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The Salina Journal Saturday, October 21,1995 A7 DEATHS FUNERALS Joseph Ralph Blaha WICHITA Joseph Ralph Blaha, 74, Wichita, died Friday, Oct. 20, 1995. DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary, Wichita, is handling arrangements. Katharine M. Byrd OSBORNE Katherine M.

Byrd, 86, Osborne, died Thursday, Oct. 19, 1995, at Parkview Care Center, Osborne. Mrs. Byrd was born Katherine M. Bliss on Jan.

25, 1909, at Bloomington and was a lifelong resident of the area. She had been a'rural school teacher and postmistress for Bloomington. She attended the Osborne Christian Church. She was preceded in death by two husbands, James Byrd in 1959 and Joe Schellinger in 1971. Survivors include a son, Bryan Byrd of Osborne; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

A private family memorial service will be held later. Memorials may made to Osborne Airport Fund. The body was cremated. There will be no visitation. Clark-Gashaw Mortuary, 238 N.

First, Osborne 67473, is handling arrangements. Jessa Nicole Cavanaugh MOUNDRIDGE Jessa Nicole Cavanaugh, infant daughter of Mike A. and Lori L. Cavanaugh of rural Moundridge, died Thursday, Oct. 19, 1995, at the Neonatal Unit 6f Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.

Jessa was born Oct. 17, 1995, at McPherson. Survivors beside the parents in- 'elude her grandparents, Alvin and Sharon Tinsley of Hutchinson, and Marilyn and Doug Bailey of Can- Jon, Jackie Lanam of Moundridge, and Sharon Cavanaugh of Rogers, and her great-grandparents, Hallie Plouffe of McPherson, M.F. Taylor and Les and Velda Ca- yanaugh, all of Hutchinson. The service will be at 2 p.m.

today in Canton Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Neonatal Unit of Wesley Medical Center. Ball Son Funeral Home, 205 5J. Chestnut, McPherson 67460, is handling arrangements. Dorothy E.

Coffeen CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas Dorothy E. Coffeen, 84, Corpus Ghristi, died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1995, at Avanti Villa, Corpus Ghristi. Mrs. Coffeen was born Dorothy E.

Mahoney on Nov. 10, 1910, at Dorrance, and had been a longtime resident of Kansas. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Dorrance. i Survivors include her husband, Verne F.

of Corpus Christi; two s))ns, Tom of Corpus Christi and Ronald of California; a brother, Kenneth J. Mahoney of Dorrance; and six grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Dorrance, the Rev.

Jerome Morgan officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery. A rosary will be said at 8 p.m. Sjunday at Foster Mortuary, Wilson, Kan.

Memorials may be made to the church. 'J Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary, 610 24th Wilson, Kan. 67490.

Grayce Dahlinger TOPEKA Grayce Dahlinger, 93, Topeka, died Thursday, Oct. 19, 1995, at the Manor Care Home, Topeka. Mrs. Dahlinger was born Grayce Rhodes on Jan. 2, 1902, in the Tampa community and was a resident of Topeka since 1976, moving from the Tampa community.

She was a member of the Trinity Presybterian Church, Topeka. husband, Fred, died in 1976. include two brothers, J. Frank Rhodes of Topeka and John S. Rhodes of Junction City.

The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Abilene First Presbyterian Churqh, the Rev. Robert Frasier officiating. Burial will be in College Hill Cemetery, south of Abilene. Memorials may be made to Trinity Presbyterian Church, Topeka, in care of the funeral home.

Visitation will be at Danner Funeral Home, 501 N. Buckeye, Abilene 67410. Bernice H. Gutsch Bernice H. Gutsch, 88, Salina, died Thursday, Oct.

19, 1995, at Salina Presbyterian Manor. Mrs. Gutsch was born Bernice H. McClure on Aug. 31,1906.

She was a resident of Salina since 1932. She was a homemaker, a columnist for the Salina Journal and author of "No Big Deal." She was a member of First Mrs. Gutsch Presbyterian Church and Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Her husband, Larry died in 1982. Survivors include a son, Larry S.

of Scottsdale, and three granddaughters. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the First Presbyterian Church, 308 S. Eighth, the Rev. Barry Williams officiating.

Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Salina Presbyterian Manor. Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Geisendorf-Rush Smith Funeral Home, 401 W. Iron Salina 67401.

Ruth Keith WaKEENEY Ruth Kerth, 88, WaKeeney, died Friday, Oct. 20, 1995, at Trego County-Lempke Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit, WaKeeney. Schmitt Funeral Home, WaKeeney, is handling arrangements. Elmer E. Milleson Elmer E.

