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Police Charge Student with Murder Missing Son Accused in Stabbing Death Ofp ,Arents by Ted Spiker a Deadly Weapon While Committing a for His Arrest Today's Our second weather: century of Mostly sunny excellence and cold. High in the upper 30s. Vol. 115 No. 23 Student Center, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 Friday, December 2, 1988 Police charge student with murder Missing son accused in stabbing death ofp ,arents by Ted Spiker a deadly weapon while committing a for his arrest. Police said the investigation The couple moved from Illinois to City News Edilor felony. is continuing. - Delaware in April, when Dr. Cohen The state medical examiner has said the Police agencies nationwide have been became the director of the Delaware State University sophomore Charles M. Cohens died of massiye bleeding resulting alerted of the situation and are on the Hospital. Cohen was charged early this week with from multiple stab wounds. lookout for Cohen. · The Cohens were found on the second murdering his parents, Martin and Ethel When the bodies were found on Nov. He is believed to be driving a 1983' floor of their Hockessin home by employ- Cohen, two weeks ago, New Castle 14, police initially said they wanted black Ford LID. ees of the hospital. County Police said Wednesday. Cohen for questioning only. The car, registered to the parents, has Two employees went to the house Cohen, 23, has not been located since · But last week police officially classi- been missing since the time of the two when Cohen failed to report to work that his parents' bodies were found Nov. 14 in ficd the student a suspect in the killings· deaths. day. their Hockessin home. because of his curious disappearance. The Cohens' other car was found Nov. Mrs. Cohen was found dead at the top He was charged with two counts of Based on physical evidence found dur- 15 in Chester, Pa. The car's Illinois of the stairs, and Dr. Cohen was found both ftrst-degree murder and possession of ing the investigation, warrants were filed license plate was found in the trunk. contin~ad to pag~ 10 Serial-killing suspect arrested in Newark home by Edward Bockius Staff Reporter The State Police Task Force arrested 31-year-old Steven B. Pennell of Newark Tuesday and charged him with the murder of Catherine DiMauro, who is believed to be one victim of the U.S. 40/ U.S. 13 serial killer. The Review/Dan Della Piazza In a press conference on Shake your thang- The Delaware Precision Dancers are doing what they want to do at halftime of Wednesday, police refused to the basketball game on Tuesday night. comment on whether Pennell is a suspect in the other serial David B. Pennell killings. prey to one suspect," police Students can obtain credit However, in statements given said. to the media and in the news During the investigation, release given out at the press "Steven B. Pennell had been for unused meal-:-plan pointS conference, police indicated developed as a prime suspect," they believed the four murders by Stephanie Ebbert points transferred to credit on their account with police said. "Constant surveil- were committed by one person. Copy Editor the university, or have them carried over to next Pennell was arrested without .cofllin~ad to page 13 term by purchasing another meal plan which incident in his trailer, 137 Oak I 0 Students who purchased a meal plan with points includes points, he said. Tum, Glasgow Pines, Newark. ~ in the fall semester and hav·e unused points For a student living in a residence hall, a tradi­ He was arraigned at Court 11 on ~ remaining, are being given two options to retain tional meal plan which includes 1,500 points is .J>lrty ducts-may one charge of. first- degree mur­ the value of their points next semester, according obligatory, and the remaining points will immedi­ der. Pennell has been commit­ Pose... ·._.·.··.·.. .-.·•.·•···.·····.··· :<. :·.···.· .. > ·<·.·•··_ba_ :· .. ·: ..:'· •• _zatd.· .. ·. ... ·. ·. ,.···. ............. : .· .... :. .:: p.··•· .•. : 3~ to Richard E. Bowman, assistant director of ately be carried over to the mandatory meal plan ted to Gander Hill Prison with­ • B~eaking the smok .. accounting for Food Service. next term. out bail. One option would transfer the points to a stu­ But for an off-campus student to retain the p. 21: "Through intensive investiga­ .-~ habit.~ .......... dents account and the other would carry them over points in the spring semester, the fall meal contract tion, the Task Force began to ~. M'~n·s .. *etp31l into the spring semester. must be cancelled by Dec. 21, or an additional work under the premise that all Students may either cancel their meal plans meal plan with points must be purchased, the mini- team. wtits •horne five women [four homicides before the end of the semester and have their coflliluud to pag~ 15 and one missing person) fell ,.. .. .. .. .... .., .... ·.~ ....•,.