Archie Engaged to Veronica..Comic Fan Irate!

DALLAS (AP) - When comic book store owner Dave Luebke heard that after 67 years, the carrot-topped everyman of the comic world, Archie, was proposing to va-va-voomy rich girl Veronica instead of girl-next-door Betty, he decided to protest by selling his copy of the series' rare first issue.

Luebke's Archie Comics No. 1 sold for $38,837 when Dallas' Heritage Auction Galleries offered it Friday. Heritage spokesman Noah Fleisher said the buyer was a longtime Archie reader and collector from Virginia who did not want to be identified.

"Betty is it. Not Veronica," said Luebke, whose Richmond, Va., store has more than 1 million comics in stock. "This is serious."

And, he said, 99 percent of his customers agree that perky, blond Betty is the clear choice over shiny dark-haired Veronica in the seemingly never-ending love triangle.

"It's amazing how many stories they've gotten out of this over the years," said Barry Sandoval, Heritage director of operations of the comics division.

The Archie Comics Web site shows Archie proposing to Veronica on bended knee on the cover of No. 600, which hits comic book stores Aug. 19. That begins a six-issue story arc that takes place in the future - when the perpetual high schoolers have graduated from college, said Victor Gorelick, editor-in-chief of Archie Comics.

He said people all over the world are reacting to Archie's choice and "mostly everyone feels bad for Betty."

For those heartbroken by Archie's choice, Gorelick remains coy, advising: "I just tell them to stick with it. Read through it and you'll see what happens. A lot happens. A lot goes on."

The Archie Comics Web site shows the proposal issue is followed by an issue with a cover featuring the couple at the altar, Veronica proclaiming "I do!" and Archie saying "Do I ever!" In the next issue, twins are on the way.

After the six-issue story arc, the gang will return to high school, Gorelick said.

Tom Michael, a teen comics collector from Iola, Wis., has a feeling all might not be what it seems.

"I have a feeling that the last issues will have him asking Betty to marry him," Michael said.

Sandoval, who said Luebke's No. 1 is in excellent condition, suspects Luebke's reason for selling might have a bit more to do with the money than anger.

Luebke concedes that the economic downturn was a factor, but he said his outrage on behalf of Betty is real.

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A man called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that is not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, "Don't lie to me. I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state."

I got a call from a man who asked, "Is it possible to see England from Canada?" I said, "No." He said "But they look so close on the map."

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A woman called and asked, "Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know who's luggage belongs to who?" I said, "No, why do you ask?" She replied, "Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said FAT, and I'm overweight, is there any connection?" After putting her on hold for a minute while I "looked into it" (I was actually laughing) I came back and explained the city code for Fresno is FAT, and that the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.

I just got off the phone with a man who asked, "How do I know which plane to get on?" I asked him what exactly he meant, which he replied, "I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these darn planes have numbers on them."

A woman called and said, "I need to fly to Pepsi-cola on one of those computer planes." I asked if she meant to fly to Pensacola on a commuter plane. She said, "Yeah, whatever."

A businessman called and had a question about the documents he needed in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded him he needed a visa. "Oh no I don't, I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those." I double checked and sure enough, his stay required a visa. When I told him this he said, "Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express."

A woman called to make reservations, "I want to go from Chicago to Hippopotamus, New York" The agent was at a loss for words. Finally, the agent: "Are you sure that's the name of the town?" "Yes, what flights do you have?" replied the customer. After some searching, the agent came back with, "I'm sorry, ma'am, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a Hippopotamus anywhere." The customer retorted, "Oh don't be silly. Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!" The agent scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, "You don't mean Buffalo, do you?" "That's it! I knew it was a big animal!"

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doctor is father to baby fed morphine-spiked breast milk

HILLSBORO, Ore. -- Investigators revealed Friday that the father to an infant fed breast milk spiked with morphine by a 25-year-old Aloha woman was, in fact, a doctor himself.

Dr. Wallace Lai is a board-certified cardiologist who completed his residency in internal medicine at Oregon Health & Science University, according to the hospital's website.

Dr. Lai specializes in studying the electrical activity in the heart, according to OHSU, and works at the Tuality Healthcare facility in Hillsboro. He also is an assistant professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at OHSU.

Dr. Lai, a 43-year-old resident of Southwest Portland, did not return repeated phone calls from KGW, and a physician's answering service said he was off for the weekend.

The mother of Lai's child, who described herself as "his girlfriend," Dillard-Lubin was out of prison on probation for a 2005 conviction on child cruelty charges in Los Angeles County, Calif. when she was arrested on assault charges in Washington County.

In that case, she had poisoned her 10-month-old son with morphine. Custody of the boy was transferred to his father, a man other than Dr. Lai, according to investigators.

Dillard-Lubin later had her probation transferred to Oregon, where she was able to find work as a medical assistant at Oregon Pediatrics, though she has minimal medical training and is not a licensed nurse, investigators said.

Police were first alerted to the Oregon child's poisoning sometime in June.

According to Sheriff's Office Sgt. Thompson, Dillard-Lubin took her 2-month-old daughter to St. Vincent's Hospital on June 3, claiming the infant had a high fever in an attempt to lure Dr. Lai to meet with her.

Dr. Lai did not meet Dillard-Lubin at the hospital, though doctors still admitted the little girl for "observation."

The next morning, a nurse found the child barely breathing. Investigators believe Dillard-Lubin spiked her breast milk with a high dose of morphine and fed it to her daughter.

"At this point detectives are speculating that she was trying to get his attention because he didn't have any interest in caring for the child," Thompson said.

The baby survived, but her condition puzzled doctors until toxicology tests came back positive for opiates.

Dillard-Lubin told the hospital that she was on a pain killer and the opiates must have come through her breast milk.

When she brought in a sample for them to test, they found high levels of morphine, indicating the drug had been added to the milk after pumping.

The hospital alerted the state Department of Human Services, Child Protective Services and county investigators.

The infant was taken from Dillard-Lubin and placed in state custody.

Dillard-Lubin made her first court appearance on Aug. 13, facing several charges stemming from the assault on her child.