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Highway completion may come in 1992 4 pleted earlier and much more cheaply if the federal government did not have to contend with citizens' groups who have held up construction in the courts. "Everybody wants to run the highway system," Barnhart said. "We need to cut out these timely delays. It has gotten out of hand because we allow these groups to stop us." WASHINGTON (AP) If the current spending level of $4 billion annually continues, the nation's interstate highway system will be finished in 10 years, says Federal Highway Administrator Ray A. Barnhart.

Barnhart told a House appropriations subcommittee on Wednesday that the highway system, started 25 years ago, would have been com 6D iJhr AlUtiiitntl 1ar Thursday, March 18, 1982 Man found guilty in infant's death MONTGOMERY (AP) A circuit court judge set an April 2 sentencing date for a man convicted of murdering a 7-month-old girl by beating her so severely she had a 4-inch gash in her skull. A circuit court jury deliberated about three hours Wednesday before finding Willie James Chesson, 23, guilty of killing Monique Dixon, the infant daughter of Carolyn Dixon of Montgomery. Chesson told police he was baby-sitting with the child on Oct. 15, the day she was brought to St. Margaret's Hospital and treated for injuries that the doctor on duty said "were the worst I've seen in a long time." She died eight days later in a Birmingham hospital.

Dr. Richard Colan testified that the infant was totally paralyzed, her badly swollen face appeared "mask-like" and both eyes were filled with blood. He said all signs indicated she had suffered severe brain damage. Colan also said there were fresh cuts on the infants buttocks, thighs and groin, and several tiny puncture wounds in her feet. A state doctor who did an autopsy on the child testified that she died from blunt trauma to the head that caused a 4-inch long, quarter-inch wide skull fracture.

Chesson, in two separate statements to the police, said the child received the injuries when she fell off a bed and hit her head on a sink. Both doctors said the child could not have received the injuries in such a manner. In his second statement, Chesson said, "It was not deliberate. I'm sorry I did it. I need some help." He testified that he felt dizzy on the day of the child's beating and could not remember much of what had happened that morning.

He also told the court he had smoked a marijuana cigarette the night before the incident. MARCH 18, 1932 An unmasked young white man calmly walked into the Standard Oil Company filling station at 11th Street and Willmer Avenue shortly after 9 o'clock Thursday night and at the point of a pistol took $10 from L.C. Smith, one of three men employed at the station. MARCH 18, 1957 A petition contesting the legality of the municipality of Ohatchee has been filed in Circuit Court here by a resident of the town. jj; lH 3 Calendar items are pubiishtd without cost as public service, usually on the day before and the day of the event.

Items for the calendar must reach The Star's newsroom no later than 9 a.m. for weekday publication, by noon Friday for Saturday publication and by 3 p.m. Saturdays tor Sunday publication. Area obituaries UP A CREEK Tim Thompson, left, leans from his van to offer a helping hand to Barry Stiffler as they try to adjust the carburetor of a stalled car in the Sunland area of Los Angeles on Wednesday. Recent heavy storms have inundated the Southern California regions with rain, hail and snow.

Hot days, storms forecasl Volcano eruption predicted 03 cdy .23 cdy cdy rn .15 sn 20 cdy 05 cdy cdy 07 rn 82 cdy rn cdy 78 48 44 36 76 44 72 56' 49 34 58 41 34 22 50 34 44 33 90 71 42 29 85 61 69 36 71 50 64 26 47 35 63 39 52 37 54 37 From Staff, Wire Reports It's time to turn on the air conditioning. Huh? What? In March? That's right. Temperatures are predicted to reach the mid- to high 80s today and again Friday in Northeast Alabama, according to the National Weather Service. If you surmised that all of this above-normal heat could cause some turbulent weather conditions, you are right. There is a possibility of thundershowers Friday, but at this point the high pressure system dominating the state seems to be strong enough to prevent very turbulent weather, according to the weatherman.

