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10 THE COURIER-JOUHNAL THURSDAY. MAY 7. 1992 LOUISVILLE AREA DEATHS Teen-ager admits spiking teacher's cola with LSD Survivors: his wife, Leora L. Kiesel; two sons, John L. Kiesel of Lexington and Jere R.

Kiesel; two sisters, Willamina Clark of Waukegan, 111., and Eda Scott; and six grandchildren. The body was cremated. Visitation: Pearson's, 149 Breckenridge Associated Press LAFAYETTE, Ind. A teen-ager pleaded guilty yesterday to drug charges for spiking his art teacher's soft drink with LSD and could be sentenced to 50 years in prison. Steven E.

Weathers 18, was scheduled for trial on one count of dealing in a controlled substance on school property, a Class A felony, but decided to plead guilty. Tippecanoe Circuit Judge Ronald Melichar set sentencing for June 18. "He didn't want to go through a attorney Marcel Katz said. had admitted this act to a numbfcr of people, so that wasn't an issue." Last May, Weathers dropped a pieceif paper laced with LSD into Lafayette Jefferson High School teacher Susan Ristau's bottle of cola during a ceramics class. Ristau, 48, told investigators she begaii to hallucinate a few hours later and felt the effects of the drug for several days, including sweats and a retired employee of Louisville Bedding Co.

Survivors: a daughter, Charline Posante; two sisters, Kathy Dean Monzon of Nashville, and Helen Witten; and a grandson. Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday, Arch L. Heady Son Funeral Home, 1201 E. Oak St.

Burial: Resthaven Memorial Park. Visitation: 4-9 p.m. Thursday. Memorial gifts: Hospice of Louisville. Rhoda Marie Potts, 68, Jeffer-sontown, died Wednesday at her home.

She was a native of Ashland, a retired employee of Bar-Ken Kennels and a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Survivors: her husband, former Jeffersontown Mayor Owen W. Potts; two daughters, Pamela Morris of Jeffersontown and Rhoda Neuner; two sons, Owen W. Potts Jr. of Crestwood and Arthur L.

Potts of Jeffersontown; her parents, Arthur and Emma Scott of Jeffersontown; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday, Foreman Funeral Home, 10600 Taylorsville Road, Jeffersontown. Burial: Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Anchorage. Visitation: noon-9 p.m.

Thursday and after 10 a.m. Friday. Benjamin Duvall Rake 82, formerly of Louisville, died Sunday at his home in Winchester. He was a retired Church of Christ minister who had served at churches in Louisville, Fisherville, Cynthiana, Bohon, Winchester and Greenville, S. C.

He was a former business manager of the old Southeastern Christian College in Winchester. Survivors: his wife, the former Sarah Micou; a daughter, Betty Green of Winchester; a son, Ben Rake Jr. of Winchester; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The funeral was Tuesday at Sco-bee Funeral Home, Winchester. Burial: Clarmont Memorial Gardens, Winchester.

Memorial gifts: Hospice East, 1107 W. Lexington Winchester, Ky. 40391. Louis Ritchie 61, Windy Willow Drive, died Wednesday at his home. He was a retired employee of Smith Transfer.

Survivors: his wife, the former Addie Katherine Harris; three sons, Archie L. Ritchie of Millerstown, Bloomington man faces charges in machete attack Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. A Bloomington man was facing charges of attempted murder and robbery in a weekend machete attack on an elderly couple, a prosecutor said yesterday. Elmer H. Powers, 26, was being held ill the Monroe County Jail yesterday; after surrendering to Hamilton County authorities a day earlier.

Monroe County Prosecutor Robert Miller said he was preparing two counts of attempted murder, two counts of robbery and a single count of burglary to be filed against Powers in Monroe Circuit Court. All are Class A felonies. Powers will likely make an initial court-appearance on the charges today, Miller said. Wayne Fleener, 77, and his wife, 73, suffered cuts in the attack about 2 a.m. Saturday.

