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Mail is in By Tedd 8chnslder tence of life in prison. ..- ket manager, who was the only scheduled wit­ both men threatened his life several times, back for 'staff writer Carter has also been charged with the Dec. ness, McKnlght ruled that a crime was com­ Smith testified. ~* TTiarmed robberyj>l a gas station/conven­ mitted and there was probable cause that "I thought for sure I was going to be killed," •I One of two men charged in the Dec. 12 ience store in Canton Township. That robbery, Carter committed the crime. he told thecourt x armed robbery of the Regal supermarket, at the Hop In gas station on Michigan Avenue The judge also refused defense attorney Smith said be opened a drawer containing residents 1615 S. Merriman, has been ordered to stand at Canton Center, occurred just hours after the Thomas Shannon's request for a reduction of most of the night's receipts and the two men trial In Wayne County Circuit Court. Regal holdup, police said. bond, noting Carter's alleged Involvement In grabbed the money, about 12,300. By Tedd 8chnelder Jeremy Warren Carter, 17, of Ypsllanti was THE PRELIMINARY exam for Larry Dar­ other crimlnalincldents. As the men left the office, Smith said he staff writer bound over Thursday by Westland District nell Gregory, the other man charged In the Re- Supermarket manager Ronald Smith testi­ took a gun from the desk and fired at both Judge Gall McKnlght after a 20-mlnute pre­ gal holdup, has been adjourned until Monday, - fied that Carter: and a second man,-entered the men, apparently missing Carter but hitting the Residents on one block of Joy liminary exam. Jan. 23. -- .. store at 9 p.m. as he was talking on the phone other man. were to begin receiving mall Carter, who pleaded not guilty to one count Gregory, 18, of Inkster was shot in the neck iirhls office. The two men tried to kick in the Carter fled th.e grocery store on foot, Smith again Tuesday after police ap­ of armed robbery, was returned to the Wayne by the store manager during the robbery, po­ door to the semi-private of f ice and began yell­ said. ... - prehended a man they said posed County Jail in lieu of a 150,000 cash surety lice said. Hcwas taken to the Westland Medi­ ing for him to.put the phone down, Smith said. Smith said after emergency medical techni­ a threat to people wearing uni­ bond. cal Center following the shooting. SMITH TESTIFIED that the door Jammed cians arrived at the scene he recovered .most forms. The man was committed , He will face a pretrial hearing 8:30 a.m. Citing security reasons, hospital officials briefly, but the two men finally forced it open, of the money from the jacket of the wounded, to a psychiatric hospital. ThursdayiTJan. 12, at the Frank Murphy Hall Thursday declined to release information on' grabbed some cash from the counter and de­ man. ..-- Mail delivery was- halted to of Justice In Detroit. Gregory's current medical status. manded "the rest of the money." "It fell out of his -Jacket when the five houses Wednesday after po­ If convicted, Carter faces a maximum sen­ After hearing testimony from the supermar-* The other man pointed a gun to his head and paramedics rolled him over," he told the court. lice informed Westland Postmas­ ter Lloyd Wesley abo^t, the poten- tialdanger. - -r Residents were permitted to Death pick up their mail at the post off- Ice on Wayne Road, south of Hunter. The 29-year^ld man, a resi­ dent on. the 30000 block of Joy, just west of Mlddlebelt, had many weapons in his home, said Mi­ chael Frayer, Westland police ex­ ecutive lieutenant. .-_•_ . _ The man was arrested 1^30^ a.m. Sunday outside a bar In Livo­ nia. Police had set up a surveil­ lance outside the house and then received a tip that the man might issues be headed to the bar;, The man was placed- in the By Kevin Brown I Wayne County Psychiatric Inter­ staff writer vention Center at Northville Re­ gional Psychiatric Hospital. --Livonia school district officials will be: considering several major is­ NO'CRIMINAL charges were sues lir coming weeks, of which sev­ filed against the man."The fire­ eral were prompted by Superintend­ arms were all legal, so there's re­ ent James Carli's unexpected deattj •:):--i ally ndthlng we can do," Frayer Dec. 20. said. • t. - •' * . The school board, whose school ' The man had four pistols, two district includes_the northern section shotguns, two high-powered ri­ of Westland, is expected to formally fles, two, .22-callber rifles and name Carole Samples, assistant su­ several knives In