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essere Lo aA at tis er en et On re eee and di have iff friend, he ta. fea. ne waar FR te Maine thele of triemis met 15 people at its core, who were either at the er ene Pee restaurant at on Portage Avenue, where Maitland gh brother Gordon once worked. Maitland was dedicated to his art and if there was is something to be done that had to be done for school, fervo it first,” he said. In addition, he was adept at mechanics, having just rejuvenated a compact automo ani Times, 18, of ® Vas i sath Wie of e school ‘at 2605 Nese Avenue at the time of the shooting and “saw him ie can pal pulling it {the gun) Often | fat one to gon ane 1 figured he was drawing something +s then f just started working and . » (1070 or three minutes later) 1 heard the gunishot,” Timko, who described the gun as a sawed-off 12.pauge shotgun with a pistol Brin, said the assailant walked out of the classroom “calmly”. No body attempted to chase or appre: CONTINUED hend i bh, he said, of my Grating classmates acne ? a8 Prine ‘people in the hall except ie rene = ie Cinettonn ¥ Wwe were fla every. ina tet tried to ‘stop him because no bra xoft at the time and Op hint because he athe eens were seated and they just told were to get out of the room. Timko Student Fred Bobransky, 19, of 451 Moray Avenue, said the sawed-off shotgun used in the shooting was carried in a round green duffle bag. Pal feet pteced steno ties ee eee fit perfectly in the Thesesailant walked into the classroom half an hour after the Class got under wey, dees said, He walked to his desk, put the pap on a his desk mt oh that’s where 'Tt saw ne ing the gun but, I heard two sek ie he was pump ing a shotgun ... I guess he was holding it. He was facing Ken and all I heard was a blast and that was ‘Dobransky said he ran over to take Maitland’s purse, first on his wrist, then on his neck, “Il puessed he was dead because J ii feel any sengs to be friends Une te bd ane bugged tac Talden tht ir we it WHS serious, ‘tthe buddy-bug. mStlansog — the boys ap peared leads and said thes gene BA id for at leat the last two years. However, others re call at hearing them argue in the recently about the rock music pel Riss. Stefanson said there were 40 stu dents in three industrial design classes in the room at the time and they were being closely supervised by. three teachers A special half-hour staff meeting was held Thursday afternoon to re view the locscerh aoxd Beeteraey said. very satisfied” there are. 6 in procedures followed by A. spokesman for. the school's ment said teither: guidance department Maitland for his assailant had ever Fed fun eral . Ofte. Jeffson said he had been informed that neither exhibited emotional problems, vorreia is serving his first 8 principal at Sturgeon Creek, aid, “sinsons love this school. They speak highly of it. The re run is amid airly to begin pointing to it and saying that's where the Student was alot. This will be on our minds for a while; no question about it, Stefan son said.
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Fri, Oct 20, 1978

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