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_wi New laws affect traffic deaths SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Tougher drunken driving laws are "having a positive effect," a state official said in. announcing that alcohol-related traffic deaths decreased 11.1 percent in the first seven months of 1982. - California Highway Patrol Commissioner Glen Craig made the announcement Friday. _ -?i ?L ! -L ?? - ?? < - vie vi urn? new which iouk eneci in January, requires a two-day jail sentence or a fine and a 90-day license restriction for a first misdemeanor conviction. Depressed man shoots bird HOUSTON (AP) - An unemployed welder who shot and killed his family's parakeet was apparently depressed because he didn't have a job, authorities say. Mark A. Tripp, 25, was sentenced Friday to 10 days in the county jail and fined $200 after .pleading guilty to animal cruelty. He was given credit for four days already spent behind bars when his family refused to post $800 bail. Assistant District Attorney John Phillips said Tripp apparently killed the bird Tuesday with a .22-caliber pistol because he was depressed about being unemployed. p : i i UcafVlclo WUU UtUWCCII CUIUUII& MARSHALL, Texas XAP) ? The reception was held on the loading dock and the honeymoon was between editions when two carriers of the Marshall News-Messenger decided it was time to tie the knot. Thomas Scarborough, 27, and Cissy Gresham, 22, met at the newspaper when Tom offered to help with Cissy's route, a rambling delivery around the forested back country south of Caddo Lake. When they decided to get married, the eve of National Newspaper Carrier Day seemed an appropriate date. They asked fellow carrier Israel Nickerson, a local preacher with a News-Messenger motor delivery route, to perform the ceremony at Potter Mill Farm. "All our friends are carriers, so we thought this would be a good way to have a reception," said Cissy, as guests filed along a buffet line at the edge of the loading dock. The newlyweds planned to begin their honeymoon as soon as uieir route was aenverea imaay aiiernoon ? ana ena 11 at press time in the wee hours of Sunday morning. USC todooj RH film: Vintage Science Fiction (Double Feature) "Metropolis/' 7:30 p.m. and "Things to Come/' j 9:30, FREE. Theater: "Despite the Odds/' a one-woman drama featuring Maureen Hurley in four different roles. I onnctront Thaotro fl n m EQEP . m I ^ s?ii? IPPO! .M R.H.U.U. 1 Lobbv 1 S:,yKr* oct. 18 ?oct. 22 mm I f I' 9 a.m. ?5 p.m. MB J# (504)944-1481 3 | Attention (JSC Orgc We need to know i with your organization (activities : v Let us know by d I us a line and GET COCKY ABOL YUUH UHUAJ\ Mail to: Annette Price Garnet & Blacl j. Box 85132 ii P ... llf | _%r/rj&^ " ^n .->it^^^r'"'d^E:-;JFjW^k* ;.;S ;; -: ' } M fjli M The thinker Summoning all his mental capabilities, the third floor of Ruaaell House. Food stamp frs (AP) - The Theo Mitchell food stamp trial ended Friday in a mistrial, after the jury of seven men and five women declared themselves hopelessly deadlocked. "I think we would be willing to negotiate, but I definitely feel it would not be productive," jury foreman James E. Mullis told U.S. District judge unaries k. simons Jr. All 12 jurors agreed when Simons asked for a showing of hands, and he declared the five-day trial ended with no verdict , shortly after noon. "God's still on the throne," state Rep. Mitchell told one well-wisher as friends and family filed past him ip the courtroom for hugs and handjfihnlrpc "I feel glad that somebody believed me," he said of the jurors who held out for an innocent verdict. Mitchell had been charged with four counts of illegal possession of food UJMMIU ^ A "Iff i ' Si ! : s ^ j( inizations: ! what's up * I ' i/here, when) ropping ! JT I UZATION | < IS2701 li i iiiiiipwii> nnmifl ' >-] | mmmmmmmmmmmBmmmmwrnmmmmm . I mrww $KL MBjS WW B|| %^Wr?-~-' ' * V K j3g5?5g? - ' &. II Mffipti ":riV -;^:vV^ |l | . MA W^y?<z:?^-"; ' ?-:'A\''wm \ *^jfl^RSF:^."2""?'"% t5rkS~ _?:Tf. jar &* p B A;;^W * I HR < v ^ * &*& .1^B|fa*^^. .A^v>gNggnS^H B&^-v' v -:" ^jyfjroWWrWfcKi1 *4i <WBK Wlwii>ia?i>>>M ^^gMiMjiHM j|i i i iiyjMBpBM , , ra&L ^ a student ponders the conjugation off Franc iud case ends i stamps and faced up to five years in prison and fines totaling $40,000 if he had been convicted. U.S. Attorney Henry Dargan McMaster must now decide whether he wants to try the case again with a new jury or drop the charges. 'We'll have to reconsider everything and then make another decision, just like we made with the 4 If A \>i 1511101 uiuiuiiiieiii, mcmasier said. He said that might take "a number of days and possibly weeks." The jury deliberated more than five hours Thursday night and came back for two more hours Friday morning before sending a note to Simons that they could not agree on a verdict. Another hour went by before Simons called them back into the courtroom. Mitchell was charged with letting Fountain Inn grocer Joe Willis give him food stamps as payment on a debt givIyoC abre Besides serving the colde the best cheeseburgers and in outstanding array of vide* auarantaflina thn Iflumst rati HT -W " ,w 'w. [$2.00 per he portable), wet $1.00 OFF PE weekdays 4:00 til Saturdays 10:30 a. rr, So, come on in and enjoy Columbia's largest billiard an ...THEN take advantage of c offer and we'll give you a bra B Rosewood Dt present this "GIVE ME A BREAK" c M ? WiMMIB % M s v: fS oJflK v".' ;"~-'~_~5r':-:."- : - -_'^ Wm, i ^ M j h verbs in a relaxed position on - | in mum mi Mitchell was collecting for a client. Willis was wearing a hidden transmitter during three meetings when he handed over stamps worth $5,390 and at a fourth meeting at which Mitchell testified he gave the stamps back in exchange for $4,000 cash payment. Willis said Mitchell kept the stamps. Mitchell took the stand in his defense Thursday to insist he didn't know it was against the law for him to hold food stamps in trust for his clients. He also said Willis outsmarted him and set him up. "I stand on the Bible and say that Theo Mitchell is one of the biggest fools in South Carolina," Mitchell said. "He (Willis) got back at me." "Maybe he is the biggest fool in South Carolina," defense attorney William Coates told the jury. "But that's not a criminal offense. Not now. Not yet." IRSELF I AK J ?st beer in town? I Hot dogs?offering [ j o games?and j < )s on pool or snooker r ! e going one better... 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