IU Coed Describes Ordeal with Crazed Gunman
Linda Shull and two sorority sisters hitchhiked trouble after a birthday party trip to Indianapolis. The gunman William Turner forced them from the car near Bloomington and drove toward their abandoned vehicle before demanding money. a police light interrupted his attempt at further assaults.
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IU Coed
Bloomington
Ind
Indianapolis
Los Gatos
Calif
Linda Shull
William A. Turner
Miss Shull
Amy Lindsay
Springfield
Ill
Turner
Priscilla Hart
Fort Wayne
71St Street
Massive Welfare Fraud Nets 92 Indicted in Chicago
Federal prosecutor Samuel Skinner says a Chicago indictment of 92 government employees for lying to obtain welfare payments signals a nationwide risk. About 10 million dollars may have been siphoned over years as similar Detroit probes expand.
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Chicago
U.S
Samuel Skinner
Skinner
Detroit
Michigan
Indiana University student describes motel standoff and suicide
A female IU student recounts a motel confrontation with a gunman, later identified as Turner, who forced occupants to exit with hands up and then killed himself after restraining others. The deputy sheriff was wounded but unharmed. The account details the moments before the suspect’s suicide and the students’ attempts to stay safe.
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Indiana Univer
Miss Shull
Marion County Sheriff’s
Joseph Hecke
Turner
Presbyterians Rebuff Merged Publications Move
Southern Presbyterians rejected merging their publications with the United Presbyterian Church within two years and backed a weakened cooperative plan. Debate also touched on homosexuality, gay rights, and neutral stands on abortion groups. Union synods would be studied for possible joint affiliation.
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Nashville, Tenn
Southern Presbyterians
United Presbyterian Church
117Th General Assembly
Presbyterian
United States
Church Uniona
Coalition On Abortion Rights
General Assembly
Shreveport
Kentucky
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Virginia
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In the
Nashville
Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Illinois Woman Finds Warmth in Woodburning Stoves
Peggy Shipley, of Illinois, praises woodburning stoves for cutting heating costs amid high natural gas and electricity prices. She runs Woodheater Revival selling and refurbishing woodheaters from Alabama, Oregon, and Minnesota, noting strong sales in heating months and the ability to heat multiple rooms with old and new models.
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Ama, Ill
Illinois
Peggy Shipley
Peggy
Woodheater Revival
Alabama
Oregon
Minnesota
Violence feared as Nazi march looms in Skokie
In Skokie Illinois officials warn of possible violence if a planned July 4 Nazi march proceeds. Meir Kahane leaders of the Jewish Defense League urge action to stop the march while Nazi organizer Frank Collin predicts no violence from his side. Local residents and Holocaust survivors call for public opposition. The controversy centers on court rulings and First Amendment rights as authorities weigh blocking the march.
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JDL
League
Frank Collin
Chicago
Collin
National Socialist Congress
California
Illinois
Missouri
New Jersey
Nebraska
Ohio
Oklahoma
Texas
Skokie
Lawrence Montrose
Erna Gans
Hitler
Harvey Schwartz
US Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
Gans
Swimmers Itch Explained by Purdue Scientist
West Lafayette Indiana Dr Philip T LaVerde of Purdue University explains swimmer s itch a rash caused by larval flukeworms entering skin after bathing in infested waters He recommends drying the skin after swimming and using calamine or baking soda for itching while noting treatment is limited. The parasite cycles between waterbirds snails and aquatic habitats.
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Howard Stevens Tribune
West Lafayette
Ind
Philip T. LaVerde
Purdue University
Lewis Couple Attends Conference at Bloomington
Rev and Mrs Robert Vaught and Lahoma Shumaker attended the annual United Methodist Church conference in Bloomington. Mr and Mrs Lanny Moyer visited Mildred Deal and Mr and Mrs Bob Coogan of Indianapolis.
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Lewis
Ind
Robert Vaught
Lahoma Shumaker
United Methodist Church
Bloomington
Lanny Moyer
Mildred Deal
Bob Coogan
Indianapolis
Wildcat Mine Strike Sparks UMW Cutback Resentment
In Tuscola Illinois 800 miners from Local 1870 and 8682 at Zeigler Coal Co ended a two day wildcat strike amid protest at health benefit cutbacks. They returned to work while circulating petitions urging a full investigation into fund handling and why benefits were reduced.
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Tuscola
United Mine Workers National
Zeigler Coal Co
UMW
Zeigler No. 5
Illinois
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia Coal Association
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Ketchum
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