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MURDER defendant Hosic
Grant, 72, seated on a bench
in a Little Rock courtroom
with other defendants at the
daily arraignment hearing, fell
into a sound sleep as he await-
ed his case to be announced.
He was still asleep later
when his ovo daughters and a
public defender entered a not-
guilty plea for him, but jusc
then, a benchmate shook him
awake. Aroused from his
slumber but not yet aware of
the proceedings, he impulsive-
ly arose and shouted, “I plead
guilty.” He is charged with
stabbing a close friend to
death, and the judge permit-
ted ‘the not-guilry plea to

Springfield, Hlinois —- A

7-year-old motorist’ was

recently cited for driving with-
outa license.

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: Whesi stopped, he gave the
name “Johnny: Rice,” but

- police got- tough with him
when he was unable to spell
in any of. the con-

anie, _ “he said. .

‘Stewart,

‘inquiry of the

police learned

thar Stewart. had ‘legitimately

wed it and that despite

false name,. he was not

ted by police o on arly other
‘Matter.

enver, * Colorado —
School: board candidate Lee
McClendon recently lost his
election bid despite. a vigorous
campaign’ “promising to

. improve kids’ performances in
readings: writing and basic
math.:

: Observers’ said the loss
might have had something to
“do with public awareness of ©

“the. candidate’s 1984 guilty

“plea for: attempted sexual
assault of an_ eight-year-old
boy, which the victim had
publicized after -McClendon
announced his candidacy.
. However, the same day,
voters‘ in Chauncey, Ohio,
elected Edward WW. Stoll, 48,
to the Village Council despite
the fact that he goes to trial in
Februaiy on a rape charge.

- Albanian Socialist Party
leader Gafur Mazrcku and
Democratic leader Azem
Hajdari got into a fistfight on
the floor of the parliament
about the wisdom of raising
the country’s value-added tax
from 12.5% to 20%.

Two days later, Mazrcku
returned to the chamber and
seriously wounded Hajdari
with four shots from a hand-
gun.

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North Charleston, South
Carolina —:Malvin Marshall,
27, has finally been released

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from jail after being locked up
for six weeks because a police
field test had found that he
had heroin in his pocket.

The state lab had finally
gotten around to analyzing
the substance, which was
determined to be vitamin pills
that had gone through a wash
cycle while in his pants pocket.

Said a police lieutenant,
“The field test (is) not fool-

The New York Daily News
reports that 71-vear-old nvin
sisters Ynette Sapp and
Olvette Mahan had just got-
ten plastic surgery (mole and
wrinkles removed) on their
faces purcly so they would
continue to look exactly alike.

The doctor who per-
tormed the surgery reported
thar the situation is not that
unusual; in fact, another iden-

According to Sweden’s
Bureau of Statistics, farmers
are still upset at their inability
to self straight cucumbers in
Europe.

European Union regula-
tions require prime cukes to
bend 1 cm for every 20 em in
length.

And in a related story,
Belgium and France were vic-

Sunday, December 14, 1997 — North Shore News - 33

that chocolate be made only
with cocoa butter and not
with substitute vegetable fats;
a British Parliament member
complained that British
chocolate has always been
made with Jittl: or no cocoa
burter.
ees

An official government
wristwatch with the face of the

proof.”
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tical pair was scheduled the
next day.

torious in a
Parliament vote to require

European

prime minister of Malaysia
went on sale at the main par-

ea a real sleeper

liament building ia Kuala
Lumpur, retailing for about
$470.

And in an announcement
on the first year of operation,
the state of Louisiana reported
selling 100,000 of its own
Royal brand condoms.

State health officials claim
that it is more cconomixal to
make their own than to subsi-
dize higher-priced, brand-
name condoms for high-dis-
case-risk clients.

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That is why, in the Lower
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natural gas.

The existing provizicial
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supply will be required in
future for the peak-cay needs
of a growing population.

To meet these special
demands, Westcoast Energy is
proposing to build a liquefied
natural gas storage facility in
the Sunshine Coast Regional
District, adjacent to our
existing pipeline. This facility
will consist of a large storage
tank and small structures te
house operating equipment. It
will store natural gas in the
summer for use on the coldest
days of winter.

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Like you, we understand the
concerns about safety and
impacts on the environment.
That is why Westcoast has
been working closely with
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legislators and regulators, to
ensure that our facility is safe,
with minimal effects on the
local environment. It's our
commitment to you, and one
that we have upheld for

40 years in British Columbia.

To learn more about natural
gas and our proposed project,
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