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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1978
Page
3
Dee Miller and David Stoll exchanged vows on the Sears Tower 103 stories above Chicago. Surrounded by 16 chimney sweeps, a guitarist and onlookers, the couple said the rooftop ceremony fit their trade and lives.
A poodle is seized in a Manhattan street when a man slashes a convertible top and a German Shepherd chases a squirrel. A ransom scam emerges as a caller poses as a bartender contact. victims pay $100 and the kidnapper vanishes. Petfinders founder Irving West offers a rescue network with a $12 lifetime card and 45 percent recovery rate, plus advice on avoiding scams and how to handle ransom demands.
Twenty five experts from around the world start four days of scientific tests on the Turin shroud at San Giovanni cathedral. The 14 by 3 foot linen bears a negative image of a crucified man and will be evaluated with X ray, microscopy, and tape sampling to determine age and origin. Results, initially to Umberto of Savoy, may later reach the church.
Texas inmate David Lee Powell, 27, who killed Austin police officer Ralph Ablanedo, refuses food to hasten death but corrections officials say they will force-feed to keep him alive for execution. Powell, transferred to Huntsville, has not eaten solid food for five days and remains without a set date for lethal injection.
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