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From President and Mrs. Reagan in the U.S., a Steuben glass bowl christened 'The Crusaders'! From the village of Doughton, bless 'em all, a sheet-iron weather vane for Highgrove! From the far-off land of Tonga, a bedspread, presented by-I want to get this name right-King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV and his wife, Queen Mata'aho, and hand-knitted by the Queen herself; let's have a round of applause for them both! From the Sedgemoor district council in Somerset - how about this? - a ton of peat! A nickel-silvered...
More evidence for the prosecution came from Georgia Crime Lab Microanalyst Larry Peterson. A purple thread from Williams' bedspread, a green fiber from his bedroom rug and several hairs from his pet German shepherd, said Peterson, showed "no significant microscopic difference" from fibers found in Cater's hair. Police have long hinted at the importance of this "trace evidence," and last week said that their findings had been confirmed by forensic experts from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. None of this seemed to impress Defense Attorney Welcome. Said she to reporters...
...said he was told that "all my answers were deceptive." This, he explained, might be attributed to his nervousness. Other evidence was sought after authorities obtained a search warrant for Williams' home. They confiscated a yellow blanket, purple robe, dog hairs and fibers from a carpet and bedspread. Some of the evidence is said by police to be "encouraging," though final laboratory tests comparing it with trace evidence found on victims are not yet complete...
...social graces: "You might say it was a type of charm school." Buyers, many of them female, came from miles around to buy Pamorabilia and get her autograph (price: $2). Among the hottest items at the auction: oven timers, an electric vibrator pillow and a crushed-velvet tiger-striped bedspread with matching curtains. The sale netted several thousand dollars...
Offstage, Taj exudes the same warmth he generates when he performs. When I called him up from the lobby of the Hotel Lenox last week to confirm his room number, he good-naturedly answered the phone. "Arby's Chicken Palace!" As I entered his suite, he ruffled his bedspread into place, greeted me with a grin and handshake, lit some incense, sat down in a rocking chair while toying with a soccer ball, and began to talk and sometimes ramble, his verbiage interlaced with words like "cosmos" and "vibes...