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MAGENTA BLACK PLPROGINDEXPAGES A05 I 080810 22:11 I BALLOUCATH MAGENTA BLACK Monday, August 9, 2010 OBITUARIES The Progress-Index, Petersburg, Va. A5 Catalyst for La. Superdome dies at 87 NEW ORLEANS (AP) Businessman Dave Dixon, who fought to bring an NFL team to New Orleans and was the catalyst behind construction of the Louisiana Superdome, died on Sunday He was 87. Dixon had been ill since January said his son, Frank Dixon, who confirmed his death. "He was always coming up with new thoughts and ideas.

Until his dying day, he was thinking," Frank Dixon said. Dixon, whose supporters for a team included Gov. John McKeithen and city restaurant owners, staged an NFL double header at Tulane Stadium, which drew a crowd that nearly filled the place. New Orleans was awarded the Saints on All-Saints Day 1966. Frank Dixon said his father recently told him how the timing of the announcement came about.

He said NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle called his father about the deal and his dad suggested they wait a week to announce it on that day "Both Pete Roselle and my father were great marketers," Frank Dixon said. "I wonder where New Orleans would be today if it didn't have the Saints and the Superdome. I don't think that ever would have happened if my father wouldn't have been here." Dixon started thinking about the stadium shortly after the city got the team. "I think as soon as Tulane agreed to let us use their stadium for an NFL team I started planning the Superdome," he told The Associated Press in 2002. "I knew having 80,000 people in those neighborhoods 10 times a year was not going to work for long." The Superdome opened on Aug.

3, 1975. But it wasn't until last season that the Saints, a perennial loser, brought home a Super Bowl victory to the city that is still recovering from 2005's Hurricane Katrina. Dixon was elated at the team's 31-28 overtime victory over the Minnesota Vikings that sent the Saints to the Super Bowl. He was forced to watch the game on TV because of his health. "Oh, man," he told AP the Monday after the win.

"I feel like I'm in heaven. Just wonderful. I had a little heart problem. But I feel much better. I'm very exhilarated over the Saints' great victory" New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson said in a statement that Dixon "was a distinguished civic leader with a unique vision and he was widely admired around our region as a leader who was dedicated to the development of the Louisiana Super-dome." Katrina ripped off part of the Superdome's roof.

It also failed miserably as a shelter of last resort when the devastating storm flooded the city Thousands of people who had nowhere else to go flocked to the stadium. Within days, the building was tattered, filthy inside from mold, debris and raw sewage. Over the next year, the Superdome was rebuilt, and slowly New Orleans has tried to get back to what it once was. The Saints success has played a role in helping the city by giving it something to celebrate. Dixon worked with Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt to found World Championship Tennis, Frank Dixon said.

In 1965, Dave Dixon conceived the idea for the United States Football League, which operated from 1982 to 1985 before folding, his son said. "He believed in the brotherhood of man. He loved people and people loved him back," Frank Dixon said. A funeral will be held Wednesday at Holy Name of Jesus in New Orleans with visitation beginning at 10 a.m., followed by Mass. Burial will be at Metairie Lake Lawn Cemetery in New Orleans.

Dave Dixon is survived by his wife; his three sons, David Frank Dixon, John Shea Dixon and Martin Stuart Dixon and four grandchildren. DIXON MINA T. CREASMAN Mina Tignor Creasman, age 51, of Covington, passed away on Aug. 5, 2010. She is survived by her father and stepmother, William L.

and Dorothy M. Tignor of Petersburg, son, Jason Gable of Covington; stepchildren, Beth and Randy Keener, Scarlet and Michael Bates, Matthew Creasman, all of Jacksonville, grandchildren, Seth and Kai Keener, Isaac and Caleb Bates of Jacksonville brothers, Jack, Marshall and Michael Jar-rell of Colonial Heights, sisters, Beverly Vaughan of Dinwiddie, Barbara Dickey of Prince George, Sandy Slump of Covington, and several nieces, nephews and extended family. Mina was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Martin E. Creasman. She will fondly be remembered by her family and friends for her creative sense of humor and quick wit.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday at Horis A. Ward's Rockdale Chapel in Conyers, Ga. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to: The Atlanta Cancer Care Foundation, 5670 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Ste 1100, Atlanta, GA 30342. Condolences may be offered at www.horisawardrock-dalechapel.com.

