The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 6

THE KANSAS CITY STAR Tuesday jUna 17 1975 Baby Dies Army Alters Stand Seizes Lisbon Paper Prosecutor Alleges Inheritance Motivated Family Massacre St Louis A baby boy delivered by doctors after the death of his mother in a weekend traffic accident died today at St Louis Hospital authorities said The birth of Jeremy Boswell occurred after the mother Mrs Steven Boswell 20 of suburban Crestwood was killed Saturday in an accident on 1-44 Authorities said Mrs Boswell was in her ninth month of pregnancy Hamilton Ohio (AP)-James Ruppert designed a for plant in which he hoped to kill ms entire family durfng and Easter Sunday gathering and inherit $300000 John Holcomb Butler County prosecutor contends Holcomb told a 3-judge common please court panel on the opening day of murder trial yesterday that he would show that Ruppert shot his mother brother sister-in-law and eight nieces and nephews after he tailed in a scheme to gain control of his savings account Holcomb said in his opening statement that Ruppert had hopes of gaining the inheritance that would be left by his mother Charity and brother Leonard who lived with his wife and eight children aged 4 to 17 in nearby Fairfield Ohio The prosecutor said that Ruppert a 41-year-old unemployed draftsman work and nonobservance of the decisions of the Revolutionary Si said this was harmful to advance of the revolutionary Republica is the last major Lisbon newspaper not under Communist control The government closed the paper after the printers seized it and only agreed to return it to the Socialists after the party threatened to pull out of the provisional government Yesterday when Maj Dias Ferreira of COPCON arrived to reopen the building the chief editor Raul Rego and the administrator Gustavo Soro-menho handed him a list of conditions which they said must be met to prevent another attempt by the Communists to take over They demanded that the owners be given the right to name shop foremen that printers opposed to the editorial content be allowed to move to other jobs and that they be allowed to fire the business manager who supported the printers Revolutionary Council accept conditions from said Ferreira and gave the Socialists until 7 pm to accept the paper unconditionally When they did not comply he unlocked the back door and gave the key to a member of the Lisbon The Portuguese military today reversed its decision to hand over the Socialist newspaper Republics to Communist printers who forced the daily to close four weeks ago The issue which sparked a hot dispute among the two leftist parties and the provisional government was sent back to the Revolutionary Council the supreme political authority in Portugal Members of the committee visibly disappointed said reopening of the paper would not be before tomorrow or Thursday The military was to have reopened the Republics yesterday under its Socialist management but gave the key to the building to the Communist printers instead when the editors said they would not resume publication unless the government agreed to conditions that would prevent a new shutdown Earlier today a Socialist party spokesman reported that there had been further negotiations between the Socialist officials and COP-CON the military security force charged with reopening the paper A COPCON statement issued at the same time accused the Republic officials of for the right to Emergency Credit JAMES RUPPERT planned to be apprehended for the slayings and that he already had de- termined that he would enter a plea of not guility and not guilty by reason of insanity Ruppert was charged with 11 counts of aggravated murder that end in view he would be sent to Lima State Hospital for the criminally insane later be decalred sane and walk out a free man with $300000 in his the prosecutor said Holcomb said the shooting started after Ruppert emerged from his room during a family gathering at his home carrying three revolvers and a rifle stepped into the kitchen and leaned the rifle on the refrigerator Then lightning fast as only a marksman can he fired 21 consecutive shots into those 11 people before they could so much as move much less Holcomb said Only after waiting three hours to make sure all were dead did Ruppert call police Holcomb said Baby Drowns As Car Reelsi Into Pole Pond Beaufort Mo A 3-week old girl from Champaign 111 apparently drowned yesterday when a car driven by her father ran off a highway and overturned in a pond Stephanie Grothoff was pronounced dead at St Francis Hospital in Washington Mo The highway patrol reported her father Steven Grothoff 22 apparently dozed at the wheel about 6:25 am The car went off the right side of the pavement and then swerved back to the opposite side skidded sideways into a utility pole and overturned into the pond The patrol report said Stephanie apparently drowned A brother Joseph Grothoff 2 escaped with bruises on the face and the father was not hurt Deaths Man Admits Killing 24 in New York Fi re White Plains NY In a surprise move Peter Leonard 22 pleaded guilty yesterday to murdering 24 persons who died in the fire at discotheque in Port Chester June 30 1974 The unemployed lOth-grade dropout also pleaded guilty to arson and burglary charges before George Beisheim Jr Supreme Court Justice in Westchester County Court Leonard fainted as he left the courtroom Beisheim gave Leonard a