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WHERESTANDHankGreenspunThe funeral oration must he dnubiv mournful for those whodie vo voung.Charles 1 awronce Riddle, ISs par-old son of Major and Norma Riddle, was confined to the grave v^rerday. Thovp who *; tended the burial services heard the comforting spiritual message of the Rev WalterH rnnr which should bring some solace m fhe familvIt is thought when deathstrikes down the innocent andvoung u is a double death for he was denied a full life, so Iwill presume to add a second and more personal note to rh,las' rites.Chin k Rddle lt;death wascaused hv his youth He was unwilling because he believed he was in some ^.ort of trouhle. tocloud the happiness of his par rnts so he committed an actwh'ch he belived was in the bestnteres’s of the familv.Tn the \ehemence of voutheternal crises appear which arelaughed over in the more ma Mire vears There is no period lt;n life which produces more emotional outbursts than theteens everything s either alllov or the most abject of miserv There is no middle groundChuck s follies were such thult;cease with \oufh—and given a few more years, he too wouldh a v p recounted h;s boyhoodrscapides with the same humorthat gives the more maturehumorous memories to reliveTor Chuck was no different han the hulk of voung men his ge His minor escapades were 10 worse than all the genera-ions that preceded him on this•arfh Surelv we all wentirough similar experiences hut our dav, the voting wereemitted their follies withoutIf stem arm of law enforce-icnf searching them out.There is alwavs some mysfervabout Heath when it comes toone so voung and without seeming explanation. There is no mwerv about Chuck s death.He was a product of the teen vears . , the period in whichlife is all roses or deep disappointments.Chuck was picked up by juve-ule officers at a Strip Hotel or gambling To more hardened oaths it would be a lark andi chance to bolster the egoo prove manliness Bui he was no good a hov and too fine aon to bring grief to hi« parentsHf felt shame for causing ouhle to himself and his familv nd he thought the method he(See WHERE, Page 2)
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Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Sun, Feb 20, 1966
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