The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 8

Page I The Salina Journal Monday, July 13,1981 Friends remember Amelia Earhart as unveils statue Hometown pays tribute to famed feminist, aviator Salina area sizzles Salinans baked in Mother Nature's oven Sunday, sparking memories of the sizzling summer of 1980. The mercury finally topped officially at 101 degrees in Salina Sunday only the third time all year the temperature has matched or exceeded the 100-degree mark. The city recorded an even 100 degrees June 8 and came up with the year's high of 102 degrees June 9. The year's 102-degree mark could be in danger Monday and Tuesday with weather forecasters predicting temperatures in the 100-105 degree range. Salina's temperature climbed to 96 degrees by 1 p.m.

Monday. So far, however, 1981 has been mild compared to 1980 when six of the last seven days of June were over 100 degrees and July had 22 days over 100 degrees including 17 straight days starting July 4th. The highest temperature recorded during July of 1980 was 111 degrees, which also was the July 12 record Salina missed Sunday. Salinans weren't alone in their misery Sunday. Temperatures soared over the 100 degree-mark in many North-Central and Northwest Kansas communities.

Garden City in Southwest Kansas topped the list with 104 degrees, although Hill City had 103, Beloit 102, Russell and Abilene matched Salina's 101 and Goodland, Concordia and Belleville all had 100-degree readings. Salina just missed the century mark with a reading of 99 degrees Saturday. 2-truck crash hurts 8 near Kensington KENSINGTON Eight persons were taken to the Phillips County Hospital at Phillipsburg after, a two-truck crash Sunday afternoon on a county road 13 miles north of Kensington in Smith County. Five had been released from the hospital by Monday noon and two more were expected to be released later Monday. Waverly Scott, 27, Athol, apparently stopped at the top of a hill to change the lockout hubs on his four-wheel drive pickup truck, according to Smith County Sheriff Floyd Bose.

The truck, reportedly obscured by a cloud of dust, was struck from behind by a pickup truck driven by Jeff Levin, 24, Kensington. Scott and one passenger, Jayne Scott, were treated Sunday night and released. Two more passengers, Jerry and Dixie Rietzke, were dismissed Monday morning. Jerry Rietzke reportedly had a broken clavicle. Kim Levin, a passenger in the Levin truck, also was treated and released Sunday.

Deanna Levin, who reportedly suffered a broken ankle, and John Levin, both passengers in the Levin truck, and Levin remained hospitalized Monday morning. Ohio closed for repairs Ohio Street from Iron Avenue south to Stack Street will be closed for repairs until Wednesday, according to the Salina city engineering department. Brown and Brown Construction will 'apply an asphalt overlay on Ohio. The three blocks were closed at 6 a.m. Monday and reopen at 6 a.m.

Wednesday. Given jail term Jeffery Scott Giauque, 18, 823 Spruce, has been ordered to spend 90 days in jail in connection with a burglary conviction. Giauque was sentenced by Judge Morris Hoobler to a prison term of 1 to 5 years for his May 1 burglary of the car of Diana Slagle, 113 S. Chicago. Hoobler then granted Giauque a two- year probation with the provision he first spends 90 days in jail.

Giauque was arrested after a police officer saw him break into the car. ATCHISON, Kan. (UPI) Aviators from around the world, state officials and proud local residents gathered in Amelia Earhart's hometown to unveil a statue of the pioneering woman pilot who mysteriously vanished on a flight over the Pacific. "Amelia pointed the way to excellence," said Kansas Gov. John Carlin at the ceremony held to unveil a smiling, lifesize bronze likeness of the first woman to solo across the Atlantic.

"She captured for posterity the spirit of heroism." A crowd of about 200 citizens of Atchison, joined aviators male and female.and some from as far away as Australia and local and state officials in the 45-minute ceremony Sunday just 12 days before the anniversary of her birth. Among those 'attending the ceremony was Mildred Morrisey, Miss Earhart's sister, and Crosby Kemper, whose foundation donated $63,000 to pay for the sculpture. Sculptor David T.S. Jones of Augusta, worked on the statue for a year, spending many hours interviewing those who knew Miss Earhart and studying photographs of the maverick aviator for detail in his project. "This has given me the feeling that I knew Amelia personally," Jones said.

Carlin called Miss Earhart's 1937 disappearance over the Pacific Ocean after completing two-thirds of an around-the-world flight attempt one of the great tragedies of modern time. "She was just ready to realize her dream, ready to reach for that brass ring," Caflin said. The statue of Atchison's beloved aviatrix stands on a three-foot pedestal. On the base is inscribed there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me." To further honor Atchison's favorite daughter, the City Commission has declared her birthday, July 24, an official holiday. In 1932, when Miss Earhart became the first woman to solo across the Atlantic, she was quoted as saying the flight was "primarily a gesture of personal satisfaction." But she added, "I shall be happy if my small ex- ploit has drawn attention to the fact that women are flying, too." "She was a definite feminist," said Fay Wells, a friend of Miss Earhart's, "But she did it in a quiet and low-key way.

