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Water Funeralnotices William attheageof90on 2008. Belovedhusband ofthelateJoanWoodsWhite; lovingfatherofCaryWhite W.White,V(Elisabeth),Mary WhiteCarnal(Jean-Jacques Landers)andJoanWhiteEhlers (C.Samuel)ofMarietta,GA.; deargrandfatherofeleven; brother-in-lawofBebeWoods cousinandfriendofmany. Mr.WhiteattendedSt.Louis CountryDaySchoolandgradu- atedfromTheChoateSchool, AmherstCollegeandWashing- tonUniversitySchoolofLaw.He wasinprivatelawpracticehis entirecareer.DuringWWII, Mr.WhiteservedasaLieuten- antCommanderintheU.S.Navy whileinthePacificTheater whereheearned2battlestars. Mr.Whitewasamemberofthe St.LouisCountryClub,Nan- theCincinnatiandtheSocietyof ColonialWars.Hewasalsoa long-timeofficerandtrusteeof theHumaneSocietyofMissouri. Services: Privateinterment BellefontaineCemetery.Inlieu tionsmaybemadetothe HumaneSocietyofMissouri, ALUPTONCHAPEL SERVICE.

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Zempel, a former Illinois state representative and Peabody Coal executive, died Monday (July 14, 2008) at Riverview Nursing Home in St. Louis. He was 95. Mr. Zempel served as a state representative from 1952 to 1956.

He then became vice general counsel at Peabody Coal Co. and moved his family to Westwood, in St. Louis County. In the early 1960s, he left Peabody to open a law practice in Clayton. Mr.

Zempel was born in Lewistown, Ill. He earned both a degree and a law degree from Northwestern University in Chicago. In 1939, he married the former Josephine Balhatchet of Wilmette. He also worked as an investigator for the Works Progress Administration and as a special eld agent for the FBI. Mr.

Zempel served in the Navy during World War II. He was assigned to the aircraft carrier Intrepid and partici- pated in the invasion of Okinawa. After the war, he returned to Lewistown and opened a legal practice before serving as state representative. In 1967, he moved to Florida where he practiced law for the next four decades. In 1969, after his rst marriage ended, he married Harriet Jefferis.

After she died in 2005, he moved back to St. Louis and lived with his son Richard family Services were private. In addition to his son, Mr. Zempel is survived by two other sons, Lawrence Zempel of Los Angeles and Paul Zempel of Sacramento, a step-daughter, Cindy Moritz of Cockeysville, five grandchildren and one great- grandchild. Paul C.

Zempel Former Peabody Coal executive Zempel Bob Onder Age: 46 Home: Lake Saint Louis Experience: State representative since 2007; physician. Did you know: Was president of Missourians Against Human Cloning, which fought the successful 2006 ballot issue protecting embryonic stem-cell research. Dan Bishir Age: 55 Home: St. Charles County Experience: Retired building plans examiner and inspector for St. Peters.

Did you know: Lives outside the district, in the 2nd District; there is no district residency requirement for Congress. Danie Moore Age: 62 Home: Fulton Experience: State representative since 2001; retired high school teacher; owns shooting range. Did you know: Born in France after World War II to a U.S. Army lieutenant and a French Resistance member; after tour of duty ended, family moved to his hometown of Elsberry, Mo. Brock Olivo Age: 32 Home: Hermann Experience: Star running back at Mizzou in 19941997, then played four years for the Detroit Lions.

Later worked for National Italian American Foundation in Washington, then went to graduate school in Italy. Did you know: His college number, 27, was retired by MU. Blaine Luetkemeyer Age: 56 Home: St. Elizabeth Experience: State representative, 1999-2004; state tourism director, 2006-2008. Has been insurance agent, banker and cattle rancher.

Did you know: Lost 2004 race for GOP state treasurer nomination. Steve Gaw Age: 51 Home: Holts Summit Experience: State representative, 19922000, including four years as House speaker; unsuccessful Democratic nominee for secretary of state, 2000; member, state Public Service Commission, 2001-07, including about two years as chairman. Was lawyer in private practice. Did you know: Went to elementary school in one-room schoolhouse near Moberly. Judy Baker Age: 48 Home: Columbia Experience: State representative since 2005; health care consultant.

Did you know: Has degree in divinity, and husband is a Baptist pastor. Lyndon Bode Age: 44 Home: Palmyra Experience: Presiding commissioner of Marion County since 1995; former owner of courier service. Did you know: Named after President Lyndon Johnson. Ken Jacob Age: 59 Home: Columbia Experience: State senator, 1997-2005, including two years as minority oor leader; state representative, 1983-1997; Columbia School Board, 1981-1983. Also ran unsuccessfully for Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 2004.

Now is general counsel for state auditor. Did you know: Says a priority would be public funding for congressional and other campaigns. The complaint comes in the wake of a race-discrimination suit led last year by four white district employees against the district, directors Joe Washington and Robert Edwards, and board attorney Elbert Walton Jr. All three men are black. Conner, who said he resigned under threat of suspension or termination, claims he was denied items and privileges the black cers received, including a car, new gear and a new uniform, a cell phone, walkie talkie, credit card, pager, a key to the deputy ce and a photo of himself on the web- site along with the other chief cers.

kind of hard to prove discrimination if white, but I can prove said Conner, 57, of Farmington. Washington, the board president, did not return a phone call seeking comment. Walton said he discuss personnel matters. I can tell he said, that he went from a 25-year private, rst to chief paramedic and then to deputy re chief, within less than a year, with a $20,000 The current board promoted Conner shortly after taking control in April 2007. NEEDED A WHITE Conner said he was angry about being on the cover of a district newsletter mailed to residents just before the April 8 election.

