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8 March 26, 1998 A2 Chronicle-Tribune, Marion, Ind. Thursday be Obituaries: Information must be complete and must be provided by the funeral home handling the arrangements. Photos, it provided, will be included. Personnel File: Items on job changes, promotions and recognition in the workplace are included. Information must be provided in writing by Wednesday noon for inclusion in Sunday's edition.

Photos, if provided, will be included. Sports Spotlight: A daily feature of the Sports page to profile athletes in the Marion and Grant County area. I Nominations and suggestions should be sent to the Sports Department. Stock Listings: The daily business page includes selected stock listings and includes any stock of local interest. Call the newsroom to request inclusion of a specific stock.

Chronicle Tribune User's guide 610 S. Adams St. P.O. Box 309 Marion, Ind. 46952 TELEPHONES Main number: (765) 664-5111 4 Fax (news): (765) 668-4256: Fax (advertising): (765) 664-0729 Reader response line: (765) 668-4257: Circulation: (765) 668-7684 Toll-free: 1-800-955-7888 NEWSROOM Office Hours Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.

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Anniversaries, weddings, engage, monts: Information forms are available in the newsroom or at receptionist's desk in the lobby. Stories are published in the Sunday edition. Engagements will be published when desired by the couple. Wedding stories and photos must be submitted within six months after the wedding. Photos may be of any size and in black-and-white or in color.

Photos may be picked up in the newsroom, after they have been published. Stories photos must be submitted by Wednesday for Sunday publication. Business Spotlight: Includes profiles of Marion and Grant County people in the workplace. Nominations and suggestions are welcome. Call the city desk at Church Notes: Includes special events; speakers and music of interest to the larger community outside of the congregation.

Information must be submitted in writing by Thursday noon for inclusion in Saturday's Church Notes. Corrections: Any error or omission in the news columns will be corrected. Call the city desk at 664-5111 to provide correction information. For Your. Information: Any event of general interest will be included in For Your Information.

Information must be provided in writing. items will be published once. Items are published on the basis of timeliness and space availability. Guest Columns: Guest columns for the Viewpoint page are sought on particular topics. Selection of guest columns is made by the editorial page editor, and all submissions are welcome.

Happenings: Reports on activities of clubs and organizations. Information forms are available in the newsroom. Published in the Sunday edition. Letters to the Editor: Letters for publication on the Viewpoint page are encouraged. Letters should be limited to 250 words and must include the name, address and telephone number for verification before publication.

All letters are published, unless libelous, defamatory or in bad taste. They may be mailed or faxed to the newspaper. They may be sent by E-mail to our Internet address: cteditor comteck.com. Neighbors: Published Monday through Saturday. Includes any item of interest about local people and their accomplishments.

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each day. USPS 110-060 Established 1930 Published daily and Sunday by FEDERATED PUBLICATIONS, a wholly owned subsidiary of GANNETT from the office of the Chroniclebune, 610 S. Adams Street, Marion, Indiana 46953. Chronicle- Tribune formed from merger of evening Marion Chronicle (established 1865) and morning Leader (established 1912) and Sunday Chronicle- Tribune becoming daily and Sunday In 1968. Entered as second matter at the Post office of Marion, Indiana.

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SAVINGS BANK Marion 662-6666 Insured by F.D.I.C.- Gas City 674-3358 Bomb: Hoosier man charged in fatal mail bombing ordered to stand trial in Vermont Shooting: Two boys held in connection with school ambush Continued from Page 1 streamed outside." Six of the wounded remained hospitalized Wednesday, five in stable condition and one in critical. After he heard about the shoottings, Doug Golden drove from hospital to hospital fearing Andrew might be among the wounded. Instead, he was directed to the sheriff's office. we got out to the jail and found him, they brought the guns in and I recognized them," he said. Golden said the boy then admitted stealing three rifles, four handguns and several boxes of ammunition from his house.

His grandson had his own weapons, Golden said, including a shotgun, two rifles, a crossbow and a bow, but didn't know the combination to the steel vault at his house where they were kept, so he and Mitchell tried breaking in. were told the other boy brought a torch and hammer and some other tools to try to break into the gun vault and they couldn't do it," he said. So the two broke into his house and took the rifles from a gun rack and found pistols that were hidden all over the house, Golden said. The boys, who had skipped school Tuesday, also took a white van from Mitchell's house and parked it near the school, Golden said. Police said Continued from Page 1 though his mother was visibly angry as she left the courtroom.

is just such a rip: off, a setup," -Grace Lussmyer said, throwing her hands into the air. "It's a setup." Christopher Marquis, 17, was killed last Thursday when a package he was opening exploded. The package, delivered by UPS, contained a pipe bomb. Marquis' mother, Sheila, was severely injured in the explosion. the boys shot from a wooded hill at the rear of the school.

Golden said the guns taken from his house were a 30.06 rifle and a .44 caliber Magnum with scopes and a World War II vintage carbine. Also stolen were a pair of small semiautomatic pistols, a caliber Smith and Wesson revolver and a Magnum two-barrel Derringer that didn't work. Police say they recovered a 30.06 rifle and a rifle after tackling the boys dressed headto-toe in camouflage as they ran away from the 'school toward the van. But police would not link the guns to Doug Golden. Wednesday's hearing was recessed at one point so Mitchell could talk to his divorced father, who had just arrived from Minnesota.

The two huddled in a corner, crying, embracing and speaking softly. Terry Woodward, Mitchell's stepfather, said that contrary to earlier reports, Mitchell is not a cousin of Andrew, "I never heard the kid's name until yesterday," Woodward said. He said the shooting was out of context for his stepson. "I don't know what happened. wish I did," he said.

A Golden said the only male wounded in the shooting, Tristian McGowan, 13, shot twice in the arm, is Andrew's cousin. Killer agrees to death penalty NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) Serial killer Michael Ross has literally signed away his life, putting his name at the bottom of an extraordinary 10-page agreement with a prosecutor to go to his execution quietly. The pact between Ross and special prosecutor C. Robert Satti could force Connecticut a state that has not carried out the death penalty since 1960 to face an soon.

Legal experts around the country are calling the deal unprecedented and say it has dangerous implications. Even the judge in the case has expressed reservations, holding off accepting the agreement until hearing further arguments on whether it POLICE BLOTTER CRIMINAL CONVERSION: A representative of McClure's, 2915 S. Adams reported to police at 1:38 p.m. Tuesday that someone attempted to steal an eight-ounce bag of Starburst-brand candy from the business. A 14-year-old male, 3100 block of South Race Street, was arrested, charged with criminal conversion and transported to the juvenile detention center.

CRIMINAL CONVERSION: A representative of. Hills Department Store, 1129 N. Baldwin reported to police 3:37 p.m. Tuesday that someone attempted to steal some video equipment from the business. A 15-year-old male, 200 block of Rau Court, was arrested, charged with criminal conversion and transported to the juvenile detention center.

GAS DRIVE-OFF: A representative of McClure's, 1509 S. Western FREE Merrell Bros. a Biosolids signing up interested farmers to as fertilizer. Biosolids are a by- product of nearby They are land applied by soil Merrell Inc. will supply free land, and apply lime to those which federal requirements.

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Marquis' mother and a former girlfriend told authorities the teen had been having troubles with Dean, who even threatened to come to Vermont to settle their dispute, Stephen Herkins, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, testified. Dean reportedly was angry with Marquis because he felt he'd been cheated in an Internet-arranged trade of citizens band radio parts. A friend of Dean's told authorities Dean learned how to build a pipe bomb from the Internet and planned to send it to Marquis to teach him a lesson, Herkins said. Home, Yard and Garden Special Pages are Coming Sunday, April 5th Tap into the more than $40 million spent locally on home, yard and garden. Purchase intent in the next 12 months for residents in the Chronicle-Tribune Furniture furnishings Electronic equipment 2 Remodeling or major redecorating Major appliance Computer 3 New home or real estate 8 The deadline to reserve your advertising space for the Home, Yard and Garden Chronicle is Wednesday, April 1, 1998 by 5:00 p.m.

Tribune Working for you Every day Source: Schulman, Ronca, and Bucuvalas; New York, 1997. Phone 664-5111 or 1-800-955-7888 to reserve your advertising space to is legal and binding. Ross, a former insurance salesman and Ivy League graduate, strangled at least six girls and young women in the early 1980s. He pleaded guilty to two killings in 1985 and was convicted of four others in 1987. He was sentenced to death.

In 1994, the state Supreme Court upheld his conviction but over- turned his sentence because the judge had excluded part of a psychiatric report that might have helped him escape death. A new penalty hearing was ordered. But Ross' dismissed his public defenders and wrote to Satti with the idea that a new penalty hearing could be avoided altogether if they could come to some arrangement. reported to police at 10:12 a.m. Tuesday that someone drove off in a teal Chevy or Dodge without paying for $4.69 in gas.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: A representative of Marion Lifetime Mufflers, 2530 S. Valley reported to police at 9:01 a.m. Tuesday that someone threw a brick through a window at the business. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Max Ellyson, 53, 2300 block of South Boots Street, reported to police at 7:23 a.m. Tuesday that someone punctured four tires and scratched.

the passenger side of a vehicle parked at his home. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: William Rosa, 76, 1500 block of South Miller Avenue, reported to police at 12:07 p.m. Tuesday that someone broke out three front windows at his home. FERTILIZER Management Company, is currently receive free Biosolids to he utilized wastewater treatment plants. injection in a liquid form.

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