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awWHI' 1 THE BILLINGS GAZETTE TUESDAY Anne Catherine Eckhardt PORTLAND, Ore. Anne Catherine Eckhardt enjoyed drawing and June 30, 1987 Public meetings, public events and organizational meeting notices received by 5 p.m. will be published in the next morning's Gazette. Cancellations will be ac- cepted for the next morning's paper if received by 8 p.m. Call 657-1241.

PU1SUC MEETEISCiS Yellowstone County Commission 9 a.m., courthouse City Board of Adjustment 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers PUSELIC EVEifTS Fudgesicle social from noon to 1 p.m., campus lawn, Eastern Montana College Workshop for women returning to the work force part 3 of 4, 7 p.m., YWCA, 909 Wyoming Ave. pySLSC SERVICE Free blood-pressure testing 1 to 4 p.m., Planned Parenthood, 721 N. 29th St. Free blood-pressure testing 24 hours, Deaconess Medical Center Emergency Trauma Center and St. Vincent Hospital Emergency Department and Trauma Center Therapeutic swim 11 a.m., Rocky Moun- tain College Arthritis swim 1 p.m., Rocky Mountain College WCA Women's Center 8 a.m.

to 5 p.m., 909 Wyoming Ave. Seniors dinner program at noon at 360 N. 23rd St, 2420 13th St W. and 901 S. 30th St For reservations call 259-9666.

Free pregnancy testing 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Birthright, Room 300, 804 N. 29th St WIC Program 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Preventive Health Center, 721 N. 29th basem ent SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) 1 to 3 p.m., Chamber of Commerce, 200 N.

34th St Medicare assistance 10 a.m. to noon, Billings Community Center, 360 N. 23rd St ORGANIZATIONS Sunrisers Toastmasters 6:30 a.m., Maril-lac Auditorium, St Vincent Hospital Yellowstone Property Managers 8 a.m., Cellar 301 Overeaters Anonymous 10 a.m., Eetlile- hem Lutheran Church Downtown Al-Anon 10 a.m., Wilcox build- ng, 3302 Fourth Ave. N. Getting Through Grief at noon, Education Classroom No.

1, Deaconess Medical Center Closed Alcoholics Anonymous at noon at 1801 Broadwater Ave. Lions Club board of directors at noon at Elks Club Traditions Group Closed Alcoholics Anonymous at noon at 26 Wyoming Ave. Billings Optimist Club at noon at S-Quire Cafe Closed Alcoholics Anonymous West End Group at noon and 8 p.m., 2439 Grand Ave. Closed Alcoholics Anonymous 204 Group at noon and 8 p.m., 208 Grand Ave. Exchange Club of Billings at noon at Northern Hotel Billings Kiwanis Club at noon at Skytop Room, Sheraton Hotel Getting Through Grief 12:10 p.m., dining room No.

1, Deaconess Medical Center Tuesday Duplicate Bridge Club 12:30 p.m., St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 13th St W. and Crawford -Weight Watchers 4:45 p.m., 702 Central back of building Double Winners 6 p.m., 1801 Broadwater Al Bedoo Chanters 6: 15 p.m., Shrine Auditorium 1 Toastmasters 319 Club 6:30 p.m., Elmer's Pancake House, 2455 Central Ave. Weight Watchers 6:30 p.m., Billings Heights Alliance Church, 1103 Lake Elmo Road FOCAS Singles talk-it-over 7 p.m., Scottish Rite Temple, 514 14th St W. Closed Alcoholics Anonymous New Beginnings 7 p.m., Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch RENEW (marriage under construction) 7 p.m., First Assembly of God Church, 550 32nd St.

