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│ Little Known Facts...........Page 4 Laws Beyond Murphy...........Page 33 │
│ HeadLine BITS!...............Page 5 Mind Games #2................Page 34 │
│ Mind Games #1................Page 6 California Haunts............Page 39 │
│ Behind The HeadLines.........Page 9 Horoscopes By Manfred........Page 40 │
│ The Joker's Lair.............Page 10 Phrase Craze.................Page 44 │
│ Commentary Corner............Page 11 Presidential Facts...........Page 45 │
│ Media Hype...................Page 17 Please HELP! Reader Survey...Page 46 │
│ Historical BITS!.............Page 19 Dimensions In The Dark.......Page 47 │
│ BoardWatch Top 100 CONTEST...Page 20 Team Eeeek: Continued........Page 54 │
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│ Little Known Facts! │
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│ * The most common names in Russia are: Ivanov, Vasiliev and Petrov. │
│ * Research says the collarbone is the most frequently broken bone in the │
│ human body. │
│ * General Robert E. Lee did not own one single slave, he didn't believe in │
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│ * Bert Loomis is the man who is created with inventing the dribble for │
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│ * Carl Sandburg was a student at West Point. He flunked out, according to │
│ records it was due to deficiencies in English. │
│ * The concept of infinity was, according to India, an Indian invention. │
│ * Did you know a fly can get athlete's foot also. │
│ * A bolt of lightning travels 20,000 miles per second │
│ * The Red Square in front of the Kremlin was so named 100 years before │
│ communism was even heard of. │
│ * In 1914 Thomas Edison invented the flashlight. │
│ * A giraffe's neck is long, but not long enough to reach the ground. │
│ * In Jamaica there is no "good bye" but instead they say "walk good." │
│ * Smokey the Bear was originally called "Hot Foot Teddy." │
│ * Stats say forgery is almost exclusively a man's crime. │
│ * Snake can't blink, they have no eyelids. │
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│ HeadLine BITS! │
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│ * Wife Sues Over Lost Brain │
│ * Arsonist Elected Fire Department Chief │
│ * Woman In Coma Gives Birth To Daughter In Iron Lung │
│ * Woman Bears Twins While husband Fishes │
│ * Tulsan Badly Hurt In Crash - Gas Main Is Broken │
│ * Honesty Tests For Workers Can't Be Trusted, Report Says │
│ * Woman Wrecks Auto After Hitting Train On Way Back From Party │
│ * Man Injured In Collision Of Auto In Which He Was Riding With A Bus │
│ Yesterday Morning │
│ * Salesman's Wife To Be Discussed At Meeting │
│ * Consumers Who Save Trading Stamps Redeemable For Cash │
│ * Black Velvet Worn By Tilted Hostess │
│ * Brassiere Producer Trapped In Cave-In │
│ * Sparks From Ladies Panties Bring Blasts │
│ * Three Teen-age Girls Overpowder Jailer And Make Escape │
│ * Broker's Shortage Put At $700,000 Hunt For Christian │
│ * Local Officers To Inspect Pink Slips │
│ * Two Gagsters Shoot Way Out │
│ * Dope Jails Two Sailors │
│ * 2 Housewives Turn In Arms │
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│ Mind Games 1993, #1: │
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│ Behind The HeadLines! │
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│ HeadLine: Who Owns The Sky │
│ Story: Dateline Calcutta - an Indian Airlines' was forced to delay take- │
│ off for two hours when a swarm of mosquitoes invaded the cockpit │
│ of the plane. The pilots of the Boeing 737, crew, and passengers │
│ were forced to evacuate the plane. Authorities were forced to │
│ fumigate the plane, the passengers and crew reboarded and the │
│ flight took off. │
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│ HeadLine: An Odd Place To Die │
│ Story: An elderly man died today at the oddest place and time. While │
│ visiting a monument company to arrange for his future headstone │
│ and its inscription he fell over and died. │
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│ HeadLine: How Stupid Can You Get │
│ Story: A man playing Russian roulette with a .357 magnum killed himself │
│ and one other man. The men, 25 and 37 years old, were playing the │
│ game of Russian roulette and the 25 year old pulled the trigger, │
│ the .357 magnum bullet entered his brain, exited and entered the │
│ 37 year old's head, killing both. Police stated, "we guess they │
│ were standing too close together for this game." │
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│ The Joker's Lair! │
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│ The man came home late & was drunk, & his wife was Pissed. "That's it! I'm │
│ leaving! I can't take any more!" He followed his wife. She was throwing │
│ everything into a suitcase. "Wherya go'n?" he asked. "I'm going to Vegas. I│
│ hear I can make $250 for what I'm givin you." The man then got out his own │
│ suitcase & began packing as well. "What in the hell are you doing?" the │
│ woman asked. "I'm go'n widya. I wanna see how ya cn live on $250 a year." │
│ │
│ This guy's about to jump off a bridge, when this horrible looking woman │
│ comes up & asks, "why are you doing this?" "I'm president of a bank. I've │
│ embezzled lots of money, & an audit on Monday is going to reveal what I've │
│ done. My wife & kids have left, & my mistress threw me out." "No problem, │
│ I can fix all that". The woman snaps her fingers once. "Your wife & kids │
│ are back home, waiting for you to come home." She snaps her fingers again. │
│ "The money is all back in the bank." She snaps her fingers one last time. │
│ "Your mistress is ready & waiting, with open arms for your return." "Wow, │
│ that's amazing." "Yes, & all you have to do to keep me from turning it back│
│ is to spend the night with me." The man looks at the hag, but she raises │
│ her fingers to snap them again & he agrees. He makes love to her all night │
│ long, holding in his disgust. As he is dressing to leave, she asks, "how │
│ old are you?" "45, why?" "Isn't 45 a bit old to be believing in witches??" │
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│ Commentary Corner! │
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│ Yes/No Schitzophrenic Radio! That is exactly what I feel when I listen to │
│ the current administration and their position on raising taxes on the │
│ middle class. In September of 1992, again in October of 1992 and finally │
│ in January of 1993 Bill Clinton still contended he did not intend to tax │
│ anyone further than those earning $200,000.00 or above. Yet the tax bill │
│ he proposed covered increase of taxes on people earning $32,000 a year and │
│ upward. But that was not enough! Hillary Clinton came along with a pro- │
│ posal for health care for everyone throughout the country and the cost of │
│ this will be an estimated 100 to 150 billion per year. Where is the money │
