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St. Joseph Gazette from St. Joseph, Missouri • 9

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1984, ST. JOSEPH, GAZETTE 38 On the record House pencils in $750 for schools; battles on Inmatcc quo Livingston County official 0 Citing unconstitutional conditions and violations of their civil rights, three Livingston County Jail inmates filed suit in U.S. District Court demanding that the jail be closed if improvements are not made. Sheriff Leland O'Dell, his deputies and jailers, along with the county judges were named as defendants in the case which requested $50,000 in punitive damages for each of the inmates in addition to improving the jail. Inmates Michael E.

Gill, Neal A. Bigelow and John Steven Cobb filed the suit which included an informal request for class action standing. GiU is also a plaintiff in a federal court suit filed last July against the Clinton County Jail in Plattsburg, Mo. In their formal complaint, the Liy-, ingston County inmates cited 14 specific claims including unsafe facilities and inadequate medical care and food. They also stated that they were denied access to newspapers, legal materials, recreational opportunities and contact with the outside through visits and phone calls.

Sheriff O'Dell said he was aware of the case, but had not been served yet in the matter and therefore had no comment. He explained that Gill had been farmed out to his jail in Living-ston County from the Caldwell County Jail, from where he had requested a change of venue. Gazette Legislative Report JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. The House recessed Thursday with $750 million penciled in for public school budgets, a couple of floor battles under its belt and eight bills headed for the Senate. The House Appropriation Committee on Education and Transportation voted the $750 million for the school foundation formula.

But chairman Everett Brown, D-Maryville, is not optimistic the figure will stick through the whole appropriation process. The $750 million is about $30 million higher than Gov. Christopher Bond's recommendation. And while Brown has said the House would like to go some higher than the governor's proposal, the former university administrator said there isn't enough room in the tight state budget to cover a $30 million boost for schools. The school budget still has one more House committee and a full House vote before it can move to the Senate.

New figures could be inserted at any of those stops. The two battles of the week involved bills on abandoned rail lines and Utilicare hookups. The Utilicare bill would allow the use of federal and state assistance money for the Gunshots fired into house Fourth schoolgirl in month raped in north St. Louis area hookup of qualified disconneted customers. The bill was snagged Wednesday by an amendment that limited the program to federal funding.

The bill's sponsor, St. Louis County Democrat James Riley, returned Thursday on a reconsideration motion to get the measure restored and passed. The rail bill found less success. The measure would have made railroads restore their abandonned tracks to the way the land had been before the tracks were laid. After more than a half day of debate, the bill failed to gain the needed 82 votes.

Co-sponsor Steve Danner, D-Chilli-cothe, said afterward that pressure from railroad lobbyist killed the bill. And he predicted the measure will be back before the General Assembly next year. The eight bills sent to the Senate Thursday include: Health care cost containment: Bills remove exemptions to the certificate of need regulations for new health care facilities or increase or reallocation of licensed bed capacity. The Health Facilities Review Com- jmittee is expanded from five to 11 -members. And the measure enacts the 'Pro-competition Health Care Act of 1984." Disposition of unclaimed prop- been three rapes and two attempted rapes of girls on the way to school.

Hydar noted that the victims were walking to school by themselves when they were assaulted. "You don't see these attacks in the afternoon," he said. "That's because kids run out of the schools or off the bus and walk home together. It's the isolated youngster who is the target." Meanwhile, police have beefed up patrols of schools and bus stops. "We have 12 detectives, all dressed in casual attire, out on the street right now," said Hydar, adding that the high visibility of police patrols at peak hours should give people some additional confidence.

On Thursday, a number of parents were observed walking their children to school as a result of the warning to the district's 56,000 students and their parents to take extra safety precautions. Police believe the rapist in the two most recent incidents may be the same man who followed a 16-year-old girl into an apartment building Friday afternoon and tried to assault her. But authorities said they do not think those incidents are related to three other attacks in the area. They were a Jan. 24 rape of a 15-year-old Sumner High School student, a Feb1.

13 rape of a 15-year-old desegregation transfer student who was walking to her bus stop, and the Feb. 15 attempted rape of a 16-year-old Beaumont High School student. Three shots were fired into a residence late Wednesday night while a babysitter and two children were home, but no one was hurt. Nancy I. Sokol, 611 Southcrest Circle, told officer Mark Cassady Thursday someone shot at the house about 11:30 p.m.

