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Salina Journal Wednesday, December 30, 1987 9 On the Record Deaths Francis J. Betzen McPHERSON Francis J. Betzen, 71, McPherson, died Monday, Dec. 28, in Sun City, Ariz. Mr.

Betzen was born May 28, 1916, in Woodward, and had lived in McPherson since 1953, moving from Woodward. He had been a retired manager for 25 years with the C.R. Anthony Store in McPherson. He was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church, McPherson, and the St.

Clements of Rome Catholic Church in Sun City, Ariz. He was an honorary lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus, Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce and the Elks Lodge No. 502, all of McPherson. Survivors include his wife, Glenna Merle of the home; two sons, Keith of Arlington, Texas, and Kendall of David City, two daughters, Carol Austin -of McPherson and Cathy McProud of Hutchinson; two brothers, Jake of Woodward, and Pete of Wichita; a sister of Arizona; and nine grandchildren. The funeral will be 10 a.m.

Thursday at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Woodward, the Rev. Crider officiating. Burial will be in the Elmwood Cemetery, Woodward. Visitation will be at 8 p.m.

today at the Stetcher Funeral Home, Woodward. Clara S. Humbarger SOLOMON Clara S. Humbarger, 81, Solomon, died Tuesday, Dec. 29, at the Kenwood View Nursing Home in Salina.

Mrs. Humbarger was born Sept. 18, 1906, in Solomon. She was a homemaker and a registered nurse. She graduated in 1932 from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.

She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Ann's Altar Society, Solomon, and the Kansas Nursing Association. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond. Survivors include a son, Peter D. of Topeka; a daughter, Sandra Henderson of Solomon; and a granddaughter.

The funeral will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Solomon, the Rev. Ralph Aschenbrenner officiating. Burial will be in the Mount Calvary Cemetery, Solomon. A St.

Ann's Altar Society rosary will be said at 5 p.m. today, and a parish rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. at the Carlson Funeral Home, Solomon. Memorials may be made to the church. Visitation will be until 9:30 a.m.

Thursday at the funeral home. Olive C. Kerr BEVERLY Olive C. Kerr, 96, Beverly, died Tuesday, Dec. 29, at the Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln.

Mrs. Kerr was born Jan. 30, 1891, in Huntington County, and had lived in Beverly since 1910. She was a homemaker and a member of the United Methodist Church of Beverly. Her husband, Grant, died in 1963, Survivors include a stepdaughter, Helen Berkley of Salina; a sister, May McCormick of Lincoln; and five stepgrandchildren.

The funeral will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Hall Mortuary, Lincoln, the Rev. Claude Fillingim officiating. Burial will be in the Beverly Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the church.

Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. today and until time of service Thursday at the funeral home. Eva V. Whetstine WASHINGTON Eva V. Whetstine, 89, Washington, died Monday, Dec.

28, at the Homestead Nursing Home in Washington. Miss Whetstine was born March 30, 1898, in Washington and was a lifetime resident. She had been a bookkeeper for Kansas Power and Light Co. and a sales clerk for several department stores. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, where she played the organ for more than 40 years; American Legion Auxiliary; and a past member of the Rebekah Lodge.

Survivors include a sister, Agnes Westing of Washington. A service will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Washington City Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the United Methodist Church. There will be no visitation.

Ward Funeral Home, Washington, is in charge of arrangements. Robert H. Munk GORHAM Robert H. Munk, 70, Gorham, died Sunday, Dec. 27, at the Russell City Hospital, Russell.

Mr. Munk was born July 15, 1917, in Vincent. He was a retired farmer, a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and a past member of the Knights of Columbus, both of Gorham. His wife, Eleanor, died in 1968.

Survivors include two sons, Charles and Clyde, both of Gorham; five daughters, Carol Price of New Cambria, Corine Gideon of Russell, Carlotta Braun of Colby, Cindy Dugan of Dubois, and Catherine Debes of Hoisington; a brother, Ted of Hoxie; a sister, Bernadine Degenhardt of Hays; 18 grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren. The funeral will be 10 a.m. today at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Gorham, the Rev. Gregory Beyer officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. A rosary and wake was 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Cline's Mortuary, Victoria. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association. Visitation is after 8 a.m.

today at the funeral home. Tana Skaggs PLAINVILLE Tana Skaggs, 44, Plainville, died Monday, Dec. 28, at the Plainville Rural Hospital, Plainville. Mrs. Skaggs was born April 25, 1943, in Larned.

