Wednesday, March 22, 1978
Staff Photo by ELI REICHMAN
Two times every year, at Salem, Mass., and Stull, Kan., the devil is supposed to appear and bring life to all the people who died in war. The devil is said to have been born of a man named Derek.
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who showed up at Stull cemetery throughout the evening, no such occurrence took place. The cemetery which supposedly has one of its earliest origins is now located on the site.
Devil bypasses cemetery
The three-quarter moon gleamed duly in the sunlight, a crazy shadow from the twisted wristed eye.
The bare bones of a deserted church reared against the stars, and strayed into the desert.
Staff Writer
Legends says the spring equinox brings the devil to Stull cemetery and spirits of those buried in the cemetery who died violent deaths come back to haunt their killers.
Bv TOM RAMSTACK
But the only spirits that showed up at Stull cemetery Monday night, during the equinox, were in beer cans and liquor bottles.
ABOUT 150 people drifted in and out of the old cemetery, about 15 miles west of Lawrence on County Road 442, investigating the legend.
Tad Wilson, Lawrence freshman, said someone had told him of the legend of the devil's appearance in Stull cemetery, dating back to the 1850s. Wilson said that allegedly a stablehead had stabbed the mayor to death.
Conversations included tales of friends who had encountered ghosts or speculation about the existence of other spirits.
Several people hid in trees or drove by making sure others. Others shot off vehicles to spare them.
SARAH, WHO asked that her last name not be used, said that she knew of a woman who belonged to a witch's coven. She said that the coven had once held a ritual on Halloween in Stull cemetery's abandoned church.
O'Hara said that the men became frightened when a strong wind began blowing. When the men returned to their car, which they had parked in the cemetery driveway, it had been moved to the side of way and was facing a different direction.
David O'Hara, Leawood freshman, said he knew two men who told him they had been in Stull cemetery and had heard footsteps behind them but saw no one.
Sharon Sumonia, Prairie Village sophomore, said that Monday night she made her ninth visit to the cemetery in two years.
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Surname said that during one of her visits to the cemetery with friends, several of the group drove away from the area briefly, and found them inside the cemetery's abandoned church.
Sumnia said that Mark Gradifol, Chicago sophomore, was one of the two men lying on the ground after he collapsed and said he had felt a strong wind while inside the church and fell to the ground unable to
they found the two lying in awkward positions on the floor. A wooden cross that had been hanging on the wall was then lying over them. One of the men began convolving.
Gradoll acknowledged that the incident occurred but said, "I don't know if I would have had it."
WHEN THEY RETURNED, she said,
naturally it had been psychological that in McPherson's hand on Monday night she and four other people had been driven up a road to a different cemetery about two miles from Stull. They saw a flash of light ahead of them, approached, saw that it was a burning cross.
natural. It could have been psychological."
"We just turned around and got out," she said.
Another woman said, "If people believe so strongly that he (the devil) will appear, he probably will appear to them. They'll see just about anything they want to see."
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Cubans silent on intervention
WASHINGTON (AP) - Cuba's military excursions into Africa have caused only limited grubbing in Cuba, U.S. intelligence analysts said recently.
"Only heavy casualties" *would be likely to present the Castro regiment with a political challenge and risk assessing the homefront effect of Cuban military involvement in Angola and Venezuela."
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U. S. officials have indicated concern that Cuban troops may be introduced elsewhere in Africa, possibly in support of Rhodesian black nationalists.
Any applications turned in before April 3 will be marked "late," Cobb said, but they will not be.
Phil Cobb, Senate treasurer, said yesterday that funding requests would be accepted until April 3, when budget hearings are scheduled to begin.
Cobb said all but 15 groups funded last year had reapplied for Senate money. Budget request forms are available in the Senate office.
Student groups needing funding still have a chance to apply to the Student Senate for new positions.
Senate funding still available
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