Love triangle blew up house in Milan in 1972
By Martha A. Churchill
It was October 30, 1972, and Laurel Williams was tired of having two boyfriends.
She apparently had her old boyfriend, Roy Curtis, living in the upstairs at 157 County Street. He was in bed trying to sleep.
Her newer boyfriend, Frank St. Clair of Tennessee, apparently followed her request by pouring gasoline on Mr. Curtis. This would have worked better if St. Clair could have gotten out of the house faster. As it turned out, St. Clair’s remains were found, fully dressed, on the back porch, after the fire was put out, right where the porch roof had fallen down on him.
DECATUR â An argument sparked by a knocked-over flower pot resulted in a Decatur girlfriend stabbing her boyfriend in the back, police report.
The wounded man needed sutures to close twin puncture wounds which a sworn affidavit said a Decatur Memorial Hospital emergency room doctor had diagnosed as not being life-threatening.
The affidavit said the 24-year-old man was attacked at the womanâs home in the 3700 block of North Portage Place around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. He is quoted as saying he was stabbed with a steak knife but his girlfriend, 22, told police she stabbed him in the back while armed with a pair of scissors.
Increasing number of Australian women putting up their hand to work in trades
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Carpentry apprentice Emily Bailey says she loves putting her name to tangible work.
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Civil constructions and electric work show the highest female participation growth
Third-year carpentry apprentice Emily Bailey encourages other young women to join a trade
The 20-year-old from Rockhampton in central Queensland is one of thousands of Australian women at the forefront of a change rippling through a traditionally male-dominated industry.
National data from Construction Skills Queensland (CSQ) reveal Australian female construction apprentices just like Emily Bailey more than doubled in the last decade.