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2B Wednesday, May 4, 1994 News-Leader OZARKS MISSOURI Higher source may reveal clues Police are bolting to satellite photos for help in solving Missouri MEngs. Specials H99G PiPSC stvb.es WOMEN'S DRESS SHOES an their investigation into a January slaying. Diana Ault was shot to death in front of her two children, ages 4 years and 6 months. Her killer drove her car to an area nearly a mile from the crime scene. Independence police detective Bob West hopes the satellite images will reveal another car at that parking area one belonging to Ault's killer.

West wouldn't release information on the company: "We don't want our suspect calling and inquiring them." The cost about $300 at first, as the satellite company searches files for the right photos. Independence police expect to hear from the company sometime this week. Joplin's request is still a month or so away from being filled. If promising photos are found, the company will enhance them by computer. Ron Davis News-Leader Crime Nine hundred miles above the ground, a satellite may yield the clues to catch a killer.

So hope Joplin police officers, who are relying on satellite technology in their investigation into the deaths of Diana and Christy Kelley. Diana was found dead in September 1990; her body was found in the passenger seat of her car, parked behind a downtown business. Christy died in April 1993. Her bruised body was found in the bathtub. Both women were married to Doyle Kelley when they died.

He was accused of murder in Diana's death, but the charge was later dropped because police said they didn't have enough evidence. Enter the satellites. Orbiting the Earth are NASA satellites. They take pictures every seven seconds; each photo shows a 60-kilometer area. A private company stores the images, which date back to 1964.

"What we're hoping to see is some satellite that has taken an image crucial to our investigation," says Joplin Police Capt. Dick Schurman. "We hope it could identify the suspect." The satellites' photos can yield images less than 1 meter across, Schurman says. Joplin police decided to go the technology route after learning that Independence investigators were using satellite photos in HP TO Senate: Road panel to stay same size Terri Gleich News-Leader GOVERNMENT JEFFERSON CITY A bill to expand the state highway panel that oversees more than $800 million a year in road-building projects was rejected 15-16 Tuesday by the Missouri Senate. Its sponsor, Sen.

Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, pronounced the issue dead for the year. He said the bill, which would have expanded the commission from six members to 10, was needed because the panel's duties have expanded in the last 30 years and areas of the state with no representation on the panel feel left out. But most rural lawmakers viewed it as an attempt to give St. Louis and Kansas City more pull on the board. Sen.

Mike Lybyer, D-Huggins, was the only Ozarks senator to vote for the bUl. The measure was in part, by a perception that southwest Missouri is getting too big a chunk of fuel tax proceeds. "We are taking a very high percentage of the present gas tax mon-, ey and putting it into the Branson area," said Mathewson. "Maybe that's good, maybe that's bad, but the truth of the matter is that a lot of other highway construction is suffering In the state because the big bucks are going into Branson." At the urging of former Gov. John Ashcroft, the highway commission In 1992 approved the planned $180 million Ozark Mountain Highroad to ease congestion In the Branson area.

Another $70 million in Branson-area road improvements also are in the works. Suggested Retail Z. DiabetiCMedicaid agrees to help buy insulin pump Styles Similar To These Shown oRYifrs iii am There Is One Hem Vou! PLAZA NORTH TOWN HILCRES SOUTH Continued from 1B were linked to her unwillingness to comply with a prescribed health regimen, which includes regular insulin shots and reducing sugar consumption. King herself admits to neglecting her health. A high school dropout, she got involved with drugs and alcohol at an early age.

She blames much of her troubled childhood on her mother's death when she was 15. "After my mother died," she said, "I just stopped caring about my disease." That's all in the past now, King said. "I'm getting to the point where I'm tired of being sick," she said. "I want to prove that I can take care of this." Egbert said he can't say that leaths Continued from 4B Noma Taber, 75 GAINESVILLE Graveside services for Noma Taber, Gainesville, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Hart Cemetery, Dugginsville, under direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home.

Miss Taber, a homemaker, died Monday in Ozark Medical Center, West Plains. William Alva Wilkerson, 49 ROGERSVILLE Services for William Alva Wilkerson, Rogersville, will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Preston-Marsh Funeral Home. Burial will be in Holland Cemetery. Mr.

Wilkerson, a self-employed mechanic, died at 4:40 a.m. Saturday in "I'm getting tired of being sick." Trlcla King King's behavior has changed. All he knows is that when she was hooked to an IV insulin drip, which works like an insulin pump, for 37 days, her diabetes was under control. The only alternative, he said, is to let her go, and have her return to the hospital for another expensive stay. "I'm just a pragmatist," Egbert said.

"I just figure after all these tries, we have to do something different" Mineral Area Regional Medical Center, Mineral Point, of complications from diabetes. Friends may call after 9 a.m. today in the funeral home. Other Deaths Below are notices of recent deaths of present or former residents of southwest Missouri. More details will be published when information is available.

Arthur A. Ballard, 89, Osceola, died Tuesday in Sac-Osage Hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home. Jasper Berry, 80, Lebanon, died Tuesday in Breech Medical Center. Arrangements will be announced by Colonial Funeral Chapel.

Helen May Franklin, 66, Springfield, died at 3:50 p.m. Monday in Americana Healthcare Fremont Record page News of Record appears today on Page 5B. (3D unm mm msmm County plans for new jail The Associated Press KANSAS CITY Jackson County officials have formed a panel to look into plans for a new Jail since a federal judge reprimanded them and found them in contempt of court because of jail overcrowding. The Jackson County Legislature approved formation of an oversight committee Monday, six days after U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple found the county in violation of a consent decree requiring the jail population to remain less than 324.

In recent months, the jail population has hovered around 700. Manor. Arrangements will be announced by Walnut Lawn DeGraffen-reid-Wood Funeral Home. James E. Hyde, 59, Lebanon, died Tuesday in his home.

Arrangements will be announced by Colonial Funeral Chapel. Thomas Gray Nunnery 83, Yellville, died at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday in St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield. Arrangements will be announced by Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel.

Joan O. Plataka, 67, Springfield, died at 5 a.m. Tuesday in her home. Arrangements will be announced by Greenlawn Funeral Home South. Raymond E.

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