The husband Pollution eliminating the' 'silvery Cisco fish from Hoosier lakes INDIANAPOLIS Pollutants flowing into Hoosier lakes are being blamed for the disappearance of a fish that was once common in Indiana the silvery Cisco, also known as lake herring. In 1955, the fish were common in 42 Indiana lakes. Today they can be found, in just 15 and are believed Bernard Francis Altman 63, died Tuesday. He was a retired carpenter for The House of Kitchens Inc. Survivors: his wife, the former Tess McCluskey; three daughters, Vickie Locke of Elizabethtown, Sherree King and Candlyn Fryrear; three sons, Bernard F.

Jr. and Glenn L. Altman and Ricky Hampton; three brothers, Herman Altman of Taylorville, 111., Odell Altman of Decatur, and Charles Altman of Lincoln, a sister, LaVerne Melzer of Champaign, and 10 grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday, Arch L.

Heady Southern Funeral Home, 3601 Taylor Blvd. Burial: Louisville Memorial Gardens West. Visitation: 1-9 p.m. Thursday. Patrick A.

Becker, 39, Shep-herdsville, died Monday in a one-car accident east of Ola, Ark. He was a native of Covington, a customer service manager for ALLTEL Kentucky Inc. in Shep-herdsville and an Army veteran. He was active in Junior Achievement and the United Way. Survivors: his wife, the former Betty Lue Gist of Shepherdsville; a daughter, Sonja Becker of Shepherdsville; his parents, Frank and Gerry Becker of Gravette, and three brothers, Mike Becker of Rogers, Tim Becker of Kentucky and Brian Becker of Wyoming.

Funeral: 3 p.m. Thursday, Corn-well Funeral Home, Danville, Ark. Burial: Dacus Cemetery, Mount George, Ark. Sallie Margaret Blckel, 95, Westminster Terrace, died Tuesday at Baptist Hospital East. She was the former Sallie Margaret Brown, a native of Hodgenville and a member of St.

Matthew United Church of Christ. Survivors: two daughters, Marjo-rie Clemons of Jeffersonville and Jean May; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday, McAfee Funeral Home, 4501 Bardstown Road. Burial: Resthaven Memorial Park.

Visitation: 2-8 p.m. Friday. Lionel D. "Sonny" Blssell, 52, of 2334 W. Madison died Monday at Jewish Hospital.

He was a native of Paducah, an employee of Mike Linnig's restaurant and a member of Hill Street Baptist Church. Survivors: four sons, Eric, Mark, Kyle and Lome Bissell; a daughter, Tanya Davis; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. D.

Bissell; two sisters, Char-maine Bissell of Houston and Martha Bissell; and eight grandchildren. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday, G. C. Williams Funeral Home, 1935 W.

Broadway. Burial: Green Meadows Memorial Cemetery. Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Friday. Theodore L.

Blatz 70, Shepherdsville, died Tuesday at Humana Hospital-Audubon. He was a native of Jefferson County, a retired employee of Philip Morris a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars 5710. Survivors: two daughters, Gerry Schepers of Shepherdsville and Helen Blatz of Okolona; three sons, Ted Blatz Jr. of Borden, Terry Blatz of Shepherdsville and Marty Blatz of Tampa, six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Visitation: Hardy-Close Funeral Home, Shepherdsville, after 11 a.m.

Thursday. William Lee Carter, 75, died Wednesday at SS. Mary Elizabeth Hospital. He was a native of Muhlenberg County, a retired carpenter for Louisville Gas Electric Co. and a member of Mount Calvary Independent Baptist Church.

Survivors: his wife, the former Hazel Ruth Robertson; four daughters, Connie Koverman of Dayton, Ohio, Martha Smith of Bedford, Mary Willis and Penny Tolley; a son, Russell Powell of Bedford; four brothers, Harry, Jerry, Paul and Bobby Carter; three sisters, Dena Wilcox, Virginia Carter and Ruthie Robinson; 17 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday, Owen Funeral Home, 5317 Dixie Highway. Burial: Louisville Memorial Gardens West. Visitation: 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Thursday. Sue Sweeney Correa, 53, De- pauw, died Wednesday at Norton Hospital after an illness. She was an employee of Humana Inc. Survivors: her husband, Glenn Correa of DepauW; a son, Scott Correa of Depauw; her mother, Frances Sweeney of Lexington; a brother, Frank Sweeney of Lexington; and a sister, Pat Hisel of Lexington. Funeral: 10 a.m.

