European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Rep. Be a Ingrah of Georgh who helped Lead the rep Balkans charge to control of both houses of Congress outlines wide Raneiri plans for the newyear and the years to come. The ii. In 1w4 Shock and aftershock by Rick Hampson the associated press hat were the Odds last new year s eve that , Simpson would be the Man of the coming year that one of the nation s two Best female ice skaters would be knee capped on behalf of the other one that the daughter of one of the two biggest strangest american pop idols would marry the other one that Thomas Foley and Mario Cuomo would be looking for a Job that Marion Barry would have his old one that a Man with a Rifle would fire 27 shots at the White House or that another one would try to Fly a stolen plane into president Clinton s bedroom that by Midsummer Michael Jordan would be playing professional baseball and Barry Bonds Ken Griffey or. And Roger Clemens would not the year began with an earthquake in California and the shaking never stopped. As it ended americans could argue Over whether things had gotten better but few would deny they were getting stranger. Not after 1994, whose salient events sounded like they came from. In a generation these stories May be footnotes or less 4 it in 1 994 they were what we talked about around the Kitchen table and on the internet. As of Jan. 1america s most celebrated Simpson was Bart. Twelve months later . Heisman Winner nil map Hertz Pitchman was the most famous murder defendant in . _ -. ,. First Simpson s sex wife and a visitor were found slashed to death then . Was charged and then in a moment like none since the Kennedy assassination . Tried to run away on National television. As in 1963, you could Mark the moment you saw Simpson s White Bronco moving hypnotically along the fabled freeways of Southern California police cruisers following behind in discrete formation crowds gathering on the overpasses. The Simpson ease fit a yearlong pattern amazing stories kept getting More amazing. Susan Smith of Union s.c., explained tearfully and repeatedly How a Black Man had stolen her car and driven off with her two Little boys. Nine Days later she admitted she had rolled the car into a Lake her children strapped in their car seats. She said she was despondent because the Man she loved did t love her i Felt i could t be a Good mom anymore but i did t want my children to grow up without a there was Aldrich Ames a 31-year Cia counterintelligence expert. First we Learned he d been working for the russians whom he supposedly was watching then that he d exposed about 100 secret operations then that the Agency repeatedly ignored signs of his treachery As Ames Cash payment for a $540,000 House. Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley they debuted on stage at the mtg music video awards. They kissed Long and hard. The audience cheered wildly. Just think said Michael nobody thought this would last Well. By year s end there were rumours of a split almost forgotten at any rate was Jackson s multimillion Dollar settlement of a boy s sexual molestation charge. The headlines kept escalating Nancy Kerrigan attacked during practice Tonya Harding questioned in attack skaters face off at olympics Harding admits to cover up. Sports Are supposed to be unpredictable but in 1994 they continued on Page 16 closer Looi the year was filled with bizarre events by the associated Prest a fleeing shoplifter who left his baby behind in the store. An exotic animal that fell victim to wagnerian opera. The taxi Driver who overcharged a lady passenger for sexual these happenings won t make the world history books but they helped make 1994 memorable in terms of strange occurrences. A Sampler of oddities in Hengelo the Netherlands a father caught shoplifting diapers for his baby fled from a supermarket. He left the baby behind in a stroller police said. Shortly afterwards the baby and the Mother were reunited at the store and the father turned himself in to local police. In Denmark the Copenhagen zoo complained that one of its okapi a rare african mammal related to the Giraffe died from stress triggered by the sound of opera singers rehearsing at a nearby Park,when.? Royal theater performers began singing Richard Wagner s Tannhauser the 9-year-old okapi named Katanga started hyperventilating went into Shock and in Stockholm a taxi Driver was convicted of usury for Billing a woman passenger $8,300 for sexual he wrote her a Bill for 25 occasions of sexual coitus plus 25 percent sales tax. The Driver also listed charges for taxi trips hotel rooms and Telephone costs. A judge sentenced him to three years in jail and ordered him to reimburse the Torran. In London a Man sentenced to life imprisonment for a double murder won a retrial because some jury members used an ouija Board to consult the spirit of one of his alleged victims. Elsewhere in England the formal dinner was Over and the cricketers sat Back to hear a local vicar address the Minehead Cricket club. Instead the Tipsy cleric cursed and hurled leftover roast potatoes at them Yelling it s time Tor catching culture and religion collided in san Antonio Texas when the Sisters of Charity of the incarnate word an order of roman Catholic nuns staged an Art exhibit. Among the works wer flesh coloured Clay sculptures of painting initiation depicted an Angel having Intercourse at an altar. Sister Alice Horden the gallery s director said sexuality is a / tremendous gift from the exhibit opened on a monday and closed the next Day. In Israel researchers found an effective Way to scare male smokers away from cigarettes. A study showed that Only 40 percent of heavy smokers Stop puffing when they Are warned that smoking doubles their chances of getting a heart attack. When men in another group of heavy smokers were told that cigarettes might leave them unable to have an erection nearly 80 percent quit immediately. And in Canberra Australia or. Simon Casteal told fellow scientists at a dam conference that chimpanzees and gorillas Are genetically so similar to humans that they should be reclassified As different types of human beings. I suppose in a sense you could say that we Are indeed monkeys uncles Casteal. Said. The stars and Stripe wednesday december 28,1994 15