Milleson, 76, Salina, died Friday, Oct. 20, 1995, at Salina Regional Health Center. Chapel Funeral Home, Salina; is handling arrangements. Jack K. Moore LEAWOOD Jack K.

Moore, 73, Leawood, died Thursday, Oct. 19, 1995, at his home. Mr. Moore was born Oct. 18, 1922, at Oklahoma City and was a former resident of Enid, Salina, Walnut Creek, and Minneapolis, Minn.

He was' a Navy veteran of World War II. He worked for the General Electric Co. for more than 30 years. He was a member of Signa Chi Fraternity and Village Mr Moore Presbyterian Church. Survivors include a daughter, Carol D.

Miller of Merriam; a son, John M. of Gardner; two sisters, May Olson of Salina and Margaret Ann Blenis of Melbourne, and five grandchildren. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission. Memorials may be made to Olathe Hospice, 20375 W.

151st, Suite 212, Olathe 66061. The body was cremated. D.W. Newcomer's Sons, Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park 66204, is handling arrangements. George T.

Schneider SYLVAN GROVE George T. Schneider, 83, Sylvan Grove, died Thursday, Oct. 19,1995, at Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln. Mr. Schneider was born July 4, 1912, at Natoma and was a resident of Sylvan Grove since 1984, moving from the Lincoln area.

He was also a former resident of Houston. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a maintenance foreman for an auto parts business. He attended Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Sylvan Grove. His wife, Evelyn, died in 1988.

Survivor.s include a brother, Ruben "Curlie" Thaemert of San Antonio; and a sister, Julia "Bobbie" Hubbard of San Antonio. The service will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Sylvan Grove, the Rev. Daryn Bahn officiating and with military rites by American Legion Post 359, Sylvan Grove. Memorials may be made to Sylvan Grove Senior Center.

Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday at Rodrick Minear Funeral Home, 2nd and Maryland Sylvan Grove 67481. Merrill "Pete" Shreve COLBY Merrill "Pete" Shreve, 74, Colby, died Friday, Oct.

20, 1995, at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. Mr. Shreve was born April 6, 1921, at Doylestown, Ohio, and was a resident of the Colby area for many years. He was a farmer and member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, Colby. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marie, in 1989, and a son, Sanford, in 1968.

Survivors include a daughter, Renee Zodrow of Leoville; two sisters, Marilyn Yates and Mariam Weber, both of Akron, Ohio; and three grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Colby, Pastor Warren Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in Beulah Cemetery, Colby. Memorials may be made to the church in care of Bank IV, Sunflower Bank or the chapel, all of Colby.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at Kersenbrock Funeral Chapel, 745 S. Country Club Colby 67701. David Eugene Stout David Eugene Stout, 36, Salina, died Thursday, Oct.

19, 1995, at Salina Regional Health Center. Mr. Stout was born May 26, 1959, at Concordia and was a former resident of Delphos and Minneapolis. He was an equipment operator for Nash Underground Construction. Survivors include his wife, Encarnacion of the home; a daughter, Kristen Nicole of luka; his father, Clifford M.

of Larned; four brothers, Clifford E. of Larned, John "Joe" of Indiana, Gary of Salina and Terry of Topeka; a sister, Judy Montague of Salina; and three grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Shields Funeral Home, Minneapolis, the Rev. David Heikes officiating.

Burial will be hi Delphos Cemetery. Visitation will be until 9 p.m. today, from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday and before the service Monday at the funeral home, 405 Argyle, Minneapolis 67467. Benjamin J.

Urbanek LINCOLN Benjamin J. Urbanek, 83, rural Lincoln, died Thursday, Oct. 19, 1995, at his home. Mr. Urbanek was born Dec.

26, 1911, in Lincoln County and was a lifelong resident of the area. He was a farmer-stockman and was a member of St. Bernard's Catholic Church, Ellsworth. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret, in 1980 and a son, Joseph, in 1948. Survivors include four sons, Gary of Hutchinson, Don of Ellsworth, Jim of Colby and David of Salina; three daughters, Theresa Richards of Russell, Rosemary Rathbun of Lincoln and Valerie Urbanek of Hobbs, N.M.; four sisters, Lydia Soukup of Ellsworth, Blanche Duryee of Wichita, Molly Brown and Dorothy Collier, both of Topeka; 31 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, Ellsworth, the Rev. Charles Steier officiating. Burial will be in Ellsworth Memorial Cemetery.

A vigil will be at 5 p.m. Sunday at Parsons Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Ellsworth County Lifeline. Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 8 to 9 a.m.