W. Victory Fellowship (formerly Victorious Alcoholics) 7 p.m., Montana Rescue Mission, 2822 Minnesota Ave. Billings Caledonian Pipes and Drums 7 p.m., Boys and Girls Club, 505 Orchard Lane Al Bedoo Brass Band 7:30 p.m., Shrine Harmony Inc. 7:30 p.m., St. Thomas Church, Colton Blvd.

and Woody Newcomers Al-Anon 7:30 p.m., Mental Health Building Open Duplicate Bridge Club 7:30 p.m., St Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1241 Crawford Drive Big Sky Barbershoppers (SPEBSQSA) NBC workers strike Carrie M. Roberts r- LEWISTOWN Carrie M. Roberts moved to the Mosby area In 1919 to teach school near Lodgepole. Later she ranched with her husband on the Musselshell River until 1960, when they moved to Lewistown. She was a member of the United Methodist Church and Eastern Star, Mrs.

Roberts, 94, died Sunday morning in Valle Vista Manor afters short Illness. She was born In Fox, a daiigK-ter of W.C. and Gincy Bagwell, and graduated from Radford Normal Teachers College in Virginia. On Dec. 15, 1920, she married W.G.

"Zeke" Roberts In Independence, Va. He died in 1975. Survivors include two daughters, Ruth Roberts of Lewistown and June Tripp of Niarada; a son, Bill Jr. of Moses Lake, a sister, Winnie Bagwell of Galax, Va. four grandchildren; and four great-granddaughters.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Creel-Morrison-Retz Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Roberta E. Hepburn LIVINGSTON Roberta E. Hepburn had worked for W.A.

Hall Co. and at the Town Cafe in Gardiner for many years before moving to Livingston in 1977. She was active in Gardiner cotfl: munity affairs and was a member of St. William's Catholic Church. Mrs.

Hepburn, 78, died Monday morning in the Sessions Homestead after a long illness. She was born in Livingston, a daughter of Charles and Etta Birch, and attended Chadbourne School ir the Shields Valley and Park County High School. On Feb. 28, 1927, she; married Ralph E. Hepburn in Livingston.

He died April 7, 1986. Survivors include two sons, Charles of Gardiner and James R. of East River Road south of Livingston; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Wake services will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Franzen-Davis-Bebee Chapel.

Mass will be celebrated at II a.m. Thursday in St. Mary's Catholic Church in Livingston with burial in Mountain View Cemetery. Clara M. 'Tiny' Mankin PRYOR Clara M.

"Tiny" Mankin had lived in Pryor, Billings, Great Falls and Missoula before settling in Pryor five years ago. She had worked for the Crow Tribal Housing Authority and at various jobs in Bill-. ings. She was known for her friendliness, helpfulness and lovely singingT voice. She was very devoted to het granddaughter, and enjoyed fishingT riding horses, and hunting rocks and arrowheads.

She was a member of. the Crow Indian Tribe and the Catho-' lie church. Mrs. Mankin, 48, died as a result-of injuries received in a one vehicle ac-I cident Monday morning east oC Pryor. She was born in Billings, a daugh- ter of Julia and James C.

Kelly. She' lived in Wyola and Pryor and attend-' ed Billiugs Jefferson Junior High School and Edgar High School. She married William E. Mankin on Jan. 30, 1976, in Sheridan, Wyo.

They were separated at the time of her death. Survivors include two daughters, Sheri Horton of Billings and Kelly Closeof Missoula; four brothers, Bob Kelly of Crow Agency, and Bill Kelly, Charles Kelly and Larry Kelly, all of Billings; five sisters, Betty Rafferty of Pryor, Donna Catalla of Critelli of Forsyth, Patsy Cowee of Victorville, and Colleen Pucket of Prineville, and a granddaughter. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Bullis Funeral Chapel with burial in the family cemetery east of Pryor. We accept Purple Cross 10 Yellowstone Billings 24M807 MALCOLM Charles 84, of 3321 Stone St.

Cremation. Graveside memorial services 1 p.m. Thursday, Park-View Memorial Gardens, Livingston. Memo rials: Muscular Dystrophy Association in lieu of flowers. MILLER Francis 67, of 1037 Hansen Lane.