Saturday, Ratter-man's, 3711 Lexington Road. Visitation: 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Memorial gifts: American Cancer Society. Noble E.

Cunningham 92, formerly of Louisville, died Wednesday at King's Daughters' Memorial Hospital in Frankfort. He was a native of Corydon, and a retired superintendent in the leaf department at Brown Williamson Tobacco where he had worked more than 30 years. LOUISVILLE Bernard Francis Altman 63 Patrick A. Becker, 39 Sallie Margaret Blckel, 95 Lionel D. "Sonny" Bissell, 52 Theodore L.

Blatz 70 William Lee Carter, 75 Sue Sweeney Correa, 53 Noble E. Cunningham 92 Virginia Mae Suhre Dowdle, 85 Percy Lee Fuqua 70 Wade E. Gartner, 49 Hazel Anna Trail Graves, 82 Carolyn Johnson, 71 Foster Kaiser, 71 John G. Kiesel, 83 Gladys Marie Landberg, 85 Jean Flack Mattlngly, 61 Karla E. Millan, 17 Helen Ruby Hill Mills, 76 Aline Posante, 66 Rhoda Marie Potts, 68 Benjamin Duvall Rake 82 Louis Ritchie 61 Christian Alexander Thompson, infant son of Charles and Carol Ann Thompson Beulah Lee Hunter Wilson, 82 Kenneth Wing, 74 Indiana deaths, Page 8 Survivors: a daughter, Mary Alice Harmon of Frankfort; a son, Noble E.

Cunningham Jr. of Columbia, and three grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday, Deer Park Baptist Church, 1733 Bardstown Road. Burial: Evans Landing (Ind.) Cemetery.

Visitation: Highlands Funeral Home, 3331 Taylors-ville Road, 4-9 p.m. Thursday. Memorial gifts: church building fund. Virginia Mae Suhre Dowdle, 85, died Tuesday at Baptist Hospital East. Survivors: three sons, Daniel George A.

and Paul A. Dowdle; four daughters, Helen Flowers of Mid-dlesboro, Mary Jean Dowdle of Frankfort, Carol Baunach and Virginia Mae Roehrig; a sister, Cathryn Suhre; two brothers, Arthur A. and Charles C. Suhre; 39 grandchildren; and 42 great-grandchildren. Funeral: 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 3345 Lexington Road. Burial: Calvary Cemetery. Visitation: Ratterman's, 3711 Lexington Road, 2-9 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Memorial gifts: Mass of the Air.

Percy Lee Fuqua 70, of 1816 W. Market died there Monday. He was a native of Florence, and a retired employee of Louisville Gas Electric Co. Survivors: five sons, Charlie Fuqua of Cincinnati, Jimmie Fuqua of Florence, Percy Jr. and Gleen-wood Fuqua and James Sowell; three daughters, Emma Fuqua of Florence, Janie Johns and RoPearl Fuqua; a brother, William Fuqua of Florence; and several grandchildren.

Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday, G. C. Williams Funeral Home, 1935 W. Broadway.

Burial: Louisville Cemetery. Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Thursday. The funeral for Wade E. Gartner, 49, Shepherdsville, will be at 10 a.m.

Friday at Hardy-Close Funeral Home in Shepherdsville. Burial: Highland Memory Gardens, Mount Washington. Visitation: 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday and after 9 a.m. Friday.

He died Tuesday. The funeral for Hazel Anna Trail Graves, 82, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Owen Funeral Home, 5317 Dixie Highway. Burial: Louisville Memorial Gardens West. Visitation: 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Thursday. She died Tuesday. Carolyn L. Johnson, 71, formerly of Louisville, died Sunday at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville. She was a native of Shelby County-Survivors: a daughter, Norma Wadley of Ohio; three grandchildren; and a friend, Mattie Wilson, who cared for her.

The body was cremated. Memorial service: 1 p.m. Friday, R. G. May Sons Phoenix Hill Funeral Home, 719 E.

