NEWS LITE : COUPLE SAFE AFTER DROPPING READ-MADE KIDNAP NOTE.A ready-made rescue note reading ``HELP KIDNAPPED'' fell from the purse of an Oklahoma woman anxious about traveling the country, triggering a 24-hour interstate police hunt that ended when she and her husband turned up safe in Maine. ``She's totally embarrassed,'' said her daughter, Renee Ives. ``She's afraid she can never show her face again.'' Floyd Rupp, 67, a chiropractor chiropractor a practitioner in chiropractic. chiropractor A health professional trained in chiropractic; chiropractors do not perform surgery or prescribe drugs; of 50,000 licensed chiropractors in the US, many practice 'straight' chiropractic, ie , and his 57-year-old wife, Rita, were driving from their home in Tulsa, Okla., to attend a family wedding near New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and sightsee sight·see intr.v. sight·saw , sight·seen , sight·see·ing, sight·sees To tour sights of interest. sight in New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. . They stopped Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. near the Massachusetts Turnpike The Massachusetts Turnpike (commonly shortened to the MassPike or The Pike) is the easternmost 138-mile (222 km) stretch of Interstate 90. The Turnpike begins at the western border Massachusetts in West Stockbridge connecting with the Berkshire Connector portion of in Auburn, about 40 miles west of Boston. After checking out of their motel the next morning, they stopped at a store to buy a travel iron. After they left, an employee found the note folded neatly inside a $20 bill. It had apparently dropped from Rita Rupp's purse in the bathroom. ``HELP KIDNAPPED CALL HIGHWAY PATROL highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. ,'' it said in Rita Rupp's handwriting, followed by two Oklahoma telephone numbers. On the other side, Rita Rupp had written: ``MY FORD VAN CREAM & BLUE OKLA.'' Police put out an all-points bulletin for the Rupps. News outlets carried the story, with pictures and descriptions of the couple and their van. The Rupps' two daughters waited by their phones. No calls. It turned out someone had seen the Rupps: A Massachusetts state trooper saw their van by the side of the road east of Auburn about 15 minutes after the note was found, but before it had been reported. The couple, apparently alone and all right, were poring over a map and asked the trooper how to get to Cape Cod Cape Cod, narrow peninsula of glacial origin, 399 sq mi (1,033 sq km), SE Mass., extending 65 mi (105 km) E and N into the Atlantic Ocean. It is generally flat, with sand dunes, low hills, and numerous lakes. , Police Chief Ron Miller Ron Miller or Ronald Miller can refer to several different people:
A search of Cape Cod motels and camping areas turned up nothing. Then, around lunchtime Tuesday on the East Coast, Rupp called his clinic in Sand Springs, Okla., to check on business. ``He said, `I'm sitting here enjoying the view of the ocean,' '' office manager Brenda Ward said. ``I said, `You have no idea what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. , do you?' '' Ives said her parents had called her from Bar Harbor, Maine Bar Harbor, Maine, may refer to:
Ives' mother told her she had prepared the note because she was worried about the trip back from the wedding; her husband was taking a plane and she planned to drive home alone. Vermont director canceling pageant Margie Gilbert, who runs the Mrs. America Mrs. America Pageant celebrates married women throughout the United States of America. Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2007, Mrs. America is the only nationally televised beauty pageant for married women. Mrs. state pageant in Vermont, said she's giving up the franchise because of lack of interest. She could only get two contestants last year and so far this year, one. ``Oh, there are some very beautiful women in Vermont that would make the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. proud,'' said Gilbert. ``But I can't push them to make them do it.'' Clinton can make most of mea culpas President Clinton has proved so darned darned adj. Damned. Adj. 1. darned - expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or good at apologizing, says the New Republic, that he ought to expand his craft. Some suggestions: Clinton should say he's sorry to victims of the recent Dakota floods. ``Although (the floods were) reportedly caused by God,'' says the magazine, ``the president feels he bears indirect responsibility.'' An apology is in order to baby seals, ``who have endured blows no American should.'' A great big I'm sorry might be appropriate for ``the lactose intolerant, condemned to life without butter fat.'' A word of regret is due dinosaurs ``who suffered a sudden and tragic death.'' An expression of condolence is owed to ``White House internship applicants who did not make the cut this year. We dare not forget their pain.'' And finally, says the New Republic, the president should apologize to himself, ``for enduring so much sorrow.'' Comic not ready for time in Iowa Comedian Norm MacDonald is persona non grata at the University of Iowa Not to be confused with Iowa State University. The first faculty offered instruction at the University in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, the student body numbered 124, of which, 41 were women. after doing a 50-minute routine Sunday for the athletic department that was a mite spicy for mid-American tastes. Athlete Director Bob Bowlsby said the performance by the ``Weekend Update'' anchor on TV's ``Saturday Night Live'' ``was anything but comedy. It was profane, vulgar, and off-color.'' He noted that about 80 percent of the audience of 1,300 people - which included kids - walked out. As they streamed to the exits, MacDonald asked, ``What do you want me to talk about - losing my luggage at the airport? What do they expect - for me to hold up a picture of Yasser Arafat and make a joke?'' Bowlsby, himself a walkout, added that the comedian's invitation to play in a Monday benefit golf event was withdrawn. MacDonald couldn't be reached for comment. Diva's act wearing thin on Broadway Raquel Welch, who officially opens on Broadway tonight in ``Victor/Victoria,'' continues to have her struggle with diva-itis chronicled in the Big Apple press. The latest: She threw a mirror at a wall, but hairstylist Alfonso Annotto took the brunt of it. Seems she didn't like what he did with the tresses. She also took shears and cut a new custom gown in half when she didn't think it fit her right, and stopped a rehearsal in mid-gallop when she didn't recognize one of the dancers. When she was told he was an understudy, Herself declared she didn't perform with understudies and took off. Meanwhile, there's her ongoing tug with director Blake Edwards, who recently threatened to cut a song from the show if she didn't learn it right. Her backstage nickname: Vicious Victoria. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos PHOTO (1) Championing a cause Boxing great Muhammed Ali and the artist formerly known as Prince appear Tuesday at a news conference in Washington, D.C., to announce a benefitconcert to promote harmony and tolerance. (2) Rita Rupp was on a cross-country trip when this note wrapped in a $20 bill fell out of her purse. Associated Press (3) Welch (4) MacDonald |
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