he replies ruefully.

BUS stories, continued. Says Mary Duncan: "One morning on my way to work there was a passenger singing like a linty, happily drunk. He got off the bus just before me, and when I moved to the front I said to the driver, 'How can someone be that drunk at eight in the morning?' The driver's reply: 'Just lucky, I guess.'"

TODAY'S piece of sheer daftness comes from Chris Addison, who says: "Well, turns out when they say at the station, 'If you see anything suspicious please report it to a member of staff,' they don't mean those posters claiming 97 per cent of the trains last month were on time."

GERMAN newspapers reported that the Berlin Wall has now been down longer than it actually existed, iftower was originally intended to house a museum to 17th- and 18th-century missionaries as well as be connected to the planned new church building, effectively functioning as its steeple. Initially called the Tower of Missionaries, it was renamed the Tower of History to broaden its appeal to visitors. The tower was initially projected to cover its costs by visitors paying $1 or $2 to experience the view from the observation platforms, but according to parishioner and building committee member Paul Ripley, the unforeseen oil crisis precluded the tourism growth that they expected.

In 1971, due to the financial problems that St. Mary's was enduring, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette assumed responsibility for the tower. In 1972, its operation was reorganized and it became directed by a state-wide board