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2B Saturday, February 15, 1992 OZARKS MISSOURI The News-Leader Springfield brothers indicted Drug, weapons charges stem from undercover investigation, raid I Ex-basketball player pleads guilty to assault charge By Robert Keyes The News-Leader Two Springfield brothers arrested during a Feb. 6 police raid where one of them was shot were indicted Friday by a federal grand jury in Springfield on a host of drug and weapons charges. Tod William Evans, 34, faces the following charges: conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana; distributing, storing and using drugs; using a shotgun in drug trafficking; and possessing and transferring an unregistered and illegal firearm. Evans and his brother, Ned Patrick Evans, 22, are charged with using and carrying shotguns while conspiring to distribute drugs. Ned Evans is also charged with two counts of distributing marijuana and cocaine.

Ned Evans was shot four times during the raid at his 709 W. Scott St. home when he allegedly swung a shotgun in the direction of an officer. He was listed in fair condition Friday at St John's Regional Health Center and will be taken into custody after his release. His brother is being held in the Greene County Jail with no bond.

Their arrests followed a three-month undercover investigation during which Tod Evans allegedly sold drugs to an undercover Springfield officer and bragged of making illegal weapons. He also allegedly offered the officer weapons or drugs to assault two people. Tod Evans told the officer he would "shoot the first cop through the door," the undercover officer said. A third man arrested in the raid has not been charged. From Our Staff Former Southwest Missouri State University basketball player Lovelace Redmond pleaded guilty Friday to a third-degree assault charge in connection with an incident at a Springfield grocery store.

Sentencing is set for March 27 for Redmond, who now lives in Milwaukee. Associate Circuit Redmond for the theft of a $4 beefsteak. Still pending is another third-degree assault charge filed in connection with an incident July 14, 1991. He is accused of kicking another man during a fight involving about seven men. Redmond, 23, played basketball for two years at SMS.

Judge Bob Keeter ordered a pre sentence investigation. The maximum possible punishment is a one-year county jail term and $1,000 fine. Redmond admitted striking a security guard at Smitty's Supermarket, 218 S. Glenstone in April 1991. The incident allegedly occurred after two guards tried to detain Attorney general candidates jockey for position at Lincoln Day CLEETON, James and Shirley (Do-herty), Route 1 Box 379, Fair Grove, a girl, 12:40 p.m.

Feb. 13, St. John's. COCHRAN, Dennis and Susan (Knight), Route 18 Box 278, Springfield, a boy, 2:12 p.m. Feb.

13, St. John's. CURL, Danny and Angie (Rodgers), 104 N. Chrysler, Clever, a boy, 3:53 p.m. Feb.

13, St. John's. DOTSON, Damon and Pamela (Cameron), Cabool, a boy, 11:18 p.m. Feb. 12, St.

John's. FLINT, Matthew and Barbara (Taylor), 1011 E. Edgewood, Springfield, a By Robert Edwards The News-Leader ST. LOUIS The race for the Republican nomination for Missouri attorney general has started out as a battle between the heavyweight backers of the two major candidates, John Hall and David Steelman. U.S.

Sen. John C. Danforth taking the unusual step of involving himself in a primary contest has endorsed Hall. Former state GOP Chairman John Powell of Rolla is working for Steelman. Hall is a former assistant U.S.

attorney who lives in the St. Louis area. Steelman, a former state representative from Salem, is a lawyer now living and working in private practice in Rolla. The most recent development in this race occurred this week when Powell wrote a letter to key Republican operatives statewide urging them to support Steelman. The Powell letter has been the subject of conversation among some of the several hundred Republicans attending the state Lincoln Day celebration in St.

Louis this weekend. Powell's effort is seen as an attempt to counter Danforth's fatherly embrace of Hall, a former Danforth campaign manager and Washington staffer. Indeed, Hall's campaign literature has a photo of Danforth with his hand on Hall's shoulder. In his letter, Powell traces the history of the Republican political gains made since Danforth led the way in 1968 when he was elected attorney general. But Powell also heaps praise on Steelman as "a team player" and a proven leader when he served as House minority leader.

