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Sunday, February 14, 1999 — North Shore News - 14

Fiction too close to the truth §

ACTON, Ontarie — Author
Robert Lannon was arrested
and charged with making
death threats against his
estranged brother, Art. in
the form. of several unvar-
nished references to Art's
being murdered in Robert's
new novel The Return of the
Family Idiot,

Robert's lawyer, however,
said last month that) he
expects the case to) be
dropped as soon as the
authorities focus on the stan-
dard disclaimer near the title
page: that any resemblance
berween a character and a
real person is “strictly coinci-
dental.”

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In 1997, foar years after
being convicted of raping a
15-vear-old girl, inmate
Gravion Bell won $200,000
trom oa jury against the
Indiana) Department — of
Correction for being raped
by his cellmate at a youth
facility.

In December, Bell and
the girl’s family reached a
sectlement in her lawsuit to
get part of the money. (Only
$31,500 remained, after
lawyers’ tees, of which she
will receive $26,500.)

Annapolis, Maryland —
At a city council meeting in
Ostober, 23 people spoke
against a proposed ordinance

restricting ownership of pit
bulls (to those age 25 and
older and with az least
$500,000 in liability insur-
ance), including a represen:
tative of the United Kennel
Club in Michigan, who said
the bill “has no place in
America” because it is “no
less than racial prejudice.”

Winnipeg, Manitoba — A
78-year-old woman froze to
death on her apartment’s
balcony in December when
she stepped out for a ciga-
rette and accidentally locked
the door behind her, expos-
ing her overnight to below-
freezing temperatures and
65 km-h winds.

Livermore, California —
A high school junior was
killed recently in a fight with
a man who became annoyed
with him after the student
gave him one cigarette but
refused to give him a see-
ond,

Since 1996, accused mur-
derer Eric Brown has been
rendered incompetent by
paranoid schizophrenia, to
stand crial, bur officials at
Bridgewater State Hospital
in Massachusetts said recent-
ly that he had made enough

Witnesses to fatal accident sought

A 35-year-old
Richmond man was
killed in a two-vehicle
accident on Jan. 3] on
the Sea-to-Sky
Highway near
Squamish.

The deceased man was

identified as Richard Alan
Levine, according to the
Squamish RCMP.

Police say that Levine lost
control of the car he was dri-
ving and collided with a sport
utility vehicle travelling the
other way. The crash took
place at 10 a.m. in the rain.

The accident occurred

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about eight kilometres north
of Squamish near Swift Creek.
Levine was travelling north.
Police say the car was
sheared in half on impact.
Levine was pronounced
dead at Squamish General
Hospital. A passenger in the
car, a 33-year-old woman, sus-
tained serious injuries and was

323, City Council acknowledges and celebrates the

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cultural diversity of our community.

school children.

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displays in the foyer that provide an historical perspective

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taken to Vancouver Hospital.
The four occupants of the
sport utility vehicle were from
Washington state. Police say
they sustained minor injuries.
The Squamish RCMP ask
anyone who may have wit-
nessed the accident to call
(604) 898-9611.
—Anna Marie D’Angelo

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Mayor John E, Loucks
Councillor John Braithwaite
Councillor Stella Jo Dean
Councillor Bob Fearnley
Councillor Darrell Mussatto
Councillor Barbara Perrault

Councillor Barbara Sharp
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progress while on medica-
tion that a trial can be sched-
uled.

However, in’ December,
Brown demanded to be
taken off medication so he
can return to his prior psy
chotic state in’ order to

demonstrate that he ts insane
and chus 2 berrer candidate
to be found nor guilty.

His — pavehtatrist ts
opposed, citing — medical
ethics prohibiting him from
making Brown's illness
worse.

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