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2B LANSING STATE JOURNAL March 31 1 982 Metro Michigan News Farmer may plea bargain an arson charge GRAND RAPIDS (AP) John F. Snyder, a Greenville-area farmer who was convicted last month of plotting to kill his brother, may not stand trial on a second, similar charge, prosecutors say. As part of a plea bargain scheduled to be completed today, the charge was to be dropped in exchange for a guilty plea by Snyder to an arson charge, Assistant Kent County Prosecutor Mark Vander-Molen said. Snyder, 35, is awaiting sentencing on the February conviction. He also was sentenced in December to six years in federal prison on charges of mail fraud and bank fraud.

SNYDER'S attorneys were expected to enter a guilty plea for their client today on a charge of arson of insured property, VanderMolen said. "It's a question of how many more tax dollars we want to spend," VanderMolen said, referring to the jail terms already faced by Snyder. The murder charge that would be dropped in the plea bargain stems from an alleged plot to kill Arnold Snyder while he was on an African safari last year. The arson charge is in connection with a Sept. 2, 1979 fire at the Snyder barn for which John Snyder collected $570,000 in insurance benefits.

Child safety seats available for rent seat is purchased, the manufacturer $7.50 fee plus $8.50 deposit for nine should state that it has been "dynami- months. Contact Claudia Eldredee, 627-cally crash tested" to be safe. 2577. Concluded from Page 1 ers and children being nursed. An exception is also made for children who are riding in vehicles not required to have seat belts such as taxicabs, buses and motorcycles.

Children being transported in police cars must be secured in accordance with the law and local police agencies are scrambling to get the necessary seats. The Lansing Area Safety Council has donated several seats to area departments to help them comply with the law. Failure to comply is a civil infraction with a $10 fine but puts no points on a driving record. A person who receives a ticket can have the fine waived if he or she can show evidence of acquisition, purchase or rental of a safe child restraint system. COST OF SEATS meeting the strict federal safety standards range from about $20 to as much as $60.

Whatever EARING EXTINCTION A small sign in the window of one of the quonset huts on the Michigan State University campus signals the end of a group of long-familiar buildings: the "eyesores" will soon be extinct. Staff Photo by NOR IS I NG ELLS Quonsets coming down Holt Jaycettes. Infant seats $8 fee plus $8 deposit for nine months. Contact Kathy O'Hara, 694-5158. Grand Ledge Jaycettes.

Infant seats $8 fee plus $10 deposit. Contact Deborah Wycoff, 627-9257. Lansing General Hospital. Infant seats, $1 fee plus $9 deposit. Toddler seats, $1 fee plus $10 deposit.

Purchase price, $26. Contact Mary Chamberlain, 377-8837. Cristo Rey Community Center. Seats are $8 deposit and sliding scale fees. Contact Connie Marin, 372-4700.

Potterville Jaycettes. Infant seats $5 per month plus $10 deposit. Contact Vickie, 645-2893 or Patti, 645-7716. Lansing Area Safety Council. Infant and toddler seats for short term loan only.

No charge. Contact Joan Gross, 482-1583. There are three styles of seats: Infant-only For a child weighing up to 20 pounds; always used in a rear-facing position. Toddler-only For children old enough to sit up by themselves; used only in a forward sitting position. Convertible Used in a rear-facing position for infants and forward-facing for older children.

Some of the safety seat loan programs in the Lansing area include: Lansing Jaycettes. Infant seats for $6 fee plus a $6 deposit for 12 months. Contact Andi Allen 394-2850. Dewitt Jaycettes. Infant seats, $7 fee plus $7 deposit for 10 months.

Contact Kris McDonald, 669-3969 or Judy Wat-kins, 669-5308. LaLeche League. Infant seats for flag-lowering ceremony at 11 a.m. today. "We'll have a brief ceremony, lowering the flag one last time," said Col.

Sidney H. Newcomb, commander of the Air Force ROTC detachment. The flag will be presented to a university official, Newcomb added. Deaths and Funerals MSU enrolled at MSU under the GI bill. THE QUONSETS were built to last five years.

Michigan State bought them from the Army as temporary living quarters and classrooms while more permanent facilities were built. One large quonset, which until recently housed WKAR-TV studios, was a mess hall for a brief time, Newcomb said. That quonset was destroyed by fire last February, although the TV station had already moved. Thirteen quonsets still stand. Newcomb said a detail of ROTC cadets were to attend the lowering of the American flag today, with hopes that it will be preserved by the university, possibly by placing it on display at the MSU museum.

He said plans for the grounds may include a parking lot. By MARK NIXON Staff Writer For nearly 20 years they were known as eyesores on the Michigan State University campus, like giant tin cans sliced in half and plopped down unceremoniously on a vacant lot As far back as 1964, one MSU official vowed to get rid of them "as fast as we can." It wasn't that easy. The austere-looking quonset huts on the western fringe of MSU's campus dwindled with each passing year, but always managed to avoid extinction. Until now. THE LAST of the post-war quonsets will soon fall before the wrecking ball.

