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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1995)
Crazy Burger Cafe accused of mocking mentally ill people NARRAGANSKTT, R I (AP) - The cuckoo < lot k on th«< wall and the Neurolu Burger on the menu of the Crazy Burger Cafe are about as fun ny ns racial slurs, nn advocate for the mentally ill says "Can you imagine < ailing your restaurant Nigger Burg ers’ or Faggot Burgers’? Of course not That would bo insulting and demeaning to Afrit an Ameru ana and gay Anmrii .ins,” Ann Mat Donald wrote last week in a letter Iti the owner of the cafe Mai Donald, vice president of the A Ilia in e lor the Men tally HI ol Khode Island, wants the restaurant's namechanged and its menu reworded to eliminate items like the 1,<m o Burger and the Just Plain Nuts Burger "Frankly, we don't find it funny." she said (its tier Mu hunt Mason said the that < ritu ism is unfound ed and that no one else has complained "My reaction is that base r ally I don’t understand the analogy.'' he said "(xn/y sun ply des< riltes someone who is enthusiastic, ovemxi lied Mason said the idea (or the menu t amo w hits hit w if i look at another restaurant and started i reating unusual ham burgers, including salmon and pistni hio burgers, eggplant and hummus burgers, and tuna and pesto burgers I THAN FICTION 1 just thought they an* kind of crazy burgershi* said "I don't teo how any of that could In* offensive " Retired man obsessed with eating, growing all types of garlic SUNNY MI)! Wash (Al’J - Reuben Roehl i elebrsted his retirement last month with a htg smile and a had ion of halitosis Koehi hud long been look mg forward to retirement so "ho i an cat all kinds of gar In whenever ho wants and not offend people.” says his wife, Joan KiH»hl planted < loves from a few* heads of tin* mom com mon strains of guriii a few yours ago and harvested a i on |tl«* of pounds The next year, he planted a lew more Soon, the Koch Is were giving away gurlu to friends and friend* of friends "We didn't know what to do w ith all the garln |oun K<»*hl '..n d You can only give ao mm h away Roehl admits he's a hit obsessed with the "stinking rose, ' as some uill garlic In HKM, be grew 'et differ ent strains This year, his gar den expanded lo nearly a quarter of an acre, he's up to 57 strains * Ronny's is locally owned * Ronny's owner is in the store to help you * Ronny's takes trade-ins * Ronny 's has great brands at great Little Ocean Your Tropical Pet Center REPTILE , SALES Ornate Uromastyx reg 249m SALE 1 9900 Prehensile Tail Skink reg 350° SALE 1 7900 <2 V enp.1* 51 95 i7SALE ON LARGE SELECTION OF W'REPTILE BOOKS • ACCESSORIES INCLUDING REPTILE CLOTHING PONCHOS LEATHER BIKER JACKETS _While supplii»_s_nst_ >RK BABY iguana1 iwith purchase of Iguana set-up, WE CARRY ITviToOD--" CRICKETS. MICE. RATS. BRINE SHRIMP. _ TUBIFEX WORMS 1920 Franklin Slvd. • Eugene • 6S7-06S2 NEWS BRIEFING A LOOK AT THIS MORNING S HEADLINES Man, 27, convicted of slaying hears anger of victim’s family BEND CAP) — The relatives of a 22-year-old mur der victim ex pressed their anger in court Monday ns the convicted slater vvas w tented to life in prison without parole. Travis Dwayne Peterson, n, sat impassively as Steven Novakowski'* family ton dimmed him Around home, you're referred to as Jeffery Dahmer," said Alice Novakowski. the vic tim's grandmother ' You're an animal You're « satamst " Steven I’ Novakowski. the n •• t--1 • ■ ri<>i , talfuT : ■•■>». i-d straight at Peterson as he shout ed epithets and castigated him. "Bottom line, you’re a cow ard. Novakow ski snapped Proset utors said Peterson, in July 1‘t'ir. lured Novakowski to a Brush-covered lull near Red mond He took out a knife and mutilated him, slabbed him to death and dismembered his body, slashing some parts in a volcanic crevit e south of Bend Novakowski had I men living with Peterson's uncle and aunt. Ron and Roberta Bishop, m Red ntond after leaving the Navy ear lier that year An accusation by Ron Bishop, r>2, that Novakowski had hati ses with two young family members prompted the slaying, prosecutors said Criminal trials are pending for Bishop, who is charged with aggravated murder, and for Shavvna Davis, Peterson's girl friend Davis. .iK. has been charged with murder for allegedly watt hing the killing without act ing to stop it Peterson has agreed to testify in any further proceedings. Federal judge orders smaller settlement for implant injuries BIRMINGHAM. Ala (AP) — A fed oral judge an Monday finalized details of a v a led tmi k breast im plant injury settlement, allowing women to refer I the deal anti Hit* their own law suits if th"\ la-lievi payments arv too low file settlement, re.it .hint Oct 1, t.overs about half of the -444 UOO women covered bv the old 5-t 25 billion deal, which collapsed due to lack of monrn The boards of breast implant manufcic Hirers Bristol-Myers Stpiihh Co . Baxter Internation al Int and iM Co and their insurers must now approve the deal finalized by U S District fudge Sam Pointer f inder the settlement, women who can prove they had breast implants made by the throe com panies could receive payments of $10,000 to $750,000, based on their health and age Garry Kasparov keeps world chess title, may win millions NKW YORK (AP) — (dam Kas parov retained his world chess title Monday when he held on to draw the J7th game of Ins t ham pionship match with Viswanathan Anaiui to make the score 10-7 in his favor The winner of the 20-game contest must score JO.5 points, hut match rules state that in the event of a 111-JO tu*. Kasparov retains his title It is Kasparov \ fifth success ful defense of the title he won in 1985 The JHth game, st beduled for Tuesday, will dot id« the division of the Si 15 million jirize fund, which was reduc ed from $1,5 million. Emperor, dictator hospitalized Monday and remains in coma BANGUI. Cen tra! African Republic (A!*) Former emperor and dictator Jean Bedel Bokassa, who was act used of killing, tor turing and even eating his oppo : nents during a 14-year reign, collapsed Monday and was hos pitalized The 74-vear-old Bokassa suf i ferwd a brain hemorrhage and was in a coma and reported in grave condition at Bangui 's central hos pital. doctors and relatives said Bokassa was an army lieu tenant colonel when he seized power Jan 1. I >«><>, sis vears after the country gamed independence fnnii France He proe (aimed him self Emperor Bokassa I in 1 <47t>. then was ousted in a French sponsored coup in 1979. After living seven years in exile in France and Ivory Coast. Bokas sa returned to Central Afrit an Republic to face trial on charges of murder, torture and ( annibal ism. 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