temporary sentence of 15 years to life and set July 16 for permanent sentencing permanent sentence could be a minimum of 15 years to life and a maximum of 25 years to life In accepting the guilty plea Beisheim noted that Leonard was not a and willful but added that by his he caused the death of the 24 young people Jury selection began last Thursday after Beisheim ruled that confessions and other material provided police by Leonard would be admissible in court According to the indictment Leonard broke into a bowling alley adjacent to the discotheque and after burglarizing a cigarette machine set a fire in a store room The fire smouldered for about two hours before smoke started to enter the dance floor area of the night spot that straddled the New York and Connecticut border The fire burned out of control for more than five hours Livestock Bill Signed cial impact of this market collapse on the livestock Ford signed the bill as Earl Butz US secretary of agriculture and members of the Senate and House Agriculture committees watched The President said the livestock industry has been going through difficult times Washington President Gerald Ford yesterday signed a bill extending the Emergency Livestock Credit Act and said it would build a healthy livestock The act which provides federal guarantees for loans by private lenders to livestock farmers was extended with amendments until Dec 31 1976 It was to have expired July 25 A White House statement said the original act signed in 1974 and the extension designed to deal with the depressed market for livestock particularly cattle and to soften 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lived in this area 30 years Mr Stingel was a sales representative for the White Dental Company based in Philadelphia before he retired in 1962 He was a Navy veteran of World War I and a member of an Omaha American Legion Post He was a member of the Community Christian Church He was a member of the Advertising and Sales Executives Club Mr Stingel leaves a brother Wilbur Stingel Santa Paula Calif Services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Mount Moriah Cemetery MRS WALLACE SMITH Mrs Kathleen Mary Smith 55 of 17705 28th Independence died Monday at the Research Medical Center She was bom in Thief River Falls Minn and had lived in Independence 19 years Mrs Smith was a member of the Reorganized Latter Day Saint Walnut Gardens Church She was a member of the Independence Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie Auxiliary She leaves her husband Wallace Smith of the home a son Ronald Langevin Oak Grove two daughters Mrs Lana Lee Hendricks St Paul and Mrs Sandra Kay Rash 1038 Smith Independence a brother Laurel Schuster her stepmother Mrs Harry Schuster and two stepbrothers Loren Borsheim and Milan Borsheim all of Thief River alls a stepsister Mrs Vivian Biddick Uvalde Tex seven grandchildren and a great-granddaughter Services will be at 1:30 pm Thursday at the Speaks Chapel burial in Mound Grove Cemetery Friends may call from 7 to 9 pm Wednesday at the chapel EVERETT TAPSCOTT Everett Tapseott 80 of 215 Jack-son died Monday at St Joseph Hospital He was born in Decatur County Iowa and had lived in Kansas City 25 years He was a production worker for the Corn Products Company before he retired He was a member of the Oakley United Methodist Church Mr Tapseott was a member of the International Order of Odd Fellows Lodge He leaves a son Cleo Tapseott 2912 Ashland Ridge Road a daughter Mrs Velma Gigliotti of the home four sisters Mrs Pearl Thurber 4133 Harrison Mrs Hazel Still Trenton Mo Mrs Fern Bell Dateland Ariz and Mrs Katheryn Sacramento four grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren Services will be at 10 am Thursday at the Muehlebach Chapel: burial in Barnard Masonic Cemetery Barnard Mo Friends may call after 3 pm Wednesday at the chapel Funeral Services Donald Bates 20 of 4108 26th who died Wednesday when the car he was driving struck a tree on the northeast corner of 33rd and Chestnut at 10 am Wednesday at Highland Cemetery Friends may call from 6 to 9 pm tonight at the Lawrence A Jones Linwood Chapel Mr Bates was a lifelong resident here He leaves his father Leon Bates Kansas City Kansas: his mother Mrs Mary Bates Milwaukee two brothers Ronald Bates Kansas City and Phillip Bates Milwaukee and five sisters Mrs Barbara Wright and Miss Saudia Bates both of Kansas City Miss Bonnie Bates of the home and Miss Michelle Bates and Miss Kim Bates both of Milwaukee Norman Hodge 18 of 26 13th Kansas City Kansas at 1 pm Thursday at the Fulton-Nichel Chapel burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery Friends may call after 3 pm Wednesday at the chapel The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to Bethany Medical Center He also leaves a son Roy Norman Hedge of the home Parvin Rood 80 of 8320 Main at 11 am Wednesday at the Muehlebach Chapel burial in Memorial Park Cemetery Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight at the chapel He also leaves a son Roseph Reed Holden Mo and a stepdaughter Mrs Rozella Weaver Bell Gardens Calif Woman's Body Found in Field Purcell Mo A farmer Sunday found the decomposed body of Aura Smith 83 who formerly lived at Cabool Mo and disappeared about two weeks ago from the Out at Purcell The body was taken to a Joplin mortuary after it was found in a wheat field near Purcell Jasper County authorities attributed