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Springfield Leader and Press from Springfield, Missouri • 14

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2b Local Leadm Press Wednesday. January 23. 1980 3 (Deaths i 5LVi Sfc 1 I III 1 i I I Krik Wren NEOSHO Erik Wren. 14. Neosho, died at 3:30 pm Tuesday In his home of a gunshot wound.

Newton County Coroner Henry Freund has ruled that the shooting was accidental The youth was an eighth grade student at Neosho Junior High School. He I survived by his parents. Mr. and Mrs Calvin Wren. four brothers.

Edward I. Clark. Goodman. Russell A. Clark.

Barbaton. Ohio. Calvin Wren Jr Neosho, and Emery Wren, of the home: two sisters. Mrs Margaret Stotts. Neosho, and Olhoma Wren, of the home, and a grandmother.

Mrs Dollie Wren. Neosho Clark will announce 5 uT4- sK Staff Photo Houses going up Haases are gaiag ap il the aew subdivt-siea that is part af the Grait Aveaae Play ground redrvelepmeat project. Eight houses are under eenstractiea ia the sab- divlsiaa, aad more, iaeladiag some 4a-plexes. will be bailt later. Ray Smith, of the Laad Clearaace for Redevelopment Aa-tharity.

says. Nancv Hawkins Prayer services (or Mrs Nancy Hawkins. 01. of 614 E. Morntngside.

will be at 7:30 tonight in Herman lathmeyer Chapel Funeral Mass will be al 10 a Thursday in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, with the Rev Philip -Bucher officiating Burial will be in Springfield National Cemetery Mrs Hawkins died at 6.25 m. Monday in St Johns Regional Health Center after a short ill- County high nuclear attack risk Alice II. Abbott Mrs. Alice B. Abbott.

5. Mllpllas. formerly of Springfield, died al 3:30 p.m. Tuesday al Highland Convalescent Hospital. Mllpllas.

after a long ill- Mrs. Abbott had lived in Mllpllas since 1064. She was a member of Grant Avenue Baptist Church. Survivors Include two sons. Calvin.

Mllpllas. and Austin C. Jr. Mlllbrae. one sister.

Mrs Walter Hudson, and -one brother. Charles Llndqutai. both of Springfield: and one grandchild. Greenlawn Funeral Home North will announce arrangements Warren (. Mitchell Warren Mitchell.

57. formerly of Springfield, died al 25 pm Tuesday at Riverside Medical Cen ler. Kankakee. Ill after a long Illness Mr Mitchell was owner and operator ol Mitchell Mobile Home Park in Manteno. Ill He was a vet eran ol World War II Survivors include his wife.

Lucille, one daugh ter. Miss Paula Mitchell of the home, six sons Leroy. Lebanon. Larry Springfield. Richard Houston.

Texas. Donald Bell Gardens. CaJif. Bandy. Manteno.

and Rob ert. of the home, his motif er. Mrs Anna Mitchell Springfield, two brothers Richard and Perry, Springfield; two sisters Mrs Bertie Sloops. Spring field, and Mrs Bessie Young. Waco.

Texas: and eight grandchildren Greenlawn North will announce arrangements Ira It row MARIONVILLE Sen ices for Ira Delmar Brown Marionville. will be al Thursday in Brad ford-Surridge Chapel with the Revs II Wells and Jim Jones officiating Bur tal will be in Marionville IOOF Cemetery Mr Brown died Monday afternoon in Fremont Manor Nursing Home Springfield He was a retired em ployee of the Fnsi Rait-way, and was a member of the Shiloh Bapust Church Survivors include his son. Max. Nixa. an two brothers.

Eldridge. Car thage. and John. Aurora tireene Counlv is in had shape if a nuclear attack occurs, stair disaster officials said Slate officials want to develop a new i risis relocation plan for resi dents til the countv Williams, supervisor of the Nik lear Civil Protection Section of Ihe Missouri Disaster f'lanninK and Off lev. Department of Public safet.

said that in the event of a nuclear attack.lircene Countv would he hich risk area He said the hmh risk exists because population and industry in the immediate area While blast shelters could provide protection from the di i hi a nii lear weapon, there mi ri not enomih such shelters for the iMiliuldtion of i.rvene Countv. he said Th mast louu al alternative ill -tan. jid. is in relocate people if there is enouu'h time from the risk be directed toward obtaining the in formation for the plan by meeting with government departments such as police, fire, health, school, and busi ncss and industry representatives, he said Based on this information. illiams said the crisis relmalion plan will be drafted and presented to local officials for approval When approved, the plan will be printed and distributed to those con ceroed The portion of the plan for the public will be the emergency public information packet.

