Thursday, February 1, 1990 The News-Leader Cleave skeptical of Soviet intentions after visit FROM PAGE 1B "We responded that naturally we would be delighted to see such events take place and be looking forward intently to evidence of this," he said. But he noted that he had not yet seen actions to match the Soviet words. Van Cleave said he and others in the U.S. delegation which included retired Adm. Elmo Zumwalt and former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld would report on the trip to members of Congress next week in Washington, D.C.
He did not know which members of Congress would be present. "I think what we got were a lot of assertions that can be checked, that give us benchmarks that we can look for," he said, when asked about the trip's value to Congress. For example, the United States can watch for Soviet troop redeployments and see if the Soviets abandon their ballistic missile defense program, he said. He said he's not sure what the Soviets got out of the DAILY RECORD BIRTHS BEARDEN, Brent and Elizabeth (Pylant), Republic, a boy, 6:31 a.m. Jan.
30, Cox South. BIRREN-PECK, Dwayne and Mary, Republic, a boy, 2:53 p.m. Jan. 30, Cox South. BLEVINS, Roger and Kristi (Spencer), Miller, a girl, 8 p.m.
Jan. 29, St. John's. BOSTIC, Elizabeth, 1658 E. Florida, a girl, 6:45 p.m.
Jan. 30, Cox South. DEATH NOTICES Rachel Stella Alford, 77 NIANGUA Services for Rachel Stella Alford, Niangua, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Arthur's Colonial Chapel, Marshfield. Burial will be in Prospect Cemetery.
Mrs. Alford, a homemaker, died at 3:20 p.m. Tuesday in Woodland Manor, Springfield. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home.
Julia Arnold, 92 LOWRY CITY Services for Julia Arnold, Lowry City, will be at 4 p.m. today in Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel, Osceola. Burial will be in Lowry City Cemetery. Mrs. Arnold, a homemaker, died at 1:05 a.m.
Monday in Sac-Osage Hospital, Osceola. Kumi Anna Davis, 94 OAK GROVE HEIGHTS Services for Kumi Anna Davis, Oak Grove Heights, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Seventh Day Adventist Church on Missouri 125. Burial will be in Rivermonte Cemetery, Springfield, under direction of Ayre-Goodwin-Lee Funeral Home at Rivermonte. Mrs.
Davis, a homemaker, died at 2:04 p.m. Wednesday in Cox Medical Center North, Springfield. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time Friday in the church. Warren G.
Dennis, 94 PLATTE CITY Services for Warren G. Dennis, Platte City, will be at 11 a.m. today in Klingner Mortuary, Springfield. Burial will be in Eastlawn Cemetery, Springfield. Mr.
Dennis, a former dairy farmer, died at 7:25 p.m. Monday in Platte City Caring Center after a long illness. Roy D. Dennison, 85 AURORA Services for Roy D. Dennison, Aurora, will be at 2 p.m.
Saturday in Peterson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Maple Park Cemetery. Mr. Dennison, a retired farmer, died at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in Missouri Rehabilitation Center, Mount Vernon.
Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Frank George Fritinger, 86 MOUNTAIN GROVE Services for Frank George Fritinger, Mesa, formerly of Mountain Grove, will at 10 a.m. Friday in Scared Heart Catholic Church. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery under direction of Craig-Hurtt-Bradley Funeral Home.
Mr. Fritinger, a retired steel worker, died at 3 p.m. Monday in Mesa, Ariz. Masonic services followed by visitation will be at 7 p.m today in the funeral home. Joan Bain Haas, 62 SPARTA Services for Joan Bain Haas, Lafayette, formerly of Sparta, were held Monday in Soller-Baker Funeral Home, Lafayette.
Burial was in Tippecanoe Gardens, Lafayette. Mrs. Haas died at 12:35 a.m. Sunday in St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center.
Orville Lee Hodges, 73 CASSVILLE Services for Orville Lee Hodges, Cassville, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Williamson-Cassville Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mineral Springs Cemetery, near Cassville. Section credits Page Design by: Arianne Haley Headlines and editing by: Jane Bennett, Julie McMahon, Jennifer Morris, Dick Shelton, Don Underwood, Chick Howland, Connie Farrow, Arianne Haley, Louise Whall Death notices: Maudie Lawson One possibility, he said, is that the Soviets "are in fact making these changes and wanted to try and inform us that they are. On the other hand, they kept asking us what effect Soviet new thinking is having on the West.
And therefore, some of the statements like that would indicate that they're still more interested in foreign belief of what they're doing than really doing it." Van Cleave said he missed a week's worth of the classes he teaches at SMS to go to the conference, but he gave his students reading assignments. He said he believes the trip will provide information and impressions he can use in future class discussions. He added that he did not see the new McDonald's restaurant opening in Moscow. But he said "the food's lousy" in the Soviet Union and "yes, I'd pay $6 for a Big Mac." A Big Mac in Moscow costs three rubles, which equates to about $4.80 in U.S. currency.
