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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1995)
Something borrowed, something burnt PUISTOU Nil (AP) The fnlly dwmis of brides to-be went up in smoke when a bridal shop burned down, incinerating as many as 2,000 gowns. A line of frolling, sweating women gathered in 90-degree hen! Wednesday at the hulk of the building that had housed 125 Bridal, about 10 miles north of Boston. When the plat e with vour wedding dress burns down, what does that mean for the rest of the wedding?” said Rossangie Nunez, w hose headed lace gown was destrnved in Monday •. Shr . got until Nov. 25 to find aiioth er one Not Kathleen Gannon. who's walking down the aisle in two Weeks Was she devastated that her "perfct t. ivory, long, simple vet-elegant dress” was no more7 "It's only n dress, said Gan non. who's been married once a I read v For others. the blaze sparked strong words “My fiaiu e i ailed, and came down when it was gtill buming I told him he was ly ing, " said Faith Kidd, who is supposed to get married in eight weeks urace h,trues, jt,. ur Kcaiimg. Mass . is getting married (k ! H She shrugged Wednesday while repeating. "Everything was in there Everything was in there." ' I was ail upset yesterday . and then I thought how selfish of mo I thought about the women who were getting married this week end." she said. Store manager Clathy Morse sat at a white plastic table fielding questions and taking in receipts Her own records were destroyed by the fire, which is still under investigation. About 30 people passed by in an hour She hugged a few moth ers and brides and accepted red roses from one Others sought serenity in coflee cake and lemonade. Morse has attempted to pacify the panic-stru ken with promis es of replacement finery, l or those with nearer nuptials, she promised reimbursement. Twelve customers were getting married this weekend, but oth er shops and dress companies were stepping in to make sure the brides didn't go hare, she said Though Kidd's SHOO wedding dress and her three bridesmaids' dresses were burned, she was philosophical. "It just wouldn't lie a wedding without a disaster, and you (ust |jj [r| than fiction L wit I ! Tossing eggs nets teens felony charge SAU M : \i>) ! nr.'.' w-.-u agers su-un'cted ofthrowtng eggs and lire. ra. fears over a freewav in erptiss as cars whizzed bv iwlou have bt«n charged witp felonies. Ihe youths ages 12, H and 15 of!he Woodburn and 1..■: vais areas ware seen throwing material over a Salem area over pass on Interstate-ri on Jidv 0 An investigation led to their arrest hv state pot it e earlier this week Hie teens were charged under a t'inrt law that forbids throwing objects from overpasses The statute allows Violators to lie charged with felonies if they knew that the object could have injured someone or damaged a vehicle. Ono of the boys arrested in the incident told authorities that he and his friends had hit about 10 cars with eggs that night “We had cars swerving to got away from those 'missiles, so to speak." said state police l.t lack Rogers if a i ar's traveling t. > tnph and an egg hits tlio wind shield from that height, it's very likely going to smash the glass, and it’s very likely that someone will get killed " The lavs was passed in part because of the efforts of a Salem couple, /.eldn and Frank Sumga both were severely injured in September 15)88. when a section of concrete curbing was thrown from an overpass Police officer cited for running red light MKDFORD (AI *) A poll, o officer who ran a red light and collided with a pickup while on his way to a non-emergen, v i all has been ti( keted Offi. er Torn Sweeney was cit ed for disobeying a traffic control device, said Sgt Mike Moran, spokesman for the Medford Police Department “The person responsible for the collision was the officer, fiecause fie disolieyed a red light. " Moran said Wednesday The crash occurred Saturday night as Sweeney responded to a i all of children playing with ma'i lies Moran "wild hr* stoppl'd at Ihe slop light and thought he had a green light amt tie started to prtMiHHj into tht* init^rvm tioii l'h© driver of lh#* pic.knp. h*n 11 ifor ktwU. 25, nuffflUHl minor injuries m lh© ©ruining wfnuk. which cvniMni on tit- j hit of dunv »g** to both vohit'.lt*s Moran wui If thi*rv s a c ollision involving a •**•« one! party, if thn Mstmd par tv was at fault wo * in* thnm It ** only right that .1 policn officer would I*' cihni also. Monm vnd I think it s (ht fair thing to do Morin said Sw^onov will ht» hold personally responsible* for any penalty fin'll pay it. if ht»s found guilty. Moran . ud ft\,» stan dard fine," Red October escapes hostile takeover MOSCOW AIM K11s*-■ t s biggest utnds fa> torv has foiItxl the country s first Western style hostile takeover hid The hid died Wednesday after tin* Red (K toiler factory defend. id its*>ll with a poison pill,” mis mg the price of a takeover hv promising huge payments to its workers if the buyout sui i outbid Alliance Menatep, the invest men! arm of Menatep Hank, was offering StiO million for r>t per cent of Red Oi tof>er shares The century-old factory said it was worth twice that, not counting its valuable dow ntown Moscow real estate. After its two-week public offer dubbed "The Hunt for Red October" by Moscow newspapers expired Tuesday night. Mountep agreed not to make any more surprise bids for Red O* tu ber for five years, officials x.iid Wednesday Monatep and Red October, which last year was Russia s first state-owned company to sell shares to the pulilii . agreed to cooperate on future takeovers of other Russian i on fix tinners, offi i mis of faith companies said The Mtuiiitup bid. which val ued Reil (> toiler at S') 'it) a share was i lovely watched bei ause it involve*) Russia's first public ten der offer and first public hostile takeover attempt Despite its failure, many see the bid as u positive sign for the Russian marketplace "Shareholders and the whole market gained from these events." said Mikhail Stan fienko. deputy chairman of Trust ami Investment Hank, which handled the tender FUTON SALE Full-sizejranie'aniMutini - / 1231 ALOER ST. 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