his home. The perintendent for instruction,.as act­ home, itself, was booby trapped ing superintendent, said schools with trip wires arid fish hooks. spokesman Jay Young. Other family members living In The board is also expected to be­ the home alerted police last gin considering how a permanent re­ week, Frayer said. Three adult placement for Carl! will be chosen. relatives living In the home with "It could be through a nationwide U the man temporarily found other search, a statewide search, or In the. shelter, he said. ~ district," Young said. - - - _ "I'm just glad that we could Based oh past board.practice, he: end the situation without anybody^ said the search "could be; a matter of getting hurt," Frayer said. several months ... it will be done i Postmaster Wesley said home thoroughly." delivery would resume Immedi­ ART EMANUELE/Jlatf photoorapfw ately." "The police have resolved A 30 to 40 minute memorial ser­ the situation as far as we're con­ Young teachers vice forCarli, who died from a blood > cerned," Wesley said. clot the day after intestinal surgery ; Michelle Poole (left), a sixth, grader at Kettering Elementary by (real) teacher Constance poxAallows older students to Jn^ -at St. Mary Hospital, 1sachedule<tt or— School, shows kindergartener Michael Barber the ins and outs Struct younger students In various tasks. Jt is designed to help _5_pjn. Thursday,-Jan.. 12, at theiL of making paper candy canes. Michelle is a."teacher" In,the students learn to follow directions. Churchill High Auditorium. The «%•>_ school's Fox Workshop. The workshop project, put together i/- ,---./•- Please turn to Page 2 < what's inside Calendar,"".'''. • • « 1r\ Classifieds. '.\. A.B.C By Leonard Pogsr other Is planned for Portage, near Auto . A,B editor Kalamazoo. i -. Ir^dex .... '. ,7C and faces .CARDINAL, a Columbus, Ohio- Real estate . -v-.10.:.- The third major retirement hous­ based corporation/is primarily in­ ing development in the area is ex­ Employment. • . B,C ' volved in modular or pre-manfac- Creative living . •; -.-10.:- IT'& A LITTLE cold now, pected to open in s)x to eight weeks tured housing with virtually all of but when spring rolls around the in a major economic pitch at, the Crossword. '. ; ••; .20 - the work done Inside an assembly Entertainment. v, ...5D Westland" Jaycees newest - -^ fastest growing segment of the popu­ plant and the final work done on the donation to the_oity4s bound to be lation. , .">'..,. building site. ;•.•',. Obituaries..... • •—<'- •.*?/> - appreciated. ' * •• -= Cardinal Retirement Village, with' Of the three retirement develop- Sports. ... 7A ..'••. .1D {- • -The Jaycees have donated a 200 one- and two-bedroom units, will mentSrCardlnal has the highest rent­ Street scene. '.-. t picnic table, which has been be the biggest for the national corpo­ \ als, but Lawrence insists that the flg: Taste v. -•-'. v .' • . i 1B i - placed on a grassy stretch y ration. .'.•"'" ures Include more services which v -between^ U)6-policestaUoa-and4he pavidianmncefadmlnistrator. of aieu't avallable-aHhe-other two-f a- : NAsWAlIno . 591.2300 18th District Court. the nearly cdinplete development on cllitles. : 8portsiine. :591-2512 We recommend making those _lh_jmA-e sout_ h aldex)f Cherry-Hill^ jresVof the rentals begin at |899 a month ^Circulation .601-0500 ^unch^oirreservaUtmsJn-a^anc^l--^^ _ _ "" Iman^td-that-thVwiporaflon for ~one person "ln ^ ^n«Fbedroom- Classified . -.* .591-0900 xJfFS THE .beginning of a Is trying to meet the growing de­ I apartment_and go up to 11,459 for new year and you know what that mand of apartments for retirees. " [two persons in the largest two-bed- means. •/-.••;;• ;-;.•• ~ ~ The'Cardlnal development Is the A model Cardinal Retirement Village's living room It enjoyed Iroomunlt Time to start thinking about third senior dttrens' housing project j The smallest apartment Is 24 by We make it by Linda Gouts (from left), receptionist, arid Village represent­ [24, or 575 square feet with the larg­ filing your Income taxes. ^ to be started in the past year in the atives Bobbl Perna and Beth Buthrow, v.- ^ ; Westland senior citizens 60 and . area. ' est being 24 by $6, or 86i square older are eligible for tax help at .[feet..../.__;,: :_-; •.—%--,; The first was-Ablngton Manor, 1 All the units are one-story and theFriendshipCenterA The_ -with >7 orje-bedroorn units on Joy "THERE IS a terrific market In other apartment developments, Ui KM connected by hallways to other annual tax program begins ~~ j\ vWest of Newburgh, which opened the Detroit and western.