European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes Friday August 24,1990 r if v j i of a or of i. a a a. Suspect in attack on English a j police Constable Mark Levitt says this bloody Parrot deserves to be locked up in its Cage and have from wire reports a Parrot arrested for attacking a housewife left a Chippenham England Constable bitten and bleeding while attempting a breakout from a squad car on wednesday police said. Constable Mark Levitt of the Wiltshire constabulary had arrested the Bird in Hullavington at the Home of Carolyne Samuel who reported that a Green Parrot had flown in and attacked her Quot the Parrot was very aggressive so using police Issue protective gloves i picked it up and put it it a cardboard Box and carried it to my police car a said Levitt a crime intelligence officer at divisional Headquarters in Chippenham 90 Miles West of London. A i suddenly noticed that the Bird had bitten a Hole in the Side of the Box and was climbing out. Moments later it was free and was flying around the police car a Levitt said a the was extremely annoyed and bit me eight limes on the Arm drawing blood. 1 managed to grab him again and shoved him in the dashboard Grove Box where he create any More Levitt detained the Bird in a Cage at his Home and then went to Chippenham District Hospital for treat ment. But the policeman said wednesday night a a in be got my revenge. I keep parrots of my own and the Bird is now being kept in line by my african Grey who is a bit of a Yob Hooligan a Wiltshire police said they were attempting to Trace the a seat on the settee some people sit on a others May Call the same piece of furniture a a Davenport a a a Chester Fields or a your word Choice says something distinctive about your identity. A the words we use and How we pronounce them make us special and identifiable As part of a group a said William a. Kretzschmar an associate professor in the University of Georgia a English department at Athens. Kretzschmar has devoted his career to chronicling i the distinguishing features of the spoken word. Krecl Schmar is editor of two linguistic atlases that will contain the results of 60 years of research on How americans talk in two regions of the country. 5 the linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South at j lactic states plots the use of language in i i Stales l stretching from new York to Northern Florida. The i linguistic Atlas of the North Central states covers six Stales from Michigan to Kentucky and parts of Ontario kidding it Barf wants to run i its no joke Texas voters May get a Chance to put Hart Simpson in the legislature. It Isnit Bart Simpson the underachieving cartoon character. Its Bart Simpson the 24-year-old businessman. Businessman Bart told Bexar county Republican editors note Abby is on a two week vacation. Following is a selection of some of her favorite letters from past columns. Dear Abby. I am a newly married person and i done to know what to Call my d a Mother in Law. 1 can to address Hgt her As a mrs. Smith As 1 did before 1 was married and addressing her As a a Molly would seem s presumptuous and lacking in re Speet. A she Lias asked me to Call her a Mother a but my own Mother is still living and i would have great difficulty calling anyone except my i in can you help me is a Mali dear Stum fed i think i can provide a solution to Jour problem and to All others who share it by publishing a letter from a Reader who wrote to me some time ago the keys thrown away. Party officials this week in san Antonio head like to run for the District 115 House seat. Steven Heinrich executive director of the Bexar county Republican party said Simpson almost got laughed off the line when he called party officials monday to say he was interested in running. A if the democrats can put up Gene Kelly we can run Bart Simpson a said Heinrich. The Gene Kelley who Isnit a dancer is a san Antonio lawyer a and the Surprise Winner of the democratic primary for a Texas supreme court nomination. She a the marrying kind Pat Bryden has performed thousands of marriages but wednesdays ceremony was different. It was her own. Bryden 58, is the marriage registrar at Gretna the scottish Village known worldwide As the place where eloping couples crossed the English Border to tie the knot. For her marriage to sex policeman Archie Smith 59, however she chose to walk Down the aisle in nearby St. Andrewes Church. Gretna a romantic associations Date Back to 1754 dear Abby 1 would like to help All Young marrieds who find it difficult to address their mothers in Law As when i made my first visit to the doctors office after the birth of my first child the nurse motioned to me and said a Mother you Are i knew she Wasny to addressing me As her Mother. Suddenly i realized that she addressed All of us with children As immediately my vision was broadened and i came to understand that Quot Mother Quot applied to All women with children. That was the moment i was lifted out of the narrow rut of thinking that the title belonged Only to my own Mother. I soon put this knowledge to practice when 1 wanted to attract the attention of friends neighbors or even strangers i would say a Mother watch your Little one a you a be surprised How quickly they reacted has ing been reminded that they were mothers. The Tuic is rightly theirs and it never interfered with the special when an act of parliament outlawed a a irregular marriages in England. The Law did not apply in Scotland so eloping couples headed up the main Road from Carlisle to Glasgow crossing the River Sark which Marks the Boundary of England and Scotland. Irregular marriages were banned in Scotland in 1940 but the marriage Industry flourished As a registry office was opened in Gretna. Big Bumblebee causes Buzz the flight of a Charlie a a 6-foot Bumblebee has some folks All Abuzz. Charlie disappeared Over the weekend from the roof of Rice a termite and pest control in Salisbury md., and his owner David Rice is so bugged that he a offered a $500 Reward. Charlie was 6 feet tall and had Black and yellow stripes across his stomach. The aluminium and fibreglass Bug Worth about $2,000, was last seen wearing a red top hat red gloves and a smile Rice said. The thief or thieves spared a second Bug on the roof of Rice a building. A a Charlies a brother is Only 4 feet tall. Meaning it held for my own dear Mother. If we would All use the term freely the next generation would learn from our example and thus alleviate a Sticky problem. A Birmingham dear Abby what is the significance of wearing a single Carnation on mothers Day a Mimi dear Memi a red Carnation is worn to signify that ones Mother is living. And a White Carnation signifies that ones Mother is deceased. There should also be an identifying Flower worn by those whose mothers chose motherhood by raising a Foster child adopting a child or raising a stepchild. And a special place in heaven awaits those mothers who chose m a a imperfect child knowing that physical 1> or Niento Fly handicapped children require not Only special needs hut also a superabundance of love under a taming and patience. \ a fish nil
