From: ParaScope@AOL.COM Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 20:53:43 -0400 Fwd Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 12:57:35 -0400 Subject: DISPATCH #59 -- the weekly newsletter of ParaScope DISPATCH #59 -- the weekly newsletter of ParaScope S O M E T H I N G S T R A N G E I S H A P P E N I N G 7/11/97 Quote of the Week "How many of my UFO cookies would it take to trade you for one of those alien cactus plants?'' -- Barter transaction overheard on the floor of the Convention Center last weekend during the Roswell 50th Anniversary UFO Encounter. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ParaScope spent last week on the road, bringing you live, up-to-the minute coverage of the Roswell UFO Encounter, so this week we bring you an early and abridged edition of the Dispatch. Our great thanks to everyone we saw in Roswell, including the dozens of you who stopped by to offer your praise and support for ParaScope and the many ParaScope volunteers and members who worked to bring you all the greatest coverage of the Roswell event available from any news organization in any medium. If you haven't yet checked out our Roswell Roundup, do it now. We'll be leaving our extended event coverage on our main screens for another week, so catch the last word on all the action -- it's the next best thing to saying you were there! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Coming Up Next Week! Catch all these stories on our home page and at our AOL site now through July 16: Senator Snow? Jesse Helms' Contra Cocaine Connection Sen. Jesse Helms' ties to infamous dictator Augusto Pinochet and death squad commander Roberto D'Aubuisson have been widely known for years. But few people are aware of the Senator's vigorous support of a Nicaraguan rebel group closely linked to narcotrafficking -- support Helms continued long after the drug link was reported by U.S. intelligence and the media. Why did Helms back a guerrilla faction undergirded by drug money? The Senator and his aides declined to comment for this story. But news reports, congressional testimony and declassified federal documents have made it possible to piece together a complicated tale -- one that stretches from the Nicaraguan border to the White House, from Miami to Senator Helms' office in Washington. Get the dirt and download the documents on the Helms/contra/cocaine connection. --------------------------------- Read These Nikes: The Sad Story of an Uber-Brand Gone Wrong Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young's GoodWorks International consulting firm recently finished a review of Nike's Code of Conduct at the shoe giant's behest, and contrary to the documented complaints of labor and human rights advocates, Young concluded that "Nike is doing a good job," but "can and should do better." Young claims that what he saw in his carefully guided three day tour of Nike-owned factories in China, Indonesia and Vietnam was "overwhelmingly good" and his final report suggested only minor changes in Nike policy. What the report does not address is precisely what critics have been most vocal about: The report covered only the Code of Conduct, with no assessment of low wages, enforced overtime, mistreatment of workers, and corporal punishment. As such, the study serves little purpose beyond providing more shallow PR for the Nike brand. ParaScope takes a look at what the report had to say, and more importantly, what Young failed to mention. --------------------------------- Return of the Slipatron II: Fortean Boogaloo Folks, the patented Slipatron 5000 really did through a rod the other week, we swear it! Enigma editor D. Trull apologizes for the mishap, but he happily reports that the Slipatron 5000 is back up and running better than ever before. So be sure to check out this week's all-new collection of paranormal gutbusters, including: "Drac Helicopters Over Transylvania: Strikeforce for the New Romanian Order," a "Prayer for Lost Information" that the religously-inclined can chant over their corrupted hard drives; a "Witches Protection Program" for pracitioners of the black arts; and "The Phosphorescent Rodent," yet another example of overfunded genetic researchers gone UTTERLY MAD!!! --------------------------------- The Month It Rained UFOs Roswell wasn't the only flying saucer-related incident in July 1947. In fact, numerous sightings and incidents were reported following Kenneth Arnold's famous saucer squadron near Mt. Ranier in Washington. Step back in history with us as we check the weather during the month it rained UFOs. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Jane, Stop This Crazy Thing! Thought you were tough enough to handle the Dispatch and now you realize you're not? 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