NEWS
By Mary Gail Hare and Mary Gail Hare,Staff Writer | September 27, 1992
A sense of humor sustains him, when all around him runs amok.Amok happens when you manage sewer systems for the county's two smallest towns."The endorphins we get from laughter is the body's natural pain defense," said Francis Alfred "Fred" Haifley Jr. "Humor affirms our dignity, even when circumstances underwear us."Mr. Haifley, a certified water and sewer plant operator, describes his "persona as humorous, earthy, bio-solid."He also knows a lot about underwear. Less than 24 hours into his new job as sewer operator last May, he was extricating men's briefs from the sewer pumps in Union Bridge.
NEWS
By TaNoah V. Sterling and TaNoah V. Sterling,SUN STAFF | November 3, 1995
A New York man was robbed at a pay phone in Harmans yesterday by a man with a gem-studded bandanna, county police said.Daniel Bruce Mooney of Governors Island told police he was making a call near Old Telegraph and Dorsey roads at 1:10 a.m. when a man dressed in black and wearing a black bandanna decorated with gems walked up to him and asked his name.Mr. Mooney said he ignored the man and finished the call but that when he turned around, the man stuck something into his ribs and asked what he had in his pocket.
NEWS
October 13, 1995
A man wearing a bandanna over his face robbed a Pasadena gas station of an undisclosed amount of money Tuesday, county police said yesterday.According to police, a man walked into a Shell station in the 100 block of Mountain Road just before midnight. He was bent over and wearing a bandanna over his face, police said.The man demanded cash from the clerk, then fled when he received it. The man never displayed a weapon but kept his hand under his shirt to imply that he had one.A witness who was taking trash out behind the Sun Valley Shopping Center said she saw a man run from the parking lot toward Albert Drive.
FEATURES
By Kate Holschuh and Kate Holschuh,Knight-Ridder News Service | December 24, 1992
BOULDER, Colo. -- Just when you thought microwavable burritos, popcorn and Bavarian Wiener Suppers were going to end the microwave craze, a New York-based company is making scarves that you can zap.The Phoenix Dynamics Corp. has begun marketing Warm-Upz microwavable scarves and bandannas. In 30 seconds, the garments heat to give off warmth that can last an hour, depending on how cold it is outside.Product distributor Joel Hudesman, calling from his office in Woodmere, N.Y., says the trick is a micro-heating strip of flexible plastic cubes containing a non-toxic liquid that is activated when zapped with microwaves.
NEWS
By Michalene Busico and Michalene Busico,Knight-Ridder News Service | November 18, 1992
BERKELEY, Calif. -- On the street where the Naked Guy lives, neighbors are getting used to seeing a lot of Andrew Martinez.Except for the peace sign and house key that dangle from a chain around his neck, Mr. Martinez is completely naked when he walks to his classes at the University of California at Berkeley. He's naked when he's around his house, a rambling white co-op just off campus. He's naked when he fixes lunch in the crowded kitchen. Until the university told him to cover up, he was completely naked in class, too.Just now, he's naked on his front porch, as he prepares his outfit for the day: a band of black nylon and a crumpled red bandanna.
NEWS
By Joan Jacobson and Joan Jacobson,SUN STAFF | August 5, 1999
Three years ago, as two veteran Baltimore County homicide detectives drove by an abandoned bar on Pulaski Highway, they wondered aloud about the 1982 murder of a night watchman and a construction worker there."