Williams said This packet will not be distributed but will be brought to a camera ready state which allows for printing and rapid distribution when the situation warrants, he said In charge of the effort here will be Bob Rogers of the Nuclear Civil Pro lection Section of the Missouri Disaster (Manning and Operations area to areas considered safe from direct effects "The Department of Defense feels that a period of increasing international tension would more than likely precede an attack and therefore time would be available for relocation." he said While Department of Defense guidelines allow for three days to complete the relocation. Williams said preliminary studies indicate that the relocation of Greene County residents could be accomplished in less than three days Webster. Wright. Ozark. Douglas, and Howell counties in southern Missouri have been designed as the host area for tireene County and while plans are being developed here for relocation, plans will he linished there for reception and care of the relocated population Initial effort in Greene County will Ethel Brown Services for Mrs Ethel Brown.

87. (ormerly of 2010 Chestnut, will be at 2 pm Thursday at lm manuel Baptist Church with the Revs Damon Thomas and I) Nickel officiating. Burial will be in Highlandvtile Cemetery under direction of Harris of Nixa Mrs Brown died at II 40 Monday at Springfield Nursing Home The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 30 tonight fUlpcl Rogrm STOUTLAND Services for F-dgel "Bud" Rogers, 1. Stoutland. will be at 2 p.m.

Thursday In High Point Baptist Church, with the Rev. Allen Smith officiating. Burial will be in High Point Cemetery under direction of Colonial of l-ebanon Mr. Rogers died at 8:55 a.m. Tuesday In Breech Medical Center.

Lebanon. Survivors Include his wife. Mildred; his mother. Mrs. Bertha Rogers.

Stout-land; two sons, Delmar and Frankte. both of Stout-land; a grandchild, who was raised In the home. Mrs. Linda Smith. Stout-land; five brothers.

Edward. Witlard and Joe all of Stoutland. Denzll. Camdenton. and Raymond.

Lebanon; four sisters. Mrs. Thelma George. Lebanon. Mrs.

Iva Calton. Stoutland. Mrs. Leola Conklln. North Kansas City, and Mrs Violet Brown.

Stoutland. seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild The family will be In the funeral home from 7 30 to 8 30 tonight Otha Shaw BOLIVAR Services for Otha Shaw. 77. a long time resident of Bolivar, will be at 1 Thursday at Pitts Chapel, with the Revs. William Sachs and Gary Ankrom officiating.

Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery Mr. Shaw died about 10 a.m. Monday in a local doctor's office after apparently suffering a heart at tack at his home Mary I Services for Mrs Mary Amis Luster. 82. Spring field, will be at 2 Friday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, with the Rev Jim Forkner of ficiattng Burial will be in Hazelwood Cemetery under direction of Green lawn Battlefield South Mrs Luster died at 7 45 m.

Tuesday in Co Medical Center She was a member of Westminister Presbyterian Church and the Hopewell Club. She was a founder of the Springfield Art Museum, and was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. Cape Girardeau She was the widow of Lewis Luster, a longtime Springfield attorney Survivors include two daughters. Mrs Gene Farthing and Mrs John Hulston both of Springfield, four grandchildren and six great grandch.1 dren Memorial contributions may be made to the Hopewell Club in are of Mrs Dallas Anthony Jr 1322 Itckwlck The family will be in the funeral home from 7 to Thursday ntlv Oum BOGF.RSVILLK -Graveside services for Andy (rum. KI.

Pomona. Calif a former Rogers-vllle resident, will be at 2 Friday in Miller Cemetery Burial will be under (he direction of Marsh Mr Crum died at 10 a Monday in a Pomona nursing home after a long illness He was a member of Ihe Penlacoslal Church He Is survived by two sisters. Mrs Lena Long. Pomona, and Mrs. Bell Haree.

Joplin O'Neal trial ready for jury Kov 'rril Burke POMONA Graveside services for Roy Cecil Burke. 8. Pomona, will be al 10 a Thursday at Howell Memorial Park Cemetery, with Ihe Hev. Wayne Hayes officiating. Burial will be under direction of Hller of Willow Springs Mr Burke died about 5.05 p.m.

Sunday at his home after a long illness. He was a veteran of World War II Survivors Include his wife. Margaret. two daughters. Mrs Sharon Sehureman.

