30 — Sunday. October 11. 1998 ~ North Shore News Good ol’ boys take cue from William Tell BONITA Springs. Florida — Police have charged Randall James Baker, 45, with: agua vated battery tor shooting his tend Robert Callahan in the head and sending him to the hospital. A sheriffs spokesman said Baker and Callahan’ had a playful tradition between then of trving to shoot the lit- de button aff the top of any baseball-type cap) cither of them acquired, but thar this time, alcohol played a bigger role than usual. Three men linked ro the Republic of ‘Texas separatist group) were arrested in Brownsville and charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. According to the FBI, they had threatened several state and federal officials, with their NEWS OF THE WEIRD most ambitious plan to shoot President Clinton with a mod: ified cigarette lighter (pro- pelling air instead of propane) wing, a hypodermic needle. out of which would be shot a gactus thorn that had been dipped in anthrax or botulism. The attomey tor one of the men called the alleged plan so “cockamamic” that the gov ermment should not take it seriously, Siouy, Falls, South Daketa — ‘Pony Faulks was convicted after police found $1,300. in marked bills trom a robbery in his underwear. The 39-year ald said he decsat trust banks and: thts always keeps his money down there. eee Among the street theatre performances at New York Cin’s International Fringe Festival: a 45-minute satirical bigoted: rant against bunch backs from Nebraska; a six- person troupe performing Eugene — lonesco’s “Bald Soprane” play continuoust, 24 times in 24 hours; and “Brown and Blue” an “ode to excrement.” celebrating, not its dirtiness bar, according to the performer, “what a simple War it (presenta, tas dook at things.” ewe USA Today reports that a North Carolina appeals court dismissed Susan) MoNeally’s lawsuit against Campbell's Soup in January. MeNeally claimed she had become sick after cating a can of condensed chicken noodle soup because she did not know she had to add water. The findustan Times reported recently that a bride called off her wedding in the town of Hapur. near New Dethi, because she was upset that the groom had) began drunkenly insulting evervone msvight. 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