│ going to come from? Well the president had the answer. Two places speci- │
│ fically: 1) An increase in FICA from payroll (that's Social Security) and │
│ 2) an increase in tax on the sale of tobacco. The latter would equate to │
│ a tax of $2.00 per pack of cigarettes. The reasoning behind this being │
│ that the cost of medical care for cancer victims is the result of the high │
│ cost of medicine. Even though the statistics prove otherwise, as one doc- │
│ tor I spoke with told me, "the medical profession knows that smokers pay │
│ into systems and die long before consumption of the amount they have paid."│
│ The day after talking about all this though, Mr. Clinton came back and told│
│ the press he did not intend raising taxes on anyone but the rich. Are you │
│ confused or not? Or do we just wash this off as another political lie? │
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│ Commentary Corner! │
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│ One more thing Mr. Clinton did this past week. On Saturday, a week ago, │
│ at a dinner, Mr. Clinton told a "joke" about Rush Limbaugh. In this joke │
│ he stated that Rush defended Janet Reno, U. S. Attorney General, from an │
│ attack by a black guy (Congressman Conyers). Mr. Limbaugh took exception │
│ to the insinuation of being a racist; for Mr. Clinton took the position in │
│ his "joke" that the only reason Rush defended Ms. Reno was because it was a│
│ black man attacking her. Considering the fact that Mr. Clinton belongs to │
│ a private golf club in Arkansas that refuses to allow blacks as members, │
│ his finger pointing activity shows a clear cut double standard in which he │
│ clearly advocates and practices. Yet Mr. Clinton contends he is not a │
│ racist. Yes/No....! │
│ In December 1992 Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore took credit for the American pub-│
│ lics increase spending, saying the reason was because of their being elect-│
│ ed and there was new hope in this country for the economy. But when the │
│ spending dropped to an all time low in the first quarter of 1993, Mr. Clin-│
│ ton and Gore took the position it was because of 12 years of neglect from │
│ Reagan and Bush. Seems to me they can't take credit on one hand and blame │
│ someone else on the other just because the figures change. With a differ- │
│ ent tax proposal on something every other day what do they expect anyway. │
│ Come on guys, you can't have things both ways! Yes/No.Schitzophrenic Radio!│
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│ Most of us have listened to and probably believed the media hype about ill-│
│ egal immigrants coming across our borders. The media likes to tell us they│
│ do not pose a problem to us nor do they cost the American taxpayer more │
│ money. If you are among those who have fallen for this line of hype, let │
│ us give you some facts regarding the illegal immigrants in Los Angeles │
│ alone. │
│ According to a study done by the County Supervisor Michael Antonovitch, Los│
│ Angeles County, the cost for illegals alone to the county health care │
│ program is $308 million a year. For the entire state of California, the │
│ estimate for health care for illegals in 1994 is expected to run approxi- │
│ mately $534 million. │
│ Though the editors of the Los Angeles Times newspaper contend the illegals │
│ do not take jobs from the average American, this is not true either. Per- │
│ haps the editors jobs' are secure but construction workers and custodians │
│ find this to be completely untrue. │
│ Furthermore, another cost being driven up is the cost of educating ille- │
│ gals in the California school system. The estimated cost for illegals only│
│ is $1 billion per year. │
│ Why be concerned with the truth? Simple, the American tax payer is now │
│ facing a new tax on FICA that will yield a socialistic form of medical/ │
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│ health care program; at the recommendation of Hillary and Bill Clinton. │
│ But if the borders were tightened up and illegals were stopped from enter- │
│ ing this country the cost of health care and education would certainly be │
│ reduced. │
│ Additionally, experts point out that because our borders are uncontrolled │
│ for the most part, it also invites the ease of terrorists to come into this│
│ nation and commit acts like the World Trade Center in New York. Six people│
│ were killed, a thousand were injured and the cost of damages are expected │
│ to exceed one billion dollars. │
│ Other social services in this country facing problems as a result of ille- │
│ gal aliens are: 1) Welfare - with fraud being a serious problem with the │
│ illegal aliens, 2) rising health care costs, 3) Social Security fraud, │
│ 4) bilingual education, 5) higher crime and drug trafficking, and 6) loss │
│ of jobs for Americans. │
│ In one case, a woman hospitalized for surgery complained to the hospital │
│ administrator because she couldn't sleep. She told the administrator the │
│ woman next to her had her Cambodian family members in and every night they │
│ would gather around and sing and talk. The administrator told her that │
│ she had better learn to accept the practice of other cultures. Question: │
│ Why, isn't this American any more? │
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│ Historical BITS! - This week in history! │
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│ 5-11-1752 1st US fire insurance policy is issued, in Philadelphia. │
│ 5-11-1929 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week). │
│ 5-11-1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory. │
│ 5-12-1820 Florence Nightengale, famous nurse. │
│ 5-12-1845 Gabriel Faure, composer │
│ 5-12-1925 Yogi Barra, catcher, philosopher. │
│ 5-13 Leprechaun Day │
│ 5-13-1607 English land to found Jamestown (1st permanent settlement) │
│ 5-13-1846 US declares war on Mexico. │
│ 5-14-1853 Gail Borden applies for patent for making condensed milk. │
│ 5-14-1948 State of Israel proclaimed. │
│ 5-14-1973 United States launches space station "Skylab". │
│ 5-15-1859 Pierre Curie, physicist, born │
│ 5-15-1940 1st nylon stockings are sold in America. │
│ 5-15-1963 Last of the Mercury flights, the "Faith 7", launched. │
│ 5-16-1866 Congress authorizes nickel 5-cent piece │
│ 5-16-1929 1st Oscars announced (best film was 'Wings'). │
│ 5-16-1971 First Class Mail now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents). │
│ 5-17-1792 24 brokers meet to found the New York Stock Exchange │
│ 5-17-1804 Lewis & Clark begin their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase │
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│ Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice Bulletin Board Contest │
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│ B O A R D W A T C H M A G A Z I N E Announces: │
│ The Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice Bulletin Board Contest for 1993 │
