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-'f" 18 Nh. it, if7T frprtagfirtoMoBatlflXfttn Monday final day for absentee vote DONALD J. DWYE1 WEST PLAINS Grave-aide services (or Donald Joseph Dwyer, 43, a former resident af Springfield, will be at II a.m. today ia Oaklawa Cemetery here with the Rev. Dwayse Vaa Geusea officiating.

Burial will be under direction of Robertson Dra go. Mr. Dwyer of Oakland. died la hli home at I a m. Tuesday after a long ill- JAMES F.

JOHNSON James Franklin Johnson, 73, of 141 8. Broadway, died at 11 44 a.m. Thursday la Coi Medical Center after a four-month illness. Mr. Johnson was a native of Fair Play and had lived ta Springfield the past 41 year.

He had owned a grocery store on West Lombard and worked as an area representative for the Curtist Candy Co. He was a World War II Army veteraa and was a member of the High Street Baptist Church, where be waa a member of the Bethel Fellowship Sunday school class. Survivors include his wife, Beulah a brother. Otis, of Fair Play; and four sisters, Mrs. Edith Bugg, Springfield.

Mrs. Edna Clayton, Stockton, Mrs. Mabel Hudson, Bieber, and Mrs. Blanche Gordon, Bowie, Md. Contributions may be made to the heart fund.

Greenlawn Funeral Home North will announce funeral arrangements. ceiving pensions. The same polling place wiQ be ued. The sites will be open a.m. te p.m.

Puncncard ballots will allow computer tallying of the votes an equipment rented from Greene County. The system was wed in the general election last November, but has not been ued in a municipal election. Instructions will be available at the polling sites to aid voters. A simple majority to needed tor approval of the hotel-motel tax, but there is some doubt about the margin needed (or the bond issue. City Utilities official are pushing (or simple majority, but a tour-sevenths margin may be needed.

If a simple majority, but not a four-sevenlbe majority, occurs City Utiliites may have to go to court for a ruling Today to tha last day that absentee ballot U1 be mailed for Tuesday's election. Said City Clerk Dm Kelley, wb predict a moderate tura-out. Although absentee ballot request will not be mailed alter 4 m. today, voters eaa cast absentee ballots la persoa at City Hall until 4 p.m. Monday, Kelley said.

About 11.804 to IS.OM voters are expected, said Kelley, wb ha served as city clerk since 1KJ. He (aid 29 percent to about average (or a special election. Already St absentee ballot have been issued and Tf have been cast. Voters will consider a t23 million bond issue to finance a million gallon -d ay water treatment plant on Blackman Road, and a four percent hotel-motel tax to finance cost-of-living increases for policemen and firemen re FRANK J. POOL Frank J.

PohL of 221 E. Grand, was dead ta arrival at 203 a m. Thursday at St. Joha'a Hospital after a long Illness. Mr.

Pohl waa a senior control operator at James River power plant before at retirement ia 1174. He wa member of St. Agnes Cathedral. Surviving are his wife, An-gettne; three tons, Howard of Baltimore. Albert of Florissant and Lawrence of Saa Bernardino.

sti daughters, Mrs. Carol Justus, Kyle. S.D.. Mrs. Janice Wilkinson.

Brandywine, Ml, Mr. Ethel Breithaupt, 732 8. Lincoln. Mrs. Roberta Fleming, Columbia, Mrs.

Irene Livingston, 1221 E. Unwood, and Mrs. Karen Rodger. 221 8. Dolli-son; a brother, Bernard, of Goose Creek.

five sisters, Mrs. Margaret Mas tick and Mrs. Artemis McCann. both of Minneapolis, Mrs. Louise Mathisoa, Dulutu, Mrs.

Loraine Quin-llvan. Albert Lea. Minn and Mrs. Donna Kkwkewski, Mahnomen, and 17 grandchild rea. Rosary service will be at 7:241 p.m.

today In Herman H. Lobmeyer Chapel. Funeral mas will be at 1 m. Saturday in St. Agnes Cathedral with the Rev.

Val Reker officiating. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery. OWARD M. BILLAKD Howard M. Billiard, at, of 1138 S.

Ferguson, died at 7:31 a.m. Thursday in Coi Medical Center following a short ill- Area unions file four NLRB petitions lie was a lab terhntciaa with Standard Oil of California and waa a member af the Presbyterian church. Survivors include bis wife, Robin; his father and stepmother, Lt. Col. (ret and Mrs.

