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MEMPHIS PRESS-SCIMITAR WEDNESDAY MARCH 25 1981 PAGES Arkansas Policeman Slain in Shooting Polio Victim Faces Crisis By DOROTHY WARD the back door and walk about 40 yards Into an open field Officers later found Rector in the field with a gunshot wound in the head Martin reportedly had gone to the Rector home to arrest Rector on warrants charging him with first-degree murder and two counts offirst-degree battery The warranto stemmed from the death of Arthur Criswell 31 of Morrilton and the injuring of two other men Criswell died after shooting broke out early Sunday at a private party at a Conway restau- rant William Harvey 52 and his son Charles Hervey 23 both of Plumerville were Injured Police said an argument started after some party- goers uid they didn't want to pay for admission Cria- well was collecting the admission toe police said CONWAY Ark (AP) City police investigator Haskell Huffines says a dty patrolman died after he wu shot in the head while trying to apprehend a man believed involved in a weekend shooting Robert Martin 38 died yesterday afternoon as he wu being transferred from Conway Memorial Hospital to a Little Rock hospital The shooting occurred about 3 pm at a Conway residence Ricky Rector 28 of Conway who police accuse of shooting Martin was in guarded condition late yesteiv day at the University of Arkansas Medical Center in Little Rock He had been shot in the head Police said Donna Gilkey a neighbor of Rector's toother reported seeing Rector leave the house via klflHERFORD Tenn hf sltby atTl tud 1j the secret to living happy life said Marilyn Boyett Nothing remarkable about that philosophy jrou My It is when yon consider that the 42-yearold Boyett of Rutherford has heen living in an iron long full-time since 1956 and part tine since she was 9 years old and suffered an attack of bulbar pnifo Hut was three years before the Salk vaccine was developed Far from being bitter she is happy that the vaccine has almost obliterated polio to the extent that some young doctors have never seen an iron lung rshe is Just a beautiful person" said her life-long friend Mrs Nancy Giles of Festus Mo who lived next door when they were growing up I'm a year younger but we played together and were always dose until I married and moved away We still visit Her father brought her to see me 1st fall in their motor home that has a portable lung in it ASU Tuition to Increase by 10 Percent Thornton atao said IS non-faculty positions would be terminated to help Bind the faculty salary in- creases which he said would amount to an increase of S150 a month i He nid this will meet a 10 percent salary increase-which had been ordered by the state Legislature this -year Many of thou 15 persons whoee Jobs are being'' terminated will be eligible for placement in other areas Thornton said un Tateptwte JONESBORO Ark Arkansas State University students will be billed tar an additional 10 percent on their tuition bills when they return to school next August for the toll term The tuition Increase wu announced yesterday morning by ASU President Ray Thornton who said the money will be used to help fund a salary increaM for faculty members Let the Sun Shine In Mississippi Sen Martin Smith IPoplarviHe in background chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee listens intently Sen Bill Minor D-Holly Springs trtes to block a Beuure that would tighten the stateni open meetings law Minor failed in his attempt and the bill now goes to the governor's desk Mid-South Scene Tight Budget Suggests ASU Tuition Increase schooL She wu sent to Nashville for treatment and then later spent several months at Warm Springs Ga where President Franklin Roosevelt used to go" Despite her handicap Miss Boyett graduated from Rutherford High School with her dam in 1957 valedictorian Then an attack of measles caused further deterioration of her condition "She began having to spend more and more time in the Mrs Giles said "It is furnished by the March of Dimes Foundation and is kept in good repair and replaced when necessary by the foundation alsa In 1957 she could simply no longer breathe outside the lung and she hu been housbound since" It takes two attendants to give Miss Boyett a bath the only 30 minutes she spends outside the lung each day At times her bath must be broken up into two sessions because her breathing becomes so erratic she must be returned to the lung to stabilize Today there is an even more serious crisis in Miu life Her father Lynn Boyett 67 a retired farmer is critically ill at