But temperatures will be hot for this time of year. 67 32 39 31 30 50 37 25 36 24 rn 15 sn cdy cdy 29 cdy 02 sn 34 cdy cdy rn cdy 33 82 80 53 87 66 39 25 66 44 60 41 Amarillo Anchorage Ashevilie Atlanta Atlantc Cty Baltimore Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsvlle Buffalo Charlstn SC Charlstn WV Charltte NC Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dal Ft Wth Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth El Paso Fairbanks Hartford Helena Honolulu Houston Indnaplis Jacksnvlle Juneau Kans City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Mpls-St Nashville New Orleans New York Norfolk Okla City Omaha Orlando Philadphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Ptland. Me Ptland, Ore Rapid City Reno Richmond Salt Lake San Diego San Fran Seattle St Louis St P-Tampa St Ste Marie Spokane Tucson Tulsa Washingtn Wichita 85 15 cdy rn 1 19 cdy 58 rn clr 57 68 8 79 41 38 TODAY ANNISTON EMBLEM CLUB No. 236 will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 1029 S.

Noble Anniston, to elect new officers and "Member of the Year." KAREN PENTECOST of Faith Temple Christian Academy will speak for Women of the Way at 6 p.m. at the Western Steer Steakhouse in Oxford. WEAVER CIVITAN CLUB No. 2467 will meet at 7 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Building in Weaver.

BYNUM YOUTH Athletic Association is forming a girl's softball teamfor ages 9-12 and 13-15. Anyone wishing to play should call 236-6418 before Monday. BLACK WONDERS will meet at 7 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Udell Oliver on Project Drive, Anniston.

ANNISTON AREA MANAGEMENT Association will have a training seminar from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Anniston YMCA. Dr. William J. Cook will speak on "Communication." PARENTS ANONYMOUS for.

the Lenlock and Fort McClellan areas will meet at 6:30 p.m. Free transportation and a nursery are available. Call 236-4577 for more information. DR. PARKER GRANGER, head of the accounting department at Jacksonville State University, will speak at the Coosa Valley Chapter of the National Assocation of Accountants at 6:30 p.m.

at the Western Sizzlin' Steak House on Quintard Avenue, Anniston. The topic will be "Capital Budgeting Techniques." PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE of Snow Creek District will meet at 6 p.m. at" Mount Liberty Baptist Church in Central City. JACKSONVILLE KIWANIS CLUB will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the president's dining room at Jacksonville State University.

The program will be on CART. Wives are invited to the meeting. FITNESS SEVEN CLASSES will be at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Regional Medical Center. Health risk appraisals will be given.

There is no charge for the classes. Call 235-5785 for information and to register. A PUBLIC MEETING to discuss the future of Blue Mountain School will be at 7 p.m. at Saks Middle School. ANNISTON YORK RITE BODIES will meet at 7 p.m.

at 1400 Wilmer Ave. GOLDEN SPRINGS COMMUNITY Center will be closed today and Friday for semi-annual cleaning. AMERICAN LEGION POST No. 26 will celebrate its 63rd birthday at 7 p.m. at the post home at 18th Street and Rocky Hollow Road, Anniston.

EIGHT SENSES Social and Savings Club will meet at 6 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Shirley Fluker, 610 Spring Oxford. OXFORD SCHUTZHUND CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. to train dogs at its grounds on County Line Road, south of Cheaha Baptist Church in Oxford.

Call 831-1460 for more information. LOCAL FORECAST Partly cloudy Friday with a chance of thunder-showers. Winds southerly 5 to 15 mph. High Friday mid-80s. Low tonight low 60s.

Probability of rain 30 percent Friday. EXTENDED FORECAST A chance of thunderstorms Saturday. Lows mostly in the 60s. Highs in the 70s north and 80s south. Fair and cooler Sunday and Monday.

Lows Sunday in the 40s north and 50s south lowering by Monday morning to the 30s north and 40s south. Highs Sunday and Monday in the 50s north and 60s central and south. LOCAL STATISTICS High Wednesday 78 Low this morning 58 High a year ago 58 Low a year ago 51 Record high 86 in 1908 Record low 24 in 1941 24-hour rainfall 0.01 Rainfall for month 1.74 Rainfall for year 17.73 Sunset today 5.54 p.m. Sunrise Friday 5:50 a.m. 82 50 87 72 38 VANCOUVER, Wash.

