18 — Sunday, January 4. 1998 — North Shore News

THE New York Times reported
recently on a movement in
Montana to declare asa
national historical park the
decaying city oof — Burre
(described as “one of the worst
industrial crimes against
nature” in history).

In the centre of Butte is the
Berkeley Pit, “a Grand Canyon
of open-pit mining,” wrote the
Times, “an 874-foor-deep
chasm filled with 26 billion

NEWS OF THE
WEIRD

gallons” of “toxic stew” that
grows by 3 million gallons a
day.

In 1995, 300 snow geese
landed by mistake in The Pit,
Believing at night that it was a
normal fake, and were killed
when their stomachs corroded.
On the plus side, the sur-
rounding arca is picturesque,
and the city has some of the
oldest brothel edifices in the
West.

The government of the
Indian state of Tamil Nadu has
announced that it will offer
stepped-up welfare benefits to
poor women who give birth to
female babies, in exchange for
the mother’s promise not to
kill the baby, which is an
increasing problem as males
are more economically valu-
able.

Also, the government will
require 30-day hospital stays
for mothers with baby girls, to
increase the bonding, which it
believes will decrease the mur-
ders,

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According to a 1996 FBI
surveillance tape of suspected
U.S. spy James M. Clark, 49,
who was arrested in October
with two other 1970s radical
leftists, Clark says, while alone
in his apartment, “Oh, ves, 1
think we should. Let's have
another”; “T was an agent for a
long time for the commu-
nists”; and SF BE! You're under
arrest.”

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Libyan leader Moammar
Gadhafi celebrated his 28th
year of power in September by
once again warning his subjects
that Western nations would
csgon invade their country
because of those nations’ acute
need for Libva’s sunshine (for
Western solar-energy prod-
ucts), watermelons, camels and
camels’ milk.

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The German news agency
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
recently reported the introduc:
tion of a “Letter Bomb” toy in
stores in the Philippines, selling
quickly by urging kids to “have

© anand become a terrorist.”

The toy resembles an air-

mail emclope, and instructions
say to wate the targets name
on it, dap oon it heavily. and
then present it te the vic
within seven seconds so tt will
“explode” in his hand.

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IF YOU DRIVE TOO FAST,
YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE

WHO COUL

NEW ESCALATING SPEEDING FINES
WILL SOON TAKE EFFECT.

To crack down on dangerous driving. speeding
laws in our province are changing. Starting
December 15, 1997, there‘il be much tougher
penalties for excessive speeding on ail B.C.
roads, especially in areas where children and
pedestrians are most vulnerable, such as school,
playground, and construction zones.

GOOD DRIVERS SHOULDN'T HAVE
TO PAY FOR DANGEROUS DRIVERS.
When drivers go too fast, they increase the likelinood
of crashes which result in injuries and property
damage. With more crashes, the costs increase
for everyone. That's why we're cracking down on
dangerous drivers with tougher penalties.

THE FASTER YOU GO,

THE MORE IT WILL COST YOU.

Fines for speeding in school, playground, and
construction zones are going up. For example,
the minimum school zone fine will be $173. Driving
more than 20 km/h over the speed limit will result
in a $230 fine. And fines increase significantly

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for going more than 40 km/h and more than
60 km/h over the fimit.

Other speeding fines on highways and in municipal
speed zones are unchanged for those who
exceed the speed limit by 1-20 km/h. But gaing
more than 20 km/h over the limit will result in a
higher fine.

IT’S PART OF B.C’S DRIVE

TO SAVE LIVES.

The introduction of Escalating Speeding Fines is just

one of the elements of the government's ongoing

plan to make roads safer in 8.C. By clamping down

on dangerous driving. we can save lives, reduce

crashes and keep insurance rates affordable.
Andrew Petter,
Minister

Responsible
for IcBCc

“Please slow clown.
For your sake, and
for the kids”

BC's drive to save lives. wes COLUMBIA

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