• .."' ........... ""... '-- .. Page 2 • The Review • December 2,1988 ews Gorbachev launches it has been strongly criticized wave that swept the coast of itories as part of a group effort chief, Vadim A. Medvedev, by the Baltic republics of the Bay of Bengal. with other states or build their because they undermine com­ debate on new laws Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The storm is the second own facilities by 1993. munism, the Philadelphia "We are tired of living under worst natural disaster to hit Pennsylvania has joined Inquirer reported. Soviet leader Mikhail S. orders from above, which for Bangladesh this year. with Delaware, Maryland and "To publish his work would Gorbachev launched public decades have limited our inde­ West Virginia in order to form be to undermine the founda­ debate Tuesday in response to pendence and personal initia­ Penn. to construct the Appalachian States Lower tions on which our life today fears that his proposed amend­ tive," said Vitautas Astrankas, nuclear repository Level Radioactive Waste rests," Medvedev said. ments would diminish the the president of Lithuania. Compact and will serve as the Some Soviet literary critics rights of the 15 Soviet host state for the site since 85 are calling for the publishing The state of Pennsylvania is republics, the Philadelphia percent of the waste material of Solzhenitsyn's works. But scheduled to begin building its Inquirer reported. will come from there. Medvedev said Solzhenitsyn's Hundreds believed first nuclear-waste repository "Our own socialist system of writings, such as "Lenin in under pressure from federal 'checks and balances' is taking dead after storm Zurich," contradict the Soviet's deadlines, the Philadelphia shape in this country," ideology, idea of revolution Inquirer reported. Gorbachev said. Hundreds of people are Solzhenitsyn works and attitude toward Lenin. , Currently, Pennsylvania is Gorbachev's package of 120 feared to be dead following a Solzhenitsyn was expelled disposing nuclear-contaminat­ opposed by Kremlin draft laws would change the hurricane and tidal wave in from the Soviet Union for ed materials in South Carolina country's electoral process and Bangladesh Tuesday, the being a "vicious anti-commu­ and Washington states. amend its constitution. A new Philadelphia Inquirer report­ nist" after writing his famous Under the regulations of the Publication of the works of government structure would ed. short novel in the early l%0s, federal Low-level Waste exiled Soviet writer Alexander eliminate the Supreme Court. The hurricane had an esti­ "One Day in the Life of Ivan Policy, states must either I. Solzhenitsyn is opposed by Since the legislation was mated wind speed of 100 mph Denisovich." Solzhenitsyn now develop low-level waste repos- the Kremlin's new ideology first introduced fiv.e weeks ago, which caused a IS-foot tidal resides in Vermont. Attention E308ers: There are only four more deadlines to complete your r(!quirements. WE PAY FOR YOUR BOOKS 12-16 9:30 17 10: 00 • 19-22 9:30 December 2,1988 • The Review • Page 3 irty·ducts may cause future health hazards by Jim Musick the duct system is dirty and Thomas Vacha, director of Staff Reporter unhealthy materials are passing Plant Operations, explained that through the system, said James ventilation systems contain fil­ Several classrooms on cam­ 0. Long, owner of L&J Duct ters which process the air before pus may be hazardous to the Cleaning and Chimney it enters the duct pathways. health of university students, Cleaning, Inc. But Long said whether a fil­ some state officials say. The particles present in the ter is used or not, the system Dirty exterior vents and crud­ duct work recirculate into the must be cleaned. dy black ceiling tiles are present The Review/John Schneider air, Jackson said. People with Based on the description of Dirty exterior vents similar to this one in Amy E. du Pont Music in many buildings throughout allergies can develop severe some of the grungy ducts, Building could cause potential health hazards to students. campus. And according to Anne symptom flare ups and upper­ Jackson said, "Obviously your Jackson, industrial hygienist for respiratory infections from ducts haven't been cleaned for a vents is found in all systems ducts may breed contaminating the Delaware Department of colds or flus. These infections long time." throughout the university, elements from molds, fungi and Labor, the dust particles can can then be passed to people Still, university officials say according to Stuart W. Kline, germs. cause colds to spread more through the ducts, she that dirt found in the ventilation director of Occupational Health "Dirty duct work is how the readily and people to become explained. system does not necessarily and Safety. "I would say there's Legionnaires' desease started in less resistant to illnesses. "No ifs, ands or buts about it. mean the ducts should be mold and fungus in every venti­ 1976," he said. The Amy E. duPont Music Dirty duct work will affect peo­ cleaned.
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