Compiled by A.P. McCredie “A'SPOKESMAN fot Prague taxi drivers admitted that some of the | drivers had installed electrical wires in the back seat, activated by a but- “.ton-in the dashboard, to permit dri- vers to administer shocks to passen- gers who refused to pay the cab dri- vers’ notoriously high fares, - An account in a March issue’ of The Medical Post magazine report- ed on the failure of a recommended -abdominal-colic therapy for babies. -» According to the therapy, parents “were to place the baby in a child's ‘car seat on top of a running washing | ’-machine, letting the: warmth and : vibration settle him down. However, - inthe reported case,. the «baby “vibrated off of the machine, fell to the floor, and suffered a seizure. '- -Alamo,,, Michigan : —:. James Bums, 34, was killed in March as he “was trying to repair what police described: as a "farm-type dump truck.” “It seems Burns: got a friend to drive the:truck on a highway while Burs hung underneath so that he . could ascertain the source of a trou- bling’ noise. Burns’ clothes caught’. “con something,’ however, .and the “other man found Burns “wrapped in , the drive shaft.” oo Tes *. The Church of England’s Easter ‘advertising this: year contained no reference, in picture or word, to a nd: instead , had’ Jesus “uttering morning Surprise!. on , Easter. Cl Said a bewildered ad executive, “The cross is arguably the best known brand logo in the entire world.” Countered an official of the church-run Advertising Network, which placed the ad: “(The cross) cirtics too much cultural baggage.” At a show in Paris on the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Japanese — fashion - designer Rei Kawakubo released a line of fashions resembling the striped uniforms worn by Holocaust victims. One item had serial- “type num- bers on the back, another had boot marks, and yet another wus mod- elled by-a woman who appeared more emaciated than the other mod- els and with closely cropped hair. After protests, Kawakubo withdrew the line two weeks later. San Fernando, California — Guy Dean Bouck has been charged with the 1987 murder of his wife after police kept the investigation open, waiting for Bouck to slip up and supply them with more evi- dence. In the ensuing eight years, Bouck: (1) bitterly contested the ‘disposition of his“ wife’s estate, which forced a civil court judge to make a ruling that Bouck most like- ly was the killer and thus was not entitled to any of the property; and (2) alienated the girlfriend who had provided him with his 1987 alibi by raping her (a crime for which he-is currently imprisoned). Winnipeg. Manitoba — Andrew. . Hofer, 26, recently gave his broth- er’s name when asked for identifi ica- tion by police. | Hofer - was . evading the ‘police because he had failed to pay a fine, ” but unknown to him, a more serious warrant’ was outstanding on his ‘brother. Said Hofer’s lawyer, “This . is the only. time ..; I've heard of a person giving the police the name of - somebody who's in more trouble than they are.” (Well, it happened in ~ Peterborough, Ontario, last June, to Anthony Duco,..who had unpaid "traffic fines and a brother who was, unknown to him, wanted for sexual assault. ) ~ Providence, ‘Rhod "Island “SKIN - HAIR - NAILS © se 125 E. 15th St,, North Vancouver, B.C. V7L 2P7 “Aroma Theapy, 70 -European FACIA “WANICURES » PEDICURES — : Tel: 986-5552 - 986-5559 - nr we ae a ae a ee ee ee STREAKS. OR NATURAL * 50% OFF HAIRCUTS. € Kyle Stone, operator of a ticket agency recently had $3,500) in receipts stolen from his car, The next morning, as Stone dropped by his bank to withdraw cash to replace the stolen money, he spotted the man he said he saw emerging from his car the night before. Steven Lewis was arrested at the bank, where he was in the process of opening an account into which to deposit the $3,500, Wesley. Chapel. Florida. — Joseph C, Aaron, 20, was hit in the leg with pieces of the bullet he had fired at the exhaust pipe of his car, While repairing the car, he had needed to bore a hole in the pipe and, when he could not find a drill, tried to shoot a hole in it.” eee Donald Bruesewitz, 64, has filed |. a lawsuit against Merle Hay Mall % and the city of Urbandale, Iowa, | over what he called his false arrest. | five months earlier, Two boys in a men's room reported Bruesewitz to mall securi- ty officers as a -pervert, but Bruesewitez informed the officers that his prostate condition requires him to massage his genitals before urinating. have to do to become — lotor Voter? — a You are already a Motor Voter if you are a registered voter and have a driver's licence or British Columbia ID card. It you are not a registered voter, contact Elections 8.C: or any Government Agent office. What is the Motor Voter Program? 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