Boxes in babysitting case reveal hidden crib confinement
Court heard from Katy and D J Friedline about eight boxes used to confine children during babysitting by the Warnocks. Katy described unlocking four large wooden boxes with air holes to remove youngsters, while D J said he could not escape a locked box. Witnesses noted handcuffs on a bed and punishment claims, with questions about truth told to God.
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Warnocks
Katy
Deanna Hammond
Des Moines
Jessica
D.J. Friedline
D.J
Debbie
Needles
Polk County
Jeanine Gazzo
Gazzo
Immigrant recalls Laos escape and love of Mekong river
Quang, born in Laos to refugee parents, recounts fleeing after the 1975 Communist takeover, years in the army, imprisonment in Thailand, and eventual resettlement in the United States. He longs to return to the Mekong river his song describes and cherishes newfound freedom in America.
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Quang
Laos
Vietnam
Thailand
Pan Quang
Quangs
Philippines
United States
Mekong
All-American Tylenol murders part of Kansas City case
Fahner said suspects used multiple aliases including Theodore Elmer Wilson and James W. Lewis. The couple faced murder indictments from 1978 and were tied to poisonings via capsules and fraudulent Social Security cards. FBI linked fingerprints to a pulley print on a dismembered Kansas City victim. Authorities urged supervision of Halloween events to prevent copycat poisonings.
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Fahner
Lewis
Theodore Elmer Wilson
Memphis
Tenn
James W. Lewis
Leann Lewis
Susan Ryan
Sally Woods
FBI
Missouri
Kansas City
Ptas
Jury awards verdict in tough Craney case
Buncha County Attorney Daryl Roberts said he was pleased with the results but no one wins in such a tragedy. He praised jurors and noted the case raised many sanity questions. Foreman William Dudley called the decision tough.
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Baby
Buchanan County
Daryl Roberts
the Gazette
William Dudley
Rural
Aurora
Truman Widow Bess Wallace Truman Dies at 87
Bess Truman, widow of former President Harry S. Truman, dies at age 87 after a life marked by devotion to family and public service. She faced various ailments in recent years and died after complications from an intestinal ulcer. Flags fly at half staff in Kansas City and Independence as leaders express condolences and praise her decency and strength.
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Reagan
Bess Truman
America
Jimmy Carter
Truman
Graham
Independence
Kansas City
Roosevelt
Arkansas Superior Court
Edward McFaddin
Harry S. Truman
Bess Wallace
Europe
Vietta Garr
Paul “Mike” Westwood
Mrs. Truman
White House
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Lady Bird Johnson
Pat Nixon
Betty Ford
Rosalynn Carter
Charge of the Light Brigade in Balaclava 1854
During the Crimean War the Charge of the Light Brigade aimed to seize Turkish artillery but misorders redirected them into heavy Russian fire. Of Lord Cardigan's 673 cavalrymen, over 250 were killed in the engagement.
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Balaclava
Lord James Cardigan
United Way aided divorce parents find support group help
Bob Lucke credits the Family Service Agency, a United Way funded group in East Central Iowa, with stabilizing his life after divorce. The agency runs a divorced parents support group with a facilitator and peer sharing, helping parents and children cope and rebuild, while the United Way funds 21 such agencies. Lucke remains involved to ensure others succeed, and calls the group a source of mutual care and growth.
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United Way
Bob Lucke
Family Service Agency
Bob
United Way of
East Central
Iowa
Locke
Jon
Bryan
Cedar Rapids
Divorced Parents Support Group
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Hammond
Tylenol
Gary L. Burkhart
Robert Johnson
Robert R. Johnson
Robert R. Meyers
Robert W. Richardson
Robert White Richardson
John C. Russell
John T. Russell
J.E. Ryan
J.W. Ryan
John E. Ryan
John C. Wilson
D.E. Woods
David Woods
David E. Woods
Raymond Thompson
Robert Richardson
Chicago
Leann
Leann Miller
Nancy Richardson
Craney
Feamelles Eel
Sons
Pata Ke
or _oupon Redemptioner
P.O. Box
Newport Beach
Marion
Diai 911
Creer
Rieties
Tam Gabe
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