The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 104

I Page 1 OA The Kansas City Star Thursday June 23 1 988 Mrt Rivers Quinn continued from pg 1A continued from pg 1A auto plants No 1 and 2 walked off their jobs because of the heat The walkout forced the entire assembly lines at both plants to shut down This was the second day in a row that workers left their jobs complaining of the heat On Tuesday about 250 paint-shop workers at Plant No I walked out after about 90 minutes of work The plant has no air conditioning Doug Nicoll a Chrysler spokesman said the buildings were ventilated and workers were given ice paint shop Willie Benton 54 of Kirkwood collapsed Wednesday evening and was rushed to St Joseph Hospital in Kirkwood where he was pronounced dead about 20 minutes later said Suzanne Campbell a hospital spokeswoman Campbell said an autopsy was to be performed today She said it had not been determined yet to be a heat-related death Shortly after Benton collapsed several hundred paint-shop workers at Chrys- Quinn violated right to medical treatment without interference from a law enforcement officer No other officers were named in the indictment although it noted that Quinn that day commanded other officers identities are known to the grand to interfere with treatment Because the charge is a misdemeanor and not a felony a conviction would not disqualify Quinn from holding office But Kansas Attorney General Bob Stephan has said he plans to study whether actions constituted malfeasance in office Under Kansas law Stephan could seek removal under a civil procedure if he finds Quinn neglected his duty or performed it in a corrupt or oppressive manner to set a trial for August If found guilty Quinn faces a maximum $1000 fine and one year in jail A federal grand jury in Kansas City Kan indicted Quinn last month The indictment alleged that in July 1986 Quinn disconnected intravenous and oxygen tubes from Damone Cribbs against the advice of Bethany Medical Center emergency room staff Quinn and his deputies took Cribbs who had suffered a respiratory attack from the hospital to attend a sentencing in Wyandotte County District Court Cribbs received a probation for stealing a wallet from a purse Cribbs was in critical condition when deputies returned him about 30 minutes later according to hospital records The indictment said actions deprived Cribbs of his constitutional right to due process and alleged that Roads continued from pg 1A continued from pg 1A Commission now we are not on the brink of Under the limits southbound towboats i must have no more than 20 barges Northbound tows will be limited to 25 i only 16 of which can be loaded Cmdr Michael Donohoe said Authorities said dredging the river near Memphis Tenn would take until i Friday afternoon and more than 1200 barges many newly freed from other I backlogs were expected to stack up Crews on the Ohio River also worked to break bottlenecks US Agriculture Secretary Richard lyng was meeting today in Chicago with i representatives of drought-stricken states to advise a committee of the National Association on the crisis and the outlook for the nation The governors were expected to prepare recommendations Lyng had met Tuesday in Washington with a congressional task force that urged him to take all steps in his power to provide drought relief Rep David Nagle an Iowa Democrat said the focus of immediate efforts was on assuring feed for livestock He said legislative action to deal with crop losses would wait until officials deter- mined the extent of the damage Record-setting heat continued to I evaporate moisture from the soil but temperatures began to drop and the National Weather Service predicted some slight relief today I A cool front moved through the Great I Lakes region and the upper Mississippi Valley early today and was expected to move southward and toward the North-east Temperatures were expected to I drop into the 80s and 70s The front was expected to bring a few scattered showers but look like too much change in the situation or perhaps none at said Hugh Crowth-er of the weather service in Kansas City An employee at the Chrysler Corp automobile plant in Fenton Mo died after collapsing in what fellow workers said was unbearable heat in the The center will not provide free food or drinks but those who seek relief at the center may bring their own Liberty Hospital Bethany Medical Center and North Kansas City Hospital each treated and released one person Wednesday for heat exhaustion spokesmen said The Johnson County Commission today imposed an immediate emergency ban on open burning in unincorporated areas because of the drought The ban however does not include burning in enclosed spaces with protection measures such as screens The commission's action also immediately suspends all current burning permits including any for upcoming outside events No new burning permits will be issued until further notice Meanwhile the drought is causing hard times for roofers in the Kansas City area Topeka St Joseph and Wichita said Joe Wiederkehr business manager for the Roofers Local No 20 and 20B in Kansas City Roofers usually have a lot of work following spring rains when residents and business owners discover their roofs are leaking But because of the lack of rain this year the roofers union has had 80 to 100 roofers listed as waiting for work Wiederkehr said mostly sunny skies after a low of 76 tonight with partly cloudy skies The extended forecast calls for hot and dry weather through Saturday with a possibility of scattered showers or thunderstorms Sunday according to WeatherData Temperatures are expected in the upper 90s Saturday and in the mid-90s Sunday and Monday There have been no blowups on concrete highways maintained by the state of Kansas or by Kansas City in the area far been lucky" said Mick Halter metro engineer for the Kansas Department of Transportation Using a giant circular saw Missouri highway crews are cutting 3-inch-wide creases across the highways to give the concrete room to expand