William Dwyer, Tampa, three brothers, William, Hayward, Harry. Wil-scy, and Edward, Ml. Holly, a half brother, Richard, Camp LeJuene. and a half-sister. Mrs.

Marjnrie McLead. Tampa, Fla. CHARLIE A. WHfTLOCK Charlie A. Whitlock.

Independence, formerly of Springfield, died at I 34 p.m. Thursday ia the Kansas City College Osteopathic Medicine after suffering aa apparent heart attack, according to a family spokesman. He bad bees a patient for several weeks. He bad moved from Spring-Held tn the 1120a. Mr.

Whitlock waa a fanner. Survivors include his wife, Jewell Putman; a daughter. Mrs. Lois Carpenter, Lyons, a son, Charles Arlington, a half-sister, Zora Atcherson, Kansas City, and a half-brother. Frank Campbell.

Springfield. Services will be in Speak Funeral Home ia Independence local services are planned. WAYNE MOORE Services for Wayne Moore. 14. of 1122 Main, will be at 3 p.m.

today ia Ralph Thieme Chapel with the Rev Nelson Parnell officiating. Bunal will be in Greenlawn Cemetery. Mr. Moore died at I m. Tuesday ia Coi Medical Center after a king illness Avalabla only 1 Petitions have been filed with the National Labor Relations Board tn Kansas City by Wo unions seeking to represent loral employees and two unions claiming companies engaged in unfair labor practices Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Local Mi ik seeking to represent meat department employees at Smttty's Food Stores in Springfield According to (be petition, mrat department managers, clean up employees, store managers, grocery employees, office and clerical employees and guardH and suprrvisott would not be represented Also filed with the NLRB is a petition from Sheet Metal Workers International Association Loral 3f seeking to represent employees at Clutter Sales Company.

(31 Kan sas Included in the propoed representation are journeymen and apprentice sheet metal workers at the company Meanwhile, Teamsters JOHN JAMES FORD MANSFIELD Services (or John James Ford. 12. Mansfield Nursing Home, will be at 2 m. Saturday la the Vanzant Community Building wtth the Rev. J.

D. Williams officiating. Burial will be ia Vanzant Cemetery. Mr. Ford died Wednesday is Springfield MediCenter after a long Illness.

He waa a retired farmer and a member of First Freewill Baptist Church, Mountaia Grove. Survivor Include two sisters. Mrs. Polly Havens, Vanzant, and Mrs. Artie Seever.

Mansfield Nursing Home; and several nieces and nephew. The family will be at Ded-num Funeral Home from 7-1 39 tonight. MRS. BERT! A E. BROWN Mrs.

Bertha Elizabeth Brown. 44. of W. Kerr, died at 4.11 a m. Thursday in Park Central Hospital after a long illness.

A native of Illinois, Mrs. Brown moved to Springfield three years ago from Mercedes, Tessa. Surviving are a son. Charles Prairie Village, tws daughters, Mrs. Ro-aella Ferguson.

KM W. Kerr, and Mrs. Mildred May. McAI-lea. Texas; a brother, Robert Ltttravish, state of Washington; three sisters, Mrs.

Anna Allis. Mercedes. Mrs. Trella Grable, Fort Laramie, and Mrs. Edith Ebeusperher, Douglas, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

The body will be sent by Greenlawn North to McAIIrn, Texas, for services and burial. Thank Goodnoss Friday Flowers (Pf4wJ Jaj4H(w'sswf (hW Fnrth cut large bunch em om leowmaWe ncd 1tSIISisM ttt-MSI through your thii limited otter hh) Mah hinq I ad ket Yellowstone Bert and louisw. Ky. act) of whiskey. 4Vi'ty Wtfr, ntwrr TUE 4lwr Wosffast Wq F0I1EST M.

LIVINGSTON WAYNESVILLE Forrest M. Livingston. Tl. of Hazel-green, died Thursday la the Fort Leonard Wood hospital after a long Illness. He was retired Army man.

He to survived by four daughters, four sons, and II grandchildren. Masonic services will be at 7 p. m. Sunday la Long-Most-Williams Chapel here. Graveside services will be at II t.

m. Monday la the Fort Less-ard Wood post cemetery. WILLARD YOUNG Service (or Wiilard C. Young, 42, Kansas City, formerly of Springfield, will be at 19 24 a.m. Saturday la Klingner Chapel with the Rev.