Monday at the funeral home, 307 N. Lincoln, Ellsworth 67439. Elmer "Junior" Weeks COLBY Elmer "Junior" Weeks, Colby, died Friday, Oct. 20, 1995, at his home. Kersenbrock Funeral Chapel, Colby, is handling arrangements.

Out of his gourd Death sought for OKC bombers Federal prosecutors file formal notice By The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY Prosecutors gave formal notice Friday that they are seeking the death penalty for the two men accused in the federal building bombing that killed 169 people. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nijchols "committed the offenses after substantial planning and premeditation to cause the death of one or more persons and to commit an act of terrorism," U.S. Attorney Patrick Ryan argued in separate but nearly identical notices filed in federal court. Ryan cited 13 aggravating circumstances that justify seeking the death penalty, including the fact that "various victims were particularly vulnerable due to old age, youth and infirmity." The Alfred P. Murrah Building housed a day-care center that was devastated by the April 19 blast, and some of those killed in the Social Security office were elderly or disabled.

McVeigh and Nichols face a May 17 trial on murder and conspiracy charges. U.S. District Judge Wayne Alley has ordered the trial held in Lawton, about 90 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. Phone calls to the offices of Stephen Jones, the head of McVeigh's defense, and Michael Tigar, Nichols' lead attorney, were not returned Friday. Jones had refused to present arguments to the Justice Department committee that reviews requests to seek the death penalty, calling the process a sham.

Jones noted that President Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno had promised that those responsible for the bombing would face the death penalty. "We will mount our attack on the obvious prejudgment of the case in violation of the Department of Justice guidelines," Jones said Thursday when he learned that Reno had given Ryan permission to seek the death penalty. Daron Daily News At only 7 months old, Zachary Copeland doesn't quite know what to think of the gourd his mother, Jennifer, handed him during the annual MidAmerica Nazarene College Autumn Auction in Olathe on Friday. Dole delays amendment vote Flag protectors want a Httie more time By STEVE LANGDON Congressional Quarterly WASHINGTON While Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole took some political heat for delaying a vote on term limits until next year, he has escaped flak for postponing a vote on another controversial constitutional measure: the flag amendment. According to grassroots organizers backing a constitutional amendment to allow states and Congress to prohibit flag desecration, Dole was prepared to schedule a Senate floor vote last week but held off at their request.

"We asked, and they were good enough to take us off the schedule," said Jim McAvoy, campaign manager for the Citizens Flag Alliance, which is working to rally public support for the measure. Dole's delay on the term limits vote was also at the request of pro-term limits lobbyists and Senate sponsors, but his competitors for the GOP presidential nomination, notably Steve Forbes, attacked him for it anyway. McAvoy's group wanted a delay until later this fall because it has more than $1 million in television, radio and print ads it wants to roll out before the vote to pressure un- Dole decided senators. Although 56 senators are current cosponsors of the amendment, 63 or 64 senators are solid "yes" votes, says McAvoy. Since Bob Packwood's resignation, the Senate membership stands at 99, making 66 the magic number for amendment supporters.

The House passed its version on June 28 by 312-120, or 22 votes more than the two-thirds majority needed. McAvoy said 49 states have passed resolutions urging adoption of the amendment, and he predicted easy ratification if the Senate approves it. TV ads began running in North Dakota last week as amendment backers turned up the heat on Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad, who is undecided, and Byron Dorgan, who voted no as a House member. Student raped twice in twelve days 2nd rape 'retaliation' for reporting 1st one By The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas Two Texas Christian University roommates were arrested after a woman told police she was raped by one as the other slept nearby, then raped by the other 12 days later in retaliation for reporting the first attack.

Sophomores James E. Kiehle and Judd Payne, both 19, were free on bond and had not been charged by Friday. They were kicked off campus pending a disciplinary review. The 20-year-old woman told police Payne attacked her Oct. 4 while Kiehle slept in their room at the all-male Clark Hall.

She said she returned to the dormitory Monday and Kiehle grabbed her and dragged her into the room, where he sexually assaulted her without Payne present. She said she believed the second attack was in retaliation for her reporting the first one to the dean of campus life, Mike Russell. She said Kiehle told her after the second time, "You don't want this to happen again, do you?" Two friends took the woman to a hospital for scratch marks on her back and a bite on her right shoulder later Monday. Hospital officials called Fort Worth police, and the woman reported both assaults. The school did not investigate after the woman reported the first attack because she refused to name her attacker.