Funeral Mass 10: 30 a.m. Tuesday St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Laurel. Interment St. Anthony's Cemetery.

Rosary 7:30 p.m. Monday in Dahl Funeral Chapel Billings. Memorials: Billings Deaconess Heart Center, Tumbleweeds or Good Sam Fund. RABAS Elmer Henry, 65, of 2705 look Ave. Funeral service Thursday, 2 p.m.

at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Wilson, Kan. Interment in the Wilson Cemetery. Memorials: American Heart Association. 70eS.McGilkn 300 Highland Blvd Red Lodge 446-1800 Bozeman 586-5298 BROUILLARD Julian 52. Funeral services and burial will be held Friday in Coffelt Funeral Home, Sandpoint, Idaho.

(CfDahl jZ Chapels LOCAL DEATHS Anne Catherine Eckhardt, 8-year-old daughter of Rod A. Eckhardt of Billings and Kathleen M. Eckhardt of Portland, Ore. AREA DEATHS Mary Pauline "Marie" Schmidt, 63, Thcrmopolis, Wyo. Knute Albert Volden, 101, Viroqua, formerly of Opheim Carrie M.

Roberts, 94, Lewistown Roberta E. Hepburn, 78, Livingston Clara M. "Tiny" Mankin, 48, Pryor Vivian M. Hunts Along, 52, Wolf Point Walter K. Greufe, 67, Wolf Point Obituary policy Obituaries are news stories, and The Gazette prints them without charge.

They include name, age and hometown of the deceased, along with other information. Cause of death is listed. If the person was 70 or older, natural causes if accurate will suffice if the family prefers. Knute Albert Volden GENOA, Knute Albert Volden homesteaded in 1910 at Opheim, Mont, where he farmed and worked as a carpenter until 1943. He then moved to Los Angeles, and worked as head foreman and designer for Los Angeles Trailer Co.

until 1961. After retiring, he continued his woodworking hobby of making violins, grandfather clocks and spinning wheels. He was a charter member of the Lutheran Church In Opheim. Mr. Volden, 101, died Friday in the Bethel Home in Viroqua, Wis.

He was born In Purdy, a son of Marit and Johanes K. Volden. In 1915 he married Ella Marie Havellen in Opheim. Survivors include a son, John of Hamilton, four daughters, Claire Cannon of Torrance, Ida Wiley of Billings, Mont, Eleanor Howard of Fallbrook, and Anna Torrence of Hemet, three brothers, Ole and Peter of Viroqua and Maurice of La Crosse, 12 grandchildren; and 23 greatgrandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Wednesday in Bad Axe Church in Genoa, with burial in Bad Axe Cemetery. Larson Funeral Home of Viroqua is in charge. DONALD NIXON Secret Service watch Nixon's brother, 72, dies NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) F. Donald Nixon, the younger brother of former President Richard Nixon, has died at the age of 72, a funeral director said Monday.

Nixon died Saturday at Hoag Memorial Hospital, said Bill Whitaker, director of White-Emerson Mortuary in Whittier. Whitaker refused to say the cause of death, other than that it was from natural causes. Gail Love, a spokeswoman for the hospital, said Nixon had been treated in the same area as cancer patients. CBS News reported that the former president would not be able to make his brother's funeral because he is still recovering from prostate surgery. Nixon was born in Whittier on Nov.

23, 1914. Former presidential aide John Ehrlichman wrote in his book "Witness to Power" that Richard Nixon once asked the CIA to put a "full cover" on his brother. The CIA refused, he wrote, but the Secret Service agreed to keep a watch on him to see if anything he did might embarrass the president. In addition to the former president, survivors include another brother, Edward; his wife, Clara Jane Nixon; a daughter, Lawrene Anfinson; two sons, Donald and Rick Nixon; and five grandchildren. Services were planned for Tuesday at the East Whittier Friends Church, followed by a private burial painting pictures, listening to music and wearing dresses and jewelry.