W. L. MurdaugB. officiating Burial will be ia Ureenlawa Cemetery. Mr.

Young died Wednesday in North Kansas City Hospital after a two-year illness. Survivors whose addresses were previously listed incorrectly include two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Rountree, Wiilard, and Mrs. Kay Adolph-sen. Independence.

REKSBEL PAUL JOBNSON GALENA Service for Hershel Paul Johnson, 71, Galena, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday la Horse Creek Church with the Revs. Gene Terry and J. C. Johnson officiating.

Burial will be in Galena Cemetery. Mr. Johnson died at 1124 a m. Wednesday ta the Mrdi-Center, Springfield, after a king Illness. Survivors include his wife, Lura; five sons, Paul Eugene and Lee Roy, both of Galena, Bobby Ray.

Wiilard. Eddie Winfred. Tarboro. C.ind HershH Jack, Houston, Texas; three daughters. Mrs.

Shirley Jeaa Henson, Verona. Mrs. Louise Comptoa. Burbank. and Mrs.

Marietta Ana Owen, Hurley; 2-0 gtanrhll-drea and II great granchil-drea. The famil; will be in Chealham-Stumpff Funeral Home I tonight. OLDHAM INFANT Services for Krystal Nicole Oldham. II month-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. Thomas Oldham, 2321 Danbury, will be at 1 Saturday in Buchanan Chapel, Monett, with the Rev.

James W. Mercer officiating. Burial will be in Mo-acil IOOF Cemetery. The infant died at 2 15 Thursday ia a Springfield dor tor's office after a long illness, according to a funeral home spokesman. Other survivors include her maternal grandmother, Mrs Burl Roller, Monett; her paternal grandparents.

Mr and Mrs. Charles Oldham. Monett; two paternal great-grandmothers, Mrs. Anita Thomas, Cape Girardeau, and Mr Emory Oldham, Aurora The family will be ia the funeral home 7-1 tonight. MRS.

BILL BROWN PURDY Services for Mrs. Janice Brown. Purdy. will be at 2 3d p.m. Sunday ia St.

John's Lutheran Church with the Rev. Adolph Lrimer officiating. Burial will be in Stone Prairie Cemetery Mrs. Brown died at 124 a.m. Wednesday ia the Aurora Community Hospital after a long illness.

She was a graduate of Pierce City High School and i member of St. John's Lutheran Church Survivors Include her husband. Bill. a daughter, Brandy Marie, of the home, her mother and stepfather. Mr.

and Mrs Paul Foster, Pierce City, her father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs A. Fennel, Verona, a brother, Don Prnnel, Pierce City; a stepsister. Mrs. Barbara Seversoa, Batonta.

Ill and a stepbrother. David Foster. Pierce City The family will be at Bennett and Wortnington Funeral Home from 71pm Saturday EDGAR HENRY PATTEN MILLER Services lor Edgar Henry Patten. 71. Miller, will be at I 24 Saturday in Morris Leimas Chapel with the Revs.

Brooks Shook and Dale Grubaugh officiating Burial will be ia Peonsbor Cemetery. Mr Patten died at 4) a Thursday in the Missouri State Chest Hospital, Mount Vernon, after a long illness He was a retired farmer and a member of Pattea Chapel Methodist Church Survivors include his wife, Lena, a son, Buford, Miller, a daughter. Mrs. Betty Johnsoa, Miller, four graodt hildrra and three great-granchtldrea. The family will be la the funeral home from 7414 MRS.

MYRTLE ANN DUNLAP NORWOOD Services for Mrs. Myrtle Ana Dunlap, CL Norwood, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Norwood Method-tot Church with the Rev. Bir-dell Harp officiating. Burial will be In Little Creek Cemetery.

Mrs. Dunlap died Wednesday afternoon la the Tri-County Health Center, Mansfield, after a long illness. Survivors include tws sons, Edgar, Kings vtlle, and Ancil, Visalia, four daughters. Mrs. Paul Bradshaw, Norwood.

Mrs. Olive Kir and Mrs. Pansy Bradley, both of Garden City, and Mrs. Martha Carnahan, Ann Arbor, a sister, Mrs. Rosa Craig, liartvtlie; It grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

Mccracken infant CLEVER Bryan Scott McCracken. H-day-oM aoa of Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCracken, Clever, died at 107 a.m. Thursday at St.

John's Hospital, Springfield, of natural causes. Other survivors include paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCracken. Battlefield, maternal grandparents.