Chestnut St. Foster Kaiser, 71, died Wednesday at Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a retired employee of Brown-Kaiser a Marine Corps veteran of World War II and a member of Veteran of Foreign Wars Mid-dletown Post 1170, Highland Presbyterian Church and the Kentucky Tennis Hall of Fame. Survivors: his wife, the former Helen Henry; a daughter, Karen Kaiser Kempf; a stepson, Steve Wright of Morehead; a brother, William H. Kaiser; two sisters, Grace Kimball of Holly Hill, and Marion Shaw; and four grandchildren.

The body was donated to the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Memorial gifts: charity. John G. Kiesel, 83, died Wednesday at St. Matthews Manor.

He was a retired president of the old Whitehead-Kiesel Co. and a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church. and chills. In court, Weathers told Melichar that some friends had suggested he spike the teacher's drink.

"Some kids had come up with the idea of doing this, and he carried it out," Katz said. "They really didn't believe that any harm would come to the teacher." Melichar asked Weathers if he was a drug abuser, and the teen answered that he was not. Ristau, who could not be reached for comment by telephone yesterday, has said that Weathers called her at home the evening after the incident and apologized. When she asked him why he had done it, "he said, 'You know me. I just do stupid things without Ristau said last spring.

Katz said Weathers would remain free on bond pending sentencing. A school spokeswoman said Weathers was no longer enrolled at the school but had not gone through expulsion procedures. remained hospitalized in satisfactory condition yesterday at Bloomington Hospital, a spokeswoman said. She said Josie Fleener was released from the hospital yesterday. An assailant entered the Fleeners' rural mobile home and attacked them with a machete before setting their bed on fire with flaming pieces of toilet paper, said Sgt.

Steve Chambers of the Monroe County Sheriffs Department. Josie Fleener extinguished the fire after the assailant left. He escaped with $5 in cash and their checkbook, authorities said. "The motive was to steal. He did not know the victims.

It was because of the remoteness of their residence," Miller said. Powers turned himself in after seeking advice from counselors at a Hamilton County hospital, authorities said. plentiful in only three: Crooked Lake in Whitley County; Lawrence Lake in Marshall County; and South Twin Lake in LaGrange County, said Bill James, director of fisheries for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. James said fertilizers and other chemicals have contributed to the problem. Other changes such as farming or replacing shoreline weeds with beaches can speed the chemical aging of the lakes by dumping huge amounts of organic matter, nitrogen and other nutrients into the water.

That material collects on the bottom, which is deadly to the Cisco, James said. From Associated Press dispatches tained through a series of break-ins at California car-rental offices and a Frederick's of Hollywood lingerie store in Los Angeles, the indictment said. Equipment to make driver's licenses was stolen during break-ins at Oklahoma driver's license offices. Authorities believe the six are part of a group that has surfaced in California, Nevada and Indiana using fraudulent credit cards to obtain cash and merchandise. Seven people were arrested in Louisville after a tip from an employee at one of the banks.

Those charged yesterday are: Vena Timmons, 24; Arlinda Randle, 38; Hassan A. Mohammed, 47; William D. Bond II, 38; Emando Jose Roos III, 43; and James Hughes, 41. All are in custody. A seventh man initially arrested, Romaldo Allen, was not included in the indictment after a federal magistrate ruled there did not appear to be probable cause to proceed against him.

Lloyd's policy with the company, N.Y. Diaco, required it to have at least two employees on duty at all times. The insurer said only one worker was in the office when it was robbed because the company president had gone to the bathroom. But U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton said, "A brief trip to the restroom at various times during the day is not inconsistent with being on duty or attending the office." Lane, 3-7 p.m.

Friday. Memorial gifts: Alzheimer's Disease Related Disorders Association. Gladys Marie Landberg, 85, formerly of 1817 Rowan died Tuesday at the home of a daughter. She was the former Gladys Ma-lone, a native of Taylor County and a retired supervisor for A Bakery, where she had worked 32 years. Survivors: two daughters, June M.

Newsom of Jeffersonville and Mary Lou Blanton; two sons, Lawrence N. Landberg of Greenville, and William E. Landberg; nine grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren. Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Friday, Schop-penhorst Underwood Funeral Home, 19th and Market streets.