She also liked camping at the beach, crab pot fishing along the Oregon coast and summer visits to her father in Billings. Anne, 8, died ANNE ECKHARDT June 16 in Emanuel Hospital and Medical Center of Injuries suffered in an automobile accident In Gresh-am, Ore. She was born in Billings and moved to Portland, with her mother in 1981, settling in Hillsboro. She attended school in Hillsboro and Beaverton. Survivors include her father, Rod A.

Eckhardt of Billings; her mother, Kathleen M. Eckhardt of Portland; and grandparents, Richard Eckhardt of Billings and Arthur and Beverly Bergau of Vancouver, Wash. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in St Andrew's Lutheran Church in Beaverton, with burial in Hillsboro. Vancouver Funeral Chapel, Vancouver, is In charge.

Mary Pauline Schmidt THERMOPOLIS, Wyo. Mary Pauline "Marie" Schmidt had worked as a secretary for Richfield and Superior oil companies, transferring to Casper about 1954. She later managed the Key Club in Casper, then co-owned and managed the Brass Rail in Kirby and the Blue Eagle Bar in Thermopolis. More recently she managed the Sideboard Rooms and worked at the Sideboard Lounge and Cafe. She was a member of Eagles Auxiliary.

Miss Schmidt, 63, died Saturday in Canyon Hills Manor. A daughter of Otto and Annie Schmidt, she was born and educated in Lang, Saskatchewan, Canada. She attended Reliance Business School in Regina, Saskatchewan. Survivors include a brother, Joseph of Lang; and two sisters, Amelia Yoner of Lang and Grace Marcia of Regina. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in Mortimore Funeral Home with burial in Monument Hill Cemetery. Vivian M. Hunts Along WOLF POINT Vivian M. Hunts Along, a Wolf Point resident since 1968, loved attending powwows and enjoyed bingo and bead work. Mrs.

Hunts Along, 52, died Sunday in St. Vincent Hospital in Billings after a short illness. Born in Fort Belknap, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Bear, she grew up and attended schools in Lodge Pole.

She married David Shawl on March 13, 1950, in Malta; he died in 1975. On Feb. 6, 1982, she married Matthew Hunts Along in Wolf Point. Survivors include her husband; a son, Donald Jackson of Wolf Point; four daughters, Georgalene Jackson of Harlem, and Nadine Baker, Norma Shawl and Mrs. Ron (Ruth) Jackson, all of Wolf Point; her adopted parents, Jim and Millie Pond of Wolf Point; three sisters, Elaine Sears and Barbara Garfield, both of Wolf Point and Florence Helgeson of Lodge Pole and 15 grandchildren.

Rosary will be said at 8 p.m. Tues-day in Clayton Memorial Chapel. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Immaculate Conception Church with burial in King Memorial Cemetery. Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary Wt MnpC Pwphi Ciow 1001 Alderson Ave.

Ph. 252-3417 Mortuary Parking Adiacent lumniiimimH-iunmmcTtDimiciuts LAMEY John Daniel 86, of 2923 Oakland Drive. Rosary 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary. Funeral Mass 11 a.m.

Wednesday, St. Patrick's Co-Cathedral Interment Terrace Gardens Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to forestry or animal preservation. Smith Funeral Chapels Crematory, Cemetery, Mauaoleum and Cremation Niche We Accept Purple Crou 2 Locations in Billings 245127 Downtown 120 N. 26th (path adtmnt) DIXON Thelma, 84, of Whittier, formerly of Billings.

Funeral services 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 1, in Smith Downtown Chapel. Interment in Mountview Cemetery. Memorials: First United Methodist Church, 2800 Fourth Ave. N.

