1. Researcher’s Study
● Headline: Results of Study on Children Announced, Horrifies Parents ○ WC: 8 words
● Lead: On Friday morning, two researchers at the University of Alabama announced the results of a study they conducted about how children react when they come in contact with a gun. ○ WC: 30 words
● Second Paragraph: The study involved observing how 50 boys, between the ages of ten
to twelve from the University Learning Center, interact with a items in a playroom. The boys were allowed to touch and play with anything in the room. One of the items was a real pistol, that was unloaded and did not have a firing pin. Many of the boys played with the pistol, and even pulled the trigger without knowing if it was loaded or not. All of their parents had previously warned them to never play with guns, and were horrified by the study’s results.
○ WC: 98 words
2) Residential Burial
● Headline: Woman’s Wishes to Bury Husband in Backyard, Permission Denied ○ WC: 9 words
● Lead: At the courthouse Monday night, a woman appeared before Fayetteville city’s Zoning Board about burying her husband in the backyard of their home of 62 years, where she was denied. ○ WC: 30 words
● Second Paragraph: Olivida Saleeby of Fayetteville, Tennessee, sought permission from the city’s Zoning Board to bury her dead husband, 81-year-old Wesley Saleeby, in the backyard of their home. The home, at 1961 Elizabeth Lane, was originally built by Olivida’s parents, and the couple have lived there for 62 years. Olivida explained to the Zoning Board that she has no other living relatives, and wishes for her husband, whom she deeply loved, to remain near her. However, the board explained that the burial would bring down property values and rejected her plea by a vote of 7-0. ○ WC: 94 words
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