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Chess Instructor Fends Off Knife-Wielding Man

A 75-year-old chess instructor who fended off a knife-wielding man who threatened children at a central Illinois library tells the Associated Press this week’s attack will not stop his class from holding its next meeting. James Vernon has one arm in a sling and says his life has been otherwise inconvenienced since he disarmed 19-year-old Dustin Brown, who entered the Morton Public Library on Tuesday threatening to commit murder.

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