BY HARRY RING
The sane society - In 1986 Horace Kelly was convicted of
committing three murders in California. He was ruled sane
and sentenced to die. Now it's contended that he became
insane while on Death Row. A jury is slated to rule if he is
sane - a requirement for execution.
If found insane, Kelly will be sent to a mental hospital. If cured, he will be executed. One article inquired: "...what doctor would save a patient only to see him killed by the state?"
`Love thy neighbor' -"Westminster Abbey has introduced a compulsory entrance fee of 5 to stop overcrowding and to discourage tourists using it as a free waiting room." - London news item
...meanwhile - "A campaign was launched to persuade people who have deserted the Church to give it another try." - London news item.
Sounds right - "Church is told to use spin doctors" - Headline, The Times, London
Really, Dick Tracy - Twenty years ago, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ruled that employers must provide toilets for their workers. But they neglected to specify that the workers must be permitted to use them. They now say that they have enough complaints to merit issuing a memo.
Said memo declares that denying ready access to toilets can affect health adversely.
We're all in this together -The Internal Revenue Services warns that children who earn more than $650 or have more than $1 in investment income, must file an income tax.
Snitch and snatch - You think that maybe those kids down the block aren't paying taxes on the income from their lemonade stand? Or you don't like their old man? Contact the Internal Revenue Service informers program. They pay up to 15 percent of the take to tipsters.
Sounds pretty crummy? Sure. But it's the American Way.
Makes you feel secure - "The developer of a British surveillance system claims its setup will ...ferret out car thieves before they strike. By monitoring the strides of people as they walk through parking lots, the controversial system can reportedly detect the difference between people who are searching for their own car and those who have an intent to steal....
"Researchers predict that it will one day be used to catch shoplifters, bank robbers, and even terrorists." - Wired magazine.