Mr. and Mrs. Lores Swarlz, Urbana, paternal great grandmother, Mr. Irene Cunieo, Battlefield; paternal great-grandparento, Mr. and Mrs.

Frank McCracken, Halfway, and maternal great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Hart and Mr. and Mrs Lloyd SwarU. both of Jackson, Mich.

Greenlawn South of Springfield will announce arrangements JAMES R. CAMPBELL Services for James R. Campbell. 71. of KM Franklin, will be at 2 m.

Saturday in Harris Chapel of Ozark wtth the Rev. W. Pedttus officiating. Burial will be in Pembina Cemetery, Rogersville Mr Campbell died in his home Wednesday Proprietor plans to build fence to halt vandals A new skateboard recreation facility under construction to Springfield will be fenced sooner than previously planned to halt vandalism, the owner has told police David Wiley. Bois D'Arc.

said persons walked or rode bicycles on fresh cement at his Skateboard City of the Ozark, being built at IUI S. Enterprise If it can be patched, it will cost HOfl to j00, be said, but the cost may reach if the cement has to be replaced. Wiley told Officer Gerald Dove he had planned to fence the area later, but now will do it sooner. Passenger count jumps at Delta A sharp increase ia passengers taking Delta Air Lines flights from Springfield baa been reported. Delta's airlines station manager in Springfield, Howard Nabors, said passengers taking flights ia October were up percent ever the same period a year ago.

"This is the 1 0th consecutive month in 1177 in which Delta has had passenger increases ia Springfield." said Nabors. Air freight boarded here in October increased Hi 7 percent ever the same month a year ago Delta officials attributed the growth to both passengers and freight to the strength of local business and industry and to a "still strong confidence in the economy." Advance reservations indicate that November and December also will be busy air travel months. Nabors said. Republic plant burglary hearing set Preliminary hearing to set (or Dec. I (or two Springfield men charged with second degree burglary and stealing ia connection with the Nov.

II breakia of the City of Republic disposal plant. Arraigned Thursday in magistrate court were Garrett Lance Hoffman, II, and Roby Kevin Huaracba. II, addresses listed a MHJ North Roosevelt. The two are accused of stealing a balance scale, graduated cylinder and beaker from the plant. No agreement reached in Mid-Am, union talks MRS.

VEARL MAPLES Mrs. Genevie Maudie Maples, 44, was dead on arrival at 102 m. Wednesday at Cm Medical Center after she was found by her family ia the bedroom of her home at 2724 W. Walnut, according to officials. Greene County Medical Es-aminer Erwia Busiek said that Mrs.

Maples may have accidentally taken an overdose of multiple medications Mrs. Maples wss a nurse's aide. The lifetime resident of Springfield was a Baptist. Surviving are her husband, Vesrl, tw sons, Randall and Jerry Maggard. both of 1833 N.

Colgate; four daughters, Mrs. Rosetta Pope. Buffalo. Mrs. Pauletta Lay, Muskogee, Mrs.

Sandra Lee. Ash Grove, and Mrs. Christine Jo-hannsen, 15" S. Golden, a stepson, Cleo Maples, Springfield, a stepdaughter. Mrs.

Judy Martin. 2C3 Grand, maternal grandmother. Mrs. Maudie Clayton, Route 20. and 13 grandchildren.

Ayre-Goodwia will announce arrangements i ill CO YOU KHOW "'t 1 jex I j.il 111' Sir Mr. Bullard was a retired Southern Pacific Railroad employee, a World War I veteran and a member of New Salem Methodist Church. He was also a former Fair Grove resident. Survivors Include a son. Howard Galena; a sister.

Mrs. Lora Grauder, Harvey, two stepdaughters; nine grandchildren and a great-great grandchild Klingner will announce the arrangements. BI GI JOHNSON RICHLAND Services for Hugh Johnson. (7. Topeka, will be at I a m.

today in Gable Funeral Home in Topeka. Graveside services will be at 4 m. in Oaktowa Cemetery I Richland, with the Rev. Larry Schraer officiating. Services ta Richland are under direction of Colonial.

Mr. Johnson died Tuesday at his home ia Topeka. Surviving are a daughter. Mrs. DeLores Ruth Burger.

Lincoln. Neb a brother. Ernest, Springfield; and two grandchildren. SIDNEY MEADOWS Services will be today for Sidney A. Meadows, M.

Route NUa. a former longtime resident of Springfield, who died at 2 a Thursday in his home after a long illness. Mr. Meadows was a retired builder and a S. Navy veteran of World War II Surviving are several nieces and nephews.