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday and after 10 a.m. Friday. Jean Flack Mattlngly, 61, Mid-dletown, died Wednesday at her home.

Survivors: her husband, James Bernard Mattingly two daughters, Susan Hardwick of Tampa, and Linda McCandless; four sons, Sonny Graybeal of Leitchfield, Roger Mattingly of Tacoma, and James Jr. and Marcus Mattingly; a sister, Margaret Freeman of Middletown; three brothers, Edward Flack of Florida, Lester Flack of Skylight and Carroll Flack of Buckner; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday, Arch L. Heady-Radcliffe Funeral Home, La Grange.

Burial: Valley of Rest Cemetery, La Grange. Visitation: 1-9 p.m. Friday. Karla E. Millan, 17, Sellersburg, formerly of Louisville, died Wednesday at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville.

Clark County Deputy Coroner E. M. Coots IV said the death was a suicide. Millan was a junior at Louisville Collegiate School, where she was features editor of the newspaper Pandemonium, vice president of the junior class and a member of the Service Club and field hockey team. Survivors: her father, Dr.

Joselito L. Millan of Sellersburg; her mother, Joyce Smith Millan; two sisters, Tahra L. Millan of New York City and Maria L. Millan; a brother, Jer-rett R. Millan; and her grandparents, Maria Mercedes Millan of the Philippines and Charles and Josephine Smith.

Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday, Bosse Funeral Home, Barret and Ellison avenues. Burial: Cave Hill Cemetery. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Thursday and 2-5 and 7-9 p.m.

Friday. Helen Ruby Hill Mills, 76, Fair-dale, died Tuesday at The Meadows East. She was a retired cafeteria worker for General Electric Co. Survivors: four sons, Byron Mar-zian of Chicago and Charles, Norman and Terry Marzian; a sister, Dolores Militello of Florida; 12 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m.

Saturday, Fair-dale Funeral Home, 411 Fairdale Road. Burial: Mount Holly Cemetery. Visitation: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday.

Memorial gifts: Hospice of Louisville. Aline L. Posante, 66, died Wednesday at Christopher East Healthcare Facility. She was the former Aline Slater KENTUCKY DEATHS ALBANY Venda Groce, 70 BELFRY Veda Mae King Lancaster, 78 BENHAM Stella Funk. 74 BOWLING GREEN Charles J.

Bunton, 68; Zora Alice Flynn, 76 BRANDENBURG William L. McQuary, 81 CADIZ Freida Nadine Cothran, 66 CAMPBELLSVILLE Karol Gnbbins, 61 CORBIN Sibyl Owens, 67 CYNTHIANA Lillian Moore, 81 DANVILLE Oscar Joseph Huffman, 80 DRAKESBORO Elizabeth Cook, 48 EARLINGTON Earl Greenwade, 93 EDDYVILLE Pansy Boyd, 78 ELIZABETHTOWN Kenneth Wing, 74 ELKHORN CITY Mabel Venters, 70 ELKTON James Henson, 86 GLASGOW Bufie Carver, 92; Lela Hester Huff, 90; William Earl Sartin, 65 GREENVILLE Neva Lee. 91 HOPKINSVILLE Ollie Mavis Joiner, 87 HORSE CAVE Jim Owens, 43 JACKSON Effie Banks Spencer, 91 LEXINGTON Ellis V. Brown, 83 LONDON Ovis Franklin Amburgey, 58; Millie Evans, 85 LOOKOUT Terry Dean Ratliff, 35 MANCHESTER Orville Saylor, 59 MARTIN Olive Mae Keathley, 77; Grace D. Ratliff, 90 MURRAY Benjamin Brown, 83 NEW CASTLE Anna Marie Frazier, 2 latter 3 p.m.

Thursday. OWENSBORO Carl Aloysius "Uncle Carl" Fahrendorf, 75; R. O. Richardson, 71; George C. Wilhoyte 70 PADUCAH Annie Stevenson, 91 PIKEVILLE Octavia Adkins, 67; Goldia Little Langley, 77 PRINCETON Agnes Tina Barber, 75 RANSOM Maggie Mullins, 86 RUSSELL SPRINGS Irene C.

