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1- 7 Z-'m W' Man on the moon 4 hffv ft Lifestyle 1C Chance Of rain Weather 2A Sunday magazine Belleville Sunday 'July 1611989 ervmg the metro-east area Newsstand 00 1- 4 i '-MORNING Ring bearing dogs on best behavior at wedding Perspective Chappaquiddick lives In political history Chappaquiddick lives oversized in American political history because Sen Edward Kennedy drove his Oldsmobile off the bridge into Poucha Pond about midnight 20 years ago the night Mary Jo Kopechne a 28-year-old Washington secretary was found dead in the back seat Page 5 A as a teacher and she from Deaconess Hospital as a nurse The walks gave them both a new leash on life Just started walking and talking and we fell in Kutz said As the courtship unfolded the dogs went with them everywhere to the park even canoeing Kutz also has a French poodle female Marseille provide a lot of she said 're a big part of our life" So naturally the' canine cupids had to be part of the big day told them 'Why you have the dogs in the said mother Theda Kutz of O'Fallon both agreed because they love their SeeWEDDING3A By DOUG KAUFMAN Newa-Democrat ST LOUIS brought them together and Judi Kutz and Bert VanderMark wanted their two friends to take part in their wedding Saturday Never mind that the two are canines When It was time to bring the rings forward Kutz who grew up in O'Fallon bent into a slight crouch dapped her hands and called: "Montana Cocoa -Montana a chocolate brown Labrador retriever and Cocoa a brown and white springer spaniel bolted from the dark recesses of Grace Church in north St Louis Barreling down the center aisle tongues flailing and tails wagging the dogs sprinted toward the altar and their masters As they leaped and bounced excitedly from bride to groom and back again VanderMark reached down and removed the and rings from the canine collars As the guests chuckled with delight Cocoa a S-yearold male and Montana a 3-y ear-old female received doggie treats and good doggies you Kutz said The dogs having played their role were led out a side exit With rings in hand the bride and groom took turns repeating their vows Without the dogs the lifetime of love might never have occurred Kutz 34 and VanderMark 38 both St Louis residents met in January 1968 while walking their dogs at Washington University in St Louis heard him whistling He was trying to train his dog" said Kutz "I walked up and asked him about his As fate would have it they got off work at the same time he from Webster University Nwni DtmocrwVWMfOrogi Gail Ebert left and Judy Bremer-Taxman attach ring to Montana Local Passers-by discover body in East St Louis EAST ST LOUIS Passers-by discovered the body Saturday morning of a Washington Park man lying in a wooded area on North Ninth Street police said Page SB State Thompson will leave mark of development James Thompson in 1977 took the reins of a state noted for smokestack industries a sorry business climate and confrontational politics leave it in 1991 changed significantly in each regard Page 2B Nation Low fuel pressure halts stealth flight PALMDALE Calif A low reading on a fliel pressure gauge Saturday thwarted the first flight oftheB-2 stealth bomber whose ftiture fiinding depends on the Air Force getting the radar-evading aircraft off the ground Page7A By KELLY PAUL News-Democrat CENTREV1LLE The abduction and brutal beating death of 6-year-old Aree Master Hunt has sent chills through area parents who worry for the safety of their own children as police continue to search for his killer not something you think Area Hunt about when out having fun But we need to keep a dose watch on the children It only takes a second for them to said Jean Cotton of East St Louis who has three grandchildren Cotton spoke as she lounged on a blanket during a family reunion picnic Saturday at Frank Holton State Park where battered body was found the day before Illinois State Police with the cooperation of CentreviUe police continued searching Saturday for a suspect in the slaying of Aree who was lured from his front yard at 217 Elm St In CentreviUe with the promise of making some money LL Larry Trent spokesman for the state polio Division of Criminal Investigation said Saturday that agents were continuing to run down leads but nothing new had turned up He said police stlU are uncertain whether the person who took Aree was a stranger or someone who knew him and whdher they left on foot or In a car what little we know hard to The youngster died of massive blunt trauma said St Clair County Coroner Rick Stone He would not comment on whether the boy had been sexually assaulted The body was found about 2 am Friday under a bridge along the northern boundary of the park authorities said Belleville Police and St Clair County department reported Saturday receiving several call from Jean Cotton Karen Seaton residents concerned for the safety of their own children in light of kUling Despite concerns the swing sets and picnic pavilions at the state park Saturday were alive with activity Parents said they were Just keeping a sharper eye on their little roes sad that someone who calls themselves a human being could do something like that to a 6-year-old child" said 32-year-old Karen Seaton a mother of three from East St Louis a great park We're here having a six-generation femlly Seaton said "We'll Just have to be more carefril I'll keep a closer watch ro mine" 6-year-old cousin Devon Whigham was the only witness to the abduction He told police a tall heavy-set black man wearing blue Jeans and a red and white striped shirt approached them about 8:30 pm Thursday The man asked for 12-year-old brother Herbert but was told he was at church The man then asked the 6-year-olds if they wanted to some money" Devon declined but Aree walked away with the man toward Lake Drive The family reported Aree missing at 12:10 am Friday when Devon told them what had happened body was found about two hours later was my sweetest said Dessie Whigham the mother A night-shift worker at Landshire SeeBEATING3A World World leaders stand united on democracy Leaders of the seven richest industrial nations striving to project a united front voiced support Saturday for democracy behind the Iron Curtain and condemned repression in China during a gathering that even attracted the attention of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev Page 7A Deaths Page4B RyanJDarr Albert Heimlich Bailey Smith Victor QSuppon Jimmie Ursery -James Winters Ntwi-OmocroV Antonio Marl Dessie Whigham with her son Herbert Whigham said Area Hunt was her sweetest child inquiry takes crucial turn Air Force accused of stonewalling probe Lottery Illinois Saturday Daily Game: 1-8-2 