She had been a resident of Plainville for the past five years, moving from Russell. She was a self-employed home health care worker. Survivors include her husband, Ken of the home; five sons, Trampus Kennedy and Gerald Kennedy, both of Plainville, Darin Myers of Oklahoma City, Kevin Myers of Russell and Ward Bannon of Boston; three daughters, Kathy Lynch of LaCrosse and Kelly and Dana Skaggs, both of Salina; her father and stepmother, Floyd and Bernice Weimaster of Russell; her stepfather, Quinton Nollenberg of Shirley, three brothers, Alan Weimaster and Dale Weimaster, both of Russell, and Danny Nollenberg of Shirley, and eight grandchildren, The funeral will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Mosher-McMillin Funeral Home, Plainville, the Rev. Verle Shoemaker officiating.

Burial will be Saturday in Clinton, Ark. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 today and after 9 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Selma F. Webb LINCOLN Selma F. Webb, 74, Lincoln, died Saturday, Dec. 26, at her home. Mrs.

Webb was born Oct. 27, 1913, in Lincoln. She had been a cook for many years in the hospital and schools in Lincoln and was a member of the Congregational Christian Church. Her husband, Willie, died in 1984. Survivors include a son, Donald of Dodge City; two daughters, Donna Jean Kingan of Lincoln and Marsha Ann Sheppard of Larned; a sister, Edna Gisler of Lincoln; nine grandchildren; and 13 greatgrandchildren.

The funeral will be 2 p.m. today at the Hall Mortuary, Lincoln, the Rev. Michael Longden officiating. Burial will be in the Lincoln Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the church or the charity of the donor's choice.

Visitation is at the funeral home. Magdalene Milner BELLEVILLE Magdalene "Maggie" Milner, 84, formerly of Belleville, died Monday, Dec. 28, at her daughter's home in Salina. Mrs. Milner was born March 21, 1903, in Republic County.

She was a homemaker. Her husband, Harry, died in 1983. Survivors include two daughters, Carol Slubowski of Salina and Evelyn Milner of Waupaca, two grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. The funeral will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the Bachelor-FaulknerDart Funeral Home, Belleville, the Rev.

James Graves officiating. Burial will be in the Liberty Cemetery, northwest of Belleville. Visitation is at the funeral home. World's oldest person, 114, dies SWANSEA, Wales (API A British woman listed as the oldest person in the world, Anna Eliza Williams, has died at the age of 114 years and 209 days, a government official said Tuesday. Williams died Sunday night at the Tuxedo Horne for the Aged in Swansea, southern Wales, where she lived for several years, said Hugh Gardener, assistant director of West Glainorgan Social Services, which runs the home.

Rocket Chain crash on ice kills 3, hurts 2 (Continued from Page 1) the heat, Dykstra said. Only the girders of the building remained. Company officials would not characterize the accident as an explosion, although debris was scattered for more than 100 yards. "The building burst, clearly. It's designed to burst at a low pressure to prevent anything more violent.

It is a violent burn," Raab said. Hours after the accident, a section of the missile motor was still burning and pieces of debris were smoldering. Marcus Petersen, chief of a company fire crew, said he heard a succession of "loud reports" that shook his fire station three-quarters of a mile away. The fire "lit up the whole valley" as flames and smoke billowed 100 feet into the air, Petersen said. But the quick-burning fuel had mostly spent itself by the time he arrived two minutes later, he sald.

Two bodies were found inside the building and three victims, including Ellis, were outside, he said. It was unclear how they had gotten out of the building, he said. Ellis, who was conscious when firefighters arrived, complained of being cold but said nothing else as he was rushed to an ambulance, Petersen said. The building, about 60 feet by 70 feet and approximately 35 feet high, was one of 14 casting buildings in the strategic operations area and was 200 to 300 yards from the nearest structure. In the casting procedure, said company spokesman Ed Snow, liquid propellent is poured into the rocket motor casing where it settles around a metal core, or casting.

The casting is removed when the fuel hardens to the consistency of an eraser, giving the fuel a hollow center that permits it to burn evenly. Morton Thiokol produces the first stage of the MX missile, which has been a cornerstone of the Reagan administration's arms buildup. The first stage of the MX weighs 108,000 pounds and is 30 feet long. The four-stage missile, designed to carry up to 10 warheads, is 71 feet long, 92 inches in diameter and weighs 195,000 pounds. The first three stages use solid rocket fuels.