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│ WIN A FREE HIGH SPEED MODEM │
│ Boardwatch Magazine is sponsoring a contest to find the 100 most popular │
│ bulletin board systems in North America - and the ONE BBS most popular │
│ among callers. The contest will run from January 1, 1993 through July 1, │
│ 1993. Winners will be announced at the Online Networking Exposition and │
│ BBS Convention (ONE BBSCON) held at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado │
│ Springs Colorado, August 25-29, 1993. The Boardwatch 100 list will be │
│ published in subsequent issues of Boardwatch Magazine and distributed in │
│ electronic form world-wide. │
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│ PRIZES FOR BULLETIN BOARD OPERATORS │
│ 1ST PRIZE: Air fare, hotel accommodations and registration at ONE BBSCON │
│ for one is awarded to the system receiving the most votes. Additionally, │
│ the system will receive a free full-page black and white advertisement in │
│ Boardwatch Magazine for a period of three months. An award trophy will │
│ be presented at the ONE BBSCON and a feature story on their BBS will │
│ appear in a subsequent issue of the magazine.. │
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│ Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice Bulletin Board Contest │
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│ TOP 10: The 10 most popular BBSes selected by the voters will each receive │
│ an award trophy during a special presentation at the Online Networking │
│ Exposition & BBS Convention (ONE BBSCON) August 25-29, 1993. Additionally, │
│ a story describing their system will appear in Boardwatch Magazine, they │
│ will be included in a special TOP TEN BBS listing in the magazine, & will │
│ receive a free 1/4 page black & white advertisement in 3 successive issues.│
│ Finally, they'll be listed in the Boardwatch 100 BBS list. │
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│ TOP ONE HUNDRED: The 100 bulletin boards receiving the most votes will │
│ each be listed in the Boardwatch 100 readers choice BBS list. This list │
│ will be published in Boardwatch Magazine and freely distributed │
│ electronically on thousands of bulletin boards world-wide. │
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│ PRIZES FOR VOTERS: All valid ballots submitted by voters will be entered │
│ in a random sweepstakes drawing. As of the opening date of this contest, │
│ prizes include TWO U.S. ROBOTICS COURIER DUAL STANDARD 16.8K MODEMS, two │
│ HAYES OPTIMA 14400 + FAX 144 modems, & two ZyXEL U-1496 14,400 bps modems │
│ - & more are on the way. A minimum of six valid ballots will be selected │
│ from all entries & each will receive a free modem - from the most popular │
│ modem manufacturers in the world. │
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│ Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice Bulletin Board Contest │
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│ RULES FOR CALLERS: Each voter can vote once, for a single bulletin board │
│ system. Each ballot must be fully completed, & individually mailed by each │
│ voter. One vote per address, & we will verify ballots as necessary. There │
│ are three ways to vote: │
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│ 1. Printout and complete this ballot and mail to: │
│ BOARDWATCH MAGAZINE │
│ READERS CHOICE BBS CONTEST │
│ 5970 South Vivian Street │
│ Littleton, CO 80127 │
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│ 2. Print out, complete this ballot and FAX to (303)973-3731. │
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│ 3. Or, dial the Boardwatch BBS at (303)973-4222 and complete the online │
│ ballot provided on the main menu. │
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│ Balloting closes at 23:59:59, June 30, 1993. │
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│ This contest is not limited to Boardwatch Magazine subscribers, and no │
│ purchase of any kind is required to participate in this contest. │
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│ Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice Bulletin Board Contest │
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│ NOTE: We held this contest during 1992 and it generated 11,152 votes by │
│ the close of balloting for some 1250 different BBSes. The TOP system │
│ received about 450 votes. Your individual vote can have a tremendous │
│ impact on the outcome of this contest. Further, the odds of winning a │
│ modem in last years contest, were 1 in 1394 (8 modems awarded). │
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│ RULES FOR BBS OPERATORS: Bulletin Board Operators may encourage callers │
│ to vote for their system by offering whatever inducements/encouragements │
│ they like. There is one rule to this contest for BBS operators. YOU MAY │
│ NOT HANDLE ANY VOTE AFTER THE CALLER HAS COMPLETED THE BALLOT. YOU MAY NOT│
│ HANDLE IT IN ANY WAY. │
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│ You may provide callers with anything you like, including postage paid │
│ envelopes, printed matter, solicitations, etc. But once they've completed │
│ a ballot, if you touch, handle, or otherwise deal with the ballot in any │
│ way, your BBS will be disqualified from the contest without appeal or │
│ recourse. │
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│ If you wish to post an electronic ballot on your BBS, you may post this │
│ file IN ITS ENTIRETY. You may post any additional information you feel │
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│ is appropriate, but this entire rules file must be available to all │
│ callers. │
│ │
│ Despite the fact that this contest has a minimum of rules, this one rule │
│ does cause problems each year. You cannot post online surveys or doors to │
│ allow voters to vote online. This is vote handling. You cannot accept │
│ ballots & mail or fax them in for callers. The rule of thumb is pretty │
│ clear: You can provide anything you like TO callers to induce them to vote.│
│ There is NOTHING you can accept FROM callers in any way pertaining to this │
│ ballot at all. THEY must complete the ballot & forward it to us themselves.│
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│ We actually received FEDEX packages on the final day of the contest last │
│ year from BBS operators who claimed to have collected a hundred or so │
│ votes. Infractions are dealt with quite economically - the BBS is │
│ summarily disqualified without recourse or appeal. │
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│ One new element introduced in the 1993 contest is date scoring. All │
│ ballots received from 1 January 1993 through 30 June 1993 will receive a │
│ date score based on the date of receipt. Date scores will range from 180 │
│ for votes received 1 January down to 1 for votes received on June 30. │
