One of Colombia's top musical instrument makers is converting shotguns and AK47 rifles into electric guitars. The guns were formerly used by fighters involved in the country's guerilla conflict. Since enforcing the peace plan, more than 30,000 illegal paramilitary fighters have turned over weapons.

A man on trial for threatening a judge multiple times threatened the presiding judge Thursday. Ignacio Javier Bilbao Goikoetxea, a convicted murdered, told judge Alfonso Guevara, "I'm going to skin you alive" and "I look forward to shooting you seven times when I get my hands on you. "

The U. S. Department of Defense says it has identified an airman who has been missing in action (MIA) since the Vietnam War. Air Force Maj. Burke H. Morgan, U. S. Air Force, of Manitou Springs, Colo. , was buried Sept. 7 beside his wife, Mary, at the U. S. Air Force Academy, as part of his U. S. Air Force Academy graduating class' 45th reunion.

A cemetery in Argentina is offering die-hard fans of the popular football club Boca Juniors a chance to rest in peace amongst star football players, club executives and fellow fans. Three-thousand plots have been set aside for these football lovers in the Iraola cemetery, abut 37 miles from Buenos Aires. The club, known by Argentineans as Club Atletico Boca Juniors, is well known for its football team. Its home base is in the neighborhood of La Boca in Buenos Aires, where it hosts its home games at the Bombonera stadium.

A York couple is touring the area trying to convince citizens to sign a treaty promising never to shoot a Scotsman, with a bow and arrow. Ewan and Gill Main are walking 240 miles to Edinburgh to present the Lord Provost with a "peace treaty" bearing the signatures of citizens of York pledging that they will not abide an ancient law, which says York people can "legally" shoot Scotsmen with a bow and arrow within the city walls.