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THE HERALD-PALLADIUM, BeiUi Harber-St. Jtsepk, Mickigu Wednesday, March 12, 1986 PAGE EIGHTEEN The Forecastfor 7am. EST. March 13 -20 Three Facing Trial Loan Case PARDON: Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman by a mob in 1915 after his death sentence in the murder of a teen-aged girl was commuted to life in prison, was granted a posthu- mous pardon Tuesday by the Geor-. gia Board of Pardons and Paroles, which did not address his guilt or innocence, only that he was denied Justice.

Frank's lynching has been cited as the worst single incident of anti-Semitic violence in the United 'States. (AP Laserphoto) v. i Showers Ram Flurries Snow National Wealhef Service NOAA US Dept Ccxnmeitr- TODAY'S WEATHER MAP: The National Weather Service forecasts snow for Thursday for the eastern Plains. Rain is forecast from the southeast Plains through the Midwest into most of the Northeast. Snow is forecast for northern New England.

Showers are forecast for the Southeast. Rain is expected for the northern half of the Pacific coast. (AP Laserphoto) In Paw Paw By DENNIS COGSWELL H-P Paw Paw Bureau PAW PAW Three men cused of making loans to a Paw Paw auto dealer at illegal interest rates were oound over to Van Bur-en Circuit Court Tuesday on charges of criminal usury. Bound over following prelimi nary hearing before SeventlLDis met court Judge William C. Buhl were: Jack L.

LaPine, 53, on one count of extortion and two counts of criminal usury; his son, Michael LaPine, 34, on three counts of crim-Jnal usury; andjiichael Roberts 29, Vicksburg, on one count of criminal usury. Both LaPines reside at ADMISSIONS Dowagiac Agnes Cerven, Bertha Hippensteel, Robert Bell, Robin West, Emma Strome, Sonia Sten-strom. Eau Claire Jay Ostema. Marcellus Naomi Williams. Chicago, HI.

Kimberly Joiner. BIRTHS Niles Boy, 6 pounds, 11 ounces, Mr. and Mrs. Jody Vel-thouse, 7:10 p.m. Tuesday.

and groceries at Eagle's Super Saver, 333 Riverview Drive, Benton Harbor, March 7. Pecolia M. Powell, 26, 807 Lav-ette Benton Harbor, was sentenced by Peterson to 45 days in jail and was ordered to pay $125 fine and court costs for creating a disturbance at Meijer Thrifty Acres, 1920 Pipestone Road, Benton Township, Feb. 26. Peterson also ordered Powell never to go to the Meijer store again.

The following people were ordered to pay fines and court costs for various misdemeanor offenses: Richard L. Huffman, 31, 594 Street, Bangor, $125 for use of marijuana on eastbound Interstate 94 in Benton Township March 6. Frank A. Getz, 23, 705 Pleasant St. Joseph, $50 for unlawful possession of firecrackers Monday' on Langley Avenue in St.

Joseph. Lee Memorial DOWAOIAC Tonight, Thursday By The Associated Press SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN Tonight occasional rain with a few thundershowers possible. Lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. East winds 10 to 20 mpb. Chance of rain 90 percent.

Thursday cloudy with a 60 percent chance of rain. Highs In" the mid 40s. LAKE MICHIGAN South half: Northeast winds 20 to 30 knots tonight. Rain mixed with snow. Waves 4 to 8 feet.

EXTENDED FORECAST Lower Peninsula Chance of rain or snow north Friday through Sunday. Rain south Friday and Saturday. Rain or snow on Sunday. Highs will be in the mid 40s north to the mid 50s on Friday and Saturday, dropping into the mid 30s north to the mid 40s south on Sunday. Lows Friday and Saturday will be in 20s to near 30 north to the 30s to near 40 south.

Cooler Sunday morning with lows in the upper teens to the mid 20s north to the mid 20s to the low 30s south. WEATHER PICTURE The highest temperature reported Tuesday in Michigan was 44 at Detroit and Jackson. The low was 9 at Pellstonr" The normal high temperature for March 12 in Detroit is 41. The low is 25. The record high for this date in Detroit was 66 in 1946.