The last tenants of the quonsets have left, and were to make a formal good-bye to the quonsets at a BUTLER, MYRTLE Lansing Mrs. Butler, passed away Mar. 30, 1982. Arrangements will be announced by the Estes Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. SIMISON, REATH Lansing Age 78, died Mar.

30, 1982 at a local hospital. Complete funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Palmer Bush Funeral Home. ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corp) administrative offices recently moved to new quarters on campus, leaving behind the remnants of what was once a sprawling collection of quonsets. They numbered 104 during the early post-war years, when they housed thousands of veterans and their families who HILL, GENEVIEVE G. 1612 Algoma Dr.

Okemos Mrs. Hill died Mar. 31, 1982. The family is being served by the Gorsline Runciman East Chapel, East Lansing. GARLOCK, La VON B.

13070 Wacousta Rd. Grand Ledge Mrs Garlock, age 65, passed away Mar. 30, 1982 in Weslaco, TX. Complete funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Peters Murray Funeral Home, Grand Ledge. Redican bond still $200,000 BAUGH, WILLARD H.

Rochester, MI Formerly of Williamston Age 86, died March 29, 1982. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Gordon (Doris) Boegler of Rochester; son, Robert of Haslett, MI; 4 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren. Mr. Baugh was retired from Warren Holmes Architects, Lansing.

He was a member of the American Institute of Architects and a former resident of the Lansing area for over 30 years. Services 2 p.m. from the Pixley Memorial Chapel, Rochester. Friends may visit the funeral home 12 noon to 2 p.m. Burial to follow on Fri.

11 a.m. in the East Lawn Memorial Gardens, Okemos. McGINNIS, HARVEY D. 1873 Hamilton Rd. Okemos WARD, JNOTHAN P.

2043 Hamilton Holt, Michigan Age 53, died March 30, 1982 at a local hospital. Arrangements by the Palmer Bush Funeral Home and will be announced later. GEGHEN.TANSIE MIGNEREY 3860 Dobie Rd. Okemos Age 91, died March 30, 1982. The family is being served by the Gorsline-Runciman East Chapel, East Lansing.

that the bond be dropped further. Kelly had reduced the bond to $200,000 from $500,000. REDICAN, 43, suspected by authorities of embezzling as much as $2 million from customers of his payroll firm, is awaiting trial on an embezzlement charge involving one of those customers. At least 50 large and small mid-Michigan businesses were KENTWOOD (AP) Fearing James Robert Redican would disappear again if released on bail, a Kentwood District Court judge says he will not reduce the accused embezzler's bond below $200,000. "I am firmly convinced that if Mr.

Redican is released, I will not see him again for many, many years," Judge William G. Kelly said in denying a request by Redican's attorney listed as victims of the manipulations. Those which bothered to file claims against a court-appointed trustee eventually were paid off about 18 cents on the dollar. But some small firms actually went out of business as a result of the financial mess Redican left behind. If convicted on the embezzlement charge, Redican could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.

Age 95, died March 30, 1982. The family is being served by the Gorsline Runciman East Chapel. Butterfly gives high voltage show CHENEY, NEVA LOWING Alma wasn't going to be an ordinary evening. Inside the Gables, a close-to-capacity crowd grew restless in the darkness. Since the electric cash registers wouldn't open, bar service stopped and refunds were impossible.

After about an hour delay, the manager was told it would take probably two more hours for crews to correct the problem. WARREN, GRACE M. 6054 Haag Rd. Mrs. Warren, age 77, passed away March 30, 1982.

Surviving are 1 daughter, Mrs. Lewis (Louise) Amstutz of Lansing; 2 granddaughters; 3 great grandchildren. Mrs. Warren was taken from the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel to the Esterdahl Funeral Home, Moline, 111. where graveside services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m.

Friday at Greenview Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to the Kidney Foundation in memory of Grace M. Warren. rock fans who hadn't cleared out of the bar and those who came back in got to hear Iron Butterfly give a show that had plenty of electricity. BASSIST LEE DORMAN is the only original member of the '60s band made famous by the song "In a Godda Da Vida." The current five-piece Butterfly saved the tune for near the end of a set that began just after midnight.

Dorman, in bell-bottomed pants, led the group through songs that while they didn't blow any fuses might have blown out some ears across town. The Butterfly boys worked up a sweat with a high voltage performance that left them looking like they had been standing in the rain. By DAVID WINKELSTERN Journal Correspondent Some bands seem able to blow out amplifiers or PA systems easily when they start playing. Then there is the rare group which manages to knock out the power to the streetlights. Or so it seemed Tuesday night at the Coral Gables.