(AP) Loggers working near the Mount St. Helens volcano "are feeling the quakes under their feet" as scientists predict a mild eruption is imminent. "It's a waiting game that's being played now," Bob Norris of the University of Washington geophysics center in Seattle said Wednesday night. On Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey and university scientists predicted the volcano in southwest Washington would undergo a "dome-building," but non-explosive eruption in one to five days.

Such an eruption is expected "in the next day or three," Christina Boyko, a spokeswoman for the geophysics center in Seattle, estimated Wednesday. The "red zone" around the mountain remained open to scientific crews and loggers on Wednesday. The Weyerhaeuser logging company had 200 to 300 workers removing salvage timber within 10 to 12 miles from the volcano Wednesday morning, said company spokesman Mike Bickford. Bickford said Weyerhaeuser is in 24-hour contact with emergency officials and has two helicopters available to evacuate any crews isolated by floods that might wash out evacuation routes. 80 78 41 89 45 71 49 46 63 sn rn cdy 04 rn cdy cdy rn cdy cdy cdy rn cdy clr 26 sn 12 cdy rn 48 28 44 29 82 40 55 35 60 51 2 09 cdy 51 47 cdy clr 54 38 55 45 81 AROUND THE STATE 43 45 30 clr cdy Alabama temperature and pre cipitation 74 56 80 62 59 43 77 52 LAKE LEVELS Smith 508.12, Bankhead 254.33, Holt IB693, Weiss 562 32, Henry 504.90, Logan Martin 459.72, Lay 396 39, Mitchell 310 60, Jordan 251.98, Martin 484.75, Yates 341.98, Thurlow 287 10.

AROUND THE NATION cdy 75 57 57 78 58 79 54 75 57 75 61 50 06 01 08 14 59 Huntsville-Decatur Muscle Shoals ANNISTON Gadsden Birmingham Tuscaloosa Centreville Selma Montgomery Dothan Mobile Temperatures indicate previous day's high and overnight low to 7 a EST Pre Precipitation for 24 hours ending 7am (EST1 Thursday Otlk Sky conditions outlook for Friday Today Hi Lo Pre Otlk 74 60 1 10 84 60 1 62 81 61 35 87 69 01 85 72 00 36 2 5 29 rn 68 48 cdy Albany Albuque Bantzler COLLINSVlLLE Services for William E. "Eddie" Bantzler, 74, of Collinsville, Rt 2, will be Friday at 3 p.m. at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church with the Rev. Ruben Barksdale and the Rev. Troy Chamblee officiating.

Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery with Jordan Funeral Home of Centre in charge. Friends will be received from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. The body will be at the church an hour before services. Mr. Bantzler died Wednesday at Attalla Nursing Home.

Pallbearers will be Ronald Chambers, Thurman Foster, Vernon Howard, W.O. Walker, Everett Howard, Ross Smith. Hubbard Morgan and Carl Harris. Mr. Bantzler was a retired bus driver and a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church.

Crumley Services for Mrs. Mary Nelvine Crumley, 33, of 312 W. Seventh Oxford, will be Friday at 3 p.m. at Anniston Church of God with the Rev. John G.

Franklin officiating. Burial will be in Anniston Memorial Gardens with Chapel Hill Funeral Home of Anniston in charge. The family will receive friends from 6 to 10 tonight at the funeral home. The body will be at the church an hour before services. Mrs.

Crumley died Wednesday at University Hospital in Birmingham. Survivors include her husband, Clifford G. Crumley of Oxford; her mother, Mrs. Nelvine Butterworth of Anniston; her father, James F. Butterworth of Munford; two sisters, Mrs.

Dorothy Waites of Atlanta and Mrs. PatriciaRichardson of Anniston; two brothers, James F. Butterworth Jr. of Oxford and Danny H. Butterworth of Anniston; her grandmother, Mrs.

Lucy Ray of Cold-water; and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Emory Echols, Charles McCray, Horace Ponder, Ray Grant, Woody Farrell Jr. and Leon Woodard. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Carpenters Union Local No. 1749.