Smith West Chapel 4 Blocks No. of Central on 34th St W. LAUREL: RED LODGE: otow utum COLUMBUS: SaaMatM MS5 Serving dignUy Newcomers Adult Children of Alcoholics 7:30 p.m, 2604 Phyllis Lane Adult Children of Alcoholics 7:30 p.m., 345 Broadwater Ave. Al-Anon 8 p.m., 204 Grand Ave. Traditions Group Closed Alcoholics Anonymous 8 p.m., 26 Wyoming Ave.

Al-Anon 8 p.m., 1801 Broadwater Ave. Alcoholics Anonymous 8 p.m., Irma House, 303 S. 35th St. Downtown Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book study 8 p.m., 3302 Fourth Ave. N.

Closed Alcoholics Anonymous Heights Group 8 p.m., Atonement Lutheran Church Overeaters Anonymous 8 p.m., First Congregational Church Closed Alcoholics Anonymous 8 p.m., 510 Cook Ave. BIRTHS Girls Sharla Jo and Craig Ekegren, Venezuela Joyce Stump and Vidal Notafraid, Billings Rachel and Rory McLeod, 3684 Stillwater Drive Nancy and Richard Anderson, Roundup Nadene and Dean Derryberry, 1344 Cheryl St Boys Legene and Steven Kienitz, 1205 Colton Blvd. FIRE CALLS 8:35 p.m. Sunday (City) -11 Wicks Lane. Dumpster fire.

10:27 p.m. Sunday (City) Base of Rims, above 3100 17th St W. Grass fire. 12:54 a.m. Monday (City) 6 Big Sky Country Drive.

Alarm. 3:12 a.m. Monday (City) 641 Burlington Ave. Service. 7:22 a.m.

Monday (City) 703 N. 31st St. First aid. 12:55 p.m. Monday (City) Intersection I of Crow Lane and Navajo Lane.

Dump-' stcr fire 1:06 p.m. Monday (City) Fifth Street West and Broadwater Avenue. First aid. 1:26 p.m. Monday (City) Two Moon Park.

Investigation. 1:28 p.m. Monday (City) East of Bitter-root and Yellowstone River Boulevard. Brush fire. 7:48 p.m.

Monday (City) 79 Swords Lane. Investigation. network duce an agreement or push back the midnight deadline. It was only the second session since the contract expired March 31. No further sessions were planned.

Kent said he expected it would be at least a week before the mediator called the sides back together. Both sides said they were hoping for a short strike but prepared for a long one. "It doesn't look good because we're dealing with GE, and their history isn't that good," said Barbara Nellis, a graphics engineer picketing in front of NBC headquarters. General Electric took over RCA, NBC's parent company, last year. "We've had a relationship with NBC for 50 years," said John Krieg-er, a union official in Washington.

"Now GE has taken control and we are being subjected to a strike we don't want." The strike affects about one-third of NBC's work force, including camera and videotape operators, engineers and electronic maintenance workers, writers, editors and produc- tion assistants. Union members insisted the quality of programming would suffer even though NBC says non-union personnel have been trained to perform the jobs under NABET jurisdiction. "Just common sense tells you there's going to be glitches, there's going to be screwups," said Kent. "The viewing public will not get the production that NBC has traditionally given them. And, even more important, the advertisers the clients won't get the results they're used to." Hospital officials in Cap Haitien said the body of a man who had been shot in the head was brought to Justi-nien Hospital at around 3:30 p.m.

Three other men were treated for minor injuries, according to Andre Pierre, a hospital employee. More than 90 political, civic, farm and religious groups organized Monday's strike to protest an electoral decree published last week. It gives the three-man military-civilian council led by Lt Gen. Henri Namphy full control over elections to be held later this year. A new constitution approved in a referendum March 29 provides for an independent election board of members chosen by private organizations.

Radio Haiti reported violence Monday morning in Gonaives, 90 miles north of the capital. The woman was thrown from the truck and was dead at the scene, the patrol said. Investigating officers said it appeared Mankin's vehicle was traveling at a high speed. Brokaw called the strike "a tragedy. It's very painful because we've got our friends on the street.