Just before Iron Butterfly took the stage, an electrical storm blew out a transformer across the street, cutting the power to a section of the city. This reporter arrived just in time to witness a shower of sparks and flashes of light from electrical lines along Grand River Avenue. As the street-lamps and the club's marquee went dark, it looked like it WINTERS, HARRY LEON Lansing Age 74, died March 28, 1982 in Mason. Mr. Winters was a resident of Lansing his entire life.

He was a truck driver for various companies in the Lansing area and was also a musician, at one time forming his own band "Cabaloros" in Lansing. Mr. Winters was a veteran of WWII serving in the U.S. Army and also played in the Army band. Surviving are 2 sons, Harry Douglas Winters, Sr.

of Germany and William Lee Winters; 2 daughters, Yvonne Rose Ebright of Lansing and Carol Sue King of Mason; 9 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. at Chapel in the Pines Funeral Home, Lansing with Mr. Marion F. Ellis of Owosso officiating.

Interment will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wed. from 2-4 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home. Review PRETZER, MARILYN C.

1426 Gay Lane Age 44, died Mar. 30, 1982. Born June 4, 1937 in Midland County, Michigan. Mrs. Pretzer was a member of the Eastminster Presbyterian Church and the N.F.B.

She is survived by a daughter, Dalyce Pretzer of Lansing; her mother; 3 sisters 2 brothers. There will be a memorial service Thurs. 3 p.m. at the Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 1315 Abbott, East Lansing with the Rev. Paul W.

W. Green officiating. Friends desiring may make contributions to the American Cancer Society or the Eastmin-ster Presbyterian Church. There will be no visitation. Arrangements by the Gorsline Runciman Lansing Chapel.

LEIGHTON, HELEN JOSEPHINE 1030 Woodale Lane Mrs. Leighton, age 81, passed away March 30, 1982. She had been a resident of Lansing most of her life; was a member of St. Marys Cathedral; and the Vivians Society. She was preceded in death by her husband, John L.

Leighton in 1964. Surviving are son, Jack Leighton of Grand Haven, 1 daughter, Jill Leighton Turk of Lansing; 4 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Mi-cha McCalpin of Champaign, sister-in-law, Mrs. Catheryn Voorheis of Lansing. Memorial services will be conducted at 10 a.m.

Mon. in St. Marys Cathedral. Memorials may be made to the Hospice of Lansing, 800 Abbott East Lansing 48823. There will be no visitation.

Arrangements by the Estes-Leadley Funeral Home. TICKETS FOR refunds were given out and about a hundred customers made their way out into a flooded parking lot. That was about the time when the power returned. The Age 84, passed away; Mar. 29, 1982 at the Michigan Masonic Home in Alma.

She was born Mar. 20, 1898 in Jenison, MI, daughter of Otis and Edna Gillette Lowing. She married J. Davidson Cheney in 1918 in Grandville and he preceded her in death in 1968. She is survived by 1 son, Jack of Lansing; daughter, Mrs.

Jack (Marg) Mortensen of Alden; 7 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren; 5 brothers preceded her in death. Graveside services were held March 30 at 10 a.m. from Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Grand Rapids. Rev. Audrey Hilliker officiating.

Arrangements made by Lux-Moody-Wolfel Funeral Home in Alma. TV 'stunt' may have preceded fatal crash MASON The early Monday auto accident that took the life of a Dansville youth may have been a result of his attempt to perform a stunt seen on a popular television show, according to Capt. Richard Abbott of the Ingham County Sheriff's Department. Abbott said young drivers were reported to have tried imitating stunts seen on "The Dukes of Hazzard" television series in the area where Brian Lininger, 18, was killed. Abbott said the young people liked to achieve a high speed and drive up a steep embankment just off Brown Road, a gravel road east of Mason.

Lininger's car slid into a tree as he was allegedly attempting the stunt. Abbott said a neighbor told officers he heard a car being revved up for about a quarter mile immediately before the fatal accident. FUNERALS THOMAS E. HOFFMEYER PARTNER McGILLICUDDY, DR. OLIVER B.

1740 Wellington Religious services will be conducted at 1 p.m., Thurs. at the Estes Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel with inter What is a pre-arranged funeral service? ANSWER It is a final tribute designed around known wishes of the deceased. It's the result of thoughtful planning by people who take advantage of our pre-ar-rangement service, sparing their survivors needless burden when death MOORE, ROBERT P. Formerly of 2114 Roberts Lane Age 84, died Mar. 30, 1982 at a local hospital.

He was a resident of Lansing for the past 66 years. Mr. Moore was born in Matherton, Mich, the son of Herbert Grace Moore, he attended Pewamo High School moved to Lansing in 1916. He was employed with REO Motors, Mays Hat Store, Hurds Mens Store and retired from Kositchek's Mens Store in 1972 after 18 years of service. Surviving are 1 brother, Cecil E.

