European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 08, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and strikes saturday june 8, 1991 faces a no places heard the one about the cabbie. ? from wire reports a Fairfax va., judge has sided with a woman who says she was suffering from., premenstrual syndrome when she used vulgar language and kicked a state trooper who charged her with Drunken driving. Or Geraldine Richter an orthopaedic surgeon said she had had Fiir glasses of wine at a party but was t drunk when she was stopped last year. She contended that pms not alcohol caused her to react violently when the trooper said her three children who were in the car with her might be placed in protective tuesday Fairfax general District court judge Robert Smith found Richter not guilty of Drunken driving. A a. A a a. 1 �?o1 guess this is a new trend a said commonwealths attorney Robert Horan or. Pms is defined As a group of physical and emotional symptoms to. Including fatigue depression and irritability a that can occur before menstruation. A gynaecologist an expert witness paid $1,000 by the defense testified that Richter a behaviour was similar to that exhibited by a woman suffering from pms. Assistant Commonwealth s attorney Grace Burke told the Arlington journal that Richter was stopped about 10 30 . Nov. 22 when trooper . Lunsford saw her car weaving. Lunsford said other cars were to move out of Richter a Way. A breathalyzer test indicted Richter a blood Alco hol level was 0.13 percent. Virginia considers a person who registers a blood alcohol. Level of 0.10 percent to be legally drunk. But Smith ruled the test results might have been skewed because the Centreville woman held her breath before she blew into the real occasion Ron and Beth Breeland of Ruston la., just had their eighth child and named her Nina completing a family a occasion a so to speak. Nina bom May 24 at Lincoln general Hospital was Given a name starting with a a no to spell out the word occasion with her siblings Olivia 16 Candida 15 Camilla 11 Angela 10 Sylvia 6 Ivan Ray 4 and Odessa 3. It began As a joke. Mrs. Breeland said that by the time she named her third child her husband checked a diction Ary to see if they were composing an acronym with their off Springs names. A lie said we could either spell occur or occasion a Beth said. She said she preferred occasion because of the Way it sounds mrs Breeland said she expects Nina to be her last child. Going for second Best they get Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf to Lead their fourth of july Parade so people in Lake Well its no joke to Brian Smith a 41-year-old taxi Driver who has been struggling to hit the big time As a stand up comic for 15 years in the meantime Howe. George n.y., Are willing to Settle for someone who looks like him. Community leaders announced plans wednesday for a Schwarzkopf look a like contest with the Winner getting to Lead the towns fourth of july Parade a Gen. Schwarzkopf popularity is so High we thought there must be plenty of people who a like to walk in his shoes for a Day a said Mickey Caputo who Heads the local chamber of Commerce. A we invited Gen. Schwarzkopf himself but. He declined a Caputo said. The Winner will also win a two Day trip for two to Bagdad a Bagdad ariz., that brings firing the hand grenade her Boss used As a paperweight or the a comic cabbie treats his fares to a couple of. Minutes of shtick in addition to a ride around new York City. 1 a a a a a. A. A a May not have exploded but the woman who told police about it says the action blew up in her face when she was fired. -. A a a Quot a. A i got fired because i did no to want to work with a live grenade in the office a Nery Fadden said. It turned out to be a .33, said she had been office manager for quest air International in fort Lauderdale fla., for three years until she was fired feb. 23, one hour after calling police a a. George Thomas an attorney for quest International which is now defunct said Fadden was fired for doing a poor Job. Fadden decided to speak out this week after Reading a news report of a sixth graders arrest for bringing a Dummy grenade to school. The european Rob Staggenborg sports writer keeping you in touch keeping you informed sports staffer Fob Staggenborg brings stars and stripes readers a fresh often humorous approach to the wild world of sports from the army european basketball championships to the a Fly a american bowls overseas. A native of St. Louis Rob joined the stars and stripes two years ago from an editing Job at fort Belvoir a. Currently Rob covers the european division of the world league of american football spending hours with sports contacts throughout Europe poring Over the London papers and tramping through the Wald stadium in Frankfurt Germany for his weekly world league report. If you have a news tip column idea or question about the local sports scene give Rob a Call at German civilian 06155-601225 or ets 348-8332
