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4 A Region ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Oct. 1 7, 1 983' PoliceCourts 7 by the assailant. She told police that she cut her hand on the knife he carried. The following incidents were among those that were reported to police departments in the St.

Louis metropolitan area or that involved action in one of the area's courts: XX.T7' t'J JJ LL r. -si -PH-. turn1 iiaiwaitMfhawiiiieiWTii -ur -jrvmamf I "Beep" Sailing Violent Deaths Louis Police are seeking a suspect in the fatal shooting of a man early Sunday oh Gravois Avenue near South Grand Boulevard. The victim was Robert Krenning, 20, of the 3400 block of Arsenal Street, who had been walking his dog in the 3500 block of South Grand at 1 :30 a.m. Police say a man picked a fight with him, drew a gun and shot Krenning in the left side of the chest.

John Walker, 34, of the 9000 block of Loganberry Lane, Bel-Ridge, was shot to death shortly before midnight Saturday in a quarrel in the 2800 block of Prairie" Avenue. Sexual Assaults St. Louis James Jones, 30, of the 1500 -block of East DeSoto Avenue, has been charged with two counts of rape, sodomy and first-degree burglary in connection with an incident early Sunday involving a 23-year-old woman from north St. Louis. Jones is accused of raping the woman twice.

A 25-year-old woman was forced into an abandoned taxicab, raped and then robbed early Sunday as she was walking in the 5000 block of Delmar Boulevard. The assailant took $4 before leaving. A 44-year-old woman was raped Saturday morning in her home on the Near South Side. The woman was sleeping on a couch about 7:30 a.m. when she was awakened Jerry Naunheim Jr.

Post-Dispatch sailing. The blind people are able to direct the boats around a series of buoys that emit a loud "beeping" noise. A spokesman said all three are good swimmers and were assisted by others on the boat. Theresa Lauer (left), Marlene and Roger Dinwidde, all blind, learn about sailboats by feeling the parts of the boats with their hands. They met at Creve Coeur Lake Sunday to participate in a new recreational activity called "beep 4 Neighbor Charged With Murder In Shootings Near Red Bud, 111.

Dr. Burton Gedney of St. Joseph Hospital said the study had been a first step in long-term research into the potential health effects of exposure to dioxin. "This is not the end of the dioxin problem, but merely a beginning to help us study the problems," Dr. Gedney said.

no significant differences were found between the two groups in the incidence of birth defects, cancer, headaches, memory loss, impotence or infertility. No indication was found of the presence of chloracne, a skin rash associated with exposure to dioxin. A slightly higher incidence of enlarged livers and urinary tract ailments in the high-risk group was reported, Dr. Falk said, but the frequency was small and statistically insignificant. Dr.

H. Denny Donnell of the Missouri Division of Health said it was possible that subtle, long-term health problems could take longer to develop. He said health officials would continue to study other residents of Missouri who have been exposed to the chemical. Dr. Donnell said the study's major purpose was to provide basic health information that could be used in later investigations.

Many residents attending the meeting remained skeptical. Joseph Cowell was charged today with murder and attempted murder in the shootings Saturday of Betty Vernier and her husband, John, at their home near Red Bud, 111. Cowell, 63, and another suspect in thej shootings live near the Verniers and were arrested at the scene. Authorities say the neighbors may have been feuding. Mrs.

Vernier, 41, died Saturday at St. Clement's Hospital in Red Bud about an hour after the shooting. She was shot in the head about 5 p.m. while in the front yard of her home on LL Road. John Vernier, 45, who was with his Traffic Accidents Franklin County.

The Missouri Highway Patrol is trying to determine the identity of a teen-ager who was killed Saturday as he was riding his bicycle on 1-44 two miles east of Highway 50 In Franklin County. The youth was black and about 15 years old. Authorities said he was trying to cross the westbound lanes of I-44 about 7:30 p.m. Saturday when he was struck by a pickup truck driven by Kevin K. Davis, 29.

of Sullivan, Mo. St. Louis St. Louis Police Capt. Harry Lee was slightly injured Sunday and his unmarked police car was damaged in a four-car accident.

Lee is deputy commander of the Ruskin Avenue District. Sadie Montgomery, 58, of the 5300 block of Martin Luther King Drive, struck Lee's unmarked police car after falling asleep at the wheel. She was cited for destruction of city property and following another vehicle too closely. Robberies St. Louis Bessie Love, 64, of the 5600 block of Mimika Avenue, was robbed Sunday of $200 and three diamond rings worth $3,000.

Mrs. Love told police that she was robbed at 3:25 a.m. by a man who had been following her in his car. The man got out his car when she stopped to set an alarm in her car. He knocked her to the ground, took her possessions and fled north on Mimika.

Mrs. Love was not injured. wife in the yard, was shot twice in the upper chest, authorities said. He was reported in stable condition today at Belleville Memorial Hospital. The area where the shooting took place is about 40 miles southeast of St.

Louis in Monroe County. Monroe County State's Attorney Alan Stumpf said charges might be issued against the second suspect. Two young children of the victims were at home when the shootings occurred, said Monroe County Sheriff Dan Kelley. A family member notifed the police of the shooting almost immediately, authorities said. Oct 30 IT MMmS ABWFEmmE IN EVERYTHING Dioxin From page one in a so-called "high-risk" group.

They were compared with 36 people in a comparison group considered to be at low risk. The largest single group in the study lived in Times Beach. Others were residents of the so-called Minker and Stout sites in northern Jefferson County. Doctors said that most residents included in the control group had had no apparent exposure to dioxin and that only a few had lived briefly in neighborhoods that contained low levels of the chemical. "This was an appropriate comparison," said Dr.

Henry Falk, head of the special studies branch of the Centers for Disease Control. "The tests were begun after an exhaustive screening process." He said the high-risk classification had been based on the level of dioxin found on residents' property and the length of time residents were exposed. Dr. Falk said the findings had been "reassuring." Emphasizing the preliminary nature of the study, he said the findings should not result in concern about dioxin. "This should not be interpreted to mean any lessening of the level of concern for limiting contact with dioxin or delaying its cleanup," he said.

"The level of concern should be as high as it was before." FLORISSANT 225 Dunn Rd. 838-2230 MARYLAND 12703 "I've got dioxin in my back yard over 100 parts per billion and you used me as part of your study group," an angry Murray Abrahamson shouted "You've got to get your act together. I'm not reassured." Abrahamson lives at the Minker site. A private laboratory tested soil samples from his yard at 4044 West Rock Creek Road and found that it contained more than 100 parts of dioxin for each billion parts of soil. The CDC has said that exposure to dioxin at the Minker site at levels higher than one part for each million may pose a health risk.

The findings also were questioned by Lin Sproull, who heads an environmental group in Jefferson County called Environmental Control Helpers Organization. "All of the dogs at the Minker site died this summer," she said. "There are people out there who have serious health problems. We're doing our own health study and our results will very definitely be different." Mrs. Leistner said, "We, the victims, have been classified as hysterical and frustrated.

This study doesn't tell us anything new and it makes things more difficult to live with." Dioxin is an unwanted byproduct of the manufacturing of some chemicals. It can cause chloracne and diseases of the nerves, liver, kidneys and bladder. ST. ANN 10429 St. Charles Rock Rd.

423-3004 vary by club. i 1 If Murray Abrahamson "I'm not reassured" Federal health officials suspect that dioxin causes cancer. The dioxin that has been found at 33 sites in Missouri has been traced to a defunct chemical plant in Verona, in southwestern Missouri. Many of the sites were contaminated in the early 1970s when waste from the plant was mixed with waste oil and sprayed to control dust. ST.

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