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│ These date stamp values are cummulative for each BBS and will be used to │
│ eliminate ALL ties in the TOP 100. Since ties are quite common in this │
│ contest, it pays to get your votes in early. │
│ │
│ This contest is open to all BBSes worldwide with the sole exception of the │
│ Boardwatch Magazine BBS - which is ineligible. Commercial services such as │
│ Prodigy, America Online, CompuServe, are considered to be networks and not │
│ bulletin boards for the purposes of this contest. HOWEVER, individual │
│ forums, roundtables, or special interest areas moderated by a specific │
│ human SYSOP on those services & allowing callers to post messages in that │
│ specific area ARE considered to be bulletin boards for the purposes of this│
│ contest and may participate. │
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│ BOARDWATCH MAGAZINE │
│ 5970 South Vivian Street │
│ Littleton, CO 80127 │
│ FAX: (303)973-3731. │
│ BBS: (303)973-4222 │
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│ Balloting closes at 23:59:59, June 30, 1993. │
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│ BOARDWATCH 100 READERS CHOICE BBS CONTEST 1993 BALLOT FORM│
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│ Mail to: BOARDWATCH MAGAZINE READERS, CHOICE BBS CONTEST │
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│ BBS INFORMATION: │
│ TITLE OF BBS YOU NOMINATE AS BEST BBS:____________________________________ │
│ PRIMARY BBS ACCESS TELEPHONE NUMBER: ____________________________________ │
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│ VOTER VERIFICATION INFORMATION: Voter information will be used to verify a │
│ selected sampling of caller ballots. Responses to certain questions will be│
│ used to produce aggregate statistical information on BBS callers to be │
│ published in Boardwatch Magazine in future issues. All information required│
│ Incomplete ballots will be discarded │
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│ STREET ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________ │
│ CITY: _________________________________ STATE/PROVINCE: __________________ │
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│ VOTER VOICE TELEPHONE NUMBER: ____________________________________________ │
│ AGE:____ SEX: [ ] M [ ] F PROFESSION:__________________________________ │
│ COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE USED: ____________________________________________ │
│ HIGHEST MODEM SPEED YOUR MODEM SUPPORTS? [ ] 1200 bps [ ] 2400 bps │
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│ DO YOU REGULARLY USE MICROSOFT WINDOWS? [ ] yes [ ] no │
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│ ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS YOU MAKE TO ALL BBSs PER MONTH: __________ │
│ ESTIMATED AVERAGE CALL DURATION: _______ │
│ GUESTIMATE THE DATE OF YOUR FIRST MODEM CALL: ____________________________ │
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│ Mind Games 1993 #2: Eeeekle! │
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│ The Palace (Club) 1735 N. Vine (213)467-4571 │
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│ Knott's Berry Farm Buena Park CA (714)220-5200 │
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│ Sea World San Diego CA (619)226-3901 │
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│ California - Strange and Haunted! │
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│ California has many places open to the public that are reportedly haunted. │
│ We thought we would tell you about some in the week's to come in this new │
│ column. For those out of this state, if you are planning a vacation here │
│ perhaps you'll find some place other than Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm and│
│ standard amusement parks to go to. │
│ Just north of Los Angeles is Kern County. Kern County holds a great his- │
│ torical value to the history of the Southern portion of California. It was│
│ one of the first places to discover gold in the Southland. But just three │
│ and one half miles north of Lebec off interstate 5 is Fort Tejon State │
│ Historic Park. This fort was the home of the U.S. First Dragoons. An │
│ army outfit whose duty included maintaining law and order in the frontier │
│ territory of California. Today the park is protected as a state historical│
│ site. Some of the original buildings still stand; along with a museum and │
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│ killed and buried under this tree. When the women of the fort heard of his│
│ burial, they forced the soldiers to dig Le Beck's body up and bury him in │
│ hollow ground. Since that time, the fort has been reported as being haunt-│
│ ed. Sightings of the spirit have been recorded since 1837. │
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│ Horoscopes By Manfred! │
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│ │
│ Aries [Mar 21 - Apr 19] Speak up! No one can know how you feel if you │
│ don't tell them! Use caution on the road at night, & when you are dealing │
│ with people you don't know too well. Emphasis on security, financial │
│ settlement, basic values. Aries will be involved. │
│ │
│ Taurus [Apr 20 - May 20] Employment problem will be solved... Someone │
│ whose life you touched will return favor. Focus on physical attraction, │
│ sensuality, creativity, variety this week. Cancer native plays role. │
│ │
│ Gemini [May 21 - June 20] Pay special attention to someone you want closer,│
│ before the opportunity passes. Listen to your inner convictions! This │
│ week is accented with the ability to see things as they really are! Aries │
│ has romantic interest. │
│ │
│ Cancer [June 21 - July 22] You will work closely with a friend on new │
│ project. The spotlight focuses on new purchases, financial benefits, and │
│ the completion of a task that's been on your nerves. It's time to give a │
│ special loved one that present. Scorpio native plays role. │
│ │
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│ Horoscopes By Manfred! │
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│ │
│ Leo [July 23 - Aug 22] Pay attention!! Use caution on the road at night, & │
│ when you are dealing with people you don't know too well. Investments for │
│ the future are indicated now. Your spirit's up! Virgo, Capricorn can be │
│ counted upon! │
│ │
│ Virgo [Aug 23 - Sept 22] Be honest with someone you've been keeping your │
│ feelings hidden from, time to open up! Expect the unexpected now. A Lost │
│ love will be found. Capricorn, Sagittarius wants something from you now. │
│ │
│ Libra [Sept 23 - Oct 22] You will work closely with a friend on new │
│ project. A long-standing friendship may be at risk somehow. You will be │
│ the object of a sincere gift of love soon. Sagittarius has something │
│ important to say! │
│ │
│ Scorpio [Oct 23 - Nov 21] Be discreet, no sense taking chances with things │
