’S Human
Resources Development
office recently announced it
is creating a special legal cat
egory for strippers entering
the country to address what
a leading immigration lawyer
called “a shortage of exotic
dancers.”
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Murfreesboro, Tennessee
— A man whose nanic was
not released checked in to a
Howard Johnson's motel tor
two days and Ictt behind 12
jars’ worth) of  Vascline
smeared on the carpet, furni-
ture, curtains, walls, bed-
spreads, sheets and towels,
resulting in a $1,300 cleanup
job.

No motive was apparent,
and police have been unable
to find him.

The notorious Japanese
TV game show “Super
Jockey” (which features
stunts such as contesiants
competing to cat repulsive-
flavored ice cream) began
selling commercial time on
the show recently by inviting
parential sponsors to present

ikini-clad women who
would endure dunkings in
scalding-hot water and then
be rewarded with commer-
cial time equivalent to the
number of seconds they
¢ndured the pain.

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According to a Times of
Lendon report, a glut of
British fashion models was
crowding out British com-
puter tech people in the fight
for valuable work permits in
‘California this summer, to
the chagrin of Apple, ‘Texas
Instruments and other firms.

The Jaw that authorizes
work permits explicitly puts
models on even tooting with
anyone who has a college
degree.

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Georgia state Sen. Ralph

"David Abernathy IH, son of

the late civil rights leader, has
announced his retirement
from politics after his. $400
re-election filing fee cheque
bounced.

His Icgislative career
included an incident of fol-
lowing a femaic into a state
Capitol ladies’ room and of
being caught with marijuana
in his underwear at the
Adanta airport. He said he
plans to enter the seminary.

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Some recent examples of

rage:
(1) Chewing Gum Rage:

-A 5-foot, 380-pound man

who accidentally sat on

chewing gum in a Nebraska
movie theater took off his
sticky pants, walked around,
yelled) and scethed, and
punched out a glass case.

(2) Spelling Rage: Bronx
school — board = member
Dennis Coleman disrupted 2
Meeting last month by
haranguing the staff and
refusing to be quieted by the
chancellor when he discov-
ered that the word “rescind”
was misspelled on a resolu-
tion to be voted on.

(3) Barber Rage: Rhode

Island barber Sam Johnson,

53, upset that a 21-month-
old customer wouldn't be
still, allegedly whacked the
kid in the head with his elec-
tric clipper and then sprayed
alcohol to make the cut sting.

Convicred killer Robert
Hunt Jost his appeal to the
Nebruska Supreme Court in
June.

In his closing argument at
trial, Hunts lawyer, in an
effort to gain the jury’s sym-
pathy for Hunt, had called
him a “creepy, slimy, sexual
degenerate.”

Hunt comphined that the
strategy obviously backfired,
in that he got a life sentence.
The Supreme Court said
Hunt would probably have

been convicted anyway (but.

took no position on whether
the lawyer’s statement was
accurate).

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The Tennessee Supreme
Court has reinstated patient
Frances Blanchard’s jawsuit
against Memphis dentist
Arlene Kellum for ailegedly
committing battery by
attempting to pull out all 32
of her teeth in one sitting.
(Blanchard, who has a gum
disease, said she thought ir
would be done over several
visits.)

Kellum) was half done
when Blanchard fhinted and
had to be hospitalized for six
days.

Diane Parker accompa-
nied her husband, Richard
W. Parker, (who had been
accused of drug trafficking)
to federal court in Los

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According to friends,
Diane was so supportive that
she had come prepared to put
up her investment property
and her mother’s townhouse
to make Richard’s bail.

However, the prosecutor
began reciting to the judge
facts about Richard’s double
life that included a mistress
and a safe house, and Diane’s
expression changed dramati-
cally. She removed her wed-
ding ring with a flourish,
walked out of court, immedi-
ately drove to an Orange
County office where the mis-

tress worked, and punched
her several times before
being restrained.

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Navarino, Wisconsin — A
17-year-old boy was killed
when shrapnef from a mail-
box he was playfully blowing
up with a firecracker severed:
his carotid artery.

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