The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 19

Pantagraph A19 Bloomlngtorv Normal, III. Mey 3, 1973 ero after Peoria terror Boy llsf Cards Gifts Candle Arrangements Ceramic Canister Sets 4 Vases by Haeger Francoma Burch was shot. Charges, he said, were pending against the four. John is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

James Ardis Jr. His father was a city councilman who attended his last meeting Tuesday night, after falling to be re-elected. The father said he heard news of the Latham said he did not know why the men entered the school, about three miles from the sporting goods store. He said at the time police were not in hot pursuit of them. Latham also said that a 15-year-old girl and another man were allegedly Involved in the robbery but left the school before siege on the radio at a dry cleaning shop he operates, and rushed to the school where he witnessed the drama.

"The full Impact didn't even hit me until I got home," he said, "and then I just started shaking. I've got a lot to be thankful for. That's all I know and feel. I've got a lot to be thankful for." At The Browse About PEORIA, 111. (AP) A 10-year-old.

boy was" out playing with his friends Wednesday unconcerned over his role In terror-filled drama at a parochial school where more than 40 children were held at gunpoint. school, St. Cecilia, was closed Wednesday and John Ardis spent the unexpected free day playing ball, one of his sisters said. midafternoon Tuesday he had volunteered to be the hostage of one of three gunmen who held 44 children and four adults captive in the basement 102 North Street-Normal 3 VfOPEN DAILY lO-ISUNDAYTO SAT. cafeteria of the school.

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just really can't believe it all hap- pened," said John. "I did a little crying because I was scared. When the guy was pointing his gun to my head, I was really 0 scared. just wanted to get away. I just 1 hoped nothing would happen and everybody would get out of this okay." Police Chief Roger Latham said It was remarkable that all the children and the pur adults held captive escaped unhurt.

'John, one of eight Ardis children, of I whom four attend St. Cecilia, said he remembers little of his walk from the cafeteria with Burch outside. of a sudden I heard a shot. His arm let go and his gun came off my head and I just started running," he said. version differs from Latham's.

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