Jefferson City Post-Tribune from Jefferson City, Missouri • Page 4

Deaths CD. Vat-Mil dies at age 78 D. Yarnell, 78, Clarksburg, died Wednesday morning at the Jefferson City, home of his daughter, Mrs. J. Paul He was born May 24,1898, at Clarksburg; the son of Edwin and Eleanor Dunham Yarnell.

He was married Feb. 26, 1925, at Sedalia, to Lily Myrtle Kneisley, who survives at home. Mr. Yarnell was a retired truckdriver for Pyramid Van Line. Other slit" Ivors include: Two sons, in vey Yarnell Jr.

"'JMtrjfcDean md daughter, Mrs. William jL. Teegan, Carbl Streanv 14 grandchildren and jjite great-grandchildren. Seryices.are scheduled for f2 p.m., Friday at the Funeral California, with the Rev. R.

C. Reichert Jficiatiog. Burial will be at --Hickman Cemetery, Clarksburg. Former resident dies at hospital ffe Mrs. Anna May Benham, 45, Fayetteville, died Tuesday at a Houston, hospital.

Mrs. Benham was a former resident of Eldon. II -She was born Aug. 28,1931, R'at Ulman, the daughter of Bert and 'Ruth Richardson McDonald, i who survive at New Port Richie, Fla. She II was married July 22, i960, at 5 TuSciirtibia, to Rex Benham, Other survivors include: Winston Benham and Jason Benham, all of Fayetteville, two daughters, Mrs.

I Cynthia Jones, Magazine, and Miss Christine 1 Stewart, Fayetteville, i a. sister, Mrs. Marjorie Eldon; two Charles B. McDonald, Eldon, and Bob McDonald, Sedalia. aGraveside services are i scheduled 10 a.m.

Friday 3, at the Qreenmore Memorial the are SJjyHhf Funeral Albert Hartwell 1 POST TRIBUNE. Jefferson City, Thuradoy. Morch 24,1977 7 87, died 'Thursday at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home, was born 'Feb. 25, 1890, at Brockland, the son of George land Martha Hartwell. He was married to Bessie Goodrich, who preceded him in death.

i Mr. Hartwell had been with General Mills, Kansas City, until his in 1955, when he i'mOved to Gravois Mills. Services will beheld at 11 "a.m. Saturday at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home "Chapel the Rev; George jDuckwDrth officiating. (Burial will be in the Ozark Chapel Cemetery, Laurie.

Arrangements are. under the directionX.of Scrivner Funeral Home, Versailles. Mrs; jKroeschen, 74, dieiVtfftfnesday Kroeschen, 74, Versailles, died Wednesday at the Good Shepherd Nursing Hlomelhere. Feb. 19,1903, in-'-Mptgan County, the daughter of Chris and Mary Oehrke.

She was married -May "28, 1927; to August' Kroeschen, who 'died May 21,1975. Mrs. Kroeschen was a member of" the United' Methodist Church, Versailles. Survivors include: A brother, August Oehrke, Smithton; and a sister, Mrs. School old revision advocates hopeful Advocates of revision in the way the state distributes more than $400 million a year in public school aid say they are optimistic the measure will be enacted this year.

"People are becoming more aware of the bill," said Rep. Wayne Goode, D-Normandy, sponsor of the complex measure, after it gained initial endorsement by the House Wednesday. "They're more aware of the fact that the longer we wait (to revise the formula) the worse the situation gets," Goode said about the inequities in the present system. Initially approved by the House oh a 111-38 vote, the bill still faces final approval in that chamber before going to the Senate, where it has faced stiff opposition in the past. But Goode said the consensus in the upper chamber earlier this session was that "this is the year that we have to do Rep.

Gary Rust, R-Cape Girardeau, said if the bill advances to the Senate, it may face questions concerning the wisdom of continuing to place the burden of New fee agents going to school Sixteen newly appointed license fee agents named by Gov. Joseph P. Teasdale are completing a five-day school in Jefferson City. The 16, who are learning to process state licenses at the seminar held at the Highway Patrol Academy there, were named to replace Republicans who previously held the jobs. There are 153 license fee offices in the state manned by political appointees, and another 13 branch offices which are run by state workers.

Fee office operators process automobile and truck license plates, title transfers and driver licenses. They charge a fee in'return for the service. Jim Wollenberg, manager of the Bureau of Agency Management, said he expects several more appointments in the future: The newly appointed fee agents and the cities where they will be located are: Mary McKinney, Bethany; Pauline.Young, Cape Girardeau; Charles Jones, Charleston; Patricia Griffen, Doniphan; Jack McCurren, Edina; Robert D. Ward, moving the office from.Flat River to Desloge; Donna I. Lee, Harrisonville; Herman Tinnin, Kennett; Donald W.

Brown, Lebanon; Goldia Young, Hartyiile, Betty Doak, Mexico; Charles E. Moline Acres; Dee Headrick, Salem; Judith Moriarty, Sedalia; Juanita Briggs, Sikeston, and Meredith Capps, Bloomfield. Power plant From page 1 ing transmission of electricty from a generating facility to areas where service is provided. "The shorter distance electrify'has to be transmitted, the smaller are the energyjosses," jie stated. Hepointed but, too, that there-frbulcf be Mfitional costs to consumers'for transmission lines because transmission lines from the three sites already exist.

"Moreover," Esswein added, "installation of'addi- 'tidnal transmission lines from existing generating sources voltage lines to these areas can be deferred because these units will provide capacity which would not otherwise have been available in these areas." The estimated cost of the three plants is $20 million. Esswein said UE expects to finance the construction out of funds available in its treasury. Man stable after accident Charles Skornia, 27, of 212 Oregon is listed in stable condition today at St. Mary's Health Center after being struck by a city bus in the 100 block of Jackson St. According to hospital officials, Skornia was admitted to the hospital for observation following the 7:35 a.m.

accident today. Police said the accident occurred when Skornia stepped from the curb in front of a northbound bus driven by Raymond L. Hahn, 53, of 1727 E. Miller St. No one was injured in a traffic accident involving a police car at 11:15 a.m.

Wednesday at Adams add Case streets. According to police, the police car, driven by Gary K. Huffman, 22, of 116 Shepherd Hills Manor, was northbound on Adams Street answering a call when a car driven by Guinevere M. Geviecker, 51, of 315 Boonville pulled out in front of the police car. The Geviecker car was westbound on Case Street, police said.

Suspect held in robbery try supporting public education on property taxpayers with the current inequities in the property taxing system. Democratic Floor Leader Joe Holt of Fulton said he'd like to consider a total shift of school financing away from property taxes, "but I don't think we're ready for that yet." The key to the proposed formula, according to Goode, is that it would provide equal access by the 565 school districts in the state to an adequate property tax base, the cornerstone of school financing in Missouri. Through a series of complicated calculations, state aid would be distributed to schools so that all districts would have the equivalent of at least the same property tax base supporting each student. Although opposition to the over-all bill was minimum, it was vocal at times. A small number of lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to put off implementation of the proposed formula until after all property in the state has been reassessed and put on the tax rolls at the legal required level of one-third its true value.

A study of property assessments by former state Auditor George Lehr in 1975 indicated that property in the state's 114 counties was being put on the books at between 7 and 25 per cent of its real value. State law requires property to be assessed at one-third its true value. But the study also showed figures being supplied the state Department of Education for calculation of state school aid placed assessments at between 27 and 30 per cent. As long as assessments, which are the basis for the present formula, are incorrect, neither the present nor the proposed formula will work properly, according to Goode. There are also a number of other problems compounding the inequities of the present law, he added.

Among the problems is the so-called grandfather insures school districts that they will not receive less aid than they did in 1969. That minimum amount of aid be increased by the same percentage as total funds for school aid are hiked each year. T.he grandfather clause would be phased out over five years under the proposal in order to give the 60 school districts affected by it time to adjust to the reductions. Because of the grandfather clause, more than 370 school districts received more aid than they were entitled to last year, according to a report by Lehr on the formula. Under the proposed version, no school district, would, receive less next year than it did this year, and more than 500 would receive more.

WLUEg- Charges await finding TULSA (API-State officials here say they are waiting until a state medical examiner can establish a time of death for two kidnaped women before they will file first- degree murder charges against a 34-yearold carpenter. A preliminary examination of the bodies of Mrs. Phillip H. Ashmore, 35, and Kathy Anne Brown, 22, both of Jenks, put the time of death at "sometime Thursday," according to Dr. Neil Hoffman, state medical examiner here.

Dist. Atty. S. M. Fallis Jr.

said he needed a more precise time of death before he would file two murder charges against Larry E. Chaney, also of Jenks, a Tulsa suburb. The preliminary finding indicated that the two women were killed shortly after they were abducted in southeastern Tulsa CpiintyfTheir bodies were found Tuesday in shallow, common grave 10 miles qorth of Sallisaw, about 120 miles southeast of here. Authorities disclosed Wednesday that the grave dug a day before the kidnaping, but it appeared it had been intended for only one victim. It was about five feet long and only 15 inches deep.

Officers believe Miss Brown, formerly of Allegan, was a victim of circumstance and that the kidnaper's target was Mrs, Ashmore. Her husband is a Tulsa area builder and former chairman of the Riverside NationaliJank in Jenks. Ashmore has said that he discovered after the kid- naping that Chaney was turned down several times by bank officials when he sought a loan. Chaney is being held in the county jail here under $1 million bond on two counts of kidnaping for extortion. A preliminary hearing has been set for April 11.

