Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.metro From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Fri, 30 Oct 92 15:33:28 EST Message-ID: \SE B;METROPOLITAN;NATION;AMERICAN SCENE;MIDWEST \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Governor to dress as judge for Halloween OMAHA, Neb. - Gov. Ben Nelson has figured out what he'll be for Halloween: a Nebraska Supreme Court judge. He said it's the scariest costume he could think of. Mr. Nelson's wife, Diane, will dress as a Supreme Court judge as well for their "Monster Mash" party tonight at the mansion. The governor has been wrestling this year with tax, budget and redistricting problems, all stemming from Supreme Court decisions. S=NEW STORY Successful songwriter keeping day job WHITING, Ind. - Although he's written the Country Music Association's song of the year, Don VonTress isn't ready to give up his day job hanging wallpaper. Call it superstition. "It's like a ballplayer who wears a favorite shirt on game day," said Mr. VonTress, who wrote "Achy Breaky Heart." "I'm afraid if I quit, all this will end," he said Wednesday. Billy Ray Cyrus rode the VonTress tune to fame and fortune, but Mr. VonTress won't begin getting royalties until February. He said he then may hang up his wallpaper-hanging job. "All I ever wanted was to hear one of my songs played on the radio," Mr. VonTress said as he worked on the wallpaper of a Whiting nursing home. It took Mr. VonTress about 90 minutes to compose the song, which sold 3 million singles and helped Mr. Cyrus sell 5 million albums. S=NEW STORY Anti-violence teen shot to death GARY, Ind. - A teen-ager who had urged the community to stop the violence became the city's 74th homicide victim of 1992. He was shot to death. Kenyota White, a 17-year-old senior at Mann High School, was sitting in a car Tuesday night when another car pulled up and someone inside opened fire, police Cpl. William Burns said. On Oct. 5, Mr. White participated in a student meeting about crime in Gary, a city of 116,000. "Stop the violence," he said. "They're killing us one by one." Mr. White said jobs are one way to turn the city's crime rate around. Last week, residents marched on City Hall to protest a record-high homicide rate of more than 60 slayings per 100,000 residents. The city has responded by increasing patrols and by hiring 40 auxiliary police officers. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM