Wednesday, October 12, 1977
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daily nebraskan
Police searching for murder weapon
used in stabbing of Maryland children
Elvaton, Md.-Police slogged through the muddy
wood surrounding this suburban community Tuesday in
hopes of finding the weapon used by an unknown killer
who savagely stabbed three small girls in the back while
they played within shouting distance of their homes
on Sunday.
The bodies of Theresa Hogan, 8f her sister Deborah
Anne, 10, and Ann Marie Brzeszkiewicz, 8, were found
Monday by officers after an overnight search initiated by
their frantic parents. The girls had left their homes early
Sunday evening to play at a children's fort in the woods.
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The usually tranquil subdivision is located about
12 miles south of Baltimore, away from major free
ways or shopping centers. Some residents speculated that,
the killer, therefore, may have been one of their own
neighbors.
Police, however, said they were virtually empty-handed
so far in their investigation of the brutal murders.
About 1 5 officers combed the scene Tuesday with metal
detectors, while another 45 were assigned elsewhere on
the case. A telephone hotline was established for residents
to call in any information they might feel relevant, such
as accounts of past incidents of juvenile violence. One
officer, Lt. Robert Russell, said one of the girls had been
stabbed 40 times.
Trial ordered
Omaha-Ronald Fort, 17, was ordered Tuesday to
stand trial in Douglas County District Court for murder
in the shooting death of a Nebraska Urban League exe
cutive. Municipal Court Judge William Ryan ordered Fort
to stand trial on charges of first-degree murder and auto
theft. No trial date has been set and Fort is being held
without bond.
Detective Jack O'Donnell testified at Fort's prelimin
ary hearing that he talked to the youth after his arrest
the day authorities found the body of Robert L.
Davis.
O'Donnell said that after he talked to Fort, detectives
were able to find Davis' body in a ditch just off Interstate
29 near the Glenwood, Iowa: exit. Police determined that
Davis, who was shot three times with a .22 caliber gun,
had been killed within the Omaha city limits on the north
shore of Carter Lake.
Rest ordered
Montogomery, Ala.-FBI Director designate Frank M.
Johnson Jr. remained at home Tuesday under, doctor's
orders to rest before returning to Washington for confir
mation hearings.
Johnson, 58, had spent five days in the nation's capital
preparing for the sessions, but flew home Monday after
complaining of exhaustion and stomach pains. Senate
Judiciary Committee hearings, scheduled to begin Tues
day, were postponed, probably until the end of the year.
Johnson, a federal judge in Alabama since 1955, is
President Carter's choice to succeed FBI Director Clar
ence Kelley, who plans to retire Jan. 1 .
Dr. J.J. Kirschenfeld said Johnson developed a small
hernia in his groin. The doctor said the problem was not
necessarily related to Johnson's recent surgery to correct
an abdominal aneurysm of the aorta, the body's main
artery.
Ordered retirement
Bellevue Sen. Frank Lewis said Tuesday that issues
involving the question of mandatory retirement could be
the biggest faced next legislative session, by the Retire
ment Committee.
"If that thing goes," Lewis said, speaking of federal
legislation to abandon mandatory retirement at age 65,
"it's going to have a tremendous impact on us."
Big Springs Sen. Jack Mills chimed in at an interim
meeting of the retirement panel.
"I think there are a lot of people who are going to
say, 'even if the feds don't pass it, we ought to be looking
at our own laws!' "
The committee instructed legislative staff to begin re
search on Nebraska laws and how they would dovetail
or need change to comply with the proposed federal legis
lation. A meeting has been set for Nov. 14 to discuss the
matter more fully.
"It's a tough issue, it really is," Lewis said. As chair
man of the Education Committee and a former teacher,
he could foresee one problem immediately. School dis
tricts with declining enrollments, he said, have been
reducing the number of teachers through the attrition of
those who retire in some cases.
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The UNL Tassels and
Corncobs will sell tickets for
the Homecoming Barbecue
and Concert Wednesday
through Friday in a booth
at the v Nebraska Union .
Free University registra
tion for fall classes will be 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and
Friday, Union North .Lob
by. For more information,
call ASUN 472-2581.
The Women's Resource
Center is updating the
Health Survey files. 'Anyone
who would; like to. share,
any; experiences with doc-'
tors both on and off cam
pus, please coiitacVthe Wo
men's Resource Center in"
Union 116. ; . " ' -
The UNL French Club
will meet to -sing French
songs 7 p.m..in the Union..
Room number, will be post-
ed. " ; - '
Classes in athletics, re
creation, crafts and leisure
time skills will start Oct. 31 .
Adults and youth can regis
ter for karate, pottery,
woodworking, stained glass,
swimming, yoga and other
subjects. Stop at the YWCA,
1432 N St. or call 432
2802 to register.
The UNL Meds will meet
at 7 p.m. in the Union.
Room number will be post
The UNL Italian Club
will meet 3:15 p.m. Thurs
day, South Stadium Office
;Bldg. -
The American Society of
Mechanical Engineers will
meet at 7 p.m. to hear a
representative from General
Motors, Nebraska Engineer
ing Center 241.
Phi Chi Theta will meet
4:30 p.m. Thursday in .the
Union. Room number will
be posted.
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The Engineers for Christ
will meet 6:30 p.m. Thurs
day in the basement of Tri
angle Fraternity.
The UNL Agronomy
Club . will meet 7 p.m.
Thursday, Keim.244. -
The Society of Women
Engineers will meet v7rp,nu,
Thursday, Nebraska Hall
W185.
The UNL Actuarial Club
will meet 7 p.m. Thurs
day in the Union to hear
Warren Adams, . national
director of education for
the Society of Actuaries.
The UNL Baha'i Asso
ciation will meet at 7:30
p.m. in the Union.
UNL Wildlife Club mem
bers interested in becoming
certified petition circulators
for the Bottle Bill referen
dum should: meet to dis
cuss signature procedure
6:15 p.m. Friday,' Nebraska
East Campus Union.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12
12:30 p.m.
1 :00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Brown Bag Lecture, "Smiles and Laughter: Etholo-
gical and Psychological Aspects," Dr. Donald Jensen,
Dept. of Psychofogy. Union South Crib.
"Comedy in Film," Unio.i Main Lounge.
The Look of Laughter in Interpretation. Department
of Speech Communication Readers' Theatre. "Bare
foot In The Park" by Neil Simon. Union South Crib.
The Look of Laughter in the Editorial Cartoon.
RANAN LURIE speaks on 'The Editorial Cartoon as
Ultimate Editorial" Union Ballroom. .
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13
12:30 p.m.
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1:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Brown Bag Lecture. 'American Motion Picture
Comedy' Dr. Michael ' Isenberg, Dept. of History.
Union South Crib. .
- "Comedy in Film", Union Main Lounge.
- The Look of Laughter in the Classic Clown. BUFFO
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