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<text id=90TT1641>
<title>
June 25, 1990: American Notes:Illinois
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
June 25, 1990 Who Gives A Hoot?
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 25
American Notes
ILLINOIS
A Brutal Ransom Game
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<body>
<p> When a publicity-hungry guerrilla gang kidnaped miner Scott
Royden Heimdal near the Colombia-Ecuador border last April and
demanded a $1.5 million ransom, his family in Peoria, Ill.,
despaired: the sum was utterly beyond its reach. Then Marge and
Roy Heimdal heard that the kidnapers had cut the ransom to
$60,000, and issued an appeal for help. Over the next four
days, all Peoria joined in a frantic campaign to raise the
cash. Children sold lemonade; retirees held bake sales.
</p>
<p> Heartened and hopeful, the Heimdals dispatched the money to
Ecuador. Last week the kidnapers sent word that they considered
the $60,000 as a mere first installment on a $612,000 payoff.
If the rest of the money is not delivered by an undisclosed due
date, they said, Scott Heimdal would be killed. Said Roy
Heimdal: "There's no way we could raise $612,000. That's
impossible."
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</body>
</article>
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