death to natural causes and said no investigation would be necessary The body was transferred to a funeral home at Oak Grove a Jackson County suburb of Kansas City Wade A Eskridge Wade A Eskridge 60 of 1502 Sheridan Olathe president of Eskridge Engineering Company in Olathe died Monday at the home after an illness of 10 days He was born in Martha Okla and had lived in this area 10 years Mr Eskridge was a World War II Army veteran and holds a Silver Star medal He was a member of the Edina Baptist Church Edina Minn He was a member of the Delta Lodge and the Akdar Shrine both in Tulsa He was a member of the Manila Consistry in the Philippine Islands Mr Eskridge leaves his wife Mrs Nettie Jo Eskridge of the home a son Lynn Eskridge Cushing Okla a daughter Mrs Suzanne Cooper 629 Montclaire Olathe and three grandchildren Services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at the Frye Chapel Olathe burial in Minneapolis Friends may call from 7 to 8 tonight at the chapel The family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society MRS AMY BOSLER Mrs Amy Bosler 78 of 4323 Martin Kansas City Kansas died Monday at Providence Hospital She was born in Butler County Kansas and had lived in Kansas City Kansas 55 years Mrs Bosler was a member of the Chelsea Baptist Church She leaves a daughter Mrs Susanne Dillon and two sons Willard Bosler and Floyd A Bosler all of the home another daughter Mrs Ruth Shertz St Louis: a sister Mrs Susie Clinton Topeka seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren Services will be at 10:30 am Thursday at the Ful-ton-Nickel Chapel: burial in Highland Park Cemetery Friends may call after 3 pm Wednesday at the chapel The family suggests memorials to the church MRS JOHN BOUCK Mrs Carole Bouck 53 of 6844 Sterling Raytown died Sunday at St Hospital She was born in White Cloud Mich and lived in Tennessee and Florida before moving to this area 13 years ago She was employed by the Internal Revenue Service before she retired in 1974 Mrs Bouck was a charter member and ordained elder of the Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church where she served as an organist She was a life member and an officer of the Synodic Level of the Cumberland Presbyterian Women's Organization She leaves her husband John Bouck of the home: two sons John Bouck Jr Prairie Village and James Bouck Kansas City a daughter Ms Jayne Howell Raytown: her parents Mr and Mrs Clifford Branch Zephyrhills Fla three brothers Louis Branch Traverse City Mich Gail Branch and Erlo Branch both of Largo Fla and five grandchildren Memorial services will be at 7:30 pm Wednesday at the church cremation Friends may call after 7 tonight at the home The family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society COL HAROLD DEAN (RET) Col Harold Stephen Dean (Ret) 75 of Pensacola Fla died June 9 at a hospital in Pensacola He was born in Kansas City Kansas and had lived in Pensacola 28 years He was an Army veteran of World War I and II He was a former member of the cavalry and had served in the military 28 years before he retired in 1947 He was a member of the Retired Officers Association and Disabled Officers Association and a former member of the Navy League He was a Catholic He leaves his wife Mrs Ruth Younger Dean of the home two sons John Dean and Robert E- Dean both of Pensacola 14 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren Services and burial were at the Barrancas National Cemetery Pensacola EMMETT FISHER Emmett Clarence Fisher 73 of 300 Chestnut Olathe died Monday at the Olathe Community Hospital He was born in Kansas City and had lived most of his life in Greater Kansas City He lived in Paola Kan two years before moving to Olathe this year He was a retired salesman He was formerly a deacon and Sunday School superintendent at the Lin-wood Baptist Church a deacon and Sunday School teacher at the Swope Park Baptist Church and a deacon at the First Baptist Church in Paola He was a member of the Ridgeview Baptist Church Olathe He leaves his wife Mrs Beulah Fisher of the home two sons Billie Eugene Fisher Edmond Okla and James Richard Fisher Woodbridge Va a daughter Mrs Vivian Lee Matthi-esen Eureka Springs Ark four sisters Mrs Hattie Mae Holland 300 Chestnut and Mrs Dorothy White 329 Water both of Olathe and Mrs Lucille Overfield 1501 Scott Belton and Miss Ruth Fisher 6024 Swope Parkway: seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren Services wall be at 10 am Thursday at the Frye Chapel Olathe burial in Forest Hills Cemetery Friends may call from 4 to 8 pm Wednesday at the chapel GEORGE HIRSEKORN George Hirsekorn 7) of 8246 Forest died Monday at the home He was born in Schoenlanke Germany and lived in Kansas City 38 years Mr Hirsekorn was an agent 24 years for the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company before he retired in 1961 He was a member of Congregation Kehilath Israel He leaves two sons Henry Hirsekorn 46 107th Terrace and Jack Hirsekorn 5807 81st Prairie Village a brother Ludwig Hirsekorn St Paul and six grandchildren Services will be at 2 pm today at the Louis Chapel burial in Kehilath Israel Cemetery The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential 8801 Stenton Avenue Philadelphia 19118 students of the financial problems of illness or accidents Any full-time student whether married or unmarried in any 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