
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, March 2, 1992                   TAG: 9203020011
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PEOPLE

Karen Kennedy, of Janesville, Wis., was set to throw a birthday party Saturday for her 4-year-old son, Kristopher, who was born Feb. 29, 1988. But their fun was interrupted when she gave birth to another leap-year baby.

Kelsey Kennedy wasn't due until St. Patrick's Day, March 17.

"It must be the moon," Kennedy said of her knack for giving birth on Feb. 29.

An aunt and uncle took over the party for Kristopher and his 20 young guests set for 3:30 p.m.; Kelsey was born at 3:15 p.m.

Kennedy said her husband, Stephen, was incredulous.

"He couldn't believe it. He said, `Only we could do this,' " she said.

James Brown plans to appear at a benefit to raise money for New York City's beleaguered schoolchildren.

The godfather of soul said Saturday at a news conference that he hopes other performers will join him for a "Stop the Violence" festival.

The show, tentatively scheduled for June, was proposed because two students were fatally shot Wednesday at a Brooklyn high school and a 15-year-old was arrested.

Brown said he might visit Thomas Jefferson High School next week.

"First, I'll tell them to do something with their minds," he said. "Then the guns won't be around. Their minds are very important."

Brown was paroled from prison a year ago, after serving two years for leading police on a car chase near his home in Beech Island, S.C.

President Bush, who makes no secret of his love for country music, is apparently less enamored of classical music, even when Van Cliburn is at the piano.

The world-renowned Fort Worth pianist provided the entertainment at Wednesday night's state dinner in San Antonio for Bush and five Latin American presidents gathered for the drug summit.

When Bush met with Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari the next morning over breakfast, he was heard to remark, "Well, I want to commend the Mexican delegation for staying awake through the piano music last night, which I found very restful."

Basketball Hall of Fame center Wilt Chamberlain was released from an Inglewood, Calif., hospital Saturday, two days after suffering a slightly irregular heartbeat, his doctor said.

Chamberlain, 55, left Centinela Hospital Medical Center wearing a heart monitoring device, said Dr. Ellen Goudlock.

The doctor said the monitor would remain in place until Chamberlain returns to the hospital this week for additional cardiovascular tests.

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