Conatser, 76 RUSSELLVILLE Ruth Whitsell, 65 SCOTTSVILLE The Rev. Gerald Lee Cherry, 48 SHELBYVILLE Christine Byrd Wise, 66 TOMPKINSVILLE Audie Wisdom, 80 WARSAW Lester Pollard, 63 WHITLEY CITY Reba Wood, 69 WINCHESTER Benjamin Duvall Rake 82 1HS1 6 Californians indicted in fake-credit-card scam Roger L. Ritchie of Pewee Valley and James B. Ritchie; a daughter, Anna P. Sanders of Pewee Valley; four brothers, Willie D.

Ritchie of Nashville, and Charles Floyd and Arthur L. Ritchie; three sisters, LaVerne Ritchie, Barbara Turner and Betty A. Ritchie; a stepsister, Etta Higgins; a stepbrother, Frank Jordan; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday, Pewee Valley First Baptist Church.

Burial: Pewee Valley Cemetery. Visitation: Stoess Funeral Home, Crestwood, 7-9 p.m. Friday, and at the church after 11 a.m. Saturday. Christian Alexander Thompson, infant son of Charles and Carol Ann Thompson, Valley Station, died Tuesday at Humana Hospital-Audubon.

Survivors besides his parents: a brother, Charles A. Thompson II; his grandparents, Carl and Wilma Pierce of North Carolina and Louis and Mary G. Thompson of Valley Station; and his great-grandparents, Christine Pierce of Clarkston and Zack and Georgia Higdon of Big Cliffy. The funeral and burial will be private. There will be no visitation.

W. G. Hardy Valley Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Memorial gifts: Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation, P.O. Box 24776, Tampa, Fla.

33623-4776. Beulah Lee Hunter Wilson, 82, died Wednesday at Summerfield Manor. She was a native of Brandenburg, a retired seamstress for Enro Shirt Co. and a member of Order of Eastern Star Bright Star Chapter 16. Survivors: her husband, I.

J. Wilson; two stepdaughters, Velvia Jean Hammond of Malabar, and Novella Frank; a brother, Charles Hunter; and two sisters, Willa Jock-ell and Alice Hassenpflug. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, Owen Funeral Home, 5317 Dixie Highway. Burial: Resthaven Memorial Park.

Visitation: 4-9 p.m. Thursday and noon-4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Friday. Kenneth Wing, 74, formerly of Louisville, died Wednesday at his home in Summit.

He was a retired employee of the old International Harvester an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Summit United Methodist Church. Survivors: four stepsons, Ivan Morrison of Mississippi, Russell Thomas Morrison of Florida and James D. and Charles J. Morrison; his stepmother, Christine Wing of Maine; two half sisters, Lewella Shaw and Eleanor Goodridge, both of Maine; a half brother, Raymond Wing of Maine; 14 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m.

Friday, Dixon-Atwood-Adkins Brownfield Funeral Home, Elizabethtown. Burial: Summit United Methodist Church Cemetery. Visitation: after 2 p.m. Thursday. Memorial gifts: Hospice of Central Kentucky, 2919 Ring Road, Elizabethtown, Ky.

42701. By DEBORAH YETTER Staff Writer Six Californians alleged to be members of a counterfeit-credit-card ring were indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on fraud and conspiracy charges. They are six of seven people arrested in March by Louisville police, working with the Secret Service, for allegedly using credit cards and false identification to obtain thousands -of dollars in cash advances from banks. The: indictment alleges that the six, all from Richmond, conspired to commit bank fraud and had 16 counterfeit bank cards and various false driver's licenses. The cards were used to obtain $6,000 in cash advances from two branch banks in Louisville and in attempts to get another $6,000 from two branch banks, one in Louisville and one in; Lexington.

Credit-card numbers were ob Judge upholds legality of bathroom break Associated Press NEW YORK In a decision that merits a sigh of relief from office workers everywhere, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that it's OK to go to the bathroom at work. The order came in a case in which Lloyd's of London sought to avoid, paying a $1.5 million insurance claim to a wholesale diamond dealer who was robbed..