Riverside. Calif and Mrs Pamela Brito. Sunnymead. three sons. Gary A.

and Chad both of Pomona, and Monte R. West Plains: six sisters. Mrs. Cora Fitzgerald. Wessing-ton Springs.

SO, Miss Mabel Burke and Mrs. Sylvia Copp. both of San Jacinto. Calif Mrs Viola Honnelly. Santa Paula.

Calif Mrs Goldie Dwyer. Danbury. Wis and Mrs Lois Beaver. Colton. Calif and II xr.indchil dren Franri Kile EL DORADO SPRINGS Services for Francis Childs Kile.

79. El Dorado Springs, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Tiffin Baptist Church, with B. Kemper officiating Burial will be In HI Dorado Springs Cemetery under direction of Mllster-lsbell-Carothers. Mr.

Kile died Monday in Cedar County Memorial Hospital after a long illness He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Tiffin Baptist Church He was a retired employee of the Lockheed Corporation Survivors include his wife. Lola, a son. Francis, state of California, (our daughters. Mrs Maxine Henderson. Mrs Ark-ne Farrell and Mrs Ksther Pray, all of the state of California, and Mrs Jean Kotecki.

state of Connect! rut: 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren The family will be in the funeral home from 7 to tonight Onan I'rltz ASH GROVF. Services for Onas L. "Sheep' Pelt. 72. Ash Grove, will be at 2 p.m.

Thursday in Ash Grove First Baptist Church Burial will be in Ash Grove Cemetery under direction of Birch. Mr Peltz died at about noon Tuesday in his home after apparently having a heart attack He was a retired em ployee of the Conco Quarry at Wlllard He was a member of the Firsl Baptist Church Survivors include his wife F.lhel. a daughter Mrs Betty Mallory. Ash Grove, two sons. Hollo and Francis, both of Ash Grove, and three sisters.

Mrs Irene Schellenbauer and Mrs Rillie Guth. both of Kansas City, and Mrs Helen Stlnes. Overland Park. Kan The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to tonight Orvill Veul BUFFALO Services lor Orville Vest 74. Buff a ki.

will be 2 Thursday at Canthm Chapel, with the Revs Kugene Roberts and Hit hard Wright off id atlng Burial will be in Me mortal Gardens of Jem ory Mr Vest died at 10 20 a m. Tuesday after appar cntly suffering a heart stuck at a Buffalo restaurant A lifelong resident of Dallas County. Mr Vest was a farmer and a mem ber of Cherry (irove Baptist Church Survivors Include his wife. Martha, two sons. Warren.

Dublin. Calif and U-ndoI. Denver. Colo three brothers. Boise.

Idaho. Wilburn "Bui" and Bill, both ol Buffalo, lour sisters. Mrs Chloe King. Buffalo. Mrs Imogene Wilson.

Sprtnu-field. Mrs Willadean Ham merbat-her and Miss Donna lou Vest, both of Kansas City, and three grandchildren. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 tonight. and that a defendant ould not be con victed of both charges Stilltngs protested the dismissal of Ihe burglary charge, telling Circuit Judge James II Kcct his client had planned In plead guilty to the and lhat ewis then dismissed it onlv as a t. nln.il move iiimiKiiii; Ihe presentation of evidence and that O'Neal was a passenger in the car Lewis said he dismissed a second degree burglary charge ayainst Neal because of a Jan 15 ruling by the Missouri Supreme Court The court ruled in Lewis interpretation, that Ihe underhing felonv in felonv murder case is a lesser offense Melton to speak at education banquet Harry K.

Confer Services for Harry Confer. N.1 of llioti Wat-nut, will be at 2 pm Thursday In Ayre-Goodwin Chapel, with the Rev Mark Tumbough official ing Burial will be in Springfield National Cemetery. Mr. Confer died at 7 m. Monday in St John's Regional Health Center after a long illness Mr.

Confer, a former resident of New Kensington. Penn had lived in Springfield for the past si years He had retired after working for the General Electric Corp in New Kensington for years He was a veteran of World War I a member of Fair (irove Methodist Church and Zaradatha Lodge 44V and a charter member of New Kensington American Legion Post 347 Survivors Include his wife. Eleanor, one dauwh ler Mrs Ellen Little Springfield, one sister. Mrs Anna Kckles oak mont. Penn five grand children and four great grandchildren The family will be in the funeral home from 7 to tonight.

school administrators and their wives are exjiectcd to the dinner i o-sMinosred Newspapers lm and SMs contribution to edo atton award will to .1 turmi superintend enl GiM-sts are invited to attend the sMS-Ka stern Illinois basketball game after the baniiei Far obitaary lafar-matioa. or ta place a death aatirr. the phoae numbrr ia Springfield Is 81(1181. Springfield Newspapers lac. does aat charge far this service.

Obituaries should imjodr the name. nd address ol Ihe deceased, and tiuu. day il.n and in uu stances of de.ith In cases itl unnatural de.ilh we mn-l iik hide the i in umstances. stale Sen Kmory Melton of the 3th Senatorial District, will be the featured speaker at the Itth annual Sd lute to Kdutation Hariitn hen- Thur dav The banquet will he held al South west Missouri Male I'niversity at i in Room of the ampus I inn More than 12ft Springfield and an a itStrike toatissed from Page IB families and themselves I think it would have been a bad trade fur the Moore said. In a reo-nt advertisement in the Commonwealth.

Ash Grove's weekly newspaper, the co-op board of direc tors said customers have complained some employees took unjustified sick leave refused to work during bad weather and look lengthy coffee breaks and meal time "I don't really feel like it is in any of those areas." Moore responded And all of those areas had contract language that leaned heavily toward management if they wanted to police those areas It those an as were Daily record abused then it management -fault Moore said he take the I i per cent offer to laical 75.1 members and recommend its approval hut doesn 1 believe the other settlement terms an justified The period since discussions ended has been marked by harassment and vandalism. 1111 ludinr threatening ti le phone calls, sawed off telephone pules and shot out electric insulators. a cording to the co-op hoard advertise men! Sutton said tbe acts are continuing Both Sutton and Moon- said they don't know of anv siecifie instances directly linking the incidents to Local 7il Births ian il si Jka Tn Mr ami Mrs HMrnaan rnaar a ajrl 1 Jaa I si Jaa a Tn Mr aa Mm Noarr Mixta- i men and six women jurors were cxitccted in begin deliberations lodav in hi first -degree murder case of Robert Neal Jr Defense attorney Bob Millings said i Neal might lake the stand today iiiil that he planned to tall no other detetisf witnesses In his opening statement Tuesday Millings said O'Neal told co-defendant John Hoggs he didn't want Ralph KiMir Shanck killed and that Neal did nothing to assist in Ihe fatal shooi ing shanck. Millings said Assistant Prosecutor Bob Lewis is alleging that O'Neal, a 17-year-old youth is guilty of first-degree murder hecausc Shanck was killed during Ihe commission of (he felonv it second-degree burglary al the Home of Shanck son in-law. lirrv Isiwell Roul- i.

Strafford Hoggs is bed led for a separate trial next tnonlh Ttv. 7s war-old Shanck was found dead in a closet of the Dowell home July after the rest of the family returned home from a trip to Kansas City shanck and his wife lived in a trailer at the rear of the Dowell home )r I-riil oiler, a pathologist, testified that shanck bled to death from a gunshot wound to the aorta of his heart Other witnesses called Tuesday by 1j-wis and Assistant Prosecutor Don Sanders included Dr Dowell and Jesse hoate. who was a friend of Sharu for some 50 years Choate lev tided that a nfle and shotgun Hoggs sold to a Springfield man belonged to Shanck Other witnesses testified that Hoggs was the driver of a late model red ear seen in the area of the Dowell borne Professor Missed tram Pane IB for "bourgeois nationalism But llusak had been released after nine years and later row to power Dinka was surprised and pleased when Husak granted the pardon lie took advantage of the chance to return to hut home country almost immediately, visiting there shortly after Christmas 1)71. Aside from jeapordtzing future via-tU home, he also fear that detailed discussion of the espionage episode might create further hardship tor hi family in Chechoslovakia Member of hit family, especially his brother, have suffered repurcua-Hionn in pursuing their careen la the home country. "lt a got the government." says Dinka, "but the other worker.

Some one might want my brother's Job; he'll go to management and say, 'Why should Dinka bavt this Job His brother was a spy. and management will have little choice but to give la." Nine months after bis escape to America, Dinka filed a Declaration of Intent to seek UJ. eiliaenship. K4-aiHlaV a fc la a HI JlN Ik ot Ta Mr aai Mn Slrvaa MrrJanaM Mr MMl Mr Wnuni I) 1 ttimrm nri la 13 Mm Jui I CM Tn Mr aMMn Dawn InUna Mum. mn IHia jM tt Cat Ti Mr Ml Mn Hlrtr Lr l.fM OMhrl a Suf in Jan I.