Horis A. Ward Funeral Home, Rockdale Chapel, (770) 918-8851. Deaths Dixon persuaded New Orleans officials to pursue a football franchise rather than baseball in the 1960s. In his autobiography, "The Saints, The Superdome and the Scandal," Dixon wrote there were strong reasons for the NFL to consider New Orleans, including its mild winter weather, a great football tradition and Tulane Stadium. Dixon was a Tulane University Marine accused of killing colleague to go on trial JACKSONVILLE, N.C.

(AP) Investigators said Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean had an obvious motive to kill his pregnant Marine colleague: She accused him of raping her and fathering her unborn baby However, Naval investigators said they GREY A. BARROW The home of Beatrice Munyenyezi, 40, in Manchester, N.H., is seen July 28. Federal prosecutors say Munyenyezi directed kidnapping, rape and murder during the genocide, in which about 800,000 people were killed during an ethnic bloodletting. W.

I have no physical evidence or eyewitnesses to corroborate Lance Cpl. Maria Lauter-bach's claims, and Laurean denied they ever had sexual contact. It will be up to a jury to decide what happened when Laurean goes on trial Tuesday in Goldsboro on firsWegree murder U.S. immigrant's dream ends with genocide allegation LAUREAN Mrs. Grey A.

Barrow, of 1962 Vesonder Road, Petersburg, died Aug. 7, 2010, at her residence. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the staff of William N. Bland Son Funeral Home, Petersburg. Please send online condolences to www.

blandenterprisesinc.com. ALICE B. JORDAN Alice Barber Jordan, of 11102 Balata Court, Charlotte, N.C., died Sunday Aug, 8 2010. Funeral arrang will be announced by the McKen-ney Chapel of Joseph M. Johnson Son Funeral Home, 11107 Doyle McKenney 478-4411.

CHARLES T. WILSON JR. Charles T. Wilson of Petersburg, died Aug. 7, 2010.

Remains rest at Scott's Funeral Home, 115 E. Brook-land Park Blvd. Funeral notice later. Lauterbach and Laurean were both personnel clerks in a combat logistics regiment at Camp Lejeune. Naval investigators never brought rape charges against Laurean.

Lauterbach told a military prosecutor that Laurean couldn't be the father based on a medical examination and recalculated conception date. In a May 2009 report by the Department of Defense Armed Forces Institute of Pathology analysts concluded DNA from Laurean did not match that of Lauter-bach's unborn child. The authorities' only lead when she disappeared in December 2008 was a note left for Lauterbach's roommate in which the Vandalia, Ohio, native said she was tired of the Marine Corps lifestyle. Onslow County authorities took up the case two days later, after her mother reported her missing. Investigators figured she left Camp Lejeune voluntarily, citing her note and missing belongings, and sheriff's deputies told Lauterbach's family that she was probably headed back to Ohio.

Authorities were still optimistic they might find Lauterbach alive until Laurean's wife, Christina, turned over the note in which her husband claimed Lauterbach had killed herself and that he had buried her nearby Hours after getting the note, authorities found her remains in a firepit behind the Laureans' home. Laurean already was on the run when her remains were discovered, leading authorities on an international manhunt for the next three months. Laurean was arrested in April 2008 in western Mexico and was extradited last year. Hudson agreed not to seek the death penalty so Mexico would consider returning Laurean to the U.S. He faces life in prison if convicted.

Former neighbors say people driving by still slow down, straining to see through the wood fence that covers the backyard where Lauterbach's burned remains were found. Laurean's house near Camp Lejeune, a coastal North Carolina base that is home to roughly 50,000 Marines, was sold last year. Holes in the fence have been repaired and the flower beds are slightly overgrown, but the house looks much like it did almost two years ago when Lauterbach's body was found. Kristin Greer didn't know Laurean or his wife, Christina, and met him only once when her dog ran over to his house while he was working in the yard. Greer said the couple wasn't friendly with neighbors and preferred socializing with other Marines.

Greer is reminded every day of the crime. "We can't forget about it because you look across the road and see the fence and yard," she said. "I hope they get justice for that girl." and a litany of other charges. Onslow County District Attorney Dewey Hudson has said the case is one of the most perplexing he's seen in three decades as a prosecutor. And the accounts of how Laut-erbach died aren't any less tricky.

