Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 13:27:07 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION;AMERICAN SCENE;MIDWEST \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Vandals shut off town's natural gas line HUTCHINSON, Minn. - Vandals shut off the main natural gas line serving this town of 11,500, leaving many people without heat or hot water for at least a day. The vandals broke into a substation early Sunday, cut chains and leaned their weight against each of three valve handles for 15 to 20 revolutions, said Clarence Kadrmas, general manager of the Hutchinson Utilities Commission. "This looks like the work of people who knew pretty much what they were doing," said Walt Kelly, director of the state Office of Pipeline Safety. To restore service, utility workers had to shut off all the town's supply lines, purge them of air and go around relighting pilot lights at each of about 4,000 homes and businesses. Officials said some people wouldn't have service until today. Temperatures dropped into the 30s early yesterday in Hutchinson, 60 miles west of Minneapolis. S=NEW STORY Klan records found in attic FREMONT, Mich. - Auctioneers searching the boarded-up attic of a farmhouse found white robes, photographs and official records from a Ku Klux Klan chapter that operated in the 1920s. "I've been in hundreds of attics and done hundreds of auctions in my day, and I've never seen anything like this," said Sherri Beyer of Beyer Auction Service. "It just sends chills up and down your spine." Listed among the 679 paid members of the Newaygo County chapter were the sheriff, several clergymen, judges, lawyers, farmers, mechanics, painters and retailers. Also found was a detailed report of who lived in the county, broken down by race and religion. Prominent residents were listed by religion, occupation, age and "friendliness" to the Klan. The cache, found in trunks last week, was traced to Ledford Anderson, who died in 1986 and was secretary-treasurer of the Newaygo chapter. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM