Baxter Bulletin from Mountain Home, Arkansas • 7

Tuesday, February 23, 1988 THE BAXTER BULLETIN Page 7A State medical examiner reaffirms ruling of deaths of two boys run over by train By DENNIS BYRD Associated Press Writer BENTON, Ark. (AP) The state medical examiner reaffirmed his ruling Monday during a public hearing into the deaths of two Saline County teen-agers that the youths were alive but unconscious when a train ran over them last August. Dr. Fanny Malak's testimony came on the third and final day of a public hearing prompted by criticism from the boys' parents of his official finding that the teenagers were in a marijuana-induced sleep when struck by the train. Curtis and Marvelle Henry and Larry and Linda Ives, all of Bryant, say they suspect the boys were murdered.

At the end of Monday's session, Deputy Prosecutor Richard Garrett said he would review the testimony before deciding whether to re-open the case. Several witnesses testified that they doubted smokins mariiuana could have caused Kevin Ives, 17, and Don Henry, 16, to sleep so deeply that they did not hear the oncoming train. Malak called that testimony "speculative and without substance" and quoted several authorities as saying marijuana could produce sleep or even a coma. He said the victims "took the secret with them We as survivors are trying to explain it. We may never know." Malak testified that he had the option of ruling the Aug.

23 deaths as homicides, suicides or accidental and gave the teen-agers "the benefit of the doubt' by labeling the deaths accidental after ruling out homicide. Saline County Sheriff's Office investigators told him there was no evidence of suicide, and autopsies showed no suspicious wounds on the bodies, he said. The start of Monday's hearing was delayed 40 minutes while Gar- reu aim wiaian argued wueutei medical laboratory photographs should be allowed into evidence. "These families have been through enough," Garrett said, and removed two poster boards bearing the photographs from the courtroom. Malak eventually was allowed to introduce the pictures, but Garrett permitted the families of boys to leave the hearing room during his testimony.

Garrett also asked all spectators under 18 to leave because of the pictures' graphic nature and told crews from three Little Rock television stations not to use any footage of them. In testimony Friday, Shirley Raper, a paramedic who responded to the scene in the early morning hours of Aug. 23, said she saw a pickup truck with three people inside in the general area of the tracks when she drove up. Garrett asked Ms. Raper why she never had mentioned the truck to county investigators and she Clark rules on ballot title for ethics, lobbyists act LITTLE (AP) Attorney General Steve Clark Monday approved the ballot title for the ethics and lobbyist disclosure initiated act submitted by Gov.

Bill Clinton, but disapproved the popular name. Clark submitted an alternative popular name and Clinton said he believes the alternative wording is more accurate. Clinton submitted the proposed initiated act to Clark on Saturday. Clinton and supporters of the proposal could not start a petition drive to get the item on the Nov. 8 general election ballot until Clark approved the ballot title and popular name.

Clinton hopes to have the petitions ready for circulation during the Super Tuesday primary on March 8. The popular name submitted by Clinton was, "The Disclosure Act for Lobbyists and State Officials." Clark said in his opinion that a ballot title must include an impartial summary of the proposed act which will give the voter a fair understanding of the issues. He also said that it is well established that the popular name must not be misleading or given partisan coloring to the merit of a proposal. "Applying these precepts to the measure submitted, the proposed ballot title is deemed sufficient as submitted and is hereby approved," he said. "The proposed popular name is disapproved and then following is hereby substituted in order to insure that, when construed together, the popular name and ballot title accurately set forth the purpose of the act: "The Standards of Conduct and Disclosure Act for Lobbyists and State Officials." Clark also set included instructions to people signing the petitions and to people lining up the signatures.

Meanwhile, the initiated act has been praised by people who were on opposite sides during the recent special legislative session. The legislators met more than a week but failed to approve ethics legislation. Sen. Nick Wilson, D-Pocahontas, who led the opposition to ethics legislation in the session, said he hasn't seen the governor's proposal, but will likely support it. He said that even if it doesn't pass in November, the Legislature will pass an ethics law next year.

Wilson's committee killed a bill similar to Clinton's initiated act during the special session which ended Feb. 5. He said that he opposed having a special session dealing with governmental ethics. Scott Trotter, head of Lobby Watch, a group which pushed for the lobbyist disclosure bill said of the initiated act, "I think our support for it could be described as both strong and enthusiastic Every where I go, all across the spectrum, people are telling me, 'Boy, I tell you one thing, I really support said she never was interviewed by them. "No one asked me for anything 'til last week," she said.

"I figured SO (the sheriff's office) was checking close. I had no reason to mention it." The men were identified Monday by Alexander Fire Chief Tommy Madison as volunteer firemen Gary Pulliman and Allen Smith, who were attempting to assist authorities. Also Friday, friends of the boys said Henry and Ives had a gun and marijuana with them the night they were killed. Dwayne Biggs said Ives showed him a pistol while they were all in Henry's car, and Mike Seamon testified that each boy had a small bag of marijuana with him. A pistol was not found at the scene.

Seamon said nine people, including Ives and Henry, had shared a total of five marijuana cigarettes. The engineer of the train that struck the two boys testified Thursday that he believed from the very beginning that "something was not quite right with it." James Shroyer, an employee of Union Pacific Railroad Co. since 1971, said, "There was no muscle reaction whatsover" from either boy before the impact. "After the decision came along that indicated intoxication, it increased my concern," Shroyer said. "Two people don't lie down alike when they're intoxicated." Victim's mother reacts to sentence Not upset that prosecution waived Ward's death penalty Legal Notices bably be transferred to a maximum security unit at Tucker.

"Praise the Lord," Mrs. Simmons said. "I'm so glad it's over with. I've just been sick, mentally tired, waiting, waiting, waiting on this thing." Ward was 15 when he was first convicted in the 1985 stabbing deaths of Simmons; Lois Jarvis, 76; and Audrey Townsend, 72. Ward became at age 15 the nation's youngest condemned killer, and served 24 years on death row.

The state Supreme Court last year overturned his conviction because blacks were systematically excluded from the jury. During his second trial, the jury included four blacks. MARION AP) The mother of Chris Simmons said Monday that she is not upset that the prosecution decided to waive the death penalty in the trial of Ronald Ward, who was convicted of killing her 12-year-old son and the boy's two great-aunts. "You hate to think of anybody, no matter who it is, being put to death," Belinda Simmons of Calico Rock said. "I'm satisfied." Ward, 18, was convicted Saturday.

He was transported Monday from the Crittenden County Jail to the Correction Department's Diagnostic Unit at Pine Bluff. Ward, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole, will pro- Louisiana couples coming to Arkansas to be married Ward is black. The victims were white. The jury began deliberations in the Ward trial Friday, spent the night at a motel Friday night, and resumed Saturday morning. "If this jury had reached their verdict sooner, I might have submitted it (the death penalty) as one of the alternatives," Prosecutor Scott Hunter said.

"The fact that they were out 13 hours, I just didn't think that it would be appropriate to go into the punishment stage." Ward's attorney, Joe Brown of Memphis, said he was disappointed in the verdict but pleased the state had waived the death penalty. He said he would appeal. Ward said in an interview that he had cushioned prison life somewhat through strengthening his spiritual life, exchanging letters with three dozen pen pals, drawing and painting, watching television, listening to a radio and by sleeping. "Sleep is the best thing to do," he said. Asked what prison life is like in general, Ward doubled over in his chair and said, 'Ugh." "It's like being locked up in a bathroom all day," he said.

Checkmates: NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF BAXTER COUNTY, ARKANSAS In the matter of the estate of I ma J. Evans, deceased. No. 88 9. Last known address of decedent: 107 East 5th Street, Mountain Home, Arkansas.

Date of death: December 18, 1987. An instrument dated August 25, 1978, was on the 12th day of February, 1988, admitted to probate as the Last Will of Ima J. Evans, deceased, and Grace Berniece Evans Bradley has been appointed Executor thereunder. A contest of the probate of the Will can be effected only by filing a petition within the time provided by law. All persons having claims against the estate must exhibit them, duly verified, to the undersigned within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or they shall be forever barred and precluded from any benefit in the estate.

This notice first published on February 23, 1988. Grace Berniece Evans Bradley Executor By: Frederick S. "Rick" Spencer Attorney at Law for Estate 409 East Sixth Street Mountain Home, Arkansas 72653 Tel. No. (501) 425 6984 2 23; 3 1 Chess champion plays 50 students simultaneously time the couple may be married.

The only requirements are proofs of age and $25 for the marriage license, Mrs. Proctor said. Since Jan. 1, 28 Louisiana couples have bought marriage licenses at the Union County clerk's office. Before the new law went into effect, Louisiana couples came to El Dorado once in a while to buy marriage licenses, Mrs.

Proctor said, adding, "But it was nothing compared to what we're getting." The clerk's office is also receiving several telephone calls from Louisiana residents asking about the Arkansas marriage license requirements, she said. Union County Justice of the Peace Robert Archer, whose insurance business is near the courthouse, is often called to perform the marriage ceremony for Louisiana couples who have purchased licenses at the clerk's office. Archer has performed the rite for 14 Louisiana couples since Jan. 1. JPs may not charge set fees for performing the ceremony, according to an opinion from the attorney general's office, Archer said.

But, JPs may accept voluntary donations. EL DORADO (AP) It's not Reno or Las Vegas, but Union County has become a marrying haven for couples escaping the high cost of getting married in Louisiana. A Louisiana law that went into effect Jan. 1 requires couples that are going to get married to undergo blood tests for AIDS. The test has increased costs to the extent that couples are coming to Arkansas to get according to Union County Clerk Josephine Proctor.

AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, is an affliction in which a virus attacks the body's immune system, leaving victims susceptible to a wide variety of infections and cancers. AIDS is most often transmitted through sexual contact. Louisiana couples buying marriage licenses at the county clerk's office and getting married in Arkansas report costs of the tests at Lousiana doctors' offices range from $90 to $150. Arkansas law does not require blood tests to apply for marriage licenses and there is no waiting period between the time the license is issued and the "There's hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse, and sell a little cheaper, and the feofle who consider PRICE ONLY are this man lawful prey. John Ruskin IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF BAXTER COUNTY MOUNTAIN HOME, ARKANSAS Catherine I.

Trovillion Plaintiff vs. No. 88-45 Steven J. Trovillion Defendant WARNING ORDER The non-resident defendant, Steven J. Trovillion, is hereby warned to appear in this Court within thirty (30) days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, Catherine I.

Trovillion, and upon failure to do so, said petition will be taken as confessed. WITNESS my hand as Clerk of the Chancery Court of Baxter County, Arkansas, and the seal of the said Court this the 18th day of February, 1988. Linda K. Thrasher, Clerk By: Rainey Strain, Deputy Clerk 2 23; 31 whole way. I played a few inaccuracies," said Waitzkin, a student at Manhattan's exclusive Dalton School.

Tony Pagan, 15, was not as fortunate. He lost in about 40 minutes. "It was a good match," he said. "I had his queen he must have given it up (as a sacrifice). It gave him a chance to come in stronger." Benjamin Shuldiner, 10, was checkmated after 42 moves.

"I was surprised at how long I stayed in 42 moves is a lot against the world champion," he said. Kasparov's adversaries ranged in age from 7 to 15, and came from such disadvantaged neighborhoods as the South Bronx, Harlem, East New York and Brownsville, as well as more affluent areas of Manhattan. All are participants in a program sponsored by the Manhattan Chess Club. Class after class of children from the inner city school filed by to glimpse the champion. Kasparov said such exhibitions to spark children's interest in the game are "a very important tradition" in chess.

"I think it is the duty of the world champion," he said. "If we get a lot of boys and girls into chess, we can hope that in the nearest future we will find a new wave of talent." Kasparov, who defended his title in Spain last year against Anatoly Karpov, arrived in New York on Sunday for a five-day stay. He plans to meet with the cast of the upcoming Broadway show "Chess," play exhibitions Tuesday and Wednesday and meet Mayor Edward I. Koch on Thursday. By BILL STIEG Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) World chess champion Gary Kasparov charmed a Bronx gymnasium full of schoolchildren Monday, then promptly beat the pawns off more than 50 of them at once.

"It's like playing Larry Bird or Michael Jordan one-on-one," explained 14-year-old K.K. Karanja, who along with one other youth played the champion to a draw. The remaining 57 lost. A beaming Kasparov, on a visit to the United States, was greeted at the Garrett Morgan Community Elementary School by a mob of reporters, photographers, school and city officials and starstruck student chess buffs. "It's a great day for chess," said the 24-year-old Kasparov, dashing in a gray sweater, tan slacks and green scarf.

"This is the beginning of the promotion of chess in the USA." Inside the gym, the boards were arranged in a large square, with Kasparov roaming the center and playing the white pieces. His opponents would ponder their moves for long moments; Kasparov pounced from board to board, sometimes making his move instantly, sometimes pausing for a few seconds. Josh Waitzkin, 11, had the champ scratching his head and leaning on the table after two hours. "You want a draw?" Waitzkin recalled asking. "Yeah," Kasparov said.

The two shook hands, and the gym resounded with cheers. Kasparov autographed Waitzkin 's score sheet, and wrote "Well done" on it "I was pretty confident the Pine Bluff woman writes about elderly black women ORHV LIB GG0 fMAT Mrs. Starlard teaches a gerontology class at St. John Alexander Towers, which is federally subsidized housing for the aged. The class provides an opportunity for her regular gerontology students to interact with senior citizens, she said, and helps the residents to understand and cope with some of the problems of aging.

It was during just such a class that one of her oldest students suggested the book. What most of the women in the book have in common is that they grew up on farms and daring tunes when it was tough to be a woman and tough to be black. There were differences as well. One woman's parents died when she was very young, leaving her at age 12, to raise her younger brother. Another woman was the daughter of a physician, graduated from college and married a physician.

Mrs. Starlard said she enjoyed being with the women, finding them warm, alive and eager to share. What's next? "Volume two," she said. By JOHN HOFHEIMER Arkansas Gazette PINE BLUFF (AP) When several Pine Bluff women one day told Gwendolyn W. Starlard, "You know enought about us to write a book," she took them at their word.

The result was a 60-page book entitled "Voices of Elderly Black Women: A Historical Perspective," published this year by the Colonial Press of Bessemer, Ala. Mrs. Starlard is coordinator of the gerontoloty program in the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff social and behavioral sciences department. Gerontology Is the study of aging and the problems of the old. Mrs.

Starlard, 54, was born at Madison. She is a graduate of Arkansas which is now UAPB, and received master's degrees at the University of Arkansas and at North Texas State in Denton, Texas. She and her husband, Dr. Victor Starlard, live at Pine Bluff. The couple has two grown children.

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