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
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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
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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
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