Moore of Battle Creek; 1 nephew and 2 nieces; 1 stepdaughter, Patricia Na-geotte of East Lansing and 4 step-grandchildren. He was married to Nelle Peez in 1940 who preceded him in death in March 1969. The family will receive their friends Wed. 2-4 7-9 p.m. at the Palmer-Bush Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held Thurs. at 2:00 p.m. at the Palmer-Bush Chapel with Rev. Lloyd Phillips officiating. Interment will follow at Deepdale Memorial Park.

Pallbearers will be David Ko-sitchek, John Strolle, Richard Belen, James Kellogg, Rich Schalter and Jim Ortman. ADAMS, EDNA L. 410 S. Jenison Age 75, died Mar. 29, 1982.

Mrs. Adams had been a resident of Lansing for 25 years and was a member of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church serving on the mothers board. Surviving are 3 sons, George (Jesse) Taylor, Marcus Taylor both of Lansing and Richard Taylor of Chicago; 2 sisters, Mrs. Ruth Butler of Chicago and Mrs. Elizabeth Bright of Lansing; 2 brothers, Alberth (Sonny) and Shelvy Adams both of Lansing; several nieces; nephews; cousins; 8 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren; 1 daughter-in-law, Mrs.

Mattie Taylor of Lansing; 1 sister-in-law, Mrs. Ernestine Adams of Lansing. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., April 2, 1982 at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church with Rev. Ar-celious Flanagan officiating. Interment in Mt.

Hope Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thurs. night at the Riley Funeral Home from 7-8. LANDELLS, EDITH M. 307 N.

Waverly Rd. Mrs. Landells, age 77, passed away Mar. 29, 1982. Mrs.

Landells had been a life long resident of the greater Lansing area. She had been employed at the REO, was a member of Pilgrim Congregational Church (UCC) and Women of the Moose Chapter 116. Surviving are husband, William 1 son, George W. Landells of Clarksville; 4 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; 1 sister, Mrs. Esther Wieber of Lansing; several cousins.

Religious services will be conducted 2:30 p.m., Fri. at the Estes Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel with Rev. Donald A. Wenstrom of the Pilgrim Congregational Church (UCC) officiating with interment in Deepdale Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to the American Lung Assoc.

in memory of Edith M. Landells. SCHAAR, LEONARD A. 2700 Burcham Dr. East Lansing Age 79, died March 26, 1982.

Bom Dec. 1, 1902 in Lansing. He was retired in 1969 after 31 years with the Michigan Dept. of Corrections. He was past president of M.S.E.A.

presiding in 1953 1954. Mr. Schaar was a life member of the Michigan Probation, Prisons Parole Assoc. He had a 25 year active membership in the Civitan International. Mr.

Schaar is survived by a sister, Mrs. Beatrice Kerby of California; and several nieces and nephews. A private memorial service will be held. There will be no visitation at the funeral home. Friends desiring may make contributions to the Kidney Foundation of Michigan or the Michigan Heart Assoc.

Arrangements by the Gorsline Runci-man Lansing Chapel. Flowers. The unspoken tribute. ment in Evergreen Cemetery. Active bearers will be Dr.

Kenneth H. Johnson, Dr. Chris- topher J. Stringer, Richard P. Lyman, Dr.

William D. Cheney, Richard B. Foster, Sr, and Joseph C. Foster, Jr. Honorary bearers will be Dr.

Sprigg S. Jacobs, Dr. J. K. Heck- ert, Dr.

Roland Kalm- 1 bach, Dr. Theodore I. i Bauer, Dr. Herbert W. Harris, Dr.

Charles F. -Holland, Guy C. Shum-way, M. F. Cotes and Arthur Elmer.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2-4 7-9 YtS, I would like to know moie about prearranging a fun- eral at no obligation. Plena lend m. the FREE PRE-PLANNING BOOK-1 I LET Plan have an employe of the funeral horn call on m. Nam Blake rites scheduled A memorial service for Jason T. Blake, 4, Is scheduled at 3 p.m.

Saturday in Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 3611 W. Jolly Rd. The memorial talk will be by Larry Castagne. Jason, only son of Tom and Heidi Blake, died Friday of a rare congenital condition known as Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome. He lived longer than most children with this illness which is marked by profound mental retardation and a tendency of the body to collect mucus.

In addition to his parents, Jason is survived, by grandparents, Meade and Heloise Blake and Joan and Marianne Spinnett. Addrn CityStateZip Phone PLEASE RETURN TO: Since 1910 GORSLINE-RUNCIMAN CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS 900 E. MICHIGAN AVE. LANSING, MICHIGAN 48912 PH.

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