Graveside services wilt be at 3 24 today in Green-lawn Cemetery with Prentice Meador officiating Burial will be under direction of Green-lawn North. WILLIAM DANIELS Services for William L. Daniels. 15. Northside Nursing Home, will be at I Saturday in Klingner Chapel with the Rev.

David (avin official big Bunal will be in White Chapel Cemetery Mr Daniels died at I m. Wednesday ia Park Central Hospital. The family will be in the fu neral home from 713 C0LLCCTICIT Local MS has filed a petition with the NLRB claiming Mike Poulson, doing business as EFD Package Express Inc violated labor laws. According to the petition, EFD. located at 2169 Thoman, "closed its doors and terminated its employees in order to avoid its responsibilities to bargain tn good faith" with the union.

Local 245 was certified at the company's employee's bargaining unit on Nov. 7 United Furniture Workers of Amcnrs has filed a petition claiming La Boy Midwest, Neosho, has "interfered with, restrained and coerced employees" engaging in union activities. The New York-based union claims the company, which manufactures chairs, has required employees to remove union buttons, and has intero-gated and threatened employees on their union activities. The NLRB will decide within two weeks whether to hold bearings or elections on the issues brought up in the petitions. turned down the offer was reportedly due to language in a strike clause in the proposed contract.

The clause would not allow Mid-Am union employees to conduct a sympathetic strike. For example, should work be transferred to the Springfield plant from a Mid Am facility on strike, local employees would be forced to cross any picket lines that might be set up here. Union officials fear the clause would take away the union's bargaining power Reportedly the strike clause was the main reason there wasn't any headway made at Thursday's session Most workers were pleased with the money offered in the offer that was voted on tost week The contract called for wage increases of 45 cent per hour the first year. 45 cents per hour the second year and 8 cento per hour the third year. In pension benefits, the company would have paid lit per week for each employee the first year, per week the second year, and an undetermined amount in the third year Con game fry doesn't work A confidence game attempt ftaled for two women when their intended victim became suspicious Thursday morning Police said their pair contacted a womaa who resides Kentwoed.

informed her they had found a large sum of money, and promised to share it with her if she would put up additional funds to show good faith. The woman, aware of similar incidents In which victims have lost si table sums, refused to go along with the scheme and police were notified. Sought are white womaa II to J. about JVi feet tan with light brow a hair and wearing a tan coat, and a black womaa II to I feet. 4 or I inches tall, with black hair, neat to appearance wearing a dark plaid coat and tan shoes.

Vesowttone Whiskey retailer. A oote irva-litotme opportunity horn the only Bourbon made wtth the metlow-mosh pevi Ten unusual item veiled for Many are carried only by hi specialty shops Other items were created eiluuveyfc The Veltowitone Collet boo Fi is of superb quality in keeping with the 100 yeor tradition of Yellowstone efelleme. Cattlemen Jacket Yellowstone Stetson tux nie lote Beaton vadium Rlanlot shxna VJ hut S.ku RK Travel Bat On the Rot Glasses Pteat vtaK your nearest YeHowttonc 4 w1 his hey retailer to oOet blankv O. writ to the YeRowitone Collection. Teamsters Loral members employed at the Mid America Dairymen lnc plant here are still on the job.

even though union and company negotiators have yet to reach a tentative agreement on a new labor pact Although the two sides met Thursday to try to come to terms on a new pact, the meeting was fruitless. "We didn't accomplish anything," said Norwood Little. Local 245 assistant business representative No further negotiating sessions are scheduled, he said. Thursday's meeting was the first since Local 145 members rejected a three-year contract offer Nov II The reason employees CU needs word on pollution control devices City Utilities needs to know by Dec 12 whether the utility ill have to install extra air pollution control equipment on I'mt 4 at the James River power plant when the boiler for the unit is rebuilt, according to John McMahan. CL' manager McMahan and two other CU officials met this week in Kansas City with representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency to discus whether CU will have to in stall a scrubber to remove sulfur from the unit's sions EPA rules require scrubbers to be installed en new generating units, but McMahan said he does not think Unit 4 should be considered a new unit.

If EPA officials do not make a decision by Dec. 12. said McMahan, he will ask for a meeting with agency representative is Washing-tun MNSPOTS Sunspots are connected with magnetic disturbances on the nun and sometimes cause at--mospheric disturbances on the earth. Sunspota increase and decrease in number regularly every II years. p.

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