The record low is 4 set in 1896. The sun sets today at 6:36 p.m., rises Thursday at 6:49 a.m. and sets Thursday at 6:37 p.m. The Weather flsswnsra Taeeaav Temperature! Indicate previous day's high and overnight low to 0 p.m. EST.

fflLoPreOdk Albany 48 SB rn Anchorage 66 30 cdy Atlantic City cdy Boiton .06 an Charlejton.se. 74 CO cdy Dayton 46 35 .01 rn Denver MM cdy Honolulu 66 44 cdy EanaaiCity 54 40 UiVegaa (7 44 .11 cdy Utile Rock 44 .27 cdy hot Angelea 68 61 .02 cdy Louisville 57 39 cdy MpU-St Paul 37 17 cdy NaahvUle 64 40 cdy" New Orleana 70 66 cdy New York 67 36 .09 Norfolk, Va 82 60 rn Oklahoma City 66 61 1.06 cdy Philadelphia 64 66 cdy Rapid City 46 33 ,01 cdy St Louis 60 36 rn St Pete-Tampa 62 64 .11 cdy Salt Lake Ctty 40 40 cdy San Francisco 64 63 .07 Seattle 56 47 12 ra Spokane 46 36 .06 cdy Washington 71 60 rn Wichita .66 46 .03 cdy Wilkes-Barre (6 36 .40 cdy Wilmington.Oe. 66 64 ra National Temperature Extremes foe Tuesday Low 2 below sera at Duluta and Hioblng, Mina. High 100 at McAUea, Texas TEMPERATURES Readlagi Tom. mm to Wed.

tm: Ui 40 (am se Sp.a. 32 ta.m 12m 30 12 a. 42 High, 42 at 12 aewa; Law, 28 at 8 p.m. Berrien Jailbreak Try 'Brings 1 -Year Jail Term FRONTS: Warm CoW-, Occluded Stationary Benton Man Is Sentenced To 60 Days By STEVE OSTROWSKI H-P Staff Writer A Benton Township man convicted of driving while his license was revoked (DWLR) for the second time was sentenced to 60 days in jail by Fifth District Judge Hugh Black in St. Joseph Tuesday.

Eugene Edwards, 51, 1848 Highland pleaded guilty to DWLR at Forest Avenue and Territorial Road in Benton Harbor Jan. 27. Court records show Edwards was also convicted of DWLR Feb. 16, 1983, in Berrien County. The following motorists convicted of driving while their licenses were suspended (DWLS) were ordered to pay fines and court costs: Clifton Wade, 32, Detroit, $305 for second-offense DWLS Monday on Interstate 94 in Sodus Township.

Court records show Wade was also convicted of DWLS April 1, 1985, in Berkley, Mich. John A. Johnson, 19, 585 Clark Niles, $100 for DWLS at Hoch-berger and Staley roads in Berrien Township July 13. John A. Robinson 23, 1095 Jennings Benton Harbor, $95 for DWLS Tuesday on Napier Avenue in Benton Township.

Vincent A. Smith, 31, Pine Bluff, $65 for DWLS Monday on Main Street in Benton Township. Smith was also ordered to pay $65 for improper possession of a shotgun in a motor vehicle in a non-game area in the same incident Monday. BCC BCC BCC BCC BCC BCC 34766 46th Paw Paw. Buhl dismissed a charge of tortion against Michael LaPine, and one count of criminal usi against Jack LaPine on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

All three men are accused of making loans at interest rates be tween 35 and 70 percent during 1984 and 1985 to William LasinskMwn- er of Paw Paw Auto Sales, accord- ing to state police. Jack LaPine is also accused of threatening Lasin-ski on Feb. 20 with bodily harm in connection with the loans. Jack LaPine is charged in connection with loans for $12,500 and $50,000, and Roberts in connection with a $25,000 loan. The charges against Michael LaPine grew out of loans he allegedly made for $44,100, $20,000, and $25,000.