St Francis Hospital in Memphis with a rare lung disease known Hyman-Reich Syndrome Mrs Giles said It began with a cold and eventually wu diagnosed the rare ailment Yet Boyett never smoked nor did he ever work around dangerous chemicals Her father hu devoted his entire life to his invalid daughter He built their home around her handicap in an effort to make it easier to care for her It still takes an attendant full time in addition to her father to care for Miu Boyett and help is getting Increasingly hard to find With the steadily Increasing minimum wage it also is becoming almost Impossible to afford Her mother Mrs Janie Somers of Dyer who is 62 and in poor health is staying in the home with her daughter while her former husband is hospitalized A nursing home is the obvious answer for Miu Boyett who receives both Medicare and Medicaid But so far family and friends have not found a nursing home facility which will accept an iron lung patient In 1976 Boyett bought his daughter her first Citizen Band radio to try to bring the outside world in to her Today she spends much 16 hours a day talking to her trucker friends under the CB handle "Pony Tail" chosen because that is the way she wears her hair In 1977 Boyett purchased a motor home and rigged up an auxiliary lung which enabled them to leave the house for short periods She loves to talk on the phone and hu a special headset to permit her to talk but she is unable to dial or pick up the receiver Someone hu to push the buttons for her since she is totally paralyzed on the left side and hu only minimal hand and foot movement on the right side 1 Despite her staggering problems of Just breathing to stay alive Miu Boyett said "Faith in God is the most important thing in my life And I have learned to live one day at a becca Rosanne Boyd 22 of Starkville were being held at Oktibbeha County Jail on 825000 bond each US Will GREENVILLE Miss (AP) The Ui hu not slipped bran its position one of the preeminent nations of the world although it does not enjoy the place it once did uys former State Department spokesman Hodding Carter HL "We have not lost our will" Carter told about 500 at the annual meeting of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce last night "It is not true we are second class" Meningitis Death JACKSON Miss AP) Year-old Donald Vanderford of Braxton hu become the sixth Mississippian to die bom meningitis this year Baptist Medical Center spokesman Paul Pryor said the child had been hospitalized since March 12 Wife Freed DECATUR Miss (AP) Linda Harrell hu been found Innocent of charges she shot and killed her husband In 1979 A Circuit Court Jury deliberated leu than two hours before returning the verdict She claimed she shot her husband Union physician Hector Harrell in self defense The trial was the third for Mrs Harrell 31 Others ended in mistrials Railroad Meeting CLARKSDALE Miss (AP) Officials of the Illinois Central Gulf railroad uy a rail line between Lake Commorant and Redwood Junction in Vicksburg is "marginal" but that they have no immediate plans to clou it down BF Smith executive vice president of the Delta Council said "what we are toeing is a use it or Ion it JONESBORO Ark (AP) at Arkansas State University could increase 10 percent next fall says ASU president Ray Thornton Thornton said the increase and the elimination of 15 non-teaching positions are necesury to meet budget restraints The budget decisions are subject to approval by the ASU board of trustees which meets April 16 Nine clerical and six professional positions will be eliminated July 1 Thornton said The tuition would increase bom $300 a semester for a full-time instate student to 8330 a semester he said Thornton also proposes a 8150 per month pay rain for each faculty member and non-classified employee Delta Council STONEVILLE Miss (UPI) Secretary of Agriculture John Nock will speak for the 44th annual meeting of the Delta Council Council president William Houston of Tunica said Block will address the one-day meeting at Delta State University May 19 Priton Stabbing RIPLEY Tenn (UPI) A prisoner at Ft Pillow State Penitentiary faces a preliminary hearing Friday on a charge of murder in the death of his former cellmate George Danny Floyd 29 of Chattanooga is charged in the March 13 stabbing death of Johnny Calvin Pearson 33 also of Chattanooga No Bend Set DRESDEN Tenn (UP!) A General Sessions Judge refused to set bond for Richard Reinholtz Jr 22 of Ore Springs Tenn charged in the shooting deaths of his father and sister Judge Robert Neal Glasgow set April 2 for a preliminary