xxxNews Of The Weirdxxx
Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd.
(NOTE: Chuck Shepherd needs to revisit the roots of “weird” and engage in two more weeks of reflection. Before he left, he picked out some golden oldies to tide you over.)
Only-in-California Rage: Ms. Cathomas Starbird, a member of the Sausalito, Calif., school board, was sentenced to 15 days in jail in 1999 for assaulting a female friend who had joined her and her husband to celebrate the husband’s birthday. At the couple’s houseboat after dinner, Ms. Starbird became furious at her friend, jumped on her, and bit her on
Ms. India Scott of Detroit dated both Darryl Fletcher and Brandon Ventimeglia starting in 1993 and the next year gave birth to a boy. Neither man knew about the other, and she told each he was the father. For two years, Scott managed to juggle the men’s visitation rights, but in March 1997 when she announced she was marrying a new boyfriend and leaving the area, both Fletcher and Ventimeglia separately filed for custody of “his” son. Only then did the men find out about each other. In May 1997, they took blood tests to settle the paternity once and for all. (Of course, the test revealed that the actual father was yet another man.)
Tough Week in Texas for People Named After Animals:>BR> Obituaries from the Tyler (Texas) Morning Telegraph during the first week in August 1998:
Aug. 2, Mr. Charles E. “Catfish” Loving, 69.
Aug. 4, Mr. W.S. “Bull” Barber, 79.
Aug. 6, Mrs. Ada L. “Turtle” Jowell, 83.
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