The fourth uses a liquid fuel to guide the missile to its target and release its warheads. Morton Thiokol, which manufactures the space shuttle booster rocket, also produces the first stage of the Midgetman, or small intercontinental ballistic missile. The company does not produce warheads. Tom Russell, vice president of corporate development and strategic planning at company headquarters in Chicago, said the fire was about five miles north of test bay T-24, where six days before Morton Thiokol conducted its second fullscale test firing of the redesigned space shuttle booster. City (Continued from Page 1) cidents involving cars.

But the possibility exists, Bender said, despite any efforts the city makes to make sledding more safe at the park. Even if the snow fence had been put in place Sunday, it probably would have been taken down within hours, Bender said. "We kept putting it up Monday and by the time you could drive around the park it would be moved again," Bender said. Bender said the best sledding hill is on the north where there is no danger of sliding into traffic. But the southwest portion of the hill is more appealing, he said, because it is shorter and easier to walk up.

Thus, he said, the fence gets moved. "It takes several adults or teenagers to move it, because it is held in place with 55 gallon drums filled with sand," Bender said. The snow fence is 100 feet long. When purchased two years ago, the fence was 150 feet long. The other section, Bender said, has been destroyed by people who challenge the hill with four-wheel-drive vehicles when it snows.

If the fence gets in their way, he said, it gets run over. Barricades are simply moved or bypassed by the motorists. Corrections A meeting on farm leases and leasing arrangements is planned at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Friendship Center. The date was incorrect in an earlier story.

Kelly McNamara, 152 S. 10th, a son of the late Gerald S. McNamara, 120 E. Prescott, was incorrectly identified as a daughter Tuesday in Mr. McNamara's obituary.

An obituary Tuesday incorrectly listed the funeral site for Bertie Wente, Quinter. The funeral will be 2 p.Ill. today al the Hoxie Christian ('hurch. By Harris News Service HAVEN An accumulation of ice on 1 K-96 highway east of Haven was blamed for a five-vehicle crash Monday afternoon in which three people died and two others were seriously hurt. The dead include a 2-year-old boy, who was found strapped in his carrier seat in the back seat of a his grandparents' car.

Paramedics said the boy, James Wohlgemuth, died of head injuries when the car was hit broadside by a skidding tractortrailer. Also killed was James' grandfather, Paul Wohlgemuth, 60, Tulsa, a professor of music at Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Okla. He formerly headed the Department of Music at Tabor College, Hillsboro, and was a member and director of the Mennonite Men's Choir in the early 1960s. Nineteen-year-old Cornell Bell, Wichita, a standout freshman basketball player for Hutchinson Community College, was declared clinically dead at 8 p.m. Monday.

He remained on life-support systems at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita for purposes of organ donation. Hospital officials declined to discuss details of the organ donation. Reno County Sheriff's Sgt. Scott Beardslee said the chain-reaction crash began when a westbound car driven by Sandra Cole, 29, Haven, skidded out of control on the icy roadway, slid sideways across the center line and clipped the front left side of the oncoming semi.

Cole, known to her television audience as Sandra Lee, is a newscaster for KWCH Channel 12, Wichita. Her car and three cars behind her, all ultimately involved in the crash, were following a westbound Kansas Department of Transportation truck carrying a road grader. After striking the oncoming semi, Cole's car spun and came to a stop in the westbound lane. The semi then skidded into the oncoming lane and collided with the Wohlgemuth sedan and Bell's car, then slid sideways and hit another car before overturning in the north ditch. Beardslee said the driver of the eastbound truck, Brian W.

Ackerson, 29, Wichita, was treated at Hutchinson Hospital for minor injuries. Timothy Wohlgemuth, 5, and his grandmother, Barbara Wohlgemuth, 61, remained in Wichita's HCA Wesley Medical Center Tuesday. Woman lost in store for 7 days WASHINGTON (AP) A confused elderly woman, who apparently spent seven days lost in a department store without food and water, was in good condition but unable to tell how she survived her Christmas week ordeal, officials said Tuesday. When Brigiile Pierre, 71, was found 'sunday night in a remote stairwell of the Lord Taylor store where she disappeared Dec. 21, she asked police for a cup of tea.

"Our reports are that she had not eaten or had anything to drink in seven days," said Fern Stone, spokeswoman additional study must mean, what the specific content of our high school classes should be, what we want our children to know when they graduate from our schools." High schools typically have six or seven periods a day, allowing students to take 48 to 56 courses over four years. Bennett said 36 of these should be academic core subjects, and the time left over for electives should be enough. But if students don't complete the core program, Bennett said, they might have to spend extra time in high school. "Frankly, I think a student would be better off studying an extra year or even an extra two years and completing a high school diploma and getting something real, getting For your Dream (Continued from Page 1) Hospital admissions Asbury Myra K. Adam, 1803 Shady Bend; Anna M.

