O.J. SIMPSON . . . BUFFETING SHIPP

Ron Shipp, the former Los Angeles police officer who testified yesterday that O.J. Simpson said he dreamed of killing Nicole, found himself on the hot seat today under hard-hitting cross examination by the defense. Shipp admitted under questioning that even after he stopped drinking very heavily in 1989, he continued to get drunk on occasion. But he denied being drunk the night he says Simpson told him about his dreams.The O.J. Files