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The Salt Lake Tribune NATIONSunday, June 20,1999 Thousands Everywhere Prepare to Send a Messageto the Future THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CATONSVILLE, Md. — When the call went out for the stuff of life, Irene Mundy answered with a new toothbrush, eye drops and a sheet of Barney the purple dino- saurstickers. The92-year-old former teacher had scoured her shelves for the minutiae of daily life that ought to be preserved in a time capsule buried in front of her retirement high-rise. Around the world, people are commemorating the new millennium bystuffing photos, toys and newspaper clippings into time Coeur d’Alene Cops Don Riot Gearto Quell Rowdy Crowd THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Officers in riot gear fired rubber bullets on a hostile crowd of about 2,000 people following the Car d’Lane Classic Car Cruise near the city's downtownarea. Violence escalated Friday night whena multi-agencypolice force attempted to close businesses and block traffic from entering the downtown area. A wall of officers marched forward chanting ‘back, back, back” in an attempt to push the crowd outof the area. Severalindividuals hurled beer bottles, rocks and other debris at officers. In response, one officer fired a riot gun into the crowdin capsules of all stripes, with vi- sions of their discovery 25, 50 or even 1,000 years hence. The company Future Packaging & Preservation, which sells high-end time capsules for professional preservation, has seen business double in each of the past three years. Director Janet Reinhold has sold about 1,000 capsules this year and expects to sell at least 50,000 before millennium madness subsides. The modern craze for time capsules began 60 years ago at the 1939 New York World'sFair. The Westinghouse Corp. pavilion displayed a torpedo-shaped capsule containing Depression-era items: bly most scholarly time capsule resides at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. The “CryptofCiviliza- slide rule, a Sears & Roebuck cat- tion,” built on a former indoor alog, alarm clock and a Mickey Mousecup. Westinghouse buried the capsule inside a tunnel on the swimming pool, is 20 feet long, 10 feet high and 10 feet deep. It site andsaid it intended the items to stay undisturbed for 5,000 years. A companion capsule went in nearby at the 1964 World's Fair. It contained more modern items, holds thousands of items — from Lincoln Logs, dental floss and newsreels of Adolf Hitler to a toaster, the works of Shakespeare and more than 640,000 pages on microfilm. The crypt received its first including a Polaroid camera, plastic heart valve, freeze-dried items in 1938 and wassealed in 1940. Its massive steel door re- But the world’s first and proba- mains sealed — with any luck until the year 8113. food and a Beatles record. Horror Author King Struck by Van in Maine THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LEWISTON, Maine — Horror King was in serious but stable condition. King suffered “significant” injuries including broken author Stephen King was seriously injured when he was struck by avanwhile walking near his home Saturday, police said. King was walking south on the shoulder of Route 5 in North Lovell, where he owns a home, at about 4:30 p.m. when a motorist bonesbut wasconsciousandalert. King wasfirst taken to North- ern Cumberland Hospital in Bridgton but was flown to Central Maine Medical for treatment at the hospital's trauma ward. Baker said that according to witnesses, the driver, Bryan approaching from behind lost control of his Dodge Caravan because of a dog that wasloose in- speeding. He said charges will not be filed against Smith. deputy Matt Bakersaid. about14 feet off the road and ap- side, Oxford County Sheriff’s Officials at Central Maine Medical Center said the 51-year-old Smith, 41, did not appear to be Baker said King was lying peared to have been thrown by the collision. SUMMER uce d o v s YS s l E e l Are the area from which the bottles were thrown. Officers proceeded to club, spray mace, drag and arrest crowd members, rioters and onlookers who wouldnot disperse. Festivities turned sour late in the evening whenwitnesses said a man ona motorcyclepeeledoutin front of the Iron Horse Bar & Grill on Sherman Avenue. They said the man was pulled over and was given a ticket by an officer patrolling on foot. Patrons of the Iron Horse cameoutof the bar and joined the crowd already on the street and began booing, throwing debris and screaming profanities at the officers. The already-heavily patrolled downtown area becamea hotbed NOW THRU JUNE 26th THE ABSOLUTE BEST SELECTION OF TOP QUALITY PRODUCEAT THE ABSOLUTE BEST PRICES OF THE SEASON. 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