Her charred remains were found in a fire pit behind Laurean's white, ranch-style home, which remains a curiosity for passers-by The day Lauterbach was killed, she showed up at his door, demanded money and said she was leaving North Carolina. According to a January 2008 affidavit, Lauterbach bought a bus ticket to El Paso, Texas, on the day she was killed but later came to Laurean's home. In a note to his wife, Laurean said they had been arguing when Lauterbach pulled out a knife and slit her own throat. But an autopsy on Lauter-bach's remains showed she died after being hit in the head. For investigators, though, the blood spatter on the ceiling and the blood pooled on the wall of Laurean's home were telltale signs of a violent confrontation.

Lawyers on both sides of the case and Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown all declined to discuss the details of the murder before trial. The trial was moved out of Jacksonville in January after a judge ruled pretrial publicity could influence jurors. "The change of venue was absolutely the right call based on the amount of publicity and discussion the case has brought about in Onslow County," said defense attorney Dick McNeil. Attorneys expect the trial to last between two and three weeks. Neither side has offered any plea arrangements, McNeil said.

Hudson has called the trial a logistical nightmare, saying he has been working to bring a number of Marines back from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan to testify "A lot of them are in harm's way," Hudson said. "It is sort of a worldwide trial." $14,125 in student loans, $4,198 in municipal taxes and fees and $30,000 in credit card and other unsecured debt. "She lived here for probably two years without paying her mortgage; she didn't pay her bills for a good two years," said Tom Prince of Manchester, who lived across the street from Munyenezi. "We all feel she took advantage." Assets she listed included $1,500 in a checking account, $2,000 worth of furniture and $500 in clothing. She also owned a 2000 Toyota 4Run-ner valued at $12,000.

Her bankruptcy lawyers did not return calls seeking comment. In early 2003, she was sworn in as a US. citizen and bought a three-bedroom home on Howe Street for $190,000 in November, according to city records. She refinanced it three years later for $235,000. She worked full time from 2001-2005 as a family services coordinator for the Manchester Housing and Redevelopment Authority.

Director Dick Dunfey would not comment on Munyenyezi, citing office policy When she first moved in, Prince helped her clean out a backyard pool and get its filter in working order. Next door neighbor Scott Silver helped with moving things, including her new wide-screen TV, and cleared her walkway of snow. "She knew nothing about owning a home," Prince said. "She never said, 'Thank When she didn't need their help, Munyenyezi was quiet and kept to herself. CONCORD, N.H.

(AP) Beatrice Munyenyezi brought her three daughters to the United States from war-ravaged Rwanda in 1998 and focused on the American Dream: private schooling for her girls, a home with a swimming pool, a sport utility vehicle. Before long, she had a $13-an-hour job at Manchester's Housing Authority in New Hampshire, her children were enrolled in Catholic school, and she was on her way to financing a comfortable American lifestyle through mortgages, loans and credit cards. Now the 40-year-old mother sits behind bars, held without bond while she awaits trial on federal citizenship fraud charges for allegedly lying about involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, when at least 500,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed. Authorities say she was an extremist Hutu who killed and enabled the rapes of untold Tutsi victims not the innocent refugee she claimed to be in 1995 to gain U.S. entry, when she applied for a visa and for citizenship.

Munyenyezi (moon-yehn-YEH'-zee) has pleaded not guilty to two counts of lying to obtain U.S. citizenship on her refugee and naturalization applications, by denying any role in the Rwanda genocide. She is scheduled for trial in May 2011. Her dream life apparently ended, it started falling apart years earlier. She filed for bankruptcy in May 2008, walking away from hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt: a $222,000 mortgage, 2 killed by car after church service in Maryland EMMITSBURG, Md.

(AP) Authorities say two people have been killed and another seriously injured when a car plowed into a group gathered on the side of the road after a church service in northern Maryland. Cpl. Jennifer Bailey of the Frederick County Sheriff's Office says they were hit Sunday morning as they stood on the shoulder of a road in Emmitsburg, which is near the Pennsylvania border. Bailey says one woman was pronounced dead at the scene. She says a man and woman were flown to Shock Trauma in Baltimore, where the man was pronounced dead.

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