National
THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1981
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Man can’t remember own wedding
It s a sit-in
Marilyn Mungerson, a junior
political science major, found
the only typewriter that was
working on the floor of the
Student Program’s Office
Thursday.
Staff photo by Rose Delano
United Press International
SALISBURY —William Powell
doesn’t remember getting mar
ried, but the woman he has lived
with for seven years says they are
wed. If that’s the case, Powell
wants a divorce.
Powell, in his late 20s, has filed
a petition asking the court to force
Janet R. Powell to show him a
marriage license, attorney Cecil
Whitley said Wednesday.
Powell claims in the petition
that he was drunk when the wed
ding allegedly took place in South
Carolina seven years ago and he
can’t remember the ceremony.
He does, however, claim to re
member the trip.
The petition said Mrs. Powell
“has told the plaintiff they are
married, but the defendant wi
not allow the plaintiff to see a cop
of the marriage license. ”
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If they are legally marrie
Powell is asking the court to grar
him a divorce, Whitley said.
Whitley said the unusual cou
action was taken after Mrs. Powe
repeatedly refused to show Powe
a marriage license.
Climber strikes in Chicago
Spider Dan eludes police
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CHICAGO — Firefighters
broke windows and sprayed water
in his path. A police superinten
dent even tried to stop him with a
court order. But “Spider Dan”
Goodwin stuck to his work, con
quering another of the world’s
high-rise architectural wonders.
Goodwin was arrested Wednes
day immediately after scrambling
over the top of the 100-story John
Hancock Building but not until
law enforcement authorities had
run up a big bill trying to dissuade
him.
The cost of broken windows and
holiday overtime for police and
firelighters was in the thousands.
As the determined Goodwin
worked his way to the top, Mayor
Jane M. Byrne sanctioned the
climb after he agreed to continue
at his own risk.
Goodwin was taken to Ravens-
wood Hospital for treatment of ex
posure and exhaustion and then
transferred to the Belmont Dis
trict lockup where he was charged
with criminal trespass to property
and unlawful aerial exhibition
without a safety net.
The Marin County, Calif., resi
dent was free Thursday on $100
bond — up from the $35 bond
imposed when he made his
Memorial Day climb up the
world’s tallest building, the Sears
Tower.
Up to 3,000 spectators, many
cheering “let him go,” watched
Goodwin’s six-hour climb up the
Hancock building — the world’s
fifth-tallest — and vendors moved
freely among spectators selling
coffee, doughnuts and candy.
When he was about 20 stories
up, firefighters tried to deter
Goodwin by spraying water down
the side of the skyscraper. It
slowed him only slightly. Because
the temperature was in the 40s,
Goodwin said he wore a wetsuit
for his ascent.
Fire Commissioner William R.
Blair took responsibility for the
dousing.
“The decision was mine be
cause of the way he climbed last
time — he used suction cups and
the water would have deterred
him,” Blair said. “My orders were
not to spray him (directly).”
For his assault on the Hancock
building, however, Goodwin used
hooks that tit into grooves along
the building.
Authorities stalled Goodwin for
more than 90 minutes at the Han
cock’s 38th floor, where firefigh
ters broke out windows and block
ed his path with grappling hooks.
“Basically, it was decided that
the police and fire departments
did all they could to stop the climb
and that if he went on, he went on
at his own risk,” Byrne said.
He claimed the climb was not
merely a publicity stunt, but a de
monstration of an effective rescue
technique for high-rise buildings.
Goodwin had made an unsuc
cessful attempt to climb the Han
cock about two weeks ago and
climbed a 56-story hotel in Dallas
last week.
—Born-Again Politics—
Moral Majority
vs.
American Civil Liberties Union
Nov. 17 Tuesday
Rudder Theatre
S^OO p.m.
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Fred Mason John Duncan
Admission:
$ .50 Students
$1.00 Non-Students
Tickets available at Rudder Box Office
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