. Th Brass & Fern” “f | SOMETHING? IN OCTOBER, Milwaukee police, at a robbery scene in which two young men in ski masks had held up a video store, questioned two young men who were sitting at a nearby bus stop and who had ski masks in their pockets. They ad- mitted that they had been on their way to rob the video store but- said that when they arrived, two other men in ski masks were al- ready robbing it. Police concluded they were telling the truth because their ski masks were different than the actual robbers’ ski masks. Police: said the men might not have known that the penalty for “conspiracy, to commit robbery” ‘js almost as much as the penalty for robbery. : : : “When an Air Force practice bomb fell out of the sky and nearly hit him, Darrell Jones, 41, of Colum- bia, South Carolina, became a local news celebrity. Jones owes his ex-wife more than $26,000. in overdue child support, and she ‘had not known his whereabouts’ until his face popped up on tele- vision and in newspapers. In- October. in. Los Angeles, “Humberto Amaya, 32, at first bragged to customers and staff, at ‘the Guatemalteca Market that he ——m ee The TO Pea ar nT ACTUPLLY, | YoU A COKE. OR © 1h tj Bak. Ty to ~The Purple Ort ne in pen pe ieee — COMES JOCIE! Leadbellies Hurry UP Boys! +, MAS, FLETCHER SAID SHES Got “GEEKS” CRAWLIN’ OUT OF THE Woop work! ie Exrearinatoasi a Everrrime sue comés = NEAR ME,I GO CRAZYS . cS ° 4 . f by Thomas Burton NEWS OF THE WEIRD Compiled by A.P.. McCredie had just killed ‘a man, but when they failed to take him seriously, he became angry, went home, and returned ..with'-a freshly severed head, which he began . waving around the market and then set it down next to the pastry case, to the horror of onlookers. Potice believe that Amaya, who is a tailor, killed the man when he tried to steal Amaya’s stereo and stitched the body’s stomach to its chest so that it would fit into a garbage can. Gee. T DUNNO, you Stine FEEL.” € A WOMAN LIKE'A Wi Business as Usual The London newspaper The Guardian reported last month that Great Britain’s Department of National Heritage is likely to outlaw the Dec, 18 startup of a new satellite TV "service, “TVs on TV” ~— an all-transvestite chan- nel. The signal originates in Ger- many. A spokesman said an au- dience of voyeurs is expected to be at least 10 times that of cross- dressers. ese In June, an lowa administrative judge ruled that former dish- washer Tom Schneckloth had good cause for quitting his job at a restaurant in Glenwood and was thus entitled to unemployment bencfits. The restaurant’s owners — Kathy and Dan Smith —- often had marital fights on the premises and would sometimes throw kitchen knives at each other, en- dangering Schneckloth and other ‘employees. @eo Most of the 36 inmates jailed in Mason City, fowa, started a, hunger strike on the morning of - May 12 to protest the quality and, portions of the meals served ta them. The strike went well at breakfast, but inmates became weary and dropped: all of their demands by lunchtime. Wt ReswE i, Gears yr? by Steve Brackett ert aks Bread of life THE SALVATION Army's ‘Bread of Life Kitchen” opened last: Friday at thelr 12th and Lonsdale location In North Van- couver. All who need a good. nutritional meal (including children) are welcome every Friday between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Here, volunteers Monique Ouellet | (right) and. idalta. Wicksen serve up some hot soup. |. na TESSORI MES PETITS _ OPEN HOUSE. Saturday, Nov, 27°: Spaces avallable January 1994 Mes Petits: 980-1102 440 Hendry Avenue Lower Grand Blvd. When you receive our Christmas Appeal letter this year, share-what you can. Return your donation in the envelope; provided to The Salvation Army, #611198 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC. V6B 1H2. This Christmas, so many are counting on you to remember...{he envelope, please. SUPPORT THE - CHRISTMAS . APPEAL Yes, Larry, it’s me, your ex-wife, Karen, I've docided to start my life over again.