Bolleu, 232 S. Fourth; Robert E. Carswell, 318 Maple; Ralph Eaton, 1832 Roberts; Melvin R. Isaacson, 341 Woodlawn; Debra McCullick, 824 Plaza Drive; Ralph Maag, 1202 Highland; VIolet Stull, 901 Plaza Drive; Vernedine L. Tyner, 535 State; Herbert H.

Blase, Lincoln; Michael Todd Brown, Herington; Eleanor P. Coates, New Cambria; William Q. Cronan, Lincoln; Kerry Grueber, Smolan; Debra L. Johnson, Falun; Fred Peterman, Ellsworth. St.

John's Michael Donovan, 2354 Mayfair; Lillian Byrn, 220 S. Front; Shirley J. Roach, 613 Lena; Jack L. Lundstrom, 906 Martin; Carl Holder, 900 Elmhurst; Sister Susanna Collister, Concordia; Buddy L. Farmer, Concordia; William C.

Lowell, Concordia; Joyce M. Schmitz, Stockton; Beulah Gotti, Tescott; Adela V. Furrer, Manchester; George J. Grubham, Bennington. Hospital dismissals Asbury Bessie L.

Boyer, 421 N. 13th; Godfrey Lundgrin, 2246 Kensington; John H. Schmidt, 1013 Martin; Kristina R. Steuber, 2814 Linda; John M. Stewart, 1643 Elgin; Kelli A.

Brooks, Lindsborg; Gina D. Gruver, Minneapolis; Mary L. Ketchum, Hope. St. John's Irene S.

Arnold, 1828 Larsen; Joseph W. Hartley, 227 Des Moi- something of substance," he said. "We think that most American students do not take the kind of program we are recommending," Bennett said, issuing a report entitled "James Madison High School: A Curriculum for American Students." He estimated that only 15 percent of high school students are completing the equivalent of his ideal curriculum. "There is SO much academic clutter, so many electives in the way of other courses, that sometimes the core program gets lost," he said. Bennett's examples of clutter to be found in school catalogues included "Teen Living," "Rock Poetry" and "Baja Whale Watch." "These kinds of courses can drive out the core programs," the secretary said.

"Many 15- and 16-year-olds will not put themselves through a difficult regime if there is an easier information for Sibley Memorial and receiving fluids According to her Pierre had her hair called him for a home, a routine they A report filed with day she was reported police "his wife has and becomes confused nes; Robert J. Kirkpatrick, Minneapolis; William D. Eilert, Jewell. Births Boy: Keith D. and Debra L.

Johnson, Falun, 7 Ibs. 8 born Dec. 29. Twin Girls: Timothy F. and Myra K.

Adam, 1803 Shady Bend, 5 lbs, 11 and 5 lbs. 14 born Dec. 28. District Court Sentenced Anne Marle Welsh, 19, Apple Valley, placed on a two-year unsupervised probation for misdemeanor theft for writing a check for $28.50 on the account of Florence Bachelor, 2130 E. Crawford No.

101; probation granted on the condition she repay the money; forgery charge dismissed. Divorce Dismissed Linda M. Phillips vs. Gary L. Phillips.

Police blotter Burglary 413 Maple, rifle and a shotgun taken from a vehicle belonging to Ray E. Randolph between 5 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday: $275 loss. 2204 Brookwood, radar detector and shotgun taken from a vehicle belonging to Ted John Ludes between 7 p.m.

Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday; $285 loss. 127 N. Seventh, radar detector and cas- Extended outlook Friday through Sunday Little chance of precipitation. Highs around 30 Friday and Saturday, 35 to 40 Sunday.

Lows 5 northwest to 15 southeast Friday, 15 northwest to 25 east Sunday. Zone forecasts Zones 1, 2, 4, 5 Mostly cloudy and windy today, high 35 to 40. Winds gusting southwesterly 15 to 25 mph. Cloudy with a 30 percent chance Mostly cloudy and Thursday with a of snow flurries, around 25. New Year's Cold, high around 30.

3, 6 Mostly of light snow, low in 10 3 12 and windy today, high 40 to 45. Winds gusting 20 to 30 mph. Cloudy tonight, low 20 to 25. cloudy and cold Thursday, high 25 to 30. New Day: Cold, high around 30.

7, 8, 10, 11 Mostly cloudy and windy today, high 35. Winds gusting southerly 20 to 30 mph. Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of light snow, low 20 to and cold Thursday with a chance of snow high in low 20s. New Year's Day: Cold, high 30. 9, 12, 17 Mostly cloudy and windy today, high Winds gusting southerly 20 to 30 mph.

Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of light snow. low 25 to and cold Thursday with a chance of snow high 25 to 30. New Year's Day: Cold, high around 13, 14, 15, 16 Mostly cloudy and windy today, to 40. Winds gusting southerly 20 to 30 mph. Hospital, where Pierre was resting to combat dehydration.

husband, Henri Pierre, Brigitte done at the store Dec. 21 and 1 then ride to their suburban Bethesda, had gone through many times. Montgomery County, police the missing said Henri Pierre told a mild case of Alzheimer's disease and disoriented." regime." Bennett said he has found in his travels that if students' expectations are raised and they get help, they can and will learn. Seven schools were profiled in the report as examples of curricular excellence. They are A.

Philip Randolph Campus High School on the grounds of City College of New York in Harlem; CAL High School in Latimer, Iowa, a small, rural school serving the towns of Coulter, Alexander and Latimer; James A. Garfield High School in Los Angeles, famed for its Hispanic students' scores on calculus advanced placement exams; Shawnee Mission South High School in Kansas; Portland High School in Maine; Xavier Prep School in New Orleans, an all-black Catholic school for girls; and Wayland High School in Wayland, Mass. sette tapes taken from a van belonging to Revron of Salina Inc. on Dec. $107 loss.

651 S. Ohio, Bennett Pontiac, stereo and equalizer taken Dec. $300 loss. 601 Reynolds, Brian's Paint Shop, speakers, AM-FM stereo and tachometer taken from a vehicle belonging to Michael R. Hull, 901 Sheridan, on Dec.

$398 loss. Holmes Road, one-quarter mile south of Magnolla, stereo, cassettes, jumper cables, flashlight and ice scraper taken from a vehicle belonging to Shelly K. Lyne, 3320 S. Holmes Road, between 4:45 p.m. Monday and 11:45 a.m.

Tuesday; $262 loss, $150 damage. 508 Saturn, ski gloves, denim Jacket, hiking boots, gold and silver watch, chains, coins, liquor and jeans from home of Robert K. Dickerson between 10:35 p.m. Monday and 7:25 a.m. Tuesday; $295 loss.

509 Winn Road, damage to front seats and dash and speakers, tools and other items taken from vehicle of Vince R. Hajny between 8 p.m. Monday and 11 a.m. Tuesday; $400 damage, $448 loss. Fire and EMS runs Fire runs --2660 Ray, 7:37 p.m.

Monday, false alarm at home of Deanna Boccin. EMS runs 400 block of East Cloud, 9:10 a.m. Monday; 1300 of Arapahoe, 6:49 a.m. Monday; 700 block of Sherman, 11:07 a.m. Monday; North American Philips, 11:35 a.m.

Monday; 2000 block of Lambertson Lane, 1:45 p.m. Monday; 200 block of North 10th, 7:37 p.m. Monday; 300 block of Maple, 2:08 a.m. Tuesday. The forecast for this evening.

40 20 10 FLURRIES 20 SHOWERS SHOWERS So 60 FRONTS: Warm tonight "She died really of old age," Gardener said. "She just sort of ran out of steam." According to the Guinness Book of Records, Williams became the world's oldest living person when Marnie Keith of Libertyville, died in September 1986 at age 113. The oldest authenticated 111- habitant of the world becomes Maren Torp of Norway who celebrated her 111th birthday last week. Williams was born on June 2, 1873. teens.

cold chance high Day: Zones cloudy southerly Mostly Year's Zones around tonight 25. Windy flurries, around Zoues 35 to 40. tonight 30. Windy flurries, 30. Zones high 35 Cloudy tonight with a 30 percent around 25.

Windy and cold snow flurries, high mid-20s. around 30. Elsewhere in Kansas chance of light snow, low Thursday with a chance of New Year's Day: Cold, high Tuesday highs, lows and precipitation to 6 p.m. Belleville 26-19, Beloit 27-22. Chanute 30-27, C'offeyville 31-29, Concordia 28-21, Dodge City 37-10.

Emporia 28-26. Garden City 39-6, Goodland 33-11, Hutchinson 27-23. Pittsburg 32-29, Russell 30-16, Topeka 33-27, Wichita 27-25. Salina weather At City Airport: Tuesday's High 32; Record us in 1929. Tuesday's Low to 10p.m.

24: Record is -8 in 1983. Today's Sunset 5:17: Tomorrow's Sunrise 7:49. 24-hour Precipitation to 10p.m trace..