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a ak. Jm Ift Jakaia Floyd Stafford Service for Floyd Stafford. 72. of 2114 Do! tison. will be al 10 a Friday In First Baptist Church, with the Revs Jim Morrison snd A Christian officiating Burial will be in White Chapel Cemetery under direction of Ralph Thteme Mr Stafford died at 10 45 a Monday in St Johns Regional Health Center after a long illness Memorial contributions may be made to the Baptist Children's Home.

St. Louis. Ullian Sutton Services for Mrs. Lillian Elizabeth Sandy Sutton. SO.

of 1737 Walnut, will be at 1:30 Thursday in Klinuner Chapel, with Dr Clarence Ketch officiating A second service wlU be al 1:30 Friday in Thurmaa Funeral Home, Hardin, Mo. Burial will be In Wakenda Cemetery near Hsrdln. Mrs. Sutton died at a SO m. Monday In St John's Regional Health Center.

Springfield. She owned and operated Sandy's Restsursnt on Boon Ills Street until 1070. She wss a member of the Church of um Brethren. A graduate of Mcllierson College, Mcpherson. he had taught high school In Ksnsss.

Survivors Include two sons. Ray Sandy. Kansas CHy. snd Randall Springfield; two sisters. Mrs.

Kthel rutkerton. Nor. walk. and Mrs. Orpfca Leyda.

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ConnectMiil. graduating In February of ISiM with his A in political science Dinka started graduate school in the fall of IK at Southern Illinois University, getting his masters in MM. He waa hired to teach al SMS in I9M. and has taught there since except for IMs-61, whea he was working oa his Fh D. at Washington University in St Louis.

While enrolled at the University of Bridgeport, bo worked nights in the Raybestoo factory in Stratford. Connecticut. Yes it's the same Raybes-toa that fields Softball learns that Sprtngficklians recognize as formidable past foes at national tournaments. Dinka says that while there was a large Slavic community ia Sirstford, be purposely did nut associate with his fellow Slavs because be wanted to fc-ara English and assimilate into Americaa society. la this be feels that be has sue- misses the leisure of ech society Scenic color photographs of Chechoslovakia decorate the walls of his of fu at SMS "In K.orope." he says, "people know how to enjoy life better We are too busy here, hustling for material things, we don pay enough attention to leisure f-'uropeans do without keeping up with the Joneses in exchange for increased leisure.

Dinka says In keeping with this philosophy, his current favorite pastime is fishing He h-arned to love fishing when he came to the Oarks Some SMS colleagues, feeling that he needed to get away from work pressures and relax, look hun for the first time, and be has enjoyed it since "It doesn't really matter if you catch a fish," Dinka says. "The object is to 'gel away from it and have some time to think." Besides his own assimilation into American society, Dinka has succeeded in bringing a bit of European sports culture to Springfield: He has coached the Soccer flub at SMS since M7, building Ihe club from nothing into "a club with a good reputation statewide." he says. And in 1978 he helped start Springfield YMCA Pepsi Youth Soccer Program, which now boasts a membership of tun kids. He has also acted as faculty sponsor for tbe Harambee (Black Student Union) at SMS tor five yeura 1 Alice TUle BILLINGS Services for Mrs. Alice Tlede.

02. Billings, will be at 10 am Thursday in Meadors Chapel, with the Rev. Clifford Sleeth officiating. Burial will bt in Rose RUI Cemetery. Mrs.

Tlede died Monday In Meadowview Adult Care Center. JopUn, after a tona Illness. She wss a member of Ihe Billions United Methodist Church. Survivors include a son. Jack.

Neosho; (our sisters. Mrs. SR. House. Mrs PH.

Brown snd Miss Carol Watkinson. an of Aurora, and Mrs. Elmer Burkey. Billings: five grandchildren snd Big ureal grandchildren. The casket wilt bt doaed duruut survlcwa.

He was immediately drafted into the Army. could have refused to serve." ho says, "but I would have had to give up the idea of becoming a U.S. cttiaea." After boot camp, a waa atattoaad la Germany. Oermeay waa a aacaral choice at ami Mas uaf rani i a. fairly veil, aithouub be duty atottoa bacaaaa of It sat, av I.

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