│ which may be harmful. Someone else has a problem that needs your attention │
│ now.. A financial adjustment is being considered that will substantially │
│ benefit you somehow... Aquarius native plays role. │
│ │
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│ │
│ Sagittarius [Nov 22 - Dec 21] A woman with brown eyes has difficulty but │
│ opens up with you. Your sex-appeal is high this week & you'll be almost │
│ irresistable! You may end up traveling some, be prepared! Virgo, or │
│ Capricorn wants something from you now. │
│ │
│ Capricorn [Dec 23 - Jan 19] Your luck is riding high now - could prove │
│ financially beneficial to you! Travel should be avoided at all costs. │
│ Major financial decisions should be delayed. Take time to contemplate │
│ before making decisions. Taurus in background. │
│ │
│ Aquarius [Jan 20 - Feb 18] Someone whose life you touched will return │
│ favor. There will be a reason for you to celebrate this week. You'll find │
│ that someone who really likes you has remained quiet long enough! Pisces │
│ can be counted upon! │
│ │
│ Pisces [Feb. 19 - Mar. 20] Make a decision that is long overdue and you'll │
│ be better off! This week could hold a particularly sensuous evening - be │
│ prepared! Plans will be made this week that could affect your entire life │
│ over the next 6 to 12 months... Aquarius, Gemini provides insight. │
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│ Dimensions In The Dark by J.L. Black │
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│ "No Dr. Bentley we have not been 'nipping the brandy' as you so │
│ quaintly put it. We have been at the house on the hill. There is an │
│ entity tied to this house somehow and he is the one controling the │
│ energies of this dimensional zone." │
│ │
│ "Dimensional zones I understand, young lady. Entities and ghosts are │
│ something with which I do not deal. Now you cannot be serious, you, a │
│ well educated person, cannot be serious about your belief in ghosts and │
│ goblins." │
│ │
│ "Dr. Bentley I said nothing about ghosts or goblins, this is not │
│ Halloween or Witches Eve. This is the entity of a man who once lived. │
│ His power of hatred was so strong that it has survived his human form. │
│ He is the one controlling." │
│ │
│ "Bloody foolishness, this rot. You must have had one brandy too many │
│ to believe this." │
│ │
│ "It happens you old sot," Mrs. Moore chided in. "It happens to people │
│ all the time, every day. Just because it has not happened to you │
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│ Dimensions In The Dark by J.L. Black │
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│ doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Your stuck here aren't you? Then it │
│ stands to reason things like this happen. Now pipe down and let the │
│ girl tell you what Thomas's idea is. Go ahead Carol, the rest of us │
│ are listening." │
│ │
│ "Who is this entity suppose to be?" Dr. Bentley asked. │
│ │
│ "We really could not determine who the entity is. All we could │
│ determine was he has a great deal of power surrounding him because of │
│ hatred and anger." I answered him in the only way I felt sound. I knew │
│ this would be difficult for the others to accept, but especially │
│ difficult for Dr. Bentley. He is a professor of Science, not one of │
│ parapsychology. │
│ │
│ I was somewhat surprised that Mrs. Moore accepted the fact of entity. │
│ Being a practical woman I would have thought she would argued the │
│ existence of an entity. She did not. She appeared to have accepted │
│ this completely. Perhaps it was because of some experience she had. │
│ Or perhaps it was simply the fact that she is receptive to │
│ parapsychology and have even kept abreast of the British Psychic Center │
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│ Dimensions In The Dark by J.L. Black │
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│ in London and her ideas are much more open minded about this subject │
│ than the average persons. │
│ │
│ "Fine. We are willing to try anything I believe. Let me see what │
│ everyone else has to say." I could hear Dr. Bentley talking to the │
│ others, taking charge as he had on other occasions. Occasionally Mrs. │
│ Moore could be heard stating her concepts of the facts and then someone │
│ else would say something, adding their own doubts to the situation. │
│ │
│ "No one is convinced this will work," Dr. Bentley informed me. │
│ │
│ "They must believe. I know it will not work if they do not believe. │
│ Please Dr. Bentley I implore you to convince them. Mrs. Moore, │
│ please." │
│ │
│ "I'm trying," he asserted, "But it is a difficult situation, you │
│ understand. It is in direct conflict to some these people's religious │
│ beliefs." │
│ │
│ "Dr. Bentley there is no religion here. Not on this night. This │
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│ Dimensions In The Dark by J.L. Black │
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│ entity and his power have only one religious belief, terror and │
│ misunderstanding. This is the feeding ground of hatred and anger. If │
│ there be one of you that believes in God, then believe the power of │
│ love always overcomes hatred." │
│ │
│ "That is not quite true...." Dr. Bentley started to say but I │
│ interrupted him forcefully. │
│ │
│ "Dr. Bentley please. Let's not have a philosophically argument here. │
│ Time is running out and I don't have the patience to listen to you │
│ right now. Remember the conversations of the other morning, each of │
│ you where telling of your psychic experiences. If these things │
│ happened to you and you believed them to have happened, then you cannot │
│ deny what is happening now. I know we all have a tendency to deny the │
│ unusual and the unexplainable but you can not do that now. Please try │
│ the circle, hold hands, and concentrate on love. Dr. Bentley, you and │
│ all of you, must set aside your intellectual concepts for five minutes │
│ an accept the theory Thomas concluded was correct." │
│ │
│ "Well!", I heard Dr. Bentley exclaim. I am certain he was not │
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│ Dimensions In The Dark by J.L. Black │
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│ accustomed to being talked to in this manner, but at this point I truly │
│ did not care. │
│ │
│ "Dr. Bentley I'm sorry if you feel I spoke too harshly to you, but you, │
│ above everyone else, must appreciate the criticalness of speed. I │
│ mean, a man of your stature and knowledge must understand this." │
│ │
│ "Quite right young lady. I do understand. We will do as you suggest." │
│ I had soothed his bruised ego and inflated it a bit, perhaps this was │
│ wrong, but I did achieve my goal. │
│ │
│ As they did as Thomas had suggested, I sat on the floor concentrating │
│ on the energies of love. Every- thing was very quite. I rose, walked │
