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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 2002
Page
5
At least 11 people were hurt during the Hellraiser Ball indoor expo in Vanderbilt Plainview Nassau County officials said six were shot and others stabbed in a dispute between rival gangs. Several fleeing attendees were later apprehended.
Oscar winning animation director Chuck Jones, creator of Bugs Bunny and the Grinch, died Friday of congestive heart failure at his Newport Beach home. His wife Marian and daughter Linda were by his side. Jones helmed over 300 films, earned three Oscars, and received an honorary lifetime Oscar in 1995.
Texas convict John William Roland III, 33, fled last week after overpowering a guard at Robertson Unit Abilene. He was arrested in a Raleigh North Carolina Red Roof Inn after negotiations, with no weapons found. He faces felony escape charges possibly adding another life term.
In Noble Georgia authorities unearthed about 300 bodies discarded at Tri-State Crematory behind a pine grove. Operator Ray Brent Marsh faces 16 counts of theft by deception as families struggle with whether their loved ones were truly cremated. The case haunts survivors who trusted funeral professionals and now question the contents of keepsakes and the sacred duty of handling the dead.
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