CARR, Virgil and Kimberly, 3215 W. Lombard, a girl, 2:30 p.m. Jan. 30, Cox South. FERS, Chuck and Laura (Harkness), Marshfield, a girl, 7:33 p.m.
Jan. 29, St. John's. JONES, Ross and Lisa (Honeycutt), 1003 Ridgecrest, a girl, 5:31 p.m. Jan.
30, St. John's. POWELL, Kenneth and Lisa (Gilliland), 4530 S. Harvard, a boy, 2:58 p.m. Jan.
30, St. John's. RECTOR, Mark and Teresa (Vaughn), Lebanon, a girl, 12:14 p.m. Jan. 30, St.
John's. RICKMAN, Larry and Kimberlie (Dixon), Aurora, a girl, 12:07 p.m. Jan. 30, Cox South. Mr.
Hodges, a retired U.S. Forest Service employee, died at 8:35 a.m. Wednesday in St. Vincent's Hopital, Monett, after a short illness. Friends may call after 9 a.m.
Friday in the funeral home where visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Norman D. Indermuehle, 62 HOLTS SUMMIT Services for Norman D. Indermuehle, Holts Summit, formerly of Springfield, will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Buescher Memorial Home, Jefferson City.
Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Jefferson City. Mr. Indermuehle, owner of auto supply business, died Sunday afternoon aboard a cruise ship apparently of a heart attack. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Viola Ruthene Jones, 60 HOUSTON Services for Viola Ruthene Jones, Houston, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Evans Funeral Home. Burial will be in Emory Cemetery, near Bucyrus. Mrs. Jones, a homemaker, died at 11:20 p.m.
Tuesday in Cox Medical Center North, Springfield. Visitation from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Sharon C. Kirksey, 48 BOLIVAR Services for Sharon C.
Kirksey, Bolivar, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Pitts Funeral Home. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Aldrich. Mrs. Kirksey, a homemaker, died at 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday in the emergency room in Citizens Memorial Hospital apparently of a heart attack. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. May Gertrude Kropf, 86 GREENFIELD Services for May Gertrude Kropf, Greenfield, will be at 10 a.m. Friday in First Christian Church, Florissant.
Burial will be in Bellevue Memory Gardens, Daytona Beach, under direction of Greenfield Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Kropf, a homemaker, died at 10:18 a.m. Monday in McCune-Brooks Hospital, Carthage. Mary Myrline Lewellen, 81 Services for Mary Myrline Lewellen, Springfield, will be at 10 a.m.
today in Herman Lohmeyer Funeral Home. Graveside services will be in Savannah Cemetery, Savannah. Miss Lewellen, a former secretary, died at 11:40 p.m. Sunday in Springfield Community Hospital after a short illness. Raymond F.
Luna, 80 BRANSON Services for Raymond F. Luna, Branson, formerly of Gainesville, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Gainesville First Christian Church. Burial will be in Gainesville Cemetery under direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Gainesville. Mr.
Luna, a retired restaurant owner and operator, died at 12:05 p.m. Tuesday in Skaggs Community Hospital. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Mary Ann Marsh, 74 Services for Mary Ann Marsh, Springfield, will be at 1 p.m.
today in Ayre-Goodwin-Lee Funeral Home at Rivermonte. Burial will be in White Chapel Cemetery. Mrs. Marsh, a homemaker, died at 5:10 p.m. Monday in Cox Medical Center North emergency room apparently of heart problems.
Helen G. McCune, 91 Graveside services for Helen G. McCune, San Antonio, Texas, formerly of Springfield, will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Eastlawn Cemetery under direction of Gorman-Scharpf University Chapel. Mrs.
McCune, a homemaker, died at 4:10 a.m. Saturday in Alamo Heights Manor, San Antonio, Texas. Delmar Lee McKinnon 66 WAYNESVILLE Services for Del- 0 faces jail on drug charges FROM PAGE 18 Berry, who got involved with the group after having financial difficulties, moved from California York with the help of his employers, according to a presentence report written by Missouri Probation and Parole Officer R.S. Gruhn. Berry assumed the name of Christopher M.
Adam when he began the drug work. One of many people who have been arrested on Interstate 44, Berry pleaded guilty Nov. 20 to transporting 133 pounds of marijuana through Greene County on Jan. 24, 1989. Most first -offenders caught with a similar quantity of marijuana have received only five-year terms, Wampler said Wednesday.
He said the prosecutor's office and the presentence report recommended a long sentence as a direct result of Berry's cooperation and confessions. Wampler and Berry agreed to the plea bargain, which allowed the prosecution to ask for seven to 10 years in prison, Chief Assistant Prosecutor Sam Phillips said. But Wampler's position is that the defense did not agree Berry would receive a prison term of seven to 10 years. "There seems to be little good reason to cooperate in such cases," Wampler said. "Mike gave the Drug Enforcement Administration tons of information.