│ to the front door, stepped only one step beyond the door and looked │
│ down the walkway to where Thomas still sat. He looked to be asleep, he │
│ was motionless. I looked again at my watch, it was 4:03 a.m. I │
│ figured I had a little less than two hours left, maybe a little more, │
│ but not much. │
│ │
│ "Carol. Carol are you there?" I heard Dr. Bentley call. │
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│ Dimensions In The Dark by J.L. Black │
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│ "Yes Dr. Bentley I'm here." I said as I returned to the dimensional │
│ door. │
│ │
│ "It is not working Carol, there is no change." │
│ │
│ "Okay Dr. Bentley, Thomas and I shall have to try something else. Hang │
│ on, all of you". │
│ │
│ "Is my husband with you Carol?" Mrs. Jacobs called out. │
│ │
│ I had dreaded this moment. I knew she would ask. I knew I would lie. │
│ And I knew I would feel dreadful about having to do so, but I still │
│ would. │
│ │
│ "No Mrs. Jacobs, we moved him to another room. Coming through the │
│ dimensional door took quite a lot out of him so he's resting." │
│ │
│ "You will check on him, won't you?" │
│ │
│ "Yes Mrs. Jacobs. Please don't be concerned." │
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│ Dimensions In The Dark by J.L. Black │
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│ I yelled over my shoulder for them try to be tolerant, as I moved │
│ through the door of the bungalow to the walkway once again. │
│ │
│ "Thomas," I knelt down next to him and gently touched his shoulder. │
│ "Thomas wake up, I need your help." He stirred a little, then looked up │
│ at me. He looked like death caught in the guise of exhaustion. │
│ │
│ "Did it work? Where is everyone?," he asked hopefully. │
│ │
│ "Thomas it did not work. We have got to go back to the house. The │
│ answer is there I'm sure." │
│ To be continued... │
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│ Poetry submitted by 12 year old Brian T. │
│ The dewdrops glistened into jewels on soft green summer sun burning. │
│ **** │
│ When I went out │
│ In the spring meadows │
│ To gather violets, │
│ I enjoyed myself so much that I stayed all night. │
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│ Team Eeeek: Dawning of an Age: Lessons Twice Learned │
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│ Hymie Krausmeyer couldn't believe what he was hearing. What was harder was │
│ that he couldn't believe what he was feeling. │
│ │
│ These were his friends! At least he thought they were. And now each one of │
│ them had found something awful to say about him. │
│ │
│ "Hymie couldn't have found that program with a guide dog!" │
│ │
│ "And he couldn't have carried it out of here with a Mac truck!" │
│ │
│ "This is ridiculous! Hymie Krausmeyer doesn't have the I.Q. to be an │
│ industrial spy!" │
│ │
│ The little man gazed unhappily about the conference room of the Team Eeeek │
│ offices and fought his growing depression. │
│ │
│ "I mustn't get angry," he told himself. "I must do like the team members do│
│ and think my way through this." │
│ │
│ But he was finding that hard to do. He felt like each one of them was │
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│ Team Eeeek: Dawning of an Age: Lessons Twice Learned │
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│ burying a knife in his heart. And what hurt even more was that he realized │
│ they were DEFENDING him! │
│ │
│ He thought it odd he'd not recognized their low opinion of him before now. │
│ │
│ "If you want me to believe that Hymie Krausmeyer sold Bee's software," Mad │
│ Mind shouted, "you're going to have to prove it to me!" │
│ │
│ Hymie watched as the ChairWoman of the Board, Eeeek International rifled │
│ through the hundreds of pages of printout. "It's all here!" she hissed. │
│ "We didn't want to believe it either, but look for yourself." │
│ │
│ When she tossed the stack onto the middle of the oval conference table, │
│ everybody backed away from it as if it were a snake. │
│ │
│ "Something's not right here," Hymie thought. "Not just that they think I │
│ stole a program! Something else... What IS it?" │
│ │
│ The little man watched as if in a dream as the team members argued and the │
│ ChairWoman insisted and the boss just hung her head. "Something is wrong!" │
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│ Team Eeeek: Dawning of an Age: Lessons Twice Learned │
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│ and the Krausmeyer found his thoughts running back to Sarina and the │
│ lessons she had taught him. │
│ │
│ "What was it she told me?" │
│ │
│ Neal picked up the stack of printout and said something harsh to the group │
│ but Hymie couldn't hear his words. Then Bee pointed at the office and spoke│
│ through an exasperated expression. The Baron chimed in, followed by the │
│ ChairWoman and Crunchie and the doctor, but Hymie couldn't hear a word any │
│ of them were saying. │
│ │
│ "What did Sarina tell me?" │
│ │
│ It was something about looking at the spirit; she told him to separate the │
│ person from the person's actions and evaluate his or her... soul? │
│ │
│ No, that wasn't it; it wasn't 'soul.' It was... inner motivation or │
│ something like that. Sarina told him to see each person as a totality, as a│
│ body and as a spirit and to realized that we all had lessons to learn; that│
│ was the purpose of life, to learn those lessons. │
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│ Team Eeeek: Dawning of an Age: Lessons Twice Learned │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Hymie stared out of his trance-like state and marveled at all the commotion│
│ in the conference room. │
│ │
│ "There is no need for all this!" he thought. "There is no point to it!" But│
│ there appeared to be a point to the members of Team Eeeek and Hymie felt │
│ compelled to help them. │
│ │
│ His first problem was to solve the mystery of the stolen software. He knew │
│ HE didn't take it, so who? │
│ │
│ The little man tried to remember his lessons. "Why didn't I pay more │
│ attention?" he berated himself. But slowly he remembered what Sarina had │
│ told him. "Look behind the person," she said, "and you will find the reason│
│ for the action." │
│ │
│ The Krausmeyer forced his attention down on the people in the room - a hard│
│ enough task as his thoughts wanted to wander away from him - and peered at │
│ each one in turn. As he did so he could see a sort of envelop encasing each│
│ one - no, not quite an envelop; more a sheath of light - and he realized │
│ that these must have been what Sarina called "Auras". They were iridescent;│
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│ Team Eeeek: Dawning of an Age: Lessons Twice Learned │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ all the colors of the rainbow shimmered in each with certain colors │
│ predominating in the different auras. │
│ │