And Powell also says in the letter Steelman has a broad base of support within the GOP, "and not just the so-called silk stocking element." Asked about the letter, Steelman acknowledged, "I've got my hands full because of the senior senator (supporting Hall)." He also said, "I think John (Powell) is trying to point out some of the history of Missouri politics." Steelman said he's worked for the party and in politics for many years, while his opponent is a relative newcomer to state politics "and hasn't even lived in the state more than four or five years." Hall, who said he was born in the Kansas City area, went to college and law school at Harvard University and returned to Missouri to run Danforth's 1988 Senate campaign before joining the U.S. attorney's office in 1989. "It's going to be us and our "Right now we haven't come up with anything that will support the case as to her known whereabouts or put some conclusion on this case. We have kind of drawn a blank," said Tom Van Zandt, spokesman for the Rural Major New investigation into missing woman case comes up empty be used to help decommission ammunition DAILY RECORD BIRTHS BAILEY, David and Patricia (Rob-bereon), 1702 N. Hillcrest, Springfield, a girl, 1:43 p.m.

Feb. 13, Cox South. BECKERDITE, Wayne and Mary (Cooper), 2546 E. Elm, Springfield, a girl, 3:01 p.m. Feb.

13, Cox South. DEATH NOTICES Mabel May Albright, 97 BRADLEYVILLE Services for Mabel May Albright, Bradleyville, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in White River Association Building near Taneyville. Burial will be in Blair Cemetery, near Bradleyville, under direction of Kissee Mortuary, Forsyth. Mrs.

Albright, a homemaker, died at 8:55 p.m. Thursday in her home. Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. today in the funeral home. Minnie R.

Anderson, 39 SHELL KNOB Graveside services for Minnie R. Anderson, Shell Knob, will be at 1 p.m. today in Fields Cemetery under direction of Fohn Funeral Home. Miss Anderson died at 8:47 a.m. Thursday in Springdale Memorial Hopsital, Springdale, after a short illness.

Genevie L. Bradley, 82 MOUNT VERNON Services for Genevie L. Bradley, Mount Vemon, will be at 10 a.m. Monday in First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Mount Vernon City Cemetery under direction of Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home.

Mrs. Bradley, a retired dietician, died at 5 p.m. Thursday in her home. Visitation will be from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.

Bertha Brown, 71 AURORA Graveside services for Bertha Brown, Aurora, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Maple Park Cemetery under direction of Peterson Funeral Home. The body will be cremated. Mrs. Brown, a homemaker, died at 3 a.m.

Thursday in Aurora Community Hospital. Kenneth E. Brown, 87 CASSVILLE Graveside services for Kenneth E. Brown, Cassville, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Oak Hill Cemetery under direction of Williamson Funeral Home.

Mr. Brown, a retired jeweler, died at 9:44 a.m. Friday in Red Rose Inn Nursing Center. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time Sunday in the funeral home.

Preston V. Cheek, 53 MOUNT VERNON Services for Preston V. Cheek Mount Vernon, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St Susanne Catholic Church. Burial will be at 1 p.m.

Tuesday in Springfield National Cemetery under direction of Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home. Mr. Cheek, a farmer, died Thursday afternoon in his home. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday in the funeral home.

Gene Creed, 72 WALNUT GROVE Services for Gene Creed, Walnut Grove, will be at 10:30 a.m. today in Wilson-Brim-Daniel Funeral Home, Walnut Grove. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Willard. Mr. Creed, a retired dairy foreman and World War II Army Veteran, died at 12:50 p.m.

Wednesday in Ash Grove Nursing Home. Mildred Florence Cunningham, 86 Services for Mildred Florence Cunningham, Springfield, will be at 1 p.m. today in Klingner Mortuary. Burial will be in Clear Creek Cemetery. Miss Cunningham, a retired office clerk, died at 4:30 a.m.

Thursday in Cox Medical Center North. Section credits Page Design by: Debbie Cockrell Headlines by: Debbie Cockrell Jody Dickson, Chris Sifford, Sandra Woodard, Jane Bennett Editing by: Chris Sifford, Chick Rowland Obituaries, Death Notices: Amy McCann Editorial Assistant June Spence girl, 11:11 p.m. Feb. 13, Cox South. JARVIS, Danny and Michele (Elias), 1920 S.

Sieger, Springfield, a boy, 12:36 a.m. Feb. 13, Cox South. ROSS, Allen and Susanne (Miller), 220 E. Portland, Springfield, a girl, 4:27 p.m.