Halter said asphalt highways also expand but do not burst The Bethany Recreation Center in Kansas City Kan today opened its doors to residents who need a place to escape the heat The air-conditioned city recreation center at 1120 Central Ave will be open until further notice from 9 a to 9 pm daily parks and recreation director Burt Cavin said The center will arrange transportation for those who have a way of getting there he said The number is 371-8770 fine represents the latest chapter in the troubled history of Channel 62 and Media Central which is awaiting action on a reorganization plan filed under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Act Media Central which had asked the commission to overlook the broadcast said showing the movie violated its own standards The company had adopted a more restrictive policy before the station was notified of the complaint in January Media Central also asked the FCC what parts of the movie it thought were indecent The commissioners did not provide any answers today The complaint against Channel 62 was lodged by Treva Burk a middle school teacher who videotaped the movie and sent it to the FCC Diaz-Dennis argued that parents should control the television viewing of their children after 8 pm when the movie began "Parents not the commission should bear the primary responsibility of deciding what their children should watch at she said Diaz-Dennis also suggested that the FCC should impose one set of time restraints on indecency for television and another for radio The FCC began taking a more aggressive stand against indecency last year when it cited three radio stations for questionable broadcasts None of the stations was fined Station attorney Thomas Davidson said he was and surprised and outraged by the imposition of the maximum fine in light of the The sanction is unfair he said because know what is indecent because the statute provide any guidance Deaths The price was 800 Our factory to you price 8 194 Our factory 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ANY SIZE gQ7 EACH i PIECE MELVIN FLETCHER Melvin Fletcher 50 central Kansas City died June 21 1988 at Truman Medical Center He was bom in Long Branch Texas and lived in Kansas City most of his life Mr Fletcher was a laborer for the Deffcnbaugh Disposal Service Inc Survivors include his wife Arnie Fletcher of the home two sons Terry Lee Fletcher and Mark Anthony Fletcher and two daughters Rosa Marie Fletcher and Michelle Fletcher all of Kansas City eight brothers Giles Fletcher Jr Portland Ore JL Fletcher Houston Vernon Fletcher Miami Joe Fletcher Kansas City and Hozie Fletcher Adolphus Fletcher Razel Fletcher and JC Fletcher of Dallas three sisters Rose Bell Turner and Gile Mae Hill of Kansas City and Clemmie Jewel Paige Long Branch and three grandchildren Services will be at 11 a Monday at the New Zion Baptist Church Long Branch burial in Merval Cemetery Long Branch Friends may call from 7 to 8 pm Friday at the Lawrence A Jones Linwood Chapel ROBERT OVERFELT Robert Owen Overfelt 64 Tucson Ariz formerly of this area died June 21 1988 at the home He was bom in Duncans Bridge Mo and lived in Kansas City Kan from 1941 until he moved to Tucson in 1976 Mr Overfelt managed apartments and condominiums before he retired in 1976 He was a Marine veteran of World War II Survivors include his wife Geneva Mae Overfelt of the home a son Kevin Overfelt Fort Collins Colo five daughters Bobbi Kay Ocscdy Flagstaff Ariz Vickie Sue Simpson Harrisburg III Holly Webb Phoenix Ariz and Cheryl Walker and Tracey Overfelt of Tucson hts mother Opal Bullock Kansas City Kan three brothers Bill Overfelt Duncans Bridge and Darrell Wayne Overfelt and Don Ovcrfelt of Kansas City Kan a sister Virginia Sue Rains Phoenix and nine grandchildren Memorial services will be at 1 1:30 am Saturday at the Porter Chapel cremation The family suggests contributions to the American Heart Association JAMES SELL James Lloyd Sell 66 Odessa Mo formerly of Jackson County died June 21 1988 at the home He was born in Clinton Mo and lived in Grain Valley for 15 years before moving to Odessa in 1963 Mr Sell worked for the city of Odessa for 25 years and retired as maintenance man at the city reservoir He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1939 and 1940 He was a member of the Grain Valley Baptist Church and attended the Calvary Baptist Church Odessa Survivors include his wife Lottie Anders Sell of the home a son James Sell Odessa four daughters Ruth Lawyer Brownsburg Ind Rosemary Wulfe-kotter and Sandra Ehlert of Odessa and Susann Poland Savannah Mo two brothers Roy Sell Chilhowee Mo and Robert Sell Kansas City three sisters Bernice Gillespie and Elsie Johnson of Clinton and Mary Lou Anderson Marshall Mo eight grandchildren five step-grandchildren seven great-grandchildren and six step-great-grandchildren Services will be at 10 a Friday at the Ralph Jones Chapel Odessa graveside services will be at noon Friday at Carsville Cemetery south of Warrensburg Mo Friends may call from noon to 8 pm today at the chapel The family suggests contributions to the Carsville Cemetery Association Deaths in Kansas Eva Leona Lawson 86 Clinton Mo died June 21 1988 at a hospital in Winchester Kan She was born in Ohio and lived in Leeton Mo before moving to Clinton 1 2 years ago Mrs Lawson was a member of the Leeton Christian Church Survivors include a son Herbert Lawson Fort Scott Kan four daughters Shirley Richards Warrensburg Mo Leona Eddings Versailles Mo Helen Routh Kansas City Kan and Martha Patterson McLouth Kan a sister Evelyn Lawson Texas 23 grandchildren six step-grandchildren 18 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren Services will be at I pm Friday at the Sweeney-Phillips Chapel Warrensburg burial in the Monroe Creek Cemetery Leeton Friends may call from 7 to 8 pm today at the chapel The family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society Notables sold in 2 und 3 piece sets only best 4 pc daybed value! 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