Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, January 08, 1996, Page 4A, Image 4

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Masked man robs ice
cream store during
middle of snowstorm
YAKIMA, With (API -
Whlfl the definition of dumb*
How About a guv who |ri#» to
rob an hm cmam More during a
tmwdona?
The beavieai %»>«>» at the win
tor wa« failing Friday nigh: in
Yakima Andy Rood, owner of a
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hadn't mum a ouatomw in nwarlv
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Irtg the *ki mad
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how t old it wav OUlaide." Weed
Mid f thought it wav kind of
»trange that he mm standing
there with a *ii mask on. but
you meet all kind* down here
The man a*k*d fur a tcoop of
the flavor of the month, and
Weed obliged
Sir: ■.c uring the >-.» tin
man tumbled for money to pay
the tah He managed to find
enough mini, which he plopped
on the itwinier
!c» cream cam in hand, he
Marled toward the door, but
pulled out a *mali knife and
turned back toward the counter
Weed card he lumped bar k from
the i ash register a* the man
Maned pounding on it to tone it
open
He wav curving and banging
on it,** Wood *aid "I heaved
tome Muff at him
The would-be robber wa* fur
ther hampered by hi* refusal to
drop hi* con* Kroniuilly. h*
gave up trying to open the ca*h
drawer and fled. not even grab
king the monn he'd toft on the*
i ountwr. polk* said
Tb* man f* described a* in hi*
ZiH, g-feet It about 170 pound*
and wearing a ireani* aimed *ki
mask, dark clothing and carry
ing a ton* of Stm* chocolate
Rebel Afghan faction
requires men to wear
beards at all times
PESHAWAR. Pakistan {API —
The Taliban rebel* who hold
much of southern Afghanistan
have decreed that unless men
grow- beard* in line with strict
Islamic practice* they won't be
allowed to work »>*t opt a* street
twueper*. a new spaper reported
Sunday
Street cleaning l* considered
among the lowliest of )obs in
mm h of the Islamic world
Taliban rebel*, many of whom
are former Muslim religious stu
dent*. say t lean-shaven men are
breaking with Islamic ritual*,
Pakistan* Knglish-language
newspaper Thr .Vew* reported
Since entering the Afghan
civil war in late 1004, the Tal
iban rebel* have captured much
of the southern half of the coun
try and are encamped on the
outskirts of Kabul ib* capital
Where they have iuudhhI
control. Taliban leader* have
(weed resident* to live by •
strict Islamic code of conduct
Women roufl give up their fob*,
education for girl* is limited and
men are expected to meet with
Muslim prayer and drew rituals
Leopard lounges on
bed in midst of
crowded neighborhood
NEW DELHI, India f API — |*
could have been a scene of
homey contentment, a man goes
for a stroll, tome* home and
sees a cat stretched lazily on •
bad,
It was anything but homev.
however, because the cat was a
leopard.
Ram Prakash Agarwai found
the leopard lying in the guest
room of his house in Meerut, a
town about 75 miles east of New
Delhi, the Indian Bxprvm* news
paper reported Sunday
He shimmed the door, bolted
it and called wildlife wardens
Seven officials from the New
Delhi Zoo tame to Meerut and.
after niton! 10 hours, managed to
coax the leopard — now
spooked by the commotion —
out from under the lied and
shoot him with tranquilizer
darts.
Zoo officials said they did not
know how the full-grown leop
ard reached the crowded resi
dential neighborhood; the
nearest forests are hundreds ol
miles away.
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