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PAGE 6Seek ‘Flakey* Drifter ISTITOGIS lt;ITT) — Police in two states today sought a flakey, gun toting drifter who terrorized an elderly Sturgis couple, traded shots with police and threatened to kill himself before fleeing to Ohio in a commandeered car Toledo, Ohio, police said Wednesday night they believed the man was still somewhere in Toledo on foot Sturgis police, however, said they thought there was a good chance he would try to return to Michigan.He may be headed hack this way,” said Sturgis officer Dennis Kohn This guy's flakey. he may be dumb enought to do it Police described the gun man as a tall, blond haired drifter w ho was believed to be a fugitive from Oregon He worked recently as a painter in Constantine, Mich , used several aliases and may have a pregnant girlfriend living in Sturgis, police said This may he a reason why he might want to come bark,” Kohn said This guy is flakey and we told officers face to face this morning we re going to have to kill him He's not gm ng t o be taken a I i ve ‘'The bi/arre episode hrgan shortly fief ore noon Wed nesday when the man was seen taking a case of soft drinks from a delivery truck outside a Sturgis market.Ipolice said When Sturgis police detective James Houck arrived, the man fled across the street into an apartment building where he was reportedly staying Moments later, he jumped from a side window wielding a 22caliber revolver and fired at Houck Tlte man yelled to Houek that he would not be taken alive.” and put the gun to his mouth and pulled the trigger, police said The gun did not fire and the man fled Police said he went to a nearby home and threatened its elderly occupants, Mr and Mrs Furman Drummond He ordered Mrs Drummond to give him a dress and a brassiere, police said, apparently to disguise himself, but Mrs Drummond said she didn’t have the clothing he w a ntod Th( man then ripped the telephone out of the wall and ran to a nearby department store where he knocked a pregnant woman to the ground, police said He than ran into a downtown street and commandeered a green 1969 Plymouth station wagon, driven by Houck's brother, Allen He ordered Houck, 14. to drive into Ohio police said Houck managed to escape m Napoleon. Ohio, by jumping from the car He told police the gunman continued on in his car police I said it was apparently “happenstance” that the I policeman’s brother became | involved in the episode Napoleon police said the the man then abducted a 16- ^yearold youth at gunpoint and ^ forced him to drive his car to h Toledo, about 40 miles away ** In Toledo, police said, the ^ gunman released the boy *' unharmed and allowed him to J? return to Napoleon in his car ^Ask Clean bE Water Rules I Be RelaxedWASHINGTON (DPI) - h,Environmental groups and Alocal officials joined Wed tnesday to urge Congress to Gtemporarily relax its clean tlwater rules and spend as much as £8 billion on pollution dicontrol construction titfThe coalition sent a letter to ]nthe Senate and House public works comm if te*^ w hich said pthe federal effort to clean up rivers and lakes by 198.1 may lt;-jjfail because of too much legislative negotiating. nlt;hiA measure to provide $9 ^billion over two years for ^wafer pollution construction grants passed the Senate early this year but du'd amid 'Kcomplicated House-Senate t)lnegotiations A review of the act is under wav in both jk
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Holland Sentinel
Holland, Michigan, US
Thu, Jul 07, 1977
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