Feb. 13, Cox South. STOKES, Michael and Traci (Couch), 906 Brooke Court, Nixa, a girl, 2:58 p.m. Feb. 13, Cox South.

THORN, James and Mende Sue (Kis-see), 2648 W. Plainview, Springfield, a boy, 3:52 a.m. Feb. 13, Cox South. Springfield National Cemetery.

Mr. Parks, a retired carpenter and World War II Army Veteran, died Wednesday in his home. Perna Mae Roper, 91 Services for Perna Mae Roper, Springfield, will be at 10 a.m. today in Greenlawn Funeral Home North. Burial will be in Eastlawn Cemetery.

Mrs. Roper, a homemaker, died at 9 p.m. Tuesday in Greene Haven Nursing Home. Lois Gertrude Russell, 82 GREENFIELD Memorial services for Lois Gertrude Russell, Greenfield, will be at 11 a.m. today in First Christian Church.

Burial will be in Greenfield Cemetery. The body has been cremated under direction of Greenfield Funeral Chapel. Miss Russell, a retired teacher, died Tuesday evening in her home. Rollo L. Scroggins, 87 BOLIVAR Services for Rollo L.

Scroggins, Bolivar, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Pitts Funeral Home. Burial will be in Pleasant Hope Cemetery, Pleasant Hope. Mr. Scroggins, a retired farmer and businessman, died at 11:02 a.m.

Thursday in Hillhaven Convalescent Center. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Carl David Skakal, 70 FORT SCOTT, Kan. Services for Carl David Skakal, Fort Scott, formerly of El Dorado Springs, will be at 2 p.m.

Sunday in Hackleman and Sons Funeral Home, El Dorado Springs. Burial will be in El Dorado Springs Cemetery. Mr. Skakal, a retired construction worker, died at 12:55 p.m. Thursday in University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.

Visitation will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. today in the funeral home. Oren H. Virgen, 81 BUFFALO Services for Oren H. Virgen, Buffalo, will be at 2 p.m.

Sunday in Montgomery-Viets Funeral Home. Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery, near Tunas. Mr. Virgen, a retired oil field worker and farmer, died Thursday evening in John Cochran Hospital, St. Louis.

Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Other Deaths Listed below are notices of recent deaths of present or former residents of southwest Missouri. More details will be published when information is available. Lefa Ellingsworth, 70, Springfield, died Thursday in St.

Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, Ariz. Arrangements will be announced by Greenlawn Funeral Home South. Norris A. Hartley, 74, Springfield, died at 6 p.m. Thursday in his home.

Arrangements will be announced by Greenlawn Funeral Home South. Minnie V. Hughey, 91, Springfield, died at 8:55 p.m. Thursday in Mara-natha Manor. Arrangements will be announced by Thieme Colonial Chapel.

Frances Harriett Hutcherson, 70, Springfield, died at 6 p.m. Thursday in Hillhaven Convalescent Center. Arrangements will be announced by Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel. Wilson 'Big Rock' Martin, 68, Walnut Grove, died at 10:30 p.m. Thursday in Cox Medical Center North, Springfield.

Arrangements will be announced by Wilson-Brim-Daniel Funeral Home, Walnut Grove. Claude Wayne McHenry, 70, Buffalo, died at 5:40 a.m. Friday in V.A. Medical Center, Columbia. Arrangements will be announced by Cantlon Funeral Home, Buffalo.

Lawrence F. Nelson, 77, Springfield, died at 9:50 p.m. Thursday in Mount Vernon Veteran's Hospital, Mount Vernon. Arrangements will be announced by Greenlawn Funeral Home North. Jennie Lou Rutherford, 48, Hollis-ter, died at 5:30 a.m.

Friday in her parent's home, Taneyville. Arrangements will be announced by Forsyth-Whelchel Funeral Home, friends against the establishment and the political pros," said Steelman, whose father, Circuit Judge Dorman Steelman of Salem, was state GOP chairman in 1966-67. Dor-man Steelman and Powell are longtime friends and political allies. Hall said the silk stocking remark can't possibly apply to him because his father, a retiree living on a pension and Social Security, worked for many years in a dry-ice factory in North Kansas City. He said he worked as a federal prosecutor for the past three years in St Louis.