In other cases, Lloyd A. West 22, 514 S. LaGrave, Paw Paw, demanded preliminary examination on a charge of felonious assault. He is accused of hitting Kenneth Shears of Lawrence in the head with a metal bar Monday at the intersection of LaGrave and Michigan 40 in Paw Paw Township. West was released on a $1,000 personal recognizance bond pending a March 18 hearing.

Bound over to Van Buren Circuit Court after waiving preliminary hearings were: Eric E. White, 17, 215 E. Sherwood, Decatur, charged with unarmed robbery, allegedly stealing $18 from Shawn White, 14, Lawton, on Jan. 29 in Lawton. Eric White and Shawn White are not related.

Miguel Torres, 34, 72749 39th Paw Paw, charged with assault with intent to commit murder. He is accused of slashing Gabriel Flo-res, 41, with a knife March 1 at Flo-res' Decatur Township home. John A. Foster, 57, whose last listed address was in the Orlando, area, on two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. He is accused of fondling an 11-year-old boy on two occasions on July 14, 1984, and with fondling a 13-year-old boy in early July 1984.

The incidents allegedly occurred in Paw Paw Township. Norman E. Parker 31, Chicago, was sentenced to 30 days in jail, with credit for as much time already served, for use of cocaine on May 4, 1985, in Lawrence Township. He was also fined $200 and ordered to pay $660 in attorney fees. plea bargain agreement on a charge of cruelty to children, ages one and three, in Columbia Township in March 1985.

Gerry Gulliver, 20, 513 Indiana South Haven, was sentenced to 45 days in jail for receiving and concealing stolen property under $100. Robert Kizer, 45, 1031 Pipestone Road, Benton Harbor, was fined $355 for failure to present a handgun for a safety inspection, reduced from carrying a concealed weapon in Hartford. James Vahnd, 24, 05762 Blue Star tt: i memorial nignway, auuw naven, was fined $75 for furnishing alcohol to a minor, Lake View PAW PAW ADMISSIONS Paw Paw Grace Barker, Roy Barnett. Decatur Nancy Thielmann. Lawton Jessica Reynolds.

Marcellus Joey Hartline. BY POPULAR DEMAND The Herald-Palladium has ere-. ated a new classification (127) People Meeting People. Cash in advance and box number are required. Guidelines governing these ads are common sense and good taste.

The Herald-Palladium reserves' the right to edit any ads. All replies are held in strict confidence and sent out the same day we receive them. CALL CLASSIFIED 429-2400 I Two Suspects In Van Buren Face Circuit Court Trials Community Hospital WATEEVLIET ADMISSIONS Covert Keith Harbin. Hartford Albert Sorensen. Allegan General ALLEOAN ADMISSIONS There were no admissions Tuesday.

BIRTHS Fennville Girl, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Burgoyne, Tuesday. South Haven Hoep. SOUTH HAVEN ADMISSIONS South Haven Joshua Sherrell, Peggy Smothers.

Bangor Alta Starbuck. ADMISSIONS Union Pier Tina Harmon. Homestead Act Ending In 1986 WASHINGTON In 1976, Congress repealed the Homestead Act of 1862 in all states except Alaska, where it will expire this year. In the 114 years of its existence, the act helped more than 1.6 million settlers claim more than 270 million acres of public land. It led to the development of such states as Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and North and South Dakota.

0 E- hi BCC BCC BCC BCC BCC Visitors Hospital BUCHANAN iiii aMTsTTB I CO I or Mercy-Memorial. IT. JOSEPH ADMISSIONS Benton Harbor Clara M. Burton, Ladonna A. Ellison, James R.

Jaggers, Harold Turner, Walter T. Young. Bridgman Lori Oney. Coloma Martha M. Branham, James Burkhard.

Sawyer Laurene M. Marchew-ka. BIRTHS St. Joseph Twins, Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Reed, girl, 6 pounds, 15 ounces, 9:09 a.m. Tuesday, and boy, 5 pounds, 2 ounces, 9:10 a.m. Tuesday. Mercy Division ENTON HARBOR ADMISSIONS Benton Harbor Brenda Jeffer- Stevensville Olga Adent. BCC BCC BCC BCC ECC- By STEVE OSTROWSKI H-P Staff Writer A Berrien County Jail inmate who attempted to flee from the jail I while awaiting trial on a charge of robbery was sentenced to year in jail by Fifth District Court in St.