PAGE A1 Concordia POW camp brings back memories Bauer toured the former camp site Friday with Karl Gassmann of Schweinfurt. The two men had not seen each other since their time in Concordia. "I remember him as Gassmann on the other side of the camp," Bauer said. He, too, worked for farmers near Ames and Scandia. One of those farmers has died, but the other, now 87 years old, was reunited with his former worker during the afternoon.

Bauer, who was not raised on a farm, helped harvest alfalfa. "Working for the farmers is the best memory you can have," he said. "We were more or less free men." Those feelings were in sharp contrast to those experienced by the Germans when they returned home after the war. "It was terrible. I didn't know where to go," said Bauer, who eventually went to law school and later became an insurance executive.

He found his father, a German officer in both world wars, but his mother and sister had died in the custody of the Russians. Bauer and Gassmann have become friends with Judge Wahl, who helped organize the anniver- sary celebration. The three men have corresponded for more than a year and met for the first time when the Germans arrived in Con-, cordia. Wahl was their tour guide Friday morning. "This was outside the camp.

The, real camp was over there," Gassmann said as he stood by the old water tower. They were soon back in Wahl's car and driving off across the farmland where the Germans spent part of the war. Small white signs marked the locations of buildings long gone. Another guard tower. The theater.

"They have warm memories from Concordia," Wahl said. FOR YOUR INFORMATION Hospital report Salina Regional Health Center PENN ADMISSIONS Brooke Michelle Klaus, Delia M. Payton, Jay D. Rife, Emet G. Stewart and Eva L.

Thompson, all of Salina. SANTA FE ADMISSIONS Franklin F. Dapron, Marjorie M. Fackler, Robert R. Santiago, Duane W.

Schmidt and Irene W. Thomas, all of Salina; James Howard Morley, Abilene; Cheryl A. Muller, Minneapolis; Ernest V. Seymour, Minneapolis; Mary I. Wilder, Abilene.

DISMISSALS Mildred E. Gault, Tammy G. Gordon, Jenny L. Hintz, Debra A. Morris, Jay D.

Rife, Rita C. Wagner, Julia L. Wood and baby girl and Oscar Wood, all of Salina; C. Leonard Carlson, Lindsborg; Dean Harnett, Beloit; Henry G. Mastellar, Barnard; Carolyn K.

Reed, Ness City; Sister Dorothy Ann Reinert, Concordia; Orpha F. Rufener, Abilene; Rebecca S. Torres and baby girl, Minneapolis. Births GIRL: Patrick and Belinda K. Martin, Salina, 6 Ibs.

7 born Oct. 19. BOYS) June M. Lamb, Jewell, 5 Ibs. 9 born Oct.

19. Thomas L. and Cheryl A. Muller, Minneapolis, 7 Ibs. 10 born Oct.

19. FRIDAY'S DRAWINGS DAILY PICK 3 1-6-7 LOTTERY SCENE 825-6OOO category 4866 Police blotter ARRESTS Reubin D. Wilson, 45, 739 Osage, was arrested for allegedly stealing $24,791 in merchandise from Wal-Mart, 2900 S. Ninth, while employed there during the past two years. Items taken included video games, power and hand tools, electronic and photographic equipment, videocassettes, compact discs, computer software and equipment and power tool accessories.

He also is accused of taking $237 worth of film and videocassettes from Wal-Mart on Thursday. Jesse G. Dumars, 18, Lindsborg, was arrested for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl in his truck a half mile south of Crawford on Fairchilds Road on Thursday evening. BURGLARY Compact disc player, two speakers, amplifier and 35 compact discs belonging to Jerry J. Martin were taken from his pickup while it was parked at 2782 Berschell between 4:30 a.m.

and 6:30 a.m. Monday and the tail gate, rear panel and passenger door were damaged; $400 damage, $1,080 loss. Municipal court DUI CONVICTIONS Daniel Eugene Sutton, 23, 612 Carl, diversion granted on DUI conviction; $200 fine; $25 court costs; $125 alcohol evaluation fee. Michael Joseph Whittecar, 25, Salina, six months in jail, probation granted for one year after serving five days; $500 fine; $25 court costs; $25 alcohol evaluation fee. Felix Maurice Lewis, 32, Salina, six months in jail, probation granted for one year after serving five days; $500 fine; $25 court costs.

Animal shelter These animals were picked up Oct. 19 at the locations listed and taken to the Saline County animal shelter, 1MO West Old Highway 40. Phone 826-6535. DOGS Gray male weimaraner with orange collar, 1400 block of Glen- shire; yellow female Labrador, 1400 block of Osborne; black male Labrador with blue and orange flea collars, 800 block of South Ninth; black female cocker spaniel mix, 800 block of North Ninth. CATS Tan and black male with short hair, 1400 block of Pershing..