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KIM CAMPBELL, who served as Canada's first woman prime minister for 19 weeks until losing the federal election to the Liberal party, has been named Chatelaine magazine's Woman of the Year. In choosing the Vancouver resi- dent, the magazine said: ‘(T)he Tories’ crushing election defeat cannot detract from Kim Camp- bells achievement: as Canada’s first. woman prime minister, she made her mark on history.” Or rather, herstory.

Dairy farmer Anthony Tworek, 31, slipped from a stepladder in Clarksdale, Missouri, in May, falling backward with such force that he impaled himself by the neck on.a 1%-inch-thick pole.

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On Oct, 29, two men approached a teller at the Harbor Bank in Baltimore with a note reading: ‘} have a gun. Gimme (sic) your money or else.’” According to a witness, the teller looked at the note, which was written on the back of a deposit slip for another bank, and replied, “This is a Maryland National (Bank) trans- action — you have to go to Maryland National.’’ The men looked at each other, panicked, and ran off,

In Bay Minette, Alabama, Ray- mond Giadrosich, 39, on trial. in September for killing his wife and mother-in-law near the end of a stormy divorce proceeding, was convicted on one-count. Although Giadrosich shot his wife, and then, 10 seconds later, the mother, the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity for the first killing but sane and guilty for the second,

In March, Medford, Pennyslvania police charged James G. Avallone with, several DUlI-related offences. Avalione allegedly smashed into a tree and a lamppost, then dutifully drove to the Medford police sta- tion to report the ‘accidents. However, he had no. driver’s license or registration and refused to take a blood-alcohol test.

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