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News about People
| How Barton-upon-Humber England Got Missionary Murderer |
| An article in The Times of London last
week gives an account of how Robert Elmer Kleasen, once convicted and
newly accused of the 1974 murder of two LDS missionaries, was able to
not only enter the United Kingdom, but there amass a large weapons
cache under the noses of local police. Kleasen is currently facing an
extradition request from Travis County, Texas, which wants to try him
again in the 1974 murders. The extradition hearing is now scheduled
for later this month. |
| Episcopal Priest Finds Book of Mormon in Trade Center Wreckage |
| An Episcopal priest, one of hundreds of
ministers who volunteer as chaplains at ground zero in lower
Manhattan, has collected dozens of bibles and other sacred books,
including a copy of the Book of Mormon, from the wreckage of the
World Trade Center. |
| Provo Man Building Haiti Orphanage |
| A retired Provo, Utah man is trying to build an
orphanage in Haiti, and wants returned LDS missionaries who served
there to help. Weston Whatcott doesn't know anything about
construction, but is seeking funds to build a 50-bed, $225,000
facility to meet the needs of the Haitian people. He had planned to
poor the footings for the building on February 15th after raising
$57,000 of the needed funds. His Foyer de Sion (House of Zion) will
have its own generator and be hurricane-proof. And it will be
expandable to 300 beds. Whatcott has enlisted the help of neighbor
Paul Cook who is organizing the help of returned missionaries who
will go to Haiti to help with the construction. |
| Mormon Volunteers From Almost Everywhere Help Olympics |
| Church members from all over the country are
taking many different roles during the Olympics. It seems to be a
special thrill for the Mormon faithful everywhere to see the city and
state created by the church play host to the world. |
| Twelve Parson grandchildren attend BYU-Idaho |
| A story in this week's campus newspaper, the
Scroll, reports there are 12 grandchildren of retired art teacher
Oliver Parson currently attending BYU-Idaho from Idaho, Utah and
California. Five of the Parson grandchildren are art majors. |
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