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Monday, March 21, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Weather Forecast
LAWRENCE
Padre of the central plains
HIGH: 76
LOW: 43
Sunny, windy and unseasonably warm this afternoon with a high in the mid-70's. Clear and mild overnight with a low in the lower 40's.
KEY
Rain T-Storms Snow Flurries Ice
REGIONAL
North Plate 71/35 Mostly sunny Omaha 74/38 Mostly sunny
Goodland 74/35 Mostly sunny Haya 79/40 Sunny Balina 77/39 Sunny Topeka 76/41 Sunny Kansas City 75/40 Sunny Columbia 72/40 Sunny St. Louis 67/37 Mostly sunny
Dodge City 80/41 Sunny Wichita 78/45 Sunny Chanute 76/45 Sunny Springfield 76/46 Sunny
Forecast by Kevin Darmot Temperatures are today's high and tonight's low.
Tulsa 82/50 Sunny
5-DAY
TUE
Sunny 75/40
HIGH LOW
WED
Showers 65/34
THU
Sunny 60/32
FRI
Mostly sunny 63/35
SAT
Partly ch. 65/36
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Skeleton unearthed in chief's yard Father's deathbed tale led to discovery of wife's ex-husband
The Associated Press
MARLOW, N.H. - Two days after the police chief father died, authorities began digging in the chief's front yard. Twenty feet down they found a skeleton that turned out to be the first husband of the chief's wife.
No charges have been filed, and authorities have released few details of their investigation.
They only have confirmed, from dental records, that the skeleton was the remains of Russell Bean and that he had been beaten on the head and chest with an unidentified object.
Bean was 25 when he last was seen in 1978. He and police chief Robert Chambers, who became the parttime police chief three years ago,
After Bean disappeared, Chambers divorced his first wife and married Bean's wife, Sylvia. 35.
apparently met while working
in the kitchen Keene and
barnes drinking beverages
Chambers was part-time police chief in Marlow and nearby Gilsum; he has resigned the Marlow job and taken indefinite leave from the Gilsum post. He also has been suspended from the police force in Winchester.
Chambers, 36, and other members of the family have said nothing publicly.
His wife has left her job as a school bus driver and their four children from former marriages have been
taken out of school.
Chambers' former wife, Deborah, living in Jaffrey, was hospitalized while authorities were digging in Chambers' yard; authorities would not say why or disclose her condition.
The mystery began unfolding Mackenzie, the members' father, Clifton Chambers. 61
The Keene Sentinel reported that sources with detailed knowledge of the investigation said the dying Chambers told his daughter Melissa that Bean died accidentally in a first fight when he fell and hit his head on a rock and that the elder Chambers had helped bury him.
Melissa Chambers reportedly told authorities the deathbed tale the next
day, and the digging began March 11.
day, and the digging began March 11. On March 14, Clifton Chambers was buried. Hours later, when the hole in Robert Chambers' yard was 20 feet deep and 25 feet in diameter, Bean's skeleton was found.
Chambers' lawyer, Mark Sisti of the public defender's office, said he could not answer questions about how the body came to be buried there or whether Chambers knew. But he said, "My client had nothing to do with causing the death of Mr. Bean."
On Thursday, March 17, it was determined Bean had been beaten with a blunt object.
Police Reports
Obituaries
A bicycle valued at $219 was taken from the 1800 block of Massachusetts Street yesterday, Lawrence police reported.
- A bicycle valued at $491 was taken from a business in the 1000 block of Vermont Street on Saturday, Lawrence police reported. The business received $200 damage.
A bicycle and jewelry valued together at $845 were taken from an apartment in the 800 block of Michigan Street between March 11 and Saturday, Lawrence police reported.
PROFESSOR EMENTUS DEME' Muriel H. Johnson, associate professor emeritus of home economics and development and family life, died Tuppea of natural causes at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was 69.
Services were Saturday at Newcomer-Diffenderfer Funeral Home in Topeka.
Miss Johnson was born June 25, 1918, in Topeka. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas in 1940, a master's degree from Cornell University in 1956 and a doctor of philosophy degree in anthropology from the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1968.
She was an instructor in home economics at KU
from 1951 to 1957. She became an assistant professor in the department of home economics and the department of human development and family life in 1957 and became an associate professor in 1961.
She was named into the Women's Hall of Fame in April 1886 by the Commission on the Status of Women at KU.
Miss Johnson was a member of many civic and University organizations.
The family suggested memorial contributions to the Potwin Presbyterian Church, Brookwood Covenant Church and the human development department at KU.
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SUICIDE PREVENTION TIPS
Too frequently college students take their own lives before anyone notices that anything is bothering them. Be alert to the warning signs of suicide: suicidal threats; sudden changes in behavior such as changes in weight; academic performance; sleeping problems; depression and withdrawal from others. And be aware of the real possibility that even the most apparently secure friend can have serious interruption.
DON'T assume that a person isn't the suicidal type
DON'T leave the person alone if you believe an attempt is imminent. And get help for yourself in this crisis.
DON'T argue with the person over whether suicide is right or not. This may make the person feel even more guilty and more depressed.
TALK frankly with the person. Ask direct questions like, "Are you thinking about taking your life?" Determine if the person has a suicide plan. The more detailed the plan is, the more serious the threat.
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REMOVE knives, razor blades, ropes, guns, alcohol, drugs, poisones
URGE/INSIST that the person get professional counseling immediately
Suicidal individuals need
Suicidal individuals need:
A person who will talk with them openly and frankly about what they are feeling.
in their life who are willing to urge them to get professional help.
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