Wednesday. A neighbor said he heard a noise that sounded like a firecraker about that time. Two bullets ended up in a child's bedroom, one on the floor and the other in a pillow case. One bullet smashed through a window and the other through the outside wall. Both Man convicted in bombing case released on bail Milton R.

Schepp, convicted fn Buchanan County Circuit Court last -week of conspiracy to commit capital murder, has been released on a $125,000 bond. Schepp posted the bond Tuesday after Circuit Judge Frank Connett denied a plea to permit Schepp to return to St. Louis to raise the money for bail. The defendant had been on bonds totaling $100,000 prior to his conviction in the bombing case. He was convicted by a jury here of injuring Paul Leisure with a car bomb on Aug.

11, 1981. Schepp has until March 12 to file a motion appealing his conviction. BUILDING PERMITS Madget-Simmons-Griffin 2425 S. Sixth demolish residence, 2329 S. Sixth no value.

Drywall Supplies 216 W. Missouri erect new warehouse, 312 W. Missouri $12,000. Custom Wood Products, 1105 S. 18th St.

alterations to office building 1209 Maple Leaf $7,000. Robert Lee, 510 S. 12th -Iterations to residence, 414 S. 12tn $500. A.C.

Marshall Excavating, 6805 Binswanger demolish residence, 720 E. Lake no value. Bradley Compton, 1618 N. Third demolish three-story apartment building, 316 Middleton no value. O'Dell said that Caldwell County officials picked up Gill Thursday morning with plans to transfer him to the Jackson County Jail.

The jail in Chillicothe is the fourth area jail to be taken to court regarding inmates' rights. The other suits, against Andrew, Clinton and Buchanan county jails, all involved unconstitutional jail conditions and requested closure of the jails unless the conditions were rectified. In the Buchanan County suit, heard by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs, it was found that the county was in violation and was subsequently ordered to upgrade the standards there.

The remaining suits are still pending. police briefs Police arrested a 54-year-old woman about 12:40 p.m. Thursday at the Price Store, 605 N. Belt Highway, on a charge of stealing after a security officer told police she put a shirt in her purse and left the store-without paying for it. Another shirt also was found in the woman's purse.

A 17-year-old girl told officer Lloyd Pitts Thursday a female acquaintance assaulted her near the intersection of Warsaw Avenue and Olive Street while she was walking home from school Two juveniles were taken into police custody Thursday morning after officer Archie Auxier was informed they were seen to break several windows, damage the screens and tear off the porch railing of a residence at 738 S. 11th which is owned by Dwight Scroggins, 2928 Faraon St. A 70-year-old man told Sgt. John Williams Thursday he has received between 30 and 45 harassing telephone calls during which the caller does not speak. He said, in addition, his home recently was burglarized.

MARRIAGES Licenses Issued Gary Dean Morrison and Vicky Kay Hensley, both of St. Joseph. Ryan J. Schultz and Patricia A. Firkins, both of St.

Joseph. David W. Winger, St. Joseph, and Sandra Marie Beckett, Easton, Mo. MARRIAGE DISSOLUTIONS Suits filed Timothy P.

and Nanci A. Crevis-ton. Norwood and Ava Marie Slater. Susan Dale and Steven Lee Elliott. Judith Ann and Ronald Eugene John.

Traffic offenders fined James D. Eckley, 3810 North Woodbine Road, was fined $127 Thursday in Associate Circuit Court where he was charged with failure to have a daily operator's log book. Fined $70 for speeding was Brian Donald Fattig, 3217 Penn St. Paying $45 each for speeding were Sheryl A. Duffy, 226 W.

Indiana Don Edward Pierson, Easton, Richard A. Burnett, Lathrop, and Harold E. Bezona, 636 S. 23rd St. Paying a $60 penalty for changing lanes before safety permitted was Cynthia A.

Hosier. Fined $45 for an expired state license were Michael D. Riley, 2306 Bittersweet Lane, and Lois L. Hughes, 105 N. 19th St.

Debbie A. Bolinger, 2310 Bradley Drive, paid a $38 fine for improper registration. Jami J. Kelly, 422 Lee was fined $38 for an expired state license plate. FlneS $32 each for expired state licenses were Julie Lynn Parker, 1407 N.

