Drath threat for ignoring passionate letters

DENVER Ci lerado A woman obsessed with congressman Joseph Kennedy threatened to kill him after he ignored ipassionate Ie'"-"- she wrote him. a court was told here ie (torts AFI’

MelSsn keeh 2 A admitted Friday making the threats saying sin I,.' ! fallen in love with Kennedy. 42. when s!" lived in Bosum Massachusetts

Alter waiting for two months for a response to her lette's she wrote. I am going to kill you . you have ruined my lile

She wntifd blew up your whole family." Keely said, behm writing the next dav. 'I do not want to kill you I have b■ ; obsessed '

She is halil’- tn ,i sentence of up to five years in Jail am1 . fine of bOt' dollars

Kenilcily s nie s 'ti of Robert Kennedy, late brothei former i’t -me n' John F. Kennedy. He is running in Massachiisei's for re-election to the house of representatives next iiidnih.

Booker prize dull, obscure?

LO’.'DON Ti e contenders for Britain's top literary prize no stranger to controversy in 25 tumultuous years, have lietc accused '!•! '.ear of being dull obscure and unsafe-able, reverts Reuter. .

The shor'hst lor the 20.000 pound (30.000 dollars' Booker prize faced brickbats from critics and even bookn.ak ers. who uso.ilh take hefty bets on the result, said gamble: s werc bored st’t

In the on n io ,days announcement booksellers re port flagging sales 'f the six shortlisted books that range tron: a tale of homosexual love to the saga of a Sri Lankan housebov

"Our mergi''!- s.iv sales have been disappointing This is not a i Ihssk v i' said Gill Cronin marketing executive a’ the lHx»ks«-llers association

Grah.-n. Sharpe, spokesman at bookmakers William Hili said Betting on the Booker is at its lowest ebb for five vears and most of the blame for that can be placed at the door ot the erf . s who panned the shortlist for being so boring

'This year it seems as if anything commercial has been •)•• liberate!* excluded complained a spokesman for the Dftlonx bookstore ’ h im

''Courteous Driving Day"

BRUSSELS Belgium- Teams of voting people took up posi tion Saturday it mail (unctions around Belgium urging drivers to say sorrv to fellow road users instead of blasting them wi'h the tiorri rtmw;* \P

The yoroiftci • distributed cards reading Sorry and "after you" whit h drivers should wave from their cars as part of a nationwide "urteous Driving Day "

The campaign, sponsored by an Insurance company, alms not only to cut down iiose generated by irate drivers, but aiso to reduce one of Western Europe's highest road-accident fa tality rates.

European Union statistics published this week, showed a yearlv death rate from road accidents of 45 people for evrrv 100 OtXI vehicles in Belgium

Within the 12 nation EU only Portugal. Greece and Ireland had tiighei rates