You were overwhelmed before you knew it." "She felt that women could do everything a man could do given the opportunity," "That's why she wanted to fly the Atlantic," Mrs. Wells said. "She wanted to be free, not like a bird in a cage. She loved to get an overall view of things and ft gave her perspective. "And then of course, it was a challenge, a challenge she felt women could meet." Mrs.

Wells remembers July 2, 1937 the day Amelia's plane was lost as tragic and a great. loss for aviation. "We'd lost a wonderful friend," Mrs. Wells says. "And she was so close.

But that's the name of the- game. She had no regrets. She died trying to meet, the challenge that's the way she wanted to go." QUEEN OF KANSAS Dawn Holmstrom was chosen Miss Kansas 1981 during the pageant finals at Pratt Saturday. Miss Holmstrom, 20, competed UPI Photo as Miss Wichita and was selected Miss Kansas from a field of 25 contestants. New Miss Kansas certain to be sing in' in the reign PRATT, Kan.

(UPI) Dawn Elaine Holmstrom may have sung her way to Atlantic City, N. J. The 20-year-old Miss Holmstrom sang a medley of "My Man" and "Happy Days Are Here Again" on her way to winning the Miss Kansas Pageant Saturday night. The Texas Tech student will travel to Atlantic City for the Miss America Pageant in September. Fourth runner-up Saturday night was Joyce Leanne Saunders, 18, Miss Flint Hills; third runner-up was Jodi Lee Mattox, 22, Miss Shawnee; second runner-up was Kandyce Lynn Berry, 21, Miss Derby, and first runner- up was Julia Anne Mayes, 20, Miss Center The 5-foot, 6-inch blonde is the daughter of Wayne and Inez Holmstrom.

According to background information she supplied for entry into the state pageant, the new Miss Kansas enjoys playing powderpuff football. "Know your goals as well as your limitations," and "Stay in tune with yourself and continue to expand your horizons," were two beliefs Miss Holstrom wrote in her background information. She graduated from Wichita Heights High School in 1979, attended Wichita State University in 1979 and 1980 and then transfered to Texas Tech University. A total of 25 contestants vied for the Miss Kansas title throughout three days of competition. Tm coming Miss Salina vows Denise Siefers She may not have been among the finalists, but Miss Salina-Saline Valley has nothing but enthusiasm for her experiences at last week's Miss Kansas Pageant competition at Pratt.

In fact, she'll probably try again. Denise Siefers, 19, rural Dorrance, said Monday she would have liked to have finished among the top 10 contestants in the competition which ended Saturday night, "but I guess it just wasn't meant to be this year. "I'm coming back," she said. "I don't know about next year. I may lay out a year." Pageant contestants were judged on and talent, and each appeared before the judges in an evening gown and swimsuit.

Siefers believes her experiences during the 1981 contest should help her chances in the future. "I learned more about what they're looking for," she said, "how to walk, how to control nerves better. "I think they're looking for just a total all-around woman who is very sure of herself, can get along well with others and is very intelligent." Siefers, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Siefers, said she plans to return to Marymount College in the fall, where she will be a sophomore majoring in English and music.

She sang a solo medley from "West Side Story" for her talent competition in the Kansas contest. "I have good memories (of the contest) nobody can take that," Siefers said. "I think you can't ever give up if you really want to be Miss Kansas. I think it takes a second All the past winners have been there before." Swimsuit standout takes Missouri title MEXICO, Mo. (UPI) Theresa McDonnell won a swimsuit preliminary Wednesday, and then used that advantage and some vocal talent to be named the new Miss Missouri Saturday night.

McDonnell, 22 of Florissant, will represent her home state in the Miss America Pageant in September at Atlantic City, N.J. It was the second time she made the finals for the Miss Missouri contest. Miss McDonnell sane the Broadway tune "Let's Hear It For Me" in the talent portion of the pageant, but it was in Wednesday's preliminary swimsuit competition where she first took the lead. While many contestants point to the swimsuit parade as the scariest element in the pageant, Miss McDonnell's remarks from a pre-pageant interview show she had that part of the show in perspective. "It's important to look good, of course.

But unlike some other beauty contests, we can pad our swimsults and not be penalized. The swimsuit competition is important, sure, but, it's sure not the only thing." The first runner-up was Jacquelyn Toone, 19, Miss Columbia, of Van, Texas; second runner-up was Pamela Lane Alcom, 23, Miss St- of Florissant, third runner-up, was JoNel Dayeri, Miss St. County, of Los Alairiedas, and fourth runner-up was Bobbin Martella, 21, Miss Twin Counties, of Stockton, Mo. MISS MISSOURI McDonnell (right) is crowiied mi'9 Miss Missouri by tost year's queen, LeFevre, during Saturday's pageant finals. Local- State The Salina Journal KHP trooper's alleged killer lies in hospital WICHITA, Kan.