"I consider myself the underdog in this race," Hall said. "I haven't built up connections in Jefferson City through a number of years working there. I wasn't born into a political family." "What I have to offer is ideas and convictions to modernize law enforcement and improve the fight against crime." Steelman and Hall and other Republican candidates for various offices are working the Lincoln Day crowd to win supporters among party leaders. Among those hoping to make a positive impression are the three major candidates for the GOP nomination for governor Treasurer Wendell Bailey, Secretary of State Roy Blunt and Attorney General William Webster. Case Squad.

A segment last week on NBC's "Unsolved Mysteries" concerning the April 1991 disappearance of Angela Hammond produced calls from throughout the United States and Canada but turned up nothing. Stonehenge replica and to cut away stone for a theater underneath the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. UMR will try out the underwater water jet robot this summer when it cleans out a flooded cave at Grand Gulf State Park near Thayer. The mouth of the cave is clogged with mud and brush, Summers said.

"If you're mining mud and trees and whatever else is down there, you can mine coal," he said. Don Warner, dean of the UMR School of Mines and Metallurgy, said the university's work with the Earth Conservancy will help speed up the commercialization of water jet technology. Water jet research has gone on at UMR since 1967. The High Pressure Waterjet Laboratory was established in 1984. GETTING IT CORRECT The News-Leader strives for accuracy and fairness.

We will correct any errors or misunderstandings created by stories, headlines and photographs. Readers may request a correction by calling the metro editor at 836-1199, day or night a granddaughter, Shelley Crawford and husband, Steve, Buffalo; a great-grandson, B.J.; and three sisters, Louise Miller and Minnie Miller, both of Salem, and Stella McClary, St. Louis. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday lb Meadors Funeral Home, Republic, with the Rev.

Roy Wade officiating. Burial will be in Prospect Cemetery, Bois D'Arc. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. tions may be made to the American Cancer Neva Davis, 79 LEBANON Services for Neva L.

Davis, Lebanon, will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Colonial Chapel. Burial will be in Cuba Cemetery, Cuba. Mrs. Davis, a homemaker, died at 7:15 p.m.

Thursday in Lebanon Care Center. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Harold Charles Deering, 72 MILLER Services for Harold Charles Deering, Miller, will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home.

Burial location will be announced at a later date. Mr. Deering, a retired custodian, died at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday in his home. Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m.

today in the funeral home. Linda D. Evans, 40 GREENFIELD Services for Linda D. Evans, Greenfield, will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Greenfield Funeral Chapel.

Burial will be in Pennsboro Cemetery, south of Greenfield. Mrs. Evans, a homemaker, died at 2:55 a.m. Friday in St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, from natural causes.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. Avia Alma Garbee, 91 Services for Avia Alma Garbee, Springfield, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Klingner Mortuary. Burial will be in Hazelwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Garbee, a retired nurse, died at 5 a.m. Wednesday in her home. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.

Domingo M. Garcia, 59 Services for Domingo M. Garcia, Springfield, will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel. Graveside services with military ore will be at 2 p.m.

Tuesday in Springfield National Cemetery. Mr. Garcia, a construction worker, died at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday in Mount Vernon Park Care Center. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m.

Sunday in the funeral home. Avis Goodln, 67 Graveside services for Avis L. Goo-din, Springfield, will be at 1:30 p.m. today in White Chapel Cemetery under direction of KHngner Mortuary. Mrs.

Goodin, a former cafe owner, died at 4:48 p.m. Wednesday in Cox Medical Center South. Byron William Humphrey, 80 Services for Byron William Humphrey, Springfield, were held Friday in Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel. A second service will be at 1:30 p.m. today in First Baptist Church, Iberia.

Burial will be in Iberia Cemetery under direction of Stevinson-Mossman Funeral Home, Iberia. Mr. Humphrey, a retired professional baseball player and baseball scout, died at 5:13 a.m. Thursday in Cox Medical Center South. Elizabeth 'Nellie' Kennedy, 86 ST.

PAUL, Kan. Funeral Mass for Elizabeth "Nellie" Kennedy, St. Paul, will be at 2 p.m. today in St. Francis Catholic Church.