The morale of the place, well, everybody's doing their best" In Washington, NBC provided a bus for non-NABET employees who wanted to enter the network complex without walking past pickets. v- In Los Angeles, union crews from non-NBC stations refused to staff a prosecutor's news conference be- cause the NBC affiliate, KNBC, sent non-union replacement workers. As a result, two news conferences were held. The disputed two-year contract offered workers wage boosts of 3.6 percent and 4.6 percent, but the negotiations stalled over job security. NBC wanted the right to hire freelance workers for jobs now done by permanent employees.

"We're out there because the company put us out there," said Arthur Kent, president of NABET Local 11. "They wanted this strike." However, NBC noted that the National Labor Relations Board last week dismissed seven unfair-labor-practice charges filed by the union, and accused the union's leadership of ignoring members. "We believe that if union members had been given the opportunity of working under the new contract, they would agree with NBC that it is a fair, reasonable and balanced agreement for the company, the union and their employees," said a network statement read by Ms. Ramsey. A 3-hour session called by a federal mediator Sunday failed to pro NEW YORK (AP) NBC management got off to a slightly rocky start in the producution studios Monday after 2,800 technicians, produc ers, writers and editors in six cities walked out in a dispute over jobwcu-1 rity.

With managers behind the cameras and in the control room, NBC's "Today" show was plagued by te.chni-,. cal foulups, including fumbled ipJcrc- -phones, sloppy camera work and sound lapses that at one point ren- dered co-anchor Bryant Gumbel inaudible, Similar problems afflicted the WNBC-TV local news in New York, with the screen twice going black in the first 15 minutes, a shot of a studio wall interrupting the weather report, and a botched video feed ending the program. Still, the top-ranked network continued broadcasting without interruption, and the "NBC Nightly News" was broadcast with no major problems, said spokeswoman McClain Bamsey. "To the contrary," she said, "everything has been quite smooth." Members of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians struck the network at 12:01 a.m. EDT after last-gasp ne-f gotiations failed and NBC put Its Jinal contract offer into effect.

Picket lines went up outside NBC "headquarters in New York and at network facilities in Burbank, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco and Washington. No violence or vandalism was reported at the start of the third strike against a network this year. NBC "Nightly News" anchor Tom PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) A general strike to protest a new election decree paralyzed the city Monday. Hundreds of people marched in the downtown area shouting anti-government slogans, then stoned the state radio station. Radio reports said the strike also was successful elsewhere in this Caribbean nation of 6 million people, including the cities of Gonaives, Les Cayes, Jacmel, Petit Goave and St.

Marc. A man was shot dead in Cap Haiti-en, but there was no explanation how it occurred. There were reports of arrests and injuries in the capital. The marchers in Port-au-Prince were marking the release early Monday of several union members who were jailed a week earlier because they organized a strike for higher strike to protest decree wages that closed down several cit- ies for a day. They belong to the Autonomous Center of Haitian Workers.

Radio Metropole quoted the union leaders, who told the radio station their release was a temporary measure. The government has not given any explanation why they were freed. Members of the marching crowd shouted "Down with the National Governing Council!" and "Power to the people!" They threw stones at the Radio Nationale building and at cars parked outside. Four soldiers dispersed the crowd by firing weapons into the air. A witness reported one man was injured in the back and thigh.

The army arrested three men, apparently organizers of the demonstration, witnesses said. kin, 48, apparently fell asleep at the wheel of her 1985 GMC pickup truck about 3 a.m., the patrol said. Mankin drifted off the left side of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Road No. 91 and rolled the pickup down a 93-foot em- DanKmem wnen sne over-corrected. Pryor woman killed in truck accident HARDIN A Pryor-area woman was killed early Monday when her pickup truck plunged down an embankment 47 miles southeast of Hardin," the Montana Highway Patrol 'N.

said. The victim, Clara M. "Tiny" Man V..