a ‘police report in the
Martines Record described a
one-car accident in a small
Californian rown.

According to police, a man
was ‘playing “What’s That
Color?” with his small sen
while driving and heid his
breath to produce a red or
blue color.

However, he held his
breath too long and passed
out, and the car ran off the
road, Neither person required
medical attention.

Manuel Berrego Jr, 32
and _ his new wife, Kimberly,
were en route from Kenosha,
Wisconsin where they had just
married, to Joliet, Titinois,
when they began arguing over
the. voiume of the radio:

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After: a ‘screaming match,
Manuel: Stopped . to:
> around fora Ay minutes, and
.. Kimberly jumped behind. the

writing, “The (pinkie) serves
little use (and) tends to disap-
pear with the evolution of the
human species.”

The Sr. Louis Post-Dispatch

reported recently on disarray
in the prosecutor's office in
Crawford County, Missouri,
resulting in several defendants
being released and improved
chances for acquittal for four
accused killers of a 32-year-
old woman.

LUGARO

walk oh

: Wheel and allegedly tried to .

run ahi « over.

- Port. Jervis, New York —

: One of the shortest. marriages.’
when,’
_ according - ‘to’ police, : ‘Luis

“record: ended

_ Deleg,.:27; stabbed : his ‘bride

: OF 10» hours to death at the
/. reception, because he thought.

she wa flirting: too much.

‘ Madison ‘West kas filed woe
ay $10: “million Jawsuit against.’
“(North ©. -

Guilford: coun.
for

“* Carolina) schools allowing

‘her son, Stephen Edwards, to
~ take*-an-elective : course in’.

“physics when it.was too diffi-

‘cult: for shim: and © then: nor’
“allowing him to drop it when ;

he realized he couldn’t pass.

‘West, claims that the Fon: ~

“transcript ©, will.’ hurt

!Stephen’s ‘chances. of getting
: State"

Z Appalachian”

“Doug and Veronica ‘Wright ie

a celebrated their first wedding
“anniversary’on March 17 on
the: U.S.-Canadian bridge: at

‘ Niagara“Falls because it is the
only place they can meet. ~
"Doug,

~-barred from ‘Canada because

“OF ‘a. criminal record that
includes an illegal entry into

© Canada; Canadian Veronica is. .

™ barred. from the U.S. because
of a 1997 drug conviction.

The. couple’s . six-month-

~ old: son: lives with: her and

. plays with both onthe bridge.

Sac. Paulo, Brazil — An
appeals’ court “recently agreed
_ to-a lifetime worker compen-
. sation payment. to». “Waldir

Martins Pozza after a _grind-
-.. stone broke a tendon in one
‘sof his litule fingers. :-

The. original judge. had

we rurned down Pozza’s claim,

The chief prosicutor has a
heart condition that limits his
work, yet he won’t resign
because he needs the health
insurance,

His only assistant, John
Raaf, gave a bizarre prelimi-
nary hearing performance in

Wednesday, May 20, 1998 - North Shore News - 15

Driving game leaves father red-faced :

the murder case in which he
loudly solicited legal advice
from other lawyers in the
courtroom, including defense
lawyers. Then, as described by
the Post-Dispatch, Raaf left the
deceased’s mother aghast
when he “rolled around on

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