Burial will be in St Francis Cemetery under direction of Burris-Carson-Wall Funeral Home. Mrs. Kennedy, a retired cook and homemaker, died at 12:20 p.m. Thursday in Labette County Medical Center, Parsons, Kan. Martha Eleanor Lightfoot, 70 HERMITAGE Services for Martha Eleanor Lightfoot, Hermitage, will be at 2 p.m.

Sunday in Hathaway-Pe-terman Funeral Home, Wheatland. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery, near Pittsburg. Miss Lightfoot, a homemaker, died at 10:52 a.m. Thursday in Citizens Memorial Hospital, Bolivar. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m.

today in the funeral home. Ollie W. Parks. 74 Services with full military rites for Ollie W. Parks, Springfield, will be at 1 p.m.

today in Greenlawn Funeral Home North. Burial will be Tuesday in used to cut nearly anything, from pizza to stone. UMR researchers demonstrated a water jet about the size of pencil lead, forced from a nozzle at 40,000 pounds of pressure per square inch (psi), to cut precise letters from a piece of plastic foam. The water jets used in the coal mines will use a pressure of about 3,000 psi, Summers said. How much pressure is that? Compare it with a Water Pik, capable of about 100 psi, Summers said.

A water jet device can safely wash the explosive out of a missile in about two minutes, Summers said. The metal casings can be recycled. Research is under way to find a use for the washed-out explosive. UMR's job is to design a portable unit that easily can be moved to where it's needed, Emerson said. He said it's unknown how many weapons need to be decommissioned.

"I don't think it's been defined yet. It's monumental," he said. Summers said decommissioning could save the government millions of dollars now spent on storage. Water jets can be used to fillet fish, bone turkeys, cut airplane wings and disposable diapers during manufacture and perform liver surgery, UMR officials said. They were used to cut granite for UMR's The Associated Press CLINTON A renewed investigation into the disappearance last year of a' young Clinton woman wound down Friday, despite about 700 tips triggered by a nationally televised report on the incident.

J6tWater jet will FROM PAGE 1B flooded mines on 15,000 acres in' northeastern Pennsylvania's Lu-, zerne County. The water jets will crush the coal into small particles to create a slurry that could be used as a substitute for diesel fuel, Summers said. Those are two projects of the Earth Conservancy, a new non-profit corporation based in northeastern Pennsylvania, U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson said at a news conference Friday at UMR.

The university will be part of the Earth Conservancy's Applied Research Center. The conservancy, which received a $20 million federal appropriation, will bridge the gap between federally funded academic research and industry for economic growth and environmental restoration, Emerson said. That will create jobs, he said. "We're taking the birth of a technology in the classroom and maturing it into a full-grown, able-bodied adult for use in the general public." Emerson, a Republican who represents Missouri's 8th District, and Rep. Paul Kanjorski, were instrumental in securing funding from the Department of Defense for the Earth Conservancy program.

High pressure water jets can be Obituaries Flossie Brown HIGHLANDVILLE Flossie Brown, 90, High-landville, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 1992 in her home. She was born Feb. 6, 1902, the daughter of John and Alice Hayes Brown. Most of her life was spent in the Hlgh-landville area.

She worked in the shipyards in California during WWII and lived in Wichita, Kan. for several years. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Preceding her In death were her husband, Jerry F. Brown, in 1975; two sons, Oran and Lloyd Dean Brown; two broth ers, Brown; Stutesman; sister, son, daughters, and Sparta, Nicholson Dexter, great- Funeral be at Adams Ozark, Howard Highlandville 7 to 8 funeral Paid announcements are arranged through southwest Missouri funeral home directors.

Virgil and Claude a sister, Reba and a twin Walsie Stewart. Survivors include a Edward Brown, Highlandville; two Edna Gardner husband, Herle, and Loretta and husband, Wichita, 17 grandchildren; and and great-greatgrandchildren. services will 2 p.m. Sunday In Funeral Home, with the Rev. Blevlns officiating.

Burial will be in Cemetery. Visitation will be from p.m. today in the home. William Homer 'Casey' Grimmett REPUBLIC William Homer "Casey" Grimmett, 84, Republic, died at 8:10 p.m. Thursday In Mount Vernon Park Care, Springfield, after a long illness.

Mr. Grimmett, a lifelong resident of Greene County, was a well-known farmer and stockman and was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Shirley Grimmett, Brookline; a daughter, Donna Sue Grimmett, Humansville;.