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William Eckert, a forensic pathologist from Wichita, ruled Simmons died as result of a blunt trauma to the head. The discovery of a body strengthens the murder case, police say. Originally, the murder charge against Irvin was based in part on blood found in his truck that matched Simmons' type. Officers had also found an earring belonging to her in his truck and had received reports that she was last seen leaving a tavern with Irvin. A skeleton also found in the area has not yet been identified.

But investigators are working on the assumption that another St. Joseph woman, Micki Jo West, also is buried at the farm. She disappeared 11 years ago, reportedly after an argument with Irvin. Authorities say they are not sure how many more graves Please see BodyPage 8A Jury votes death for Copeland She may become oldest to face lethal injection By MICHAEL McCANN News-PressGazette Staff Writer From St JOMph Pollc Depirtmnt This letter was offered by St. Joseph police Tuesday in explaining their search for Micki Jo West.

Authorities again issue an appeal to source of letters By MARK SKEEHAN News-PressGazette Start Writer Investigators want an anonymous pen pal to come out of hiding, now that suspected killer Marvin Irvin is behind bars. The letter-writer began naming Irvin as the murderer of Micki Jo West in 1986, police say. She disappeared 11 years ago after an alleged argument with Irvin. The 41-year-old St. Joseph man was charged Thursday with second-degree murder in the death of Crystal Simmons.

"We would definitely like to find out who that person is," Sgt, Jim Connors, police information Please see AppealPage 8A Key senators ask Congress be recalled Bush doesn't want debate on war powers Associated Pros WASHINGTON Key senators in both parties asked President Bush on Tuesday to convene an emergency session of Congress for what Republican leader Bob Dole called a "put-up-or-shut-up" vote on administration policies in the Persian Gulf. Presidential press secretary Marlin Fitzwater, voicing administration opposition to a special congressional session, said simply, "There is no war." Dole and Sen. Richard Lugar, a senior Republican member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said Bush should call the emergency session to give lawmakers a vote on administration actions that Lugar said have put the nation "on a collision course" with Saddam in the Gulf. "So long as Saddam Hussein and the rest of the world have any doubt about the unified resolve of the United States in this matter, the chances for mis-Please see SenatorsPage 8A i ft 'il Ml v- A i I- Today: Sunny, windy, mild. High: Mid 70s.

Low: About 45. Complete report: Page 10A Hunting at Rosecrans dangerous, illegal Hunters hoping to bag a deer near Rosecrans Airport could come up with more than they bargained for. Hunting not only poses a threat to low-flying aircraft using the municipal airport but also to the hunters, said Pam Windsor, acting city air port manager. "Some of them (the hunters) have been in the Air Guard's drop zone, where aircraft practice dropping military cargo," Windsor said. "They could be injured or killed." Besides, it's against the law to hunt on airport land.

She said St. Joseph Police as well as Buchanan County sheriffs deputies can make arrests for trespassing. "I don't want to have to prosecute people, but I will if they don't stay away from the city airport to do their hunting," Windsor said. News-PressGazatt report Regulators played favorites WASHINGTON Federal reg- ulators gave preferential treatment as far back as the mid-1980s to some troubled savings and loans whose executives sat on regional regulatory boards, a document released Tuesday indicates. Such favoritism discouraged bank examiners and slowed recognition uf the magnitude of the financial troubles of Rep.

Charles E. Sohumer, said at a congressional hearing. "Sirens were sounding in the basement of the (Federal Home Loan Bank Board) throughout 1988, but the regulators just plugged their ears," he told the House Budget Committee's Task Force on Urgent Fiscal Issues. Gunman kills 11, caught DUNE DIN, New Zealand In a tiny seaside village, police on Wednesday captured a gunman they said killed at least 11 people in a shooting rampage that was New Zealand's worst massacre. Police said 33-year-old David Malcolm Gray, who had fled to a house on the village's northern edge after being driven from his own, was shot in the chest and ankle, and also suffered a head wound.

Following a prolonged burst of gunfire at about 5:45 p.m., police lobbed smoke grenades into the house and stormed it, ending a 21-hour ordeal that wiped out nearly half the population of the village of Aramoana, which had 25 residents before the ordeal started. Fire destroys campus LF.BANON, Pa. A fire Tuesday destroyed a new community college campus serving 1,000 students and spread to three nearby stores, killing a volunteer firefighter and injuring six other emergency workers, officials said. Police evacuated the school, a branch of Harrisburg Area Community College, and adjoining areas and took more than four hours to bring the fire under control Tuesday ailernoon in this town 15 miles east of Harrisburg. From AP reports Metro: Part Lilly wants to study plan to hire new police officers.

Page 1C Business Page 1B Classified Ads Page 6C Comics Page 3 Food Dear Abby Page 2 Food Deaths Page 3C Markets 4B Metro PageIC Opinion Page 6A Puzzle Pago 9C Sports PagelD GOP Sen. Richard Lugar states case CHILLICOTHE, Mo. The jury recommended Faye Copeland receive four death sentences and one sentence of life in prison Tuesday night for her role in the murders of five transient farmhands. Under Missouri law, Judge E. Richard Webber has the option of imposing the death sentence or the lesser sentence on Mrs.

Copeland. A presentence hearing will be scheduled soon. Prosecutors described the crimes as among the most heinous ever committed in Missouri. Mrs. Copeland wept quietly while the verdicts were read.

Her son, Al Copeland, was allowed to sit by his mother and held her hands when the sentences were announced at the Livingston County Courthouse. Several of the jurors had tears in their eyes as they were escorted out of the three-story courthouse. Jury foreman, 26-year-old Terry R. Haskins of Nevada, spoke for the group of Vernon County, men and women, saying they would have no comment. Al Copeland said only, "It's hard to understand." Mrs.

Copeland's court-appointed attorney, David Miller, was surrounded by reporters outside the courthouse after the sentences were read. "We're severely disappointed," Miller said. "We felt all along the circumstances weren't there to support a con-Please see CopelandPoge 8A Officer shot man in self-defense, police conclude Department provides names of men involved By EVAN WALTER News-PressGazette Staff Writer Officer Billy P. Miller, 25, has been cleared in the shooting of John Wilson Jr. last Friday night, Interim Police Chief Lloyd Pasley announced Tuesday night.

An internal-affairs investigation concluded Tuesday that the shooting was an act of self-defense, Pasley said. This also was the first time the names of the officer and Wilson were officially released. Miller shot Wilson in an exchange of gunfire, while police were responding to a domestic disturbance call at 1917 Main St. Wilson, 26, allegedly shot at the officer with a high-powered hunting rifle. Wilson's bullet missed, but the officer returned fire, hitting Wilson, who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Heartland Hospital East.

Wilson's con Please see OfficerPage 8A Atoclaltf PrM for special session of Congress. Xl I "need hps $ewc '-wJjm I iiini i mil II iim-hjiijiimi iwlfBKTSOIr TBCfntNITBRTSDIJ Getting ready Dick Kline, Salvation Army advisory board chairman, will include mail solicitations and a tree of lights at East paints one of the collection buckets, as Mayor Glenda Hills Mall. The goal set for this year is $75,000, which will Kelly, honorary Christmas chairman, points out a spot that be used to buy food for Christmas baskets and items for needs more paint. The painting of the kettles and belis be- gift packets. Last year, 2,000 people received baskets and gins the Salvation Army's Christmas campaign, which also another 1,500 received gift packets..