36th Christopher S. Omeara; and Delbert E. Harper, 8019 King Hill Ave. Tommy R. Turner, Turner Salvage Lot, was fined $30 for an expired state license.

Paying $32 for failure to register a motor vehicle was V.L. Crockett, Route 8. Ftrtllir Chtflilcolt Swd Llvmtock Equipment Tlrti 1 eatttrlM CONSUMERS FRIDAY, Serving 9:00 American million Utilicare erty: Bill extends the present aban- doned funds procedures to all abandoned funds and property being reported annually. Older volunteer respite care: Bill allows Division of Aging to establish a program for persons 60 or older who volunteer to provide respite care to the elderly through cies. Radiation protection act: Bill sets out responsibilities for state agencies relating to the control of radiation sources.

nuuiuiuuuc wan mines, rtisu called the Lemon law, requires re- i i pair ui ueiei-is uy a maiiuiaciurcr 01 motor vehicles or farm machinery if the defect is covered by an express warranty and is reported within the warranty period, even if repair is done after the period has expired. Division of Aging: Bill provides for regulation of adult day care providers by the division. Measure also makes statutory the existence of the Division of Aging. Missouri treated timber: Bill revises laws on treated timber and establishes new license guidelines. Return or proof of process serv ice: Bill provides that within three years of return of service of any process, return or proof of service may be amended.

Webster U. offering M.A. degree program Course schedules for Webster University's Master of Arts programs at Platte City Vocational School have been announced. The courses, beginning the week of March 19, will be credited to the spring 1984 term. Courses to be offered include concepts in business administration, business law, marketing theory and practice, concepts in management, personnel management and decision-making processes.

For further information, please contact Joanie Kershebaum at (816) 333-7920. Recreation center plans progressing Plans are progressing for a new North Side community center to be established in the old St. Mary's School building at Main and Cherry streets. The Rev. Michael Tierney said Wednesday that the center will be community based and not church based.

He said details are currently being worked out about such things as hours of operation and summer schedules for children of parents wno worn ana expansion ot ine atter-school day-care operation. Still needed, he said, are donations of recreation equipment. Two pool tables are needed as well as table iciuua ciiuipiiiciii, uuaiu games aim other such recreational items. Persons who have equipment they are willing to donate can contact Tierney at 279-1154. Help Keep Inflation Under Control Grow a Vegetable Garden SHOW WINNERS Dorothy ParHohn St.

Jo.aph, Ma. Barnard Mayor t. Jetaph, Ma. Grand Prize $50 Gift cert: Carolyn Barton Oowar, Ma. lltt VISA Of t-t Men-lit about" Gvdra ft Sift Center 8C3 South BtR 27S-7434 I 41,0 Kf Mow ilr jjl Associated Praia ST.

LOUIS Despite beefed up patrols by a highly visible police task force, a 15-year-old girl Thursday became the fourth rape victim in a series of attacks on schoolgirls on the city's North "We have a sick person out there who's attacking these young girls," said police Maj. George Hydar, adding that he worries that some of the attacks may be the work of equally sick copycats. The victim told police she was abducted at gunpoint and raped in a garage by a man in his early 20s wearing a dark skull cap and a green Army jacket who was riding a 10-speed bike. The victim was treated at Jewish Hospital and released, Hydar said. Lt.

Col. James J. Hackett, commander of field operations, said he believed that Thursday's rapist was the same man who abducted an 8-year-old girl at knifepoint Tuesday, raped her in the rear of a building and severely injured her. In the past month, four girls have been raped on their way to school in the morning, all in a blighted section of the city that is dotted with abandoned buildings. The latest incident came one day after school officials broadcast a warning that since Jan.

24 there had Local man freed after being held by mistake A fugitive frorfLjustice charge pending against John C. Locklin was dismissed by the state Wednesday after word was received from Texas that another person was using Lock-lin's identity. Locklin appeared before Associate Circuit Judge Randall Jackson Wednesday based on a warrant issued by the Board of Pardons and Paroles from Dimmit County, Texas. Assistant Prosecutor Keith Mar-quart said Locklin's parole officer in Texas sent a telegram asking that he be released after it was learned someone else was apparently using his identity there. Simulated airplane crash to be staged CAMERON, Mo.

