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Subject: Cemetery Destruction
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09:40:00 -0500 (EST)


Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 08:48:48 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: INDIANAPOLIS STAR Story about Cemetery Destruction
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>This came to me through the HALE list courtesy of Susan Bruce.
>It is the saddest most atrocious thing I have read in a long long time.
>Thanks,
>CindyHMB
>
>Hello,
>This article was sent to me. I found it very sad. I wasn't aware that
>cemeteries are not protected under all state laws.
>Thanks,
>Susan Bruce
>Springfield, Missouri
>
>The Death of a Cemetery
> Wayne Township graveyard destroyed for warehouse shows final
>resting places aren't so final under state law. News
> Sports
> More Services
>

Actually, while the main point is absolutely true--old graveyards need more
legal protections--this particular story turned out to have numerous errors
of fact, both about the actions of the Duke Company and Indiana state law.
The INDIANAPOLIS STAR had to print a number of corrections a couple of
weeks after it was published. (I live in Indiana and see the STAR.)

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