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Page 2ATtie Jackson Sun FROM THE COVERWEATHER Saturday, Nov. s'r 1994 Weather Hotline: 1-900-773-6000 (95 per rnlriutej; WEATHER Pupils grieve after grenade blast NATIONAL FORECAST Forecast for noon today Unasaapanto Ngh temparatum zona lor to day. mine if his feet and legs could be saved, said spokeswoman ago while a civilian employee at Fort Stewart, said Ken Davis, a spokesman for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. Neely was arrested Thursday night for drunken driving after visiting his son in the hospital. Only about 350 of the 840 students at Charlton County High School attended classes Friday.

Cheerleaders handed, out white lapel ribbons and white bows were tied to posts outside the building. Counselors were brought in to talk to the students. A sign outside the school read, "Faith and hope for your quick return to us." "They started talking about it over the intercom and everybody started crying," said senior Janna Becker, who left early. Neely's family told authorities they had four or five of the grenades and had han- died them for years without problems, said John Bankhead, a spokesman for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in Atlanta. Neely's mobile home was searched with bomb-sniffing dogs Friday but investigators found nothing.

The grenade exploded when student Matthew Shannon Chesser dropped it during music class with 24 other students. The blast, felt a quarter-mile away, blew a 3Vi-foot hole in the carpet and knocked over music stands and chairs. A pool of blood was outside the door. "It was an accident. It was just like a little girl taking a doll to show and tell," said Sandy Neely, sister-in-law of Danny Neely.

Chesser, 16, was in critical condition at University Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla. He was scheduled for surgery today so doctors could deter COLD WARM STATIONARY E3 El El EZ3 EJ cdH WISH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-8TORM8 FLURRIES SNOW KX SUNNY PT.CLOUOy CLOUDY LOCAL FORECAST Explosion at school injures 12 students, including one youth who could lose both legs. The Associated Press FOLKSTON, Ga. White ribbons decorated the high school Friday where a dozen students were injured by a grenade that exploded as it was being passed around a classroom. Some students wearing ribbons wept as they talked to counselors about the injured, including one youth who could lose both legs.

Gregory Douglas took the 40mm grenade to school Thursday and assured fellow students it was a dummy. The boy's father, Danny Neely told authorities he brought grenades home years Simpson The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Jurors in the O.J. Simpson murder trial could watch edited tapes of "Roseanne," "Home Improvement" and even football under a tentative agreement reached Friday by lawyers and the judge. The 12 jurors are under strict orders to avoid all media and bookstores. However, in an effort to keep them from going stir-crazy, they would be allowed to watch video tapes of news broadcasts and their favorite TV shows with references to Simpson edited out.

uern Lowe. One other student was in serious condition and six, Includ ing Douglas, were in fair condi tion. Four students were treat ed and released. All of the in jured students are 16 or 17 years old. The teacher, who had her back turned when the blast oc curred, was not injured.

Charlton Countv Sheriff Ear nest Conner would not say whether Douglas or Neelv would be charged. He said Neely is a convicted felon but would not elaborate. Taking explosives into a school is a violation of state law, and possessing explosives without a license is a violation of a federal law. Removing gov ernment property from a base permission also is a felony. TV tapes Judge had suggested "The Mac- TkT11 1 IX it ieu-Lienrer iewsfiour as me type of show jurors could watch because it has stayed away from Simpson coverage, The jury was thinking more along the lines of "All My Children." Among shows jurors listed as their favorites were: "Rose anne," "Home Improvement," "Melrose Place," "Star Trek," "Martin," "ER," and "60 Min utes." Simpson is charged with the June 12 knife slayings of his ex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Gold man.

Opening statements are not expected until January. jurors to see edited TODAY Scattered T-storms, some possibly severe, high lower 70s, low in mid 50s MONDAY Mostly sunny, high around 70, low around 50 NATIONAL FORECAST The plan also would allow jurors to get newspapers probably the Los Angeles Times, Daily News and Sentinel, the city's black newspaper with Simpson stories clipped out. The papers would be delivered to jurors' homes a day late. Jurors would be able to watch edited tapes of sporting events, but nothing from ESPN, the all-sports cable channel that has covered the Simpson case, said defense lawyer Shawn Chapman. Simpson was a star running back for the Buffalo Bills.

