Forbes Magazine (Feb. 12, 1996, p. 28) once reported these names that showed up on police blotters: Sentenced for assault in St. Joseph, MO - Jesse James; cited for speeding in Parma, Ohio - Maelia A. Earhart; and jailed in Des Moines, Iowa, was Shannon Cooper, who police said went out bar-hopping, temporarily abandoning her children, Champaigne, 2, Chardonay, 1, and Chablea, 3 months. (There must be something subliminal there.)
Other notable announcements in the news included the hiring by a medical clinic in Koloa, Hawaii, of Dr. Michael Cholera; and the appointment as county coroner in Spokane, Wash., of Pat Mummey.