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1999. 5A Monday, Dec. 6 NORTH LAMAR HIGH History Culture Fair, Auxiliary Gym. BAILEY 6 p.m. Bailey Family Reading Night, library.

Tuesday, Dec. 7 PARIS HIGH Choir Concert, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 7 at Paris High. NORTH LAMAR HIGH Band Booster meeting, 7 p.m. Tuesday Dec.

7, high school band hall. Thursday, Dec. 9 NORTH LAMAR HIGH NLHS Band Christmas Concert, 7pm Thursday, Dec. 9. Sunday, December 5, Actress Madeline Kahn dead at 57 Associated Press NEW YORK From Jewish matron to saloon singer, Madeline Kahn's spirited portrayals of daffy and lusty characters won her Oscar nominations, a Tony Award and the admiration of fellow actors.

"She is one of the most talented people that ever lived," Mel Brooks once said. "I mean, either in stand-up comedy, or acting, or whatever you want, you can't beat Madeline Kahn." Ms. Kahn died of ovarian cancer at a hospital in Manhattan on Friday. She was 57. The actress-comedian, who first acknowledged the disease publicly last month had been undergoing aggressive treatment for the illness, said Jeff Schneider, a spokesman for the William Morris agency.

A trained opera singer, Ms. Kahn was born in Boston and graduated from Hofstra University. She went on to win Oscar nominations for best supporting actress two years in a row: for her portrayal of a floozy named Trixie Delight in the 1973 film "Paper Moon" and for her role a year later as a saloon singer in the Brooks farce "Blazing Saddles." "ands bearing the portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Crime Stoppers has announced they will be doubling rewards until the next board meeting in the third week of January. Crime Stoppers awards to double in January Finn Cone-inn r-i.

Dan Sansing News Staff Writer For the second year in a row, Lamar County Crime Stoppers will be'paying double on all cases brought before the Board of Directors in the Jan. 20, meeting. Crime Stoppers coordinator Todd Varner said all calls from today until the January meeting will be eligible for the double reward. Though the limit is still $1,000 by law for any payout, a $250 payout, for example, becomes a $500 payout. Buddy Heuberger, president Stoppers program.

Varner said he thinks doubling the rewards does help increase the number of calls, and perhaps brings in some calls Crime Stoppers might not have received otherwise. "Last year we paid out $6,100 in January alone," Varner said. "We beat all of the previous year in the first quarter." The first quarter of this year produced $273,900 in seized and recovered property, including confiscated drugs, and $348,355 has been collected to date. Vital to Crime Stoppers is the protected identity of the caller. Varner said-state law protects.

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"I think it shows the community we are going to do something special," Heuberger said. He said the gesture helps gain publicity for the Crime Heilig-Meyers SUNDAY, DEC. 5 identity," Varner said. "We can't reveal who they are to anybody. The consequences of that is a class misdemeanor." To report a Crime Stoppers tip, call 785-8477 (TIPS).

Elvis impersonator goes to jailhouse in murder plot Associated Press HOUSTON A 42-year-old Elvis Presley impersonator has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for trying to arrange the murder of his wife. William Keen Perry, also known as "The Big was sentenced Friday and fined $5,000. He must spend at least one-fourth of the sentence behind bars before becoming eligible for parole. Sporting prominent sideburns, a pompadour and a belt buckle emblazoned with the "Big Perry was arrested Oct. 31, 1998, on a charge of solicitation of capital murder.

Prosecutor Ted Wilson said Perry and Joan Collin were married in 1992 and separated in October 1998. Perry went to a friend and told him he wanted to have Ms. Collin killed, Wilson said. The friend contacted a police officer and a meeting was set up with Sgt. H.L.

Mayer, an investigator in HPD's homicide unit, Wilson said. Mayer, posing as a hitman, met Perry at a Denny's on Oct. 30, 1998. Perry was caught on tape offering Mayer $5,000 to kill her $2,500 down and $2,500 when Ms. Collin was dead.

Another meeting was set up and an arrest warrant for Perry was obtained, Wilson said. But in the meantime, Perry contacted Mayer and told him he didn't have the money. Instead, Perry offered a knife and promised to pay him after Ms. Collin was dead. Defense attorney Anthony Osso's defense and Perry's testimony centered on the contention that he was never serious about killing his wife but was only a "big talker" who was forced into meeting the hitman and became too scared to back out of it.

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