"We'd like to restore some normalcy to the jurors' lives," Case revives pain over missing area child MARLENA CHILDRESS CASE Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow City HI LoOtIk Hi LoOtIk City HI LoOtIk HI LoOtIk Albany.N.Y. 73 55cdy 66 52cdy Omaha 88 32cdy 61 '32 elf Asheviile 69 43cdy 68 52cdy Onando 85 65cdy 85 65cdy Atlanta 77 54cdy 76 57 rn Philadelphia 76 54cdy 72 56cdy Atlantic City 68 65cdy 68 65cdy Phoenix 74 46 clr 81 52 clr Baltimore 74 48 clr 70 64 rn Pittsburgh 70 S8cdy 62 58 rn Birmingham 74 57cdy 72 58cdy Portland, Maine 69 50cdy 56 48 rn Boise 47 35cdy 47 35cdy 51 39 51 42 Burllngton.Vt. 62 58 rn 56 49 rn Providence 75 53cdy 69 54cdy Charlstn.W.Va. 75 52cdy 65 58 rn Raleigh 78 50 clr 78 59cdy Charlotte.N.C 76 50cdy 74 59cdy Rapid City 52 22cdy 60 30cdy Chicago 54 48 rn 57 40 clr Reno 54 36 clr 62 39 rt) Cincinnati 66 59 rn 60 53cdy Richmond 78 47 clr 76 59 rn Cleveland 64 58 rn 56 S4cdy Sacramento 60 46 rn 59 48 rn Columbia, S.C. 80 50 clr 80 60cdy St Louis 62 60 rn 65 46cdy Columbus.OhIo 66 57 rn 57 55cdy Salt Lake City 48 31cdy 57 36 clr 68 62cdy 76 50 clr San Antonio 75 54cdy 80 51cdy Denver 57 24cdy 70 30cdy San Diego 72 48 clr 73 53.

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City 62 43cdy 68 42 clr Chapman said. "They've been having a difficult time and we'd sort of like to give them more freedom." Superior Court Judge Lance Ito tentatively approved the plan. The jurors return to court to get their orders on Tuesday, the same day a second panel of about 80 people will be questioned as lawyers try to find 15 alternates. The jury, which includes eight blacks and eight women, was selected Thursday. Ito would allow jurors to watch the TV tapes until he decides whether to sequester them.

Earlier in the week, the couple in Florida In November 1988 after receiving a tip they had a girl with them fitting the missing child's description. The girl was not Marlena. Marlena's grandfather, LaWade Strickland, traveled to Anniston, in November 1988 on a tip that Marlena had been seen, but didn't find her. A few leads followed a broadcast of the TV show "Unsolved Mysteries" when it featured the Marlena case in September 1990, but none were strong. A description of a Marlena-type in Nevada raised hopes that were dashed when dental records proved the girl wasn't the missing tot.

confession out of her while she was under stress. "Union, South Carolina, and Union City, Tennessee," Cavness said. "Yes, there are similarities. There are obvious ilarities." The unsolved Marlena case "continues to be a painful experience," he said, "and I think of it often because 'it hasn't been resolved. I have a lot of confidence the truth will come out someday.

Until it does, all we can do is wait for that to happen." When he took Pam Bailey's confession, he said, "there was no undue pressure; there was no coerced confession. But I can understand family and friends, just like this situation Continued from cover "This South Carolina thing is just too close to home," said Keely Tyson of Jackson, sister of Marlena's father, Kevin Childress. Pam Bailey's mother and Marlena's grandmother, Catherine Strickland, said the past few days have been painful because of the similarities with the South Carolina case. "This has just really made us sick," Catherine Strickland said Friday. "It just brings it all back." Today, according to Strickland, Bailey is separated from her second husband, Johnny Bailey, and lives with her two sons in a small town in Mississippi her parents won't tell where.

They say she has no phone and there is no way to get in touch with her. Protective family Childress lives in Weakley County and is also not easy to reach. Family members protect him from publicity, too. Stickland said customers at the shoe repair shop her husband, LaWade, operates in Mayfield, have talked of nothing but the similarities between the cases and their memories of Marlena's nightmarish disappearance. Where the cases differ sharply: Children's bodies were found in the South Carolina incident, whereas no trace of Marlena ever surfaced.

