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Little Girl Still MissingPolice Appeal Fors HelpBY LYLE SUMER1X South Berrien BureauSAWYER — Information on the whereabouts of a six-ycar-olii Chicago girl who- disappeared Labor day weekend at Warren Dunes state park near here Is.being sought by statenearsonCentralized PoliceRecord Studylt;cBerrien Sheriff Forrest Nick” Jewell Tuesday an-npunced a Benton Harbor; police records specialist has been hired to head a study toward a central records and identification bureau for all police agencies in the county.The head for the one-year, $30,ODD study is Ciipi. Meredith Rynearstm, 40, u IVfcyear member of. Benton -Harbor police department, lie helped create the department’s newest record system five years ago and has run it since.Capt. tty nearson will retiresheriff's headquarters in St.. Joseph. His salary will be over $12,01)0 but . is not yet fixed, Jewell said.ttynenrsurfs appointment was confirmed Friday by llic Berrien County Police Services Council, composed of all departments in the county with one or more fulltime policemen and including state police, Sheri(T Jewell said, Jewett is chairman of the council.Itynearsim will be a sheriff’s employe for purposes of the study.police at New Buffalo.Lt. Neil Bement, post commander, said they are without solid clues as , to the*whereabouts of Cathy Davidson, 6, who disappeared while on an outing with her family Sept. 1.Police issued an appeal that any information, no matter how small er ttfvial-it.may seem, be given them at the New Buffalo or Benton Harbor posts by pbone or mail. All tips will be investigated and names of persons offering:information will be kept confidential, Bement said.Cathy was the first of three girls to mysteriously disappear .in southwestern Michigan this month. Two South Haven girls, ages 11 and 12, disappearedfrom the yard of. one of their homes last Thursday and had not been located as yet thisLMC Plansmorning.Cathy was last seen with her five older brothers and sisters on the Lake Michigan beach near, the mouth of Painterville creek, while her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert . Davidson, prepared a Picnic lunch. ✓When the parents called the children about 15 minutes later, Cathy did nut answer or return.An estimaled'500 volunteers combed the 1,1(10 acre park on foot, horseback, trail bikes, and from the air over the Labor day weekend. A few volunteers continued to search almost daily until the parents ended theirvigil last week and returned to Chicago.Cathy, a Negro, was described as. 3 feet 10, 70 pounds,: with brown eyes and hair braided into tight rows on her head. Police said she was wearing a white blouse, blue shorts and white sandals when she disappeared.Police said they have no clues as to whether she may. haye drowned or been .abducted. .However, they said they are proceeding on the assumption that she is not in the water.hoopers noted that the water was calm that day,1 and that it would have been difficult for anyone to drown with so many people in the water.% Workshop Stroke ParalyzesCAPT. MEREDITH RVNEARSON New PostOn Aging Kazoo Lawmakerrhe $30,01)0 grant from theeepted by Berrien county commissioners July 17.Ryneurson’s study results are expected to go to the council for consideration, with implementation possibly by county government or a collection of13111311 tiiUfi mi vliiflThirteen experts on problems of the aged will lake part in an “Inservice Workshop on Aging.” a series of 12 weekly sessions at Lake Michigan college sponsored jointly by LMC and the Berrien County Council on Aging beginning Oct. S.LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State Sen. Anthony Stamm, R-Kalainazoo, was paralyzed ly a massive stroke at University of Michigan Hospital in Aim Arbor Tuesday night. Ids secretary said in Lansing today.Stamm, 61, had linen hospitalized since last Thursday undergoing tests for dizziness suffered September 19 at a meeting on the Western Michigan University campus in Kalamazoo, said Carol Ttarit:irrE hk swwLirv fur ciiflit. Years.aINFORMATION SOUGHT: New Buffalo State Police have issued an appeal for any information, no matter how small or trivial, in regard to the disappearance of Cathy Davidson 6, of Chicago, Cathy disappeared at a family outing Sept. 1 at
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Benton Harbor News Palladium
Benton Harbor, Michigan, US
Wed, Sep 26, 1973
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