At the time, a group of residents were circulating petitions in hopes of ousting Washington and Edwards through a recall effort. Upon learning of the newsletter and similar door hangings that also pictured Conner, he said he was shocked, particularly at an attempt to make it look like he signed the newsletter and that the signature was misspelled. give anybody authorization to put my photos on he said. needed a white person to say this and that to get the white Conner said he and the other featured white employee were told by a deputy chief that their photos were being taken for the website. The other employee could not be reached for comment.

But Walton disputed allegations. pictures were in that newsletter would have been with consent or he have sat to take the Walton said. Conner said he retired so he would be able to access his pension. Three of the four employees who led suit in St. Louis County Circuit Court last year were suspended and have been without district pay or access to their pensions for more than a year, said their attorney, Rick Barry.

Barry said two of the employees submitted their resignations in May because of nancial culty, but that the board accept them until about 10 days ago. The suit claims the district made false allegations against the four employees and then filled their positions with new hires, most of whom are African-American. Supporters of the board majority say the previous board failed to give adequate opportunities to minorities. Barry said he was also troubled by a recent district newsletter that published allegations of sexual harassment, credit card misuse and sales tax evasion regarding the four. Though they were not named, able, Barry said.

Further, the allegations are and the newsletter failed to offer accurate details and outcomes, Barry said. In a previous interview regarding the lawsuit, Walton said race a factor in the action against the four. the only thing that they can use to try to get around the wrong he said. 314-340-8259 Four employees sued last year THE CANDIDATES REPUBLICANS Warren counties and parts of southern and western St. Charles County such as Weldon Spring and Lake Saint Louis.

Republican voters will choose among state Reps. Bob Onder of Lake Saint Louis and Danie Moore of Fulton; former state Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer of St. Elizabeth, near the Lake of the Ozarks; Brock Olivo, a former University of Missouri football star who grew up in Hermann and Washington in the district, and Dan Bishir, a former St. Peters city employee and self- described longshot.

Two candidates from Columbia, the biggest single population center are among the four Democrats state Rep. Judy Baker and Ken Jacob, a former state legislator. The others are from the rural parts of the district, where about half the voters live. They are former state House Speaker Steve Gaw, who represented the Moberly area but now lives in Summit, and Lyndon Bode, the top county cial in the Hannibal area. Early fundraising reports showed Onder and Baker leading the GOP and Democratic elds through March with Onder lending his campaign $250,000.

His total raised through June was $459,824. New reports are due Thursday. Onder got a boost Friday when the national Club for Growth PAC, which backs him, started running $100,000 of its own ads blasting some of House votes. So far, TV ads have been aired by Onder, Luetkemeyer and Moore on the Republican side and Baker and Gaw among the Democrats although most been on St. Louis stations, where airtime costs more.

On the Iraq war, Jacob, Baker and Gaw put emphasis on ending U.S. involvement, but only Gaw believes that timelines should be set. Bode and the Republicans generally support current U.S. policy, although some criticize past decisions. As the primary draws closer, the campaign has begun to take on more of an edge.

For example, Onder lately has alleged that Luetkemeyer supports amnesty for illegal immigrants which Luetkemeyer denies. Meanwhile, Jacob attacked plan to let veterans get some care from private facilities closer to home instead of having to travel to Veterans Affairs hospitals, likening the idea to school vouchers. The candidates also promote their personal backgrounds and governmental experience or, in case, lack of it. coming as an outsider and from outside the box, you have the potential to bring a much more open approach to Olivo said. campaign stumbled in February when the Post-Dispatch disclosed he had never voted in an election.

He calls himself a and says he cast his rst ballot in April. Luetkemeyer contends that he has the broadest background among the Republicans. understand the relationship of the agricultural to the district, he said, citing his past cattle production experience. Onder promotes his passage of a bill this year to crack down on illegal immigrants and his unsuccessful measure to toughen informed consent law for abortion. He says introduce a similar bill in Congress.

a difference between going into the chamber and pushing the right button and actually serving as a leader on these Onder said. campaign and Baker, one of the Democrats, suggested that House Speaker Rod Jetton gave Onder preferential treatment in allowing the bills to come up for debate because Onder had hired Jetton who has a political consulting rm for his campaign. Onder denies that. Onder also held two unusual pre-primary debates on abortion against Jacob, an abortion rights supporter. Onder, though, lost the endorsement of main anti-abortion group, Missouri Right to Life, to Luetkemeyer.

Moore and Bishir also favor more abortion restrictions, while Olivo opposes them. On the Democratic side, Baker and Gaw join Jacob in supporting abortion rights while Bode wants more restrictions. Moore cites her advocacy in the Legislature for after-school programs and her work chairing a budget panel on public safety. Bishir, while taking mainstream GOP positions on most issues, has oated the idea of an foreign made up of volunteers from other countries to supplement the U.S. military and do other projects.

Gaw and Jacob both cite their long track records in the Legislature. For example, Gaw as speaker pushed for a do-not-call list and an early childhood reading program. includes passage of college scholarship plans and a 2004 libuster that temporarily blocked Medicaid cuts. Baker says her former job managing a large physicians group gives her insight into health care issues facing Congress; she also was active on health matters in Jefferson City. She says her formation of a committee last November to raise money for a possible House run when Hulshof was still in the race shows a leader.

needs to stand Baker said. Bode sounded a similar note, saying he decided in January to be a candidate when Hulshof was still running. He positions himself as the most conservative in the Democratic eld. In that vein, he was the only Democrat at a debate in Columbia to not support a proposed federal law forbidding prosecution of terminally ill people for using marijuana in states allowing its medical use. Bode has made advocacy of a new federal public works program for localities a centerpiece of his campaign.

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