│ But what did that tell him? │
│ │
│ He wasn't sure. But he noticed whenever anyone shouted his aura flared hot │
│ red then simmered into an angry glow. It appeared that each person did │
│ that, all of them showed excited, angry colors. │
│ │
│ Except one! │
│ │
│ One person was shrouded in dark, nervous shades. And Hymie also noted that │
│ he wasn't speaking; he was listening, head bent, eyes down. Overall he │
│ seemed sad. │
│ │
│ Hymie wanted to learn more about this difference so he sent his mind over │
│ to explore the colors. │
│ │
│ To his surprise Hymie found that he could enter the man's unhappy thoughts.│
│ And what he heard was completely unexpected. │
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│ Team Eeeek: Dawning of an Age: Lessons Twice Learned │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ "What have I done? I've only made it all worse! Now the team, maybe even │
│ the company will be shaken! Geez! What'll I do? Where do I go now? God, I │
│ loved this place!" │
│ │
│ Hymie came back to himself and realized that while he had mingled his mind │
│ with his teammate's, he had felt the man's fear, frustration and pain. │
│ │
│ More than that, he had felt the overwhelming depression that washed him │
│ into despair. │
│ │
│ Hymie had to do something! Not only for the company and the team, but for │
│ the man himself. │
│ │
│ Such heartbreaking emotion should not be allowed to exist in a person. │
│ │
│ Not when it hurt him so much; not when he was a human being in need. │
│ │
│ And especially not when he was a friend. │
│ │
│ To be continued. │
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│ The ten-year old boy started up the walkway to the front door of the house.│
│ He saw someone through the glass door standing there looking out. She was │
│ a tall lady with long blond hair. The boy reached the door and the woman │
│ had moved away from it. So he knocked. No response. He knocked again. │
│ Still no response. He knocked several more times and never received a │
│ response. He went home and told his mother of the incident. His mother │
│ thought perhaps something was wrong at the house so she got on the phone │
│ to call. The phone rang and rang and finally after at least a dozen or │
│ more rings the lady who lived there answered, out of breath, she said │
│ hello. The boy's mother said she was concerned because she had sent her │
│ son over, he saw someone in the doorway but they would not answer his │
│ knocking. The woman said she didn't understand this at all since she and │
│ her family had been out all morning long and she had to run to even answer │
│ the phone. │
│ This story was told to the new family moving into it by the ten year old │
│ who had experienced it. The man didn't take it seriously, thinking the │
│ child had just imagined things. But a few days after moving in he was to │
│ believe otherwise. │
│ The man spent the day pounding nails into the walls for his wife, so she │
│ could hang her pictures and other treasures. But during the night he was │
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│ awakened by a crashing sound coming from the living room where he had hung │
│ all the items his wife asked. When he got to the living room, he found │
│ every item on the floor. Each and every nail he had pounded into the wall │
│ lay in a pile on the floor, having been pulled from the wall. He tried to │
│ explain the incident away saying they must have had an earth tremor or │
│ something to cause such an action. But he knew that wasn't the case. │
│ A few days later the man's wife was sitting at the kitchen table writing a │
│ letter to her mother when she saw a tall, thin woman wall down the hall │
│ past the kitchen door. She looked up at the clock and thought, '11:30, its│
│ about time she got up.' She was referring to her 18 year old daughter who │
│ lived at home still. But when she went into the hall to see why the girl │
│ hadn't come into the kitchen for morning coffee, there was no one there. │
│ She then went upstairs to see where her daughter had gone and became very │
│ shocked and surprised to find her still asleep in her bed. │
│ The house had many new occupants. Not merely because of the ghostly visit │
│ from the tall, thin lady but also because it was a house provided to mili- │
│ tary personnel on a base. │
│ The next to live in the house was a Colonel. On one occasion the Colonel │
│ got up early, 4:30 a.m., to study for a class he was taking. He had just │
│ settled down in the den with a cup of coffee and his book when he clearly │
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│ heard the voice of a small child call out, "Daddy." The Colonel got up │
│ immediately, thinking it was his small son calling out to him, went to his │
│ son's bedroom but was surprised to find his son fast asleep. │
│ As he walked back to the den, he tried to figure out what he had heard │
│ exactly and how he could have heard it. It was not a frantic cry but one │
│ that was calm and quiet. Not being able to figure out what he had experi- │
│ enced he simply dismissed the entire incident and became lost in his stud- │
│ ies and daily activities. │
│ But soon after this, the Colonel's wife head an experience that could not │
│ be ignored. In the house along she heard footsteps and went to investigate.│
│ Fear shock her to her very core when she turned to walk into the master │
│ bedroom and came face to face with a tall, thin, white haired, white skinn-│
│ ed lady. She knew she was looking at a ghost for she could see right thru │
│ her. She grabbed the door knob and quickly backed out into the hallway │
│ pulling the door closed as she did so. As if this would protect her from │
│ what she saw. That was enough for her, the Colonel, at his wife's urging │
│ requested a change of housing. │
│ The next occupants were a Colonel, who happened to be a doctor, and his │
│ family. On one evening the Dr and his wife were sitting in the living │
│ room chatting and relaxing when they both clearly heard: "Father, father, │
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│ I'm so tired." The doctor pointed out that his sons never called him any- │
│ thing but dad or pop. │
│ For the next three years the family tolerated various oddities that would │
│ occur in the house. One such thing was when one of their son's woke in │
│ the middle of the night and got up to go to the bathroom. When he got into│
│ the hallway he came face to face with the tall lady and the boy watched her│
│ enter his bedroom. That night he curled up on the floor next to his mom │
│ and dad's bed to sleep the rest of the night. After that, he would not go │
│ back into his room and his dad had to arrange another room for his sleeping│
│ quarters. │
│ Even the electricians on the military post knew of the odd things to occur │
│ in the house. They would tell everyone who moved in, you will have prob- │
