40 - Wednesday, May 8, 1996 ~ North Shore News

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IN SOCIOLOGIST Reginald
Bibby’s 1995 poll of a cross-
section of Canadians, 76% of
those asked to name Canada's
greatest living person cither
responded “no ane comes to
mind” or declined to answer.
Also, Maclean's magazine
concluded that Canada's most
famous person is Parnela
Anderson of “Baywatch.”

Nota single person voted
in the 25th Precinct in Tulsa,
Okla.. in the city council pri-
mary in February.

_ The county believes no
one has lived in the precinct
for 20 years but operates the
. polling. place every election
because if someone dogs want
to vote and can't, the entire
election could be negated.

Noted: eating champion
Mort Hurst, who in 1991 ate
16 double-deck Moon Pies in
10 minuies and 38 eges in 29
seconds (which resulted in a
Stroke), has announced he
‘would run for secretary of
‘state of North Carolina
‘against’ = race-car legend
Richard Petty.

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Asked if he was intimidat-
ed by Petty’s name, Hurst said
no: “I been on Paul Harvey's
(radio) show: 1 don't think
Petty has.”

Less noticed than his high-
ly touted intervention in
Bosnia was U.S. Assistant
Secretary of State Richard
Holbsooke's help in February
in defusing an imminent war
between Greece and Turkey.

The two nations
amassed troops and warships

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The Oklahoma Senate has
passed a bill that would end
the emerging bar sport of
bear-wrestling, in which men
fight small, declawed bears,

The maximum penalty for
illegal bear-wrestling would
be $5.000. Senator Penny
Williams successfully intro-
duced an unrelated amend-
ment to the bill raising the fine
for abusing a former or cur-
rent spouse, but she could
only get agreement lo raise
the fine for‘that to $2,000.

Dr. Rolando Sanchez, the
Florida surgeon with 15 min-

utes of fame last year for Getting Te) Tune

amputating the wrong foot of ee

a diabetic patient, filed ARGYLE STUDENTS rehearse for the school's 14th-annual Cabaret Night,

claim against the city in ing place this Friday, May 10. The North Van school's jazz band and ¢

March over a recent jogging among the performers, with all monies raised going toward the school’s ;
accident, in which he fell into program and music scholarship program. The show bagins at 7. p m, et  Arnvie
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