Her family members believe she's still alive and that they'll be re- Most of the leads authorities have pursued In the Marlena Childress case came in 1988, the year after her disappearance. A suspect described as a "motorcycle-type" was questioned four days after her disappearance In April 1987, but he was cleared. In June 1988, fishermen reported finding a bag of bones weighted with a brick in Kentucky Lake, and thought they looked like the bones of a child. It turned out to be deer bones. Obion County Sheriff Nathan Cunningham trailed a transient united.

LaWade Strickland's hope of seeing his granddaughter again is so steadfast, he still has an answering machine message on his home phone offering to accept collect calls if they're tips about Marlena. He says with confidence that "Marlena's getting old enough now, one of these days she may make a move on her own." Similarities Stan Cavness, now with the Dyersburg Police, was the Union City private investigator who took Pam Bailey's confession that she killed Marlena. After Bailey recanted, the family had some hard words for Cavness, saying he coerced a SUNDAY Becoming sunny, high In upper 60s, low 50 TUESDAY Mostly sunny, high around 70, low around 50 Moon phases New: Nov. 3 1st quarter: Nov. 10 Sunrisesunset Sun sets today at 4:57 p.m.

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18 Nov. 26 OCD WEST TENNESSEE ALMANAC Yesterday's log Rain None This month's rain .07 This year's total 42 Normal precipitation 43.44 High temperature 80 Normal high 61 Record high 79 (in '56) Low temperature 62 Normal low 41 Record low 19 (in '91) River stages Pickwick 409.9 0.2 Savannah 358.2 UQ.1 Perryville 355.6 0.4 Johnsonville 355.1 0. 1 Kentucky HW 355.5 0.1 TW 302.8 1.4 in South Carolina, finding things like this hard to under stand hard to deal with. I don't have any hard feelings against anybody. "Nothing would make me happier than if somehow, some way, somewhere, somebody could find Marlena," Cavness added.

Leads come in Leads still do come in occasionally, said LL Rick Kelly of the Union City police department, but they've been sporadic, and none of them has panned out Authorities have searched exhaustively, dragged river bottoms, questioned suspects. "Can we ever close this case?" Kelly said. "No, not unless we have a body" or some other conclusive evidence. There still is an outstanding warrant on Pam Bailey for manslaughter, the Obion County Circuit Court office says, should such evidence ever materialize. Catherine Strickland wishes it could be over one way or another.

It's the not knowing, she said, that won't let the wounds heal. "It's hard on you," she said. "It's on your mind all the time. It's the first think you think of in the morning and the last thought you have at night. It's still there just as fresh as the day it happened.

It's just as real and it hurts just as bad. You've heard time takes care of things? Well, it doesn't." Friday, Nov. 4, 1994 FLORIDA: Cash 3: 8-7-4 Play 4: 3-4-3-1 Fantasy 5: 10-11-25-26-24 GEORGIA: Cash 3: 4-0-1 ILLINOIS: Pick Three-Midday: 9-3-3 Pick Three-Evening: 8-8-2 Pick Four-Midday: 9-9-8-1 Pick Four-Evening: 2-5-9-9 Little Lotto: 1-9-10-26-29 INDIANA: Daily Three: 7-7-4 Dally Four: 0-3-0-1 Lucky 5: 7-9-21-22-31 KENTUCKY: Pick 3: 6-5-6 Pick 4: 7-1-9-1 Cash 5: 2-4-10-16-21 MISSOURI: Pick 3: 5-4-8 SuperCash: 5-6-18-37-41 ERROR POLICY The Jackson Sun makes every attempt to ensure fair and accurate reporting, but mistakes occasionally occur. It Is the policy of The Sun to acknowledge and correct errors promptly. In the event of a mistake, please contact the city desk at 425-9668.

Here Is a look at how support for Cooper and Thompson has changed since February. (Feet above sea level.) A Gannett Our 146th year MICHAEL CRAFT, RICHARD A. ROBERT M. CATHERINE O. M.

RONDLB DELOACH MM Co. Thompson leads Cooper by 7 points Mason-Dixon PoliticalMedia Research, Inc. conducted a survey this week on the Tennessee U.S. Senate race between Jim Cooper and Fred Thompson. Eight hundred twenty four residents who vote regularly in state elections were interviewed.

The margin for error Is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Here are some of the results: "TM rniUBl 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 Fed. May TERRY MCCARRICK JUANITA MITCHELL of Human Resources Thompson The Jackson Sun (Issn 0990-9938) is published daily for $126 per year by The Jackson Sun, Inc. 245 W. Lalayette Street.

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