Mrs. Crumley was a native and lifelong resident of Calhoun County and was employed by Carpenters Union Local No. 1749 for 15 years. She was a member of Jenifer Baptist Church and a 1966 graduate of Munford High School. Davis PIEDMONT Services for Mrs.

Ellie Mae Davis, 77, of Piedmont will be Friday at 3 p.m. at Mickelsen Brown-Service Mortuary chapel with the Rev. Boyd Bonee and the Rev. A.J. Carr officiating.

Burial will be in Highland Cernetery. The family will receive friends tonight at the funeral home where the body will be through services. Mrs. Davis died Wednesday at Piedmont Hospital. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs.

Billie Cook, Mrs. Edna Burns and Mrs. Gladys Hanvey, all of Piedmont, and Mrs. Dean McBrayer of Centre; five sons, Bobby Davis, Edward Davis, Norris Davis, James Davis and Stanley Davis, all of Piedmont; a sister, Mrs. Clara Phillips of Piedmont; 20 grandchildren and 15 greatgrandchildren.

Pallbearers will be E.J. Woods Edsel Hilburn, Gus Fair, James Smith, Thomas Glover and Michael Adkinson. Mrs. Davis was a lifelong resident of Piedmont and a member of Congregational Methodist Church. East LINEVILLE Services for Johnny W.

East Sr. 84, of Lineville, Rt. 1, were today at McCollum Baptist Church with the Rev. Richard East, the Rev. Valter Taylor and the Rev.

Troy Williamson officiating. Burial was in Barf ield Baptist Church cemetery with Benefield Funeral Home in charge. Mr. East died Wednesday at Clay County Hospital. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs.

Lenora Harris of Lineville and Mrs. Lena Graben of Roanoke; a son, Johnny W. East Jr. of Lineville; a sister, Mrs. Gertrude Latham of Huntsville; two brothers, Rasco East of Lineville and Mildridge East of Atlanta seven grandchildren, nine, great-grandchildren and two great-greatgrandchildren.

Pallbearers were Jerry Harris, Paul Harris, Dennis East, Van King, Steve Allen and Jimmy Porter. A native and lifelong resident of Clay County, Mr. East was also a retired farmer and member of McCollum Baptist Church. Edwards TALLADEGA Services for Jack E. Edwards, 81, of Talladega will be announced by Usrey Funeral Home.

Mr. Edwards died today at Citizens Hospital. Henry Services for Mrs. Eva Nell Henry, 65, of Anniston, Rt. 3, will be Friday at 2 p.m.

at New Hope CME Church in Bynum with the Rev. W.V. Golston and the Rev. W.T. Washington officiating.

Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery with Ervin Funeral Home in charge. The body will be at the church an hour before services. Mrs. Henry died Friday at Regional Medical Center. Survivors include her husband, Eugene Henry of Anniston; a daughter, Mrs.

Prince E. Dye of Anniston; two sons, Wilbert Eiland Jr. of Columbus, and William J. Eiland of Pennsylvania; seven sisters, Mrs. Katie Fuller, Mrs.

Viola Walker and Ms. Daisy L. Williams, all of Anniston, and Mrs. Annie Macon, Mrs. But Sue Cotter, a Longview area woman whose father works near the volcano, reported that loggers are "spooked." FRIDAY "The people that are working on the mountain are feeling the earthquakes under their feet," she said.

"I think (logging companies) are not considering the emotional ANNISTON PARKS AND RECREATION Department's free Rubik's Cube competition for all ages will continue today at 5 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. at Glen Addie Community Center. strain they're putting these men through. Bom Shallow quakes, which were coming at the rate of 15 to 20 per day for the past few days, increased to 35 to 40 by Wednesday night, Ms.

Boyko Cold Worm '4 NATIONAL WIATHIH SERVICE, NOAA, Dept. ol Cotrt Showers Slolionory Occluded 70 BEHD said. Mrs. Thomas was a resident of Grosse Pointe, until she moved to Anniston in 1978. She was a 1914 graduate of the University of Michigan.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to St. Luke's Episcopal Church for hunger relief through Inter-Faith Ministries of Calhoun County. Wiggins Mae Bell Rice, Mrs. Geraldine Christian and Ms. Gaynell Williams, all of Hartford, seven brothers, W.T.