Joseph Tuesday. Donald R. Shields, 22, Oak Park, 111., pleaded guilty to a charge of escape at the jail, 919 Port St. Joseph, Feb. 15, while awaiting tri-lal.

Shields and another inmate, Percy Griffin 39, 579 Edwards Benton Harbor, allegedly attempted to escape from the jail Feb. 15. The two inmates allegedly freed themselves from their cell but were apprehended before they, able to get outside the jail. Court records show Shields is trial in circuit court for 1982 armed robbery of a Buchanan gas station. Griffin is also awaiting trial on an armed robbery charge stemming from a hold-up at 'Harding's Market in Eau Claire -last October.

Griffin waived a preliminary bearing Tuesday on a charge of malicious destruction of a building over $100 and was bound over to circuit court for arraignment. He is "accused of damaging the jail during the alleged escape attempt. According to cotirt records, Griffin is to plead guilty in circuit court to the malicious destruction charge and a charge of escape is to be dismissed. He is jailed, in lieu of $25,000 bond. In other cases in St.

Joseph, Willie L. Johnson, 44, 1961 Union Benton Township, was sentenced by Judge Daniel Deja to 90 days in jail for shoplifting a bottle of wine and package of fish sticks at Jewel Foods, 756 E. Napier Benton township, Jan. 14. Johnson was also sentenced to 90 days in jail, to be served concurrently, for shoplifting cigarettes Three Oaks Man Awaits Sentencing By STEVE OSTROWSKI i H-P Staff Writer A Three Oaks man faces sentencing of up to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty Tuesday in Berrien Circuit Court to a charge of larceny from a motor vehicle.

Walter F. Gabbard, 20, 305 W. Locust pleaded guilty to stealing wheels and tires from a car belonging to Greg Bubb at 21 N. Elm Three Oaks, Dec. 9.

Judge Julian Hughes continued Gabbard free on $6,000 bond pending sentencing May 5. Berrien General RRIEN CENTER ADMISSIONS Berrien Center Rosie Tompkins, i Benton Harbor Shirley Thomas, Krystal March. ADMISSIONS Niles Christopher Nelson, Paula Pompey, Gary Ritchey, Ruth Williams, J. L. Cope.

Buchanan Faye Greene. Marcellus Janice Smith. WINTER CAR BLUES? Take Me Down to UPTOWN! UPTOWN SHELL Pawating Hospital MILES By TOM RENNER South Haven Correspondent SOUTH HAVEN Two suspects in felony cases were bound over to Van Buren Circuit following appearances in Seventh District Court here Tuesday. Norman Crady, 35, of Oregion, Ohio, was bound over after waiving a preliminary examination on charges of assault and battery, felonious assault and possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. He is accused of assaulting his wife, Carolyn, in Covert Town- shiD on Feb.

23. Angela Haynes, -If, OI naiama- zoo, was bound over after waiving a preliminary examination on a charge of larceny by conversion over $100, failing to return a rented player and tapes from the Movie Outpost in Hartford on Feb. 16. In other cases, Johnnie Doss, 27, 116 Arlington Bangor, was sentenced to 30 days in jail for assault and battery against Clarence Dukes in Bangor on Aug. 16.

Donald Fall, 25, 603 Cherry South Haven demanded a preliminary examination on a charge of deliverymanufacture of a controlled substance (lysergic acid diethylamide) on March 10 in South Haven. He was ordered held in lieu of $2,000 bond pending a March 18 hearing. Tony McDonald, 25, 58 N. Pine Breedsville, was bound back to circuit court after he rejected a For the cortventace of our dasafflad customers, few) ads wifwwbeeaeotedupsoS.IX) Pit, the day before pubtca-toa So now you have a Ktle tnore ttme to bring, nvsl or cal In your BOttjsemenL Visa Mastercard accepted. PLEASE NOTE: Citssffied display ad ote3rM have been changed to an eerier time.

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