│ lems but don't call, they aren't something we can repair. │
│ The house is the Carleton House at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. The history is │
│ very sketchy because of the numerous moves of the military personnel. But │
│ it is known that the house once was used as a hospital. Most believe the │
│ tall, thin, white lady with white hair died in the hospital along with a │
│ small child. But no one is certain. The ghost(s) seem to be lost and con-│
│ fused but create no threat to the living. │
│ To date, the place is still haunted. │
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│ GAO Finds Grantees In Violation Of Law │
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│ US Newswire: The General Accounting Office (GAO) has identified violations │
│ of federal laws that prohibit federal officials from engaging in activities│
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│ Embassy of South Africa Statement on Progress in Negotiations │
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│ US Newswire: Despite reports from South Africa of violent incidents which │
│ are obviously disturbing but which must be seen in context, the multi-party│
│ talks moving toward an election are making progress. The 26-party Negotiat-│
│ ing Council, the supreme negotiating body, on 4/30/93, agreed to the estab-│
│ lishment of various technical sub-committees to prepare reports on specific│
│ issues for debate by Council. When the Negotiating Council met the question│
│ of violence was the top of its agenda. The Planning Committee has also been│
│ mandated to see if there should be any more subcommittees on constitutional│
│ matters, after the Inkatha Freedom Party insisted there be a separate sub- │
│ committee to deal with a future form of the state. The various technical │
│ sub-committees will deal with: (i) constitutional matters, which will inv- │
│ estigate such issues as the constitution-making body/constituent assembly, │
│ transitional regional/local government, the future of TBVC states & self- │
│ determination; (ii)independent election commission; (iii)independent media │
│ commission & the independent telecommunications authority; (iv) the amend- │
│ ment of any legislation which might impede free political activity & any │
│ remaining discriminatory legislation; (v)Transitional Executive Council & │
│ its sub-committees, with the proviso the question of security forces & │
│ armed formations shall be given priority attention; (vi)strengthening the │
│ National Peace Accord, (vii)fundamental rights in transition process. │
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│ People for the American Way Blasts Anti-Gay Video Released by C.A.N. │
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│ US Newswire: │
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│ People For the American Way President Arthur J. Kropp has denounced a │
│ Christian Action Network (CAN) videotape portraying negative images of gays│
│ and lesbians. │
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│ The videotape, which pieces together sensationalized images from the recent│
│ gay civil rights march, was released today on Capitol Hill. │
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│ Following is the text of Kropp's remarks: │
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│ "This video is predictable, amateurish propaganda no reasonable person │
│ could take seriously. Since CAN's inception, network leaders have been │
│ fixated on the gay community and gay issues. This film is just the latest │
│ product of an increasingly vicious image war the Religious Right groups are│
│ fighting against gays and lesbians. By playing host to this festival of │
│ sleaze, Jesse Helms demeans his role as a United States senator." │
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│ Lederle-Praxis Criticizes Compromise Vaccine Proposal │
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│ US Newswire: Ronald Saldarini, president of vaccine manufacturer Lederle │
│ -Praxis Biologicals, testified before the Subcommittee on Health for │
│ Families and the Uninsured of the Senate Finance Committee that while the │
│ administration's revised proposal on vaccines purports to be a compromise │
│ focusing on Medicaid and the uninsured, the end result, in fact, will not │
│ be very different from universal purchase. │
│ -- By defining the 'uninsured' to include those who have health insurance │
│ which simply does not cover immunizations (and as much as one-third of │
│ self-funded and employer-sponsored coverage does not), the proposal creates│
│ an entitlement for the middle & upper classes. │
│ -- There are no safeguards to ensure individuals receiving free vaccine │
│ meet the statutory requirements. │
│ -- The proposal would increase the amount of vaccine distributed through │
│ the public sector and universal vaccine purchase would effectively become a│
│ reality over time. │
│ -- The proposal creates disincentives for private insurance coverage of │
│ immunizations and other well-child care and thus runs counter to health │
│ insurance reform. │
│ -- Funding for vaccines is dependent upon cuts in Medicare in the form of │
│ provider reimbursement programs. │
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│ Vaccine Legislation Targets Information, Parent Responsibility │
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│ US Newswire: US Sen Danforth & Republican colleagues introduced legislation│
│ to strengthen the national childhood immunization effort by emphasizing │
│ education, outreach & linkage of welfare payments with proper immunization.│
│ A key point of the Clinton bill, announced 4/1, include a total of $1.12 │
│ BILLION in new federal spending. The legislation introduced by Danforth & │
│ others would increase total funding for immunization by about $450 million,│
│ less than 1/2 the boost sought by the administration. Provisions include: │
│ -- More funds for federal & state programs to increase access to immuniz- │
│ ation & inform parents of the benefits of immunization. Under the Senators'│
│ bill, such efforts would get $200 million in additional federal funds. │
│ -- Increase funding by $150 million for computerized programs to follow │
│ vaccination records, the same as sought by the administration. │
│ -- Expanded eligibility for free vaccination for children in poor & near- │
│ poor households. The preliminary cost estimate is $125 million annually for│
│ providing vaccination under Medicaid to households with income up to 185% │
│ of poverty level. │
│ -- Authority for states to require immunization as a condition of receiving│
│ Aid to Families with Dependent Children. This new authority for states │
│ would dispense with the need to secure a waiver from the U.S. Department of│
│ Health & Human Services in order to set such a requirement. │
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