Williams of Jacksonville, Arthur Williams of Anniston, Sam Williams of Springfield, Johnnny Williams of Virginia, and Bobby Williams, Alvin Williams and Grant Williams, all of Hartford; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be deacons of Spring Hill Baptist Church of Bynum and stewards and trustees of New Hope CME Church. Honorary pallbearers will be nephews. Mrs. Henry was a native of Opelika.

Thomas JACKSONVILLE Services for Mrs. Jane Boyce Thomas, 87, of Jacksonville will be Friday at 4 p.m. at St. Luke's Episcopal Church with Father Joe Sanderson officiating. Mrs.

Thomas died Wednesday at Beckwood Manor Nursing Home in Anniston. Survivors include two sons, Philip B. Thomas of Jacksonville and Robert C. Thomas of Detroit, and five grandchildren. Tar Heel barbecue is winner WASHINGTON (AP) It came as no surprise to Rep.

Eugene Johnston, that a North Carolina chef's pork barbecue took first place in the second annual "Barbecue Bowl." After all, the freshman congressman declared, Tar Heel barbecue is "the real thing, clearly superior to the mustardy concoction prepared in the lower Carolina." "Hogwash," retorted Rep. John Napier, who along with Johnston conceived the idea of having outsiders judge North and South Carolina hogs. On Wednesday, Barbecue Bowl judges from the Virginia and Georgia congressional delegations declared chef Short Sugars of Leesville, N.C., the winner. Second and third place were captured by South Carolinians from Hemingway and Bennettsville. Hundreds of politicians, staffers and dignitaries converged on Capitol Hill for the occasion.

Sen. Jesse Helms, was master of ceremonies and entertainers from both states performed. NEWELL Services for Alpha H. Wiggins, 73, of Newell will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Union Baptist Church with the Rev.

Louie V. Olds officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery with Benefield Funeral Home of Wedowee in charge. The body will be at the church an hour before services. Mr.

Williams died Wednesday at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Vera Wiggins of Newell; a son, Alpha H. Wiggins Jr. of Newell; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be deacons of Union Baptist Church. Mr. Wiggins was a lifelong resident of Randolph County and a retired textil worker. He was a member and deacon of Union Baptist Church. STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been mad In the terms of a mortgage executed by Grady Gregg and wife, Isabel Gregg, to First National Bank of Anniston, Alabama, on the 20 day of October, 197i, which said mortgage Is recorded In Book 1474 at Page 65 In the Probate Office of Calhoun County, Alabama, and said default continuing, we, the undersigned, will tell at public outcry for cash to the highest bidder.

In front of the Courthouse door of said County in Anniston, Alabama, on Thursday, April 1, 1982, at 11:00 a.m., the following described property: Starting at the SW corner of NEVA of SEV4 of Section IS, Township 14 South, Range 9 East; thence North 9 degrees 10 minutes, West distance of 663.15 feet to point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees, 10 minutes West a distance of 274.60 feet to dirt street, thence South 88 degrees 36 minutes East a distance of 380 feet to a point on South side of dirt street; thence South 00 degrees 10 minutes East a distance of 266. 10 feet to a point; thence North 19 degrees 50 minutes West a distance of 379.90 feet to point ot beginning; containing 2.3ft acres more or less; situated, lying and being In the NEw, of SE'A of Section IS, Township 14 South, Range 9 East, Calhoun County, Alabama. ALSO: One 1974 Shlloh mobile home, serial No. 64-696A 66-696B, 24'x70'. Space stations planned for 1990s ministrator James Beggs said today in remarks prepared for an international symposium at the nearby Goddard Space Flight WASHINGTON (AP) -Even as the space shuttle Columbia is readied for a third test flight, the nation's space planners are beginning to focus on how to expand capabilities in the 1990s with a space station.

"Our best thinking leads us to believe that if we started soon, we could have a facility in orbit by 1990," NASA ad Such a station, he said, would serve both as a scientific laboratory and as a space operations facility for assembling, resupplying and servicing satellites.