Senate moves to quiet boats The Senate moved to quiet loud motorboat engines by giving first-round approval Wednesday to a bill sponsored by Sedalia Republican John Ryan. The measure restricts the noise the engines could make to 86 decibels when measured by the state Water Patrol at a distance of 50 feet. The bill exempts craft on privately owned and municipal lakes, but includes bodies of water under the control of the Department of Natural Resources and theLakeoftheOzarks. State law requires the engines be muffled "in a reasonable manner," and Ryan said passage of his bill would keep "nuisance" boat operators off the lakes. Flea market operators would be required to keep an inventory list under another bill which ran into trouble in the Senate.

Kansas City Democrat Harry Wiggins sponsored the bill, saying it would be "a valuable tool for law Those operating flea markets, rummage sales but not "garage sales" would be responsible for recording the names and addresses of those who brought them new goods to be sold. Wiggins said the bill is needed to assist police in tracking down those who stole the merchandise for resale. But Butler Democrat Harold Caskey opposed the measure, saying amounted to unconstitutional search and seizure without probable cause, since police would be able to inspect the inventory lists maintained by the flea market dealers without a warrant. St. Louis County Democrat John Schneider effectively killed the bill when he successfully amended it to take out the penalty provisions which made violation of the bill a misdemeanor.

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Friday at the Kidwell- Tuesda y- Mark A1 en Garber Funeral Home, Ver- sailles, with the Rev. George Two in custody Scott officiating. Burial will be in the Versailles Cemetery. Tipton man found dead at Columbia' COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The body of a Tipton man was found Wednesday morning in a patch of weeds in north Columbia, police said.

The man, Harry James Lutz, 25, apparently died of natural causes, although the results of an autopsy were not immediately released. Lutz's body was found by a high school student about 9 a.m. He had not been seen since The body of a dog was found'near the dead man, in theft cases Two Jefferson City girls were taken into custody Wednesday in connection with separate incidents of thefts from local stores. A 14-year-old girl was taken into custody at 4:50 p.m. after an employe of Dean's Town and Country Store, 12la E.

High suspected the girl had stolen a blouse valued at $16. The employe found the girl and two companions across the street and the blouse was found in a paper sack carried by the suspect. 16-year-old girl man wandered around the store, keeping his face averted from Allen, until he walked up to the cash register with a magazine and bottle of wine. When Allen looked up the suspect standing in front of the counter with a white handkerchief over the lower part of his face and a small revolver, police said. After aiming the revolver, which was later identified as' a gas-powered pellet gun, at Allen, the man placed it back in his pocket with his hand remaining in the pocket.

Allen filled a paper an own revolver, police said. Allen forced the suspect to lie down on the floor behind the counter until the arrival A 16-year-old girl was taken into custody at 12:20 ce a.m. Wednesday at Schulte's FnrninrK IGA Foodliner for the theft cui miiya was no of three packages of cigaret- ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) indicittoir the deaths were tes valued at $1.68 from the St.

Joseph Light Power connected. itore. A store employe saw has reported record ear- AltMtth Originally from' place the cigarettes nings of $3.7 million in 1976, and state Sen. Ralph had been living in "a coat pocket and leave a 24.7 per cent increase from Uhtlaut, who represent the in store. a.year earlier.

area. ROLLA, Mo. (AP) An informal public opinion poll shows that Rolla citizens favor having one of Missouri's proposed $21- million medium security prison built in the area, according to Mayor Harold Barnes. Residents of Phelps and Maries counties, in a poll conducted through area newspapers and in grocery stores, were asked whether the prison should be built on a site at the Rolla National Airport in nearby- Vichy. Barnes said 971 of the 1,643 ballots returned, or 59 per cent, were in favor of the Vichy site.

Forty per cent, or 653 of those responding, were opposed, and 1 per cent, or 19, had no opinion. The results were tabulated by a certified accounting firm. Barnes said the results had been sent to Gov. Joseph P. Teasdale, as well as to state Rep.

Jerry MoBride LOS ANGELES (AP) British talk show host David Frost's interview subjects range from Tiny Tim to the Archbishop of Canterbury and now to former President Richard M. Nixon. "I've always said I thought Mr. Nixon was ready to speak, arid that is how I arrived today ready to speak," said Frost Wednesday after taping the first of 12 exclusive interviews with Nixon, covering his life, his almost 30-year career and the Watergate scandal which ended it. Frost was cautious when asked what general area of questioning was involved in Nixon's first substantive interview since leaving the White House.

"Well, we don't want to go into that too much, but among them was the resignation," he said, declining with a gentle laugh to say whether Nixon refused to answer any questions. That'll be in the programs, he said. The talks are to be edited to four 90-minute programs to be shown on the evenings of May 4, 12, 19 and 25, with same-day broadcast in at least 10 foreign Frost met with Nixon at a private home a few miles north of beachfront estate in San Clemente, 75 miles south of here. The site was shifted when technicians found that radio signals from a Coast Guard unit near the Nixon estate interfered with videotape recordings. Frost won't identify the owner of the home.

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