hearing Navy Visit WASHINGTON (AP) Sen John Stennis DMiss hu arranged for Navy Secretory John Lehman to tour naval facilities in Mississippi next month Drug Bust STARKV1LLE Miss (AP) State narcotics bureau officials Hy two Mississippi State University students have been arrested and charged with possession of about 17 pounds of marijuana Tom Dial director of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics said Curtis Alford 31 and Re Beer Market JACKSON Miss (AP) Officials of the Adolph Coors Co say marketing of the beer in Mississippi will begin in mid-summer Mel Linn vice president of ules said more than 600 applied for the Mississippi distributorships Among the six chosen were Charles Moak and son Robert Moak Of Indianola to serve the Greenville Clarksdale Greenwood and Oxford area and Fred A Jones of Columbus Columbus-Tupelo area Supporters Join Protest IptcM The PmfrMvtar COVINGTON Tenn Black farmers staging a sit-in at the Farmers Home Administration office will be Joined today by additional supporters said Thomas Burrell protest spokesman Burrell Hid a delegation from the National Association of Landowners a black organization based in Atlanta and about 25 farmers from Mississippi were to arrive here by noon today Top association officials Joe Brooks president and Jerry Pennick executive director are expected to Join the protest in Covington today Burrell is national chairman of the board of the landowners Eleven members of the American Agricultural Movement and several white farmers from other states have driven to Covington to support the sit-in However there hu been little response bom local farmers Ed Timberlake FtoHA district supervisor said the office will remain open today and business will be conducted near normal possible under the circumstances" Baldwyn Man Dies in Crash Bag Bumper Savings Now Save on Sunkist oranges lemons grapefruit and tangerines Because huge harvests mean nice low prices now on Sunkist's plumpest juiciest fruit You have our word on it STORE COUPON off 8 or more oranges 15 BIGGERSVILLE Kiss A Baldwyn Miss man was killed in a car-truck crash on 45 two miles south of here the Mississippi Highway Patrol said Officers uid Michael Dl Warren 19 was dead at the scene at 6:20 a yesterday His body was taken to the morgue at Magnolia Hospital in Corinth Driver of the truck wu Jerry Wayne Stanford 32 of Verona Miss who wu not injured Mr Gracer When die man of dee uhi havabaan with coupon Ml hi redeemed tor he value pint 7c handhni i Any othorapphcatoncoiiainutotraud tmacnpnwMpwchiMof auircionlihchlo comet cottponapioranted lor radnmpiionmuit coupons lo Sunhlii Goowori he PO Boo 140S CMnon hum $2734 Cmti redemption value 120 alk (Met eopnot October ML Thu coupon non enipnuHo Leoli one coupon redeemed lor pnrdiMO BLAZER SALE SAVE33 Sale End Saturday March 2S Woven Texturized Polyester BLAZERS Our Reg $4495 $9095 Compare at S6500 in Tan Brown Bottle Green and Burgundy (Navy not included) Blazer Buttons Center Vent Patch Flap Pockets First Quality All American Made In Regulars Shorts and Longs provide the problem 75100 102175 STORE COUPON off 6 or more lemons 15 Mr Grocer When Ore termed tine trier have been compiled addt ceuponodl be redeemed Inc luce wine phr 7c hondhtu An other epphrennn rtinmmtrr band hvotcot prawn pvrch mo oltudinonl rock lo cottar conpotta pmaanrad lor mdampnan meat he tboam epan tepee Cytlomee mop pa telee me 04eieoodontmU AUndd modmtnqodotlorhddenbylavr Madacoupaneto SenhM Graven hcPO Boe MO Chnton hare $2734 Crab rtdtmpiim value 120 ol Offer eapena Otieher HH Thk supply the solution STORE COUPON 75100 102175 15 off 3 lbs of tangerines SAFES EUVERED AND INSTALLED via a ame hr luahnaa Ms-ai wi saavici WNAT Wl Mi Gracer When die terete el dee offer ha bran compffedtrUh coepantna he radeemed lot leceraloeplee 7c handhni An other apphtanon conmtmm hood Invoice prawn pvrch mod atdhoam track to covet cunpana praranwd Ira tadtmpoon not hothoomaponteoue Cuwomvt natal pay aalalna Offer aood atdylnUS A VbtdVmeed teimchdmloihddenbylm Medal coupon to Sunk Granora he PO Ben MM Canton hum $2734 Crab tudempnon melon 120 at Offer eiarae Jaap ML Thw coupon ie non eenpnnbh Lane nna crapnn 7A1Q0 102175 FACTORY OUTLET MALL Wear-House FACTORY OUTLET ManaCMMnfal Comparable Savings efROSO 3536 Canada (Factory Outlet Mall) LakdandTN (901)368-7090 Mon threSat 10 00 to 9 00 Sun 100to600 Accepting Visa and MasterCard Sunkist aii TOMTl (901) 331-391 1 -Oft-171-1701 WEBSTER SAFE A LOCK CO INC urn sumsHai rp oi in w-vM Si and thu Kara tw nod one amhmamiolSuntnjiaonrvlnc tW i 38191.