Pick Four: 9-6-5-5 Lotto: 12-21-22-25-28-32 Saturday Lotto jackpot: $6 million Missouri Daily Pick 3: 9-7-9 trying to regain custody of 17-month-old Randy Sims who was ordered into a state foster home shortly after death Paula Sims is being held without bail in the Madison County Jail and the charges against her are: First-degree murder of Heather Sims handed down in an indictment Tuesday by the Madison County grand Jury A hearing defense motions is set for Friday Concealment of Heather's homicide and obstruction of Justice charges brought by the Madison County state's attorney July 1 Concealment of homicide and obstruction of Justice charges brought by the Jersey County attorney May 12 Her trial is set for Aug 22 in Jerseyville Paula Sims has pleaded innocent to all charges And defense attorney Donald Groshong of Alton has bitterly contended that the spotlight on Robert and Paula Sims has diverted police from seeking the real killer In both deaths Paula Sims has claimed an armed masked kidnapper took the babies while her husband was atwork Aside from the formal charges authorities testifying in preliminary court proceedings have attempted to paint a picture of an unhealthy marriage which Assistant Attorney Don Weber said in court Friday was deadly to two children Also at the show-cause hearing on the murder indictment Alton Chief of Detectives Rick McCain testified that June Gibson of Cottage Hills a high school friend of Paula SeeSIMSOA By JAYNE MATTHEWS News-Democrat ALTON A murder indictment against Paula Sims last week represented a turning point not an ending in a two-county probe into the brief lives and mysterious deaths of two daughters in the past three years authorities said The intense media coverage of the investigations in Madison and Jersey counties has stripped privacy from the reclusive family of Robert and Paula Sims Prosecutors have said It was a domestic picture darkly shaded by isola-tiro resentment of female children and Sims the efforts of a subservient wife to comply with the rigid standards of a controlling husband Sims relatives and their defense attorney have charged unfair media intrusion and harassment by both police and reporters And the glaring focus of all the accusations has now come to rest on 30-year-okl Paula Sims She frees several criminal charges and the death penalty in connection with the suffocation murder of 6-week-old Heather Sims in Alton April 29 and the death of Loralei Sims who was born only 13 days before her skeletal remains were found in Jersey County where her parents lived In 1986 Robert Sims 37 and other relatives are still under investigation authorities in both counties have said Meanwhile the Simses battle with authorities has stretched into Madison County Juvenile Court They are By JOHN RACINE Newa-Democrat SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE US Rep Jerry Costello says Air Force officials have stalled a congressional inquiry into allegations by civilian workers that they are rated through an unfair and illegal quota system While the investigating arm of the House Armed Services Committee waits for military officials at the Pentagon to respond to charges first made 11 months ago civilian workers at Scott Air Force Base are being rated for a fourth year under the controversial system given the Air Force ample time to repent said Costello a Democrat from Belleville The congressmen said he would meet this week with US Rep Lane Evans D-Illinois and other officials to discuss the next step Evans is the Armed Services Committee member who asked investigators in Fe bruary to probe employee complaints Carl Denton president of Local R7-23 of the National Association of Government Employees said members are frustrated by a lack of progress and little support from the national union have become more com- placent because they are learning to live with the system This is the: fourth year the Air Force has used this system and we are getting fewer Denton said longer it goes on the less interest there will be "We have already exhausted our escape valve by going to our congressman" he said union even acknowledge our request for their National union officials refused comment Denton said he anticipates new complaints in the coming month SeeSCOTT3A Lotto Drawing: -11-18-31-40-45 1 Index Advice -7C Anniversaries 24C Business 7-8E Classified 1-1 4E Jeane Dixon 4C Engagements 2C Farm 5-6E Focus IE Lifestyle 1-1 1C Local 1-3E Local Rashes -2B Nation 7-1 2A Obituaries 4E Opinions: 4A Perspective- 5A Report says Davis was police informant after 1 985 arrest guilty having Davis handed over additional cocaine to the detectives and told them he had been paid 32000 to 33000 to serve as a courier for a drug dealer Court records and police records served as the source of information pertaining to Davis who was not prosecuted in St Louis the Post-Dispatch said A federal grand Jury in East St Louis indicted Davis 41 in April ro felony charges of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise conspiracy to sell cocaine and crack and laundering his drug proceeds through the Fifteenth Street Baptist Church ST LOUIS (AP) An East St Louis minister on trial for allegedly operating a major cocaine ring from his church served as a police informant in 1965 to avoid prosecution a copyright story says SL Louis police detectives arrested the Rev Joseph Davis in February 1985 as he drove his car on a street west of St downtown area the St Louis Post-Dispatch said in its editions today The detectives found cocaine in a handkerchief that was in left shirt pocket the newspaper said According to the Post-Dispatch story Davis who had been held without band went on trial last Monday hi US District Court at Alton One of the 25 witnesses who have testified so for told the court Davis paid him 11000 a week to pick up cash from a drug house that Davis operated Davis who has maintained he is being framed went on a hunger strike while being held in the Bond County Jail at Greenville prior to his trial and appeared gaunt as the trial began Another witness Dwayne Scruggs testified that Davis tagged about controlling East SL Louis police officers Scruggs 33 has pleaded under a plea-bargaining agreement to' conspired with Davis to sell cocaine More prosecution witnesses are scheduled to testify when the trial at Alton resumes Monday Davis acknowledged in a series of interviews that were conducted between November 1968 and February 1989 that he had once been a major drug user and dealer but insisted he no igr was the Post-Dispatch story said The indictment returned against Davis said he had been an active cocaine distributor at least since October 1987 Real Estate IE Sports 1-8C State Weddings World 7-12A.