(UPI) A suspect in the death of a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper remained in pritical condition just hours before, 'he was expected to be charged, authorities said. The suspect, George E. Rainey, 23, Milwaukee, was in critical condition late Sunday at Wesley Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds suffered in a weekend Shootout with police at a busy intersection in Wichita. The Highway Patrol said murder charges were expected to be filed against Rainey Monday. Trooper Ferdinand F.

Pribbenow, 47, Row Hill, was shot and killed Saturday on the Kansas Turnpike near El Dorado, after he stopped a car for speeding. A doctor driving on the turnpike apparently witnessed part of the incident. Reports said the trooper was walking toward the stopped vehicle when he was shot once in the chest by someone in the car he had stopped. The doctor reportedly saw the suspect as he dashed out to snatch Pribbenow's gun just before speeding off at about 8:15 p.m. Saturday.

A motorist used the radio in the dead trooper's patrol car to notify authorities, and gave a description of the suspect's car, a Kansas Turnpike dispatcher said. "I received two anonymous calls on the trooper's radio," said a dispatcher working at the time of the shooting. "I got the first one two minutes after the trooper had stopped the car. I was given a description of the car, color and make. The make turned out to be wrong.

He also called in the color of the tag. "He didn't know what state it was from. He also described the position of the trooper's vehicle and said the sua-, pect's vehicle was southbound. It was enough that we nailed him. The second caller had said the tag was from Wisconsin.

I don't know if it was the same person who called on the radio both times." Police noticed a vehicle matching the description driving through the toll gate at the Kellogg exit in east Wichita and gave chase down the busy street near Towne East Square, a major shopping center. About a mile away, the suspect's car; was caught in traffic at a red light and' crashed into the rear end of a van, reports said. Six officers surrounded the car, but the man refused to leave and a Shootout followed. The suspect, who had been firing through the windshield of his car, wounded and two people in the van in front of the car received minor injuries from spraying glass when a window in their vehicle was shattered by stray bullets. They were not hospitalized, police said.

Authorities said services for the slain trooper would be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lakeview Gardens in Wichita. The site where Pribbenow was was not far from the Matfield Green service area where Kansas Conroy O'Brien, 26, was shot in an exe- cution-style slaying in 1978 after stopping a car for a traffic violation. IH Two Tulsa men, Jimmie Nelms and; Walter Myrick, were convicted in ler County District Court in El Dorado in the O'Brien killing and sentenced to life terms. A third suspect, Stanford Swain, pleaded guilty to reduced charges and turned state's evidence.

At Emporia House fire kills 3 EMPORIA, (UPI) A rear door chained from the outside hampered escape and rescue efforts in a weekend house fire that killed three family members and hospitalized two others in critical condition, authorities said Monday. Jose Sanchez, 81, and his grandson Jeffrey Sanchez, 10, died in the blaze that Fire Chief Claude Lang said started about 3:40 a.m. Sunday in an overstuffed chair in the living room of the one-story wood frame home. The man's wife, Yancia Sanchez, 71, died early Monday at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, nursing supervisor Becky Bishop said. At least 11 people were in the home when the fire broke out.

Michael Sanchez, 9, and Gilbert Sanchez, 11, remained in critical condition at the medical center early Monday, officials said, Isabel Sanchez, 51, and her brother Bibiano Sanchez, were admitted for observation at Em- poria hospitals. Isabel said her father Jose sleeping in the living room and she in the front bedroom with her Yancia, and sister Sharon Harris, 18, along with Sharon's 3-month-old daugh-," ter Brenda and nephew Donald Sane- hez, 5. Isabel said she was wakened by the smell of smoke and woke Mrs. Harris, -j who was forced to escape through bedroom window since the back door to; the home had been chained shut from-' the outside. Isabel said she handed Mrs.

Harris the children through the window and climbed out herseU as the fire reached that part of the house. Another sister, Mary Ellen Sanchez, 28, escaped through a window in another part of the house. Topeka tire plant spared Mini TOPEKA, Kan. (UPI) A Goodyear tire plant was told Sunday that the company will invest $300 million and for- a renovated and expanded plant, A vote by members in Akron, Ohio, and Lincoln, Neb. Sunday accepted contract modifications worked out at the Topeka facility.

The members approved a seven- day schedule and gave up higher wages for working weekends. Rubber- workers at other plants were slow to to that change. Plant Manage'r Jerry Wolf said he is delighted and will begin to re-hire of the laid-off soon, 1 Everyone should be back on the job by the middle of 1963, officiate uid. When completed, the plant will ploy about 2,800 people, Local 307 ident George Amis said. mo.