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NATIONAL SPRINGFIELD, MO an? 417.889.5353 www.PreferredHearing.com (Across from St. John's Hospital) Man in jail for alleged threat against business Laclede County Crash injures five; two hospitalized Two people were flown to a Springfield hospital Monday for treatment of serious injuries in a Laclede County crash on Interstate 44 that injured three other people, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol. Robert M. Hunt, 30, of Stillwater, and Tagi-na M. Hunt, 13, of Syracuse, N.Y., were flown to St.

John's Regional Medical Center for treatment after the 7:50 a.m. crash on 1-44 about 7lA miles east of Lebanon. Anna Mae Hunt, 27, an infant named Robert M. Hunt and Damien A. Segura, 2, all of Stillwater, were taken to St.

John's Hospital in Lebanon by ambulance with minor injuries. The crash occurred when a westbound 2000 Dodge Durango the elder Robert M. Hunt was driving left the roadway, hit a dirt embankment and overturned several times. Of the occupants, Tagina Hunt was not wearing a seat belt, according to the patrol. Buddhists invite public to cleanup The Soka Gakkai International-USA Springfield District will clean up a section of U.S.

60 on Sunday and has invited the public to participate. The Buddhist organization has adopted a section of the highway between Rogersville and Fordland. Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at the Hardee's restaurant in Rogersville. Equipment, including safety vests, bug spray and water, will be provided.

For more information, call 859-4715. Finley River Farmers Market meets weekly The Finley River Farmers Market and small-animal swap meet takes place from 7 a.ra to 2 p.m. every Saturday through October at Kindall Store, 3499 Missouri Olga Road in Fordland. There is a $5 fee for vendors. For more information, call 767-2087.

REGION Traffic signals at ZZ, among road work Watch for this new area road work today: New traffic signals begin flashing at Greene County ZZ and M. Route 14 traffic shifted to the south between 16th and 22nd streets in Ozark. In a Greene County project, Farm Road 11 is closed through Thursday between Farm Roads 124 and 128, State's top 3 leaders now out of state THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jefferson City Where in the world are Missouri's top officials? Not in Missouri. Gov. Jay Nixon was touring a U.S.

military hospital Tuesday in Germany the last stop on a Defense Department trip that included troop visits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nixon is to return to Missouri this evening. Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder headed Tuesday to Canada, where he will be touring energy facilities and taking vacation before returning Sunday.

Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields also left Missouri on Tuesday for a family vacation at an undisclosed location and will be back Sunday. Nixon is retaining his gubernatorial powers while gone. Were he to transfer powers, House Speaker Ron Richard would be fourth in line. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS An Ohio man has been jailed on a terrorist charge after allegedly threatening in a phone conversation to set fire to a firm selling extended car warranties.

Charles Papenfus, 43, called a telemarketing firm in St. Louis in May after receiving a mailing that said a factory warranty had expired on a Ford Taurus driven by his 23-year-old son, his wife, Tracie Papenfus, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The car had been purchased as-is for $3,000 and hadn't had a factory warranty in years. He repeatedly asked why the mailing had been sent, when they'd never had a factory warranty on the car, she said.

He called back to com- plain some more, and when the firm called to return a voice mail he'd left, he allegedly said he would burn down the firm's building and kill employees and their families, court documents said. "They insulted each other," said Douglas Forsyth, a lawyer representing Papenfus. He said Papenfus referred to "a scam" and the lawyer alleged the telemarketer then called Papenfus names. Court records don't identify the firm, but only one firm at the address, TXEN Partners, provides auto service contracts, also called extended warranties. A man who answered the phone Tuesday at TXEN Partners, which does business as Service Protection Direct, declined to comment.

The Better Business Bureau recently accused the firm of sending mailers to consumers that incorrectly state factory warranties on their vehicles either have expired or will run out soon. Last year, then-Attorney General Jay Nixon sued the firm for misleading customers. The business as part of a settlement was to only refer to expiring warranties if it believed in good faith that those claims were true. Tracie Papenfus said she hasn't seen her husband since his arrest on June 27, when he went to a Fostoria, Ohio, police station. She says she can't post his $45,000 bond.

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