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Officers have weird weekend ATLANTA (AP) ? They weren't exactly snakebit, t Atlanta police officers got tangled in some weird happenir during the weekend. One incident involved a snake spotted in the middle ol road. Four officers who went to the scene decided the sna probably was poisonous and they would kill it by running o> ii Willi a v_ai. While officer Barbara Self, 27, was directing traffic arou the snake, she was struck by another vehicle, suffering mir injuries. Two other officers, parked on the southeast side of the c spotted a nude man riding on the hood of a car being driven his wife. The car was stopped, and the living hood ornam< charged with public indecency. Early Saturday, officers questioned a nightclub patron w became unruly, pounded dents in the roof of their pat car and smashed the flashing blue light. And finally, a young woman flagged down two officers Peachtree Street. She told the police a man had abducted 1 and stolen a bundle of clothes she was carrying. She also s< t min 1 r* t Vior r* r\ Unt coiH li n urnc Ia/aIaI i n r? f It frvr C/i uiv ihuii iv-i nvi uui 3aut uw ?? 11UIU1115 111^. Liwinwa 1 wi vPn ransom. 'Fake' cake exhibit held LOUISVILLE, KY. (AP) ? Mouth-watering cakes a molded sugar creations being displayed at a convention w pretty to look at, but anyone hazarding a sample may have I ten off more than he could chew. Among the nearly 1,000 creations shown in the sugar-ai meringue world of cake-decorating convention during weekend were a violet orchid, dainty in appearance but sc in substance. It was made of dried sugar and tragacanth. nearby wedding cake was made of styrofoam. Real cake would crumble and go stale, said Brenda He ington of Paris, Ky., who is president of the Internatio Cake Explorated Society. More than 1,500 professional and amateur cake decorat* from the 50 states and several foreign countries participated workshops and exhibited cakes that most had decorated home and hauled to the annual convention in the trunks cars or on their laps in airplanes, she said. "I think the heat affected us more than our cakes," Ha ington said as temperatures rose into the 90s. She said a few of the exhibits were a bit runny. "There's chocolate that is used out there (in the displays she said, "and there's nothing you can do about chocolates." r^nPAN-i *5323 f ^ milk T through .1 | ] AUG.31. 83 j| thru i SEPT. G, 83 tt f: ^IX^GALLON 'A' w jg FLAV-O-RICH I ICE CREAM | NOVELTIES . I 20c I n I BUDWEISER ? BEER 1 $2.79 6 PACK 12 oz. CAN H I I When you run out 1200 WHALEY S' fmiiit a ct WirE i ^miti^.iiij 'a jj| or lib. W - -^Idij^H^nnB ior ~m H ^11 ml I on I * '; 141 lid " ' % Dutch cuisine USC student Cathy May (right) purchasi md ere Death won't e nd ..? (AP) ? St. John's High School Principal Albert Eads said he does not think the death of a coed in a freak accident will halt the tradition of initiatrr tions for new students. nal Eads was referring to the death of 14-year-old Tracy Willis, who died ors Friday during high school initiation I in ritesat Such rituals are banned on campus and are discouraged elsewhere. "Rut if'c ^nmpthino fhaf's a frarli tion," he said. rr" While Friday's tragedy will likely dampen such ceremonies, Eads said, 4'My experience is that people don't )," have long memories. A year or two the years from now, it may not stop anything." r PEPSI COLA! ? 1 ALL FLAVORS ! ? j i Vz LITER I 2 P RETURNABLE BOTTLES S M 35C EACH | I g I HOT DOGS 2 I 39* EACH ? I || CHILI DOGS ? I 49* EACH g if ? St eft Be HAND DIPPED g 2 ICE CREAM 3 ^ 394 ? scoop i run out to f 'fill I J TREET [PAWTK|| 29201 temmmmsi 9% JBL . 7^"/ ^^^^2-"^^BBHL.! -... -i?g^*L^^BwBlHi^^?MMB!y^Mg-?:Ji:'r3:?: KkwHi; MHnra !Erf^ iaj| ^8 es a sampling of puffechas in Holland. May, an accounl nd initiations, prii Willis died when she was run over by a car during the initiation. She was riding on the hood of a car that braked, tossing her into the path of the vehicle, authorities said. Her head was crushed when the car rolled over her. "It was a freak accident, that's all," said Darlington Police Chief Roy Williams. But Darlington County Coroner Eldridge Norton said he may call for an inquest. Williams said Willis was with about a dozen girls in two cars at the time of the accident. The mishap occured after the group of freshmen had gone through the ritual of having eggs and syrup poured onto their hair. After the initiation rile, the GOLDEN PRESE THE THUR HE GOLDEN SPUR CAMPUS E Kr* I $jm j ^21 I W s 8L h 5& ; ( Bm >* mm u Photo by Mary Ann Hollis ( :ing major, spent the summer in Holland. ^ninol ca\/o luipai ouyo freshmen were taken to a private swimming pool where some of them washed , up, the chief said. They got back into the cars and apparently were heading to a friend's house or a cabin in the Black C eek area when the cars started sticking to the little-used and unpaved Old Bridge Road, Williams said. Willis apparently was sitting on the lead car, which braked when the rear car began to get bogged down. The coroner said she fell in front of the car and was run over before the driver could bring it to a complete stop. She was pronounced dead at nearby , Wilson's Hospital, although officers I said she died almost instantly from the 1 head injuries. I corn? 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