The Cameron Civil Air Patrol will host a statewide simulated air-to-ground search and rescue mission all day Feb. 25-26. Capt. Doug Honn of the Civil Air Patrol said about 75 people and aircraft from throughout Missouri will be featured in the exercise. An airplane crash will be simulated north of Cameron with teams going into the area and low-flying aircraft taking part in the search and rescue.

Start WTlow also went through a wall on the inside of the house. Fragments from the bullets were found in another bedroom. Police said if anyone had been in either of the bedrooms they might have been killed. A third bullet was lodged in the outside wall. Police went from house to house in the area to see if anyone knew anything about the shots.

Ms. Sokol's two sons and a 16-year-old youth were the only ones inside the residence during the shooting. THEFTS LISTED Paul L. Sample, 5414 Cranberry Hill Circle, four wheel covers from car in 900 block of North 36th Street. VANDALISMS Lucille Older, owner of Furniture, 2612 St.

Joseph hole shot in window at business with pellet. FIRE GALLS 2:50 p.m. 4005 Paseo Drive, (trash barrel on fire, extinguished). 5:07 p.m. 26th and Mary streets, (no fire).

BIRTHS The following1irths were reported Thursday at Methodist Medical Center: Mr. and Mrs. John J. Beyer, 2517 S. 19th a son born Feb.

22. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Kendall, 4207 St.

Joseph a daughter born Feb. 23. Mr. and Mrs. Rick Hannah, Ama zonia, a daughter born Feb.

23. Mr. and Mrs. William Peays, 2219 Maple a son born Feb, 23. Mr.

and Mrs. Raymond Nagel, Maitland, a son born Feb. 23. Mr. and Mrs.

Rick Seward, 2202 Seneca a son born Feb. 23. Mr. and Mrs. James McConkey, Albany, a son born Feb.

23. following preliminary hearings before Judge Parker were Jerry L. Crail and Carla Sue Guthrie. The three are accused of entering school property at Second and Cherry streets Jan. 17 with the intention to steal the microwave and food from the school district.

Bonar and Crail are being held for lack of $75,000 bond. Bond for Ms. Guthrie was set at $5,000. Fire damages vacant Pearl Brewery building A fire of unknown origin damaged part of the vacant Pearl Brewery, 524 Albermare late Thursday morning before firemen could extinguish it. Firemen did not say how the fire started.

They were sent to the site at 11:40 a.m. The blaze was out at 12:02 p.m. Several companies and the Snorkel truck responded to the scene. A south wall sustained moderate damage. "Ufs insurance means cash value and dividends, too." I to mo Mopto mink of We intuftnct only rxotsctfoo But.

4 rMfly much mora man that A Sntr trl fnauranc Company program can msurt more than your Ittt It can mtura your (amiry fufur with cash vua and dwwandi thai can burid ovar ma yaart Call ma and I 1 mm me ntto you raaftv unoarttantf what Mt mauranca about R. KENT AHRENS 202 N. BELT 279-9066 All THE SHIUD YOU IL IVUt if Hearing set in burglary, stealing case Cabbage Broccoli Cauliflower Brussels Sprouts "Head Lettuce Tomatoes "We have all the materials know how to help you get started." Featuring: Burpee, Northrup King Sabetha Pkg. Seeds. Three persons facing burglary and stealing charges in connection with the theft of a microwave oven from the St.

Joseph School District are scheduled for arraignment in Circuit Court Feb. 27 at 8:30 a.m. George D. Bonar waived a preliminary hearing before Associate Circuit Judge Donald Parker on charges of receiving stolen property and felonious burglary. Certified for trial in Circuit Court Assault case certified for trial Charges ol felonious assault and unlawful use of a weapon pending against William B.

Jones were certified for trial in Circuit Court Thursday after the defendant waived a preliminary hearing. Jones is charged with felony assault and unlawful use of a weapon in an angry and threatening manner. He is accused of attempting to injure David R. Brookshier with a baseball bat on Jan. 7.

CThe defendant is scheduled to be arraigned before Circuit Judge Frank D. Connett at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 21. PLANNING A PARTY? have everything you needl Party Hati Horns Streamers Banners Buttons Party Paper Supplies Party Bags Party Favors Balloons! (aemt frem Jabs) mn M4 APPRECIATION DAY FEBRUARY 24 Sausage and Pancakes A.M.-3-.00 P.M.

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