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TMK MolNKS UK.tllSTKK MoNHAY. NoVKMHKKiU), 11W2 10A Metro Record Monday Morning Briefing 1 This Week FBI looks at similarity of sketches in Gosch case Noreen Gosch is optimistic over a San Francisco newspaper's report that FBI investigators have new leads in a kidnapping case that may involve her son's kidnapper. "We're very, very hopeful," said Gosch, mother of Johnny Gosch. "Now we can prove there is a pattern, a trail of cases. We have some tangible material that can be traced," she said Sunday.

The television program "America's Most Wanted" recently aired a composite sketch that a private investigator claims is that of Gosch's abductor. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday that the sketch matched another sketch of a child's abductor in the San Francisco area. Bay-area investigators, the paper reported, are looking into whether the two kidnappings are connected. Des Moines FBI agents are aware of the possible connection, and the lines of communication are open between agents in San Francisco and Des Moines, said agent David Oxley. Johnny Gosch was 12 when he was kidnapped from his paper route in West Des Moines in 1982 while delivering the Des Moines Sunday i 8mm HANDYCAM CAMCORDER 8mm HANOYCAM" CAMCORDER Ull murder trial.

The first-degree murder trial of Teri Lass begins Tuesday in Jasper County. Lass of Norwalk is accused or killing her 6-day-old son, Shane, in February. A Warren County judge decided in September to move the trial from Warren County to Jasper County. Des Moines school board. The Des Moines school board will hold a special work session at 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday at the district office, 1800 Grand to catch up on program evaluations. The board will discuss these programs: the Des Moines Plan, the district's remedial reading and math program; School Within A School, a dropout prevention program; and the board and community relutions department. Grief recovery seminar. A seminar to help deal with the holidays after the loss of a loved one will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the chapel at Merle Hay Funeral Home, 4400 Merle Hay Road.

The program, "How To Handle the Holidays: A Grief Recovery Program," will be led by Nancy Taylor, grief consultant at the funeral home. Art Center open house. The Des Moines Art Center will hold its annual holiday open house from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday. Museum tours, live entertainment, children's activities, refreshments and a visit by Santa Claus are all free for the evening.

The Holiday Tree in the Art Center lobby, decorated by Saley Nong, features handmade ornaments inspired by art from the permanent collection. Christmas quitters' auction. The Ankeny Area Quilters Guild will hold its second annual Spirit of Christmas auction from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at First Church of Christ, 310 N.W. Ash Drive.

The silent auction begins at 2 p.m. Admission is $1 or a non-perishable food item, which will be donated to the church's food bank. State pigeon show. More than 250 breeds of pigeons will be exhibited at the 67th annual Iowa State Pigeon Association show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. The 3,500 exotic show birds make up the largest Iowa show and one of the top 10 shows nationwide. There is no admission charge. Holiday home tour. The Sherman Hill Association annual Holiday Tour of Decorated Homes will be from 4 to 8 p.m.

Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Luminaries will be lit Saturday and the tours both days feature food, craft displays, strolling carolers and Father Christmas. Guests will be transported to tour sites from First United Methodist Church, 1001 Pleasant St. Tickets are $7 for adults and $2 for children under 12.

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Saturday when the men offered her a ride. She said she accepted the offer. The woman said she was held at gunpoint by all three men, who ordered her to perform sexual acts. She was taken to the Easter Lake area and raped repeatedly by all three. Thev then took her to Sixth and University avenues, where they assaulted her again, she told police.

At that point she saw police officers, but she said she was unable to call for help because she feared for her life. She said her assailants threatened to kill her. She was left at East 19th and Des Moines streets and found about 2:20 a.m. Sunday. She was taken to Des Moines General Hospital by ambulance.

She described her assailants as white males and their car as a dark four-door. Sgt. Jerry Wells of the police's sexual-violence section said he did not have further information because the woman had not been interviewed by police yet. Indianola woman 'critical' after wreck An Indianola woman was listed in critical condition at Iowa Methodist Medical Center with injuries she suf fered in a single-car accident early Sunday morning. Mistv Burns.

18. and Curt Ander son. 22. of Knoxville were thrown from a car that rolled several times into a ditch just east of Hartford on Iowa Hiehwav 5 about 5:15 a.m Sunday, the Warren County sheriffs office reported. It was unclear who was driving the 1981 Oldsmobile or whether either person was wearing a seat belt, police said.

Burns, who suffered head and chest injuries, was flown by air am bulance to Methodist, where she was in the intensive-care unit Sunday af ternoon. Anderson was taken to Methodist by a Carlisle ambulance and was listed in 2ood condition. The sheriffs office said the accident was not weather-related and an investigation is continuing. Gunman robs a Taco John's The Taco John's restaurant at 3144 S.E. 14th St.

was robbed at gunpoint late Friday. The suspect, who was wearing his coat inside out, ordered food at the counter, went to the restroom and then pointed a revolver at the clerk when he returned to the front of the restaurant, police said. The employee took money from the register and placed it in a paper Taco John's sack. The suspect then ran north from the restaurant into the Hy-Vee parking lot, officials said. It is unknown where he fled from there.

The suspect was in his late teens, police said. Man is robbed at Coastal Mart A 35-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint la. lYiday in the parking lot of the Mart gas station at 1516 S.E. First' Jack William Steingrabe of 428 S.E. Bell Ave.

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I TiimiiiMMili iliiii.ui. I ill "tYTTT Plans to streamline USDA to be passed on to Clinton ARCHER mSTKtT CASTLAWN si i' ANKENY BLVD. 965-1652 Reuter Washington, D.C. As the Agriculture Department nears the end of a sweeping review of its operations, it will be up to the Clinton administration to decide the fate of the agency's 8,000 local offices. By closing or merging unneeded offices the department could save tens of millions of dollars and provide better, more modern service, critics of the agency say.

Agriculture is the fourth-largest federal department, with duties ranging from food stamps to farm subsidies and national forests. It has more than 1 10,000 employees, i The reorganization effort reaches a milestone today, when state directors of fanner service agencies meet to begin scrutiny of local offices for possible closings. Each office has been assessed under a six-part formula and given a score. Agriculture Secretary Edward Ma-digan plans to produce a set of recommendations by mid-January. President-elect Bill Clinton's administration takes over Jan.

20. "We were hoping for four more years," Madigan spokesman Roger Runningcn said. "As to Clinton and his agi iculture secretary, we are going to leave behind a well-thought-out plan they can choose to accept, reject or modify." Although attention has focused on local offices serving farmers, 22 of the nearly four dozen agriculture agencies are being examined, including the Forest Service, Runningen said. "I won't rule out the notion he (Madigan) could have something to say" in his report about consolidating farm-service agencies or revamping the management structure, Runningen said. That sort of action would require approval by Congress, while merging or closing offices could be accomplished independently.

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