It was unbelievable the amount of information he gave." However, Prosecutor Tom Mountjoy said it is common for defendants in criminal cases, particularly illegal drug cases, to want to share information that law enforcement officials already know or that is of no value. "It's an increasingly common tactic of defendants when caught in an ironclad case to throw a few bones to law enforcement in hopes that they will be treated in a lenient fashion," Mountjoy said. While a defendant's cooperation is taken into account, Mountjoy said, so is the extent of the person's involvement in drug trafficking. Berry's lack of a prior felony record and his cooperation were taken into consideration when the plea agreement was made, Phillips said. mere revealing of information that they allege to be important will not be sufficient to either sway nor fool their way out of the case," Mountjoy said.
The information Berry gave the DEA totaled about 10 typewritten pages, single spaced, Wampler said. Berry gave a significant amount of information, the presentence report said. However, the report quoted the DEA as saying in a letter that Berry's information largely was general, with many gaps in full names, addresses and other data that would positively identify people. hours Wednesday before clearing a 38-year-old Springfield man of molesting two girls aged 5 and 7. Charged with two counts of firstdegree sexual abuse, Steven Kempter was accused of fondling the children, whom he knew.
The offenses allegedly occurred between Aug. 1, 1985, and Aug. 23, 1986. The jurors, selected Tuesday, returned their verdict to Greene County Circuit Judge Tom targets casual user FROM PAGE 1B men on the street with just 120 target of this bill is not the hours. inter-city youth.
The target is the "Yet a peace officer is the only middle upper so-called profession I know of that the state casual drug user," he said. "It's peo- authorizes to carry a firearm and ple like you and I who are keeping deprive people of their liberty," he (Manuel Antonio) Noriega and the said. drug thugs in He added that there are no trainRep. Jean Dixon, R-Springfield, ing requirements for communities also spoke in support of the bill, with a population under 2,000 and a saying: "Sometimes when it works a police force of fewer than four hardship on a person, it makes them officers. stop and think, 'Is this really worth "They can just give Elmer a gun and a badge and say, 'Go get 'em, In contrast to the drug bill, the he said.
biggest question raised about Har- Scoville, the committee chairpool's police officer training bill man, said most members of the comwas how to pay for it. mittee agree that law officers need Not only does Missouri have the more training. But in a tight budget lowest police officer training re- year, he said, the cost of Harpool's quirement in the nation, Harpool bill could doom its chances for said Missouri's requirement is passage. about half that of Tennessee's, the Harpool suggested phasing in the next lowest state. training requirements over several Rice, the state's director of public years, requiring police officers to safety, pointed out that Missouri pay for their own training or adding requires a manicurist to have 350 $1 to court costs to fund the hours of training, but allows police- training.
Man cleared of two sexual abuse counts involving girls From Our Staff McGuire shortly before 5 p.m. A jury of three women and nine Wednesday. men deliberated more than Kempter testified he did not commit the offenses. In closing arguments, Assistant Prosecutor Susan Colburn said both children identified Kempter as the man who molested them. However, Assistant Public Defender Elise Branyan argued that the children either got Kempter mixed up with another man or that their aunt put them up to telling the story about Kempter.
Kickapoo grad joins staff of Greene County prosecutor From Our Staff Margaret M. Ellis has joined Greene County Prosecutor Tom Mountjoy's staff. Ellis was in private law practice in Springfield for about the last years with the law firm of Schroff, Glass Newberry. She i is a 1988 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law-Columbia. During law school, Ellis was treasurer of the Women's Law Association and was co-author of the "proof of damages" chapter of the "Prod- Seymour pair killed when train hit pickup From Our Staff Two Seymour people were killed instantly when the pickup truck they were in was struck broadside by a train Wednesday west of Fordland, Webster County Sheriff's officials said.
Helen Raine and the driver of the vehicle, William Gilliland, were pro; nounced dead at the scene of the 1:50 p.m. accident. Both were 57. Witnesses said it appeared Gilliland did not see the westbound Burlington Northern train as he attempted to cross the tracks. He was driving north on Webster County Farm Road 445 about a mile west of Fordland.
A Webster County deputy: said a row of cedar trees may have obstructed his view. The driver of the train, Robert R. McMillin, 38, of Springfield wasn't injured. The bodies were taken to PrestonMarsh Funeral Home in Rogersville. Lone armed bandit: robs Brown Derby, ROOF, Jeanne, and TAYLOR, John, Crane, a girl, 2:52 a.m.
Jan. 30, Cox South. SEALE, Mark and Joanie (Melton), Dadeville, a girl, 4:47 p.m. Jan. 30, Cox South.
SWAFFORD, Darren and Michelle (Lovett), Nixa, a girl, 10:14 p.m. Jan. 30, Cox South. TAYLOR, Ronnie and Leslie (Palmer), 501 S. Park, a girl, 4:55 p.m.
Jan. 28, St. John's. VEGA, David and Bridget (Pearl), Ozark, a boy, 8:23 a.m. Jan.
30, Cox South. WILLSON, Mark and Wendy (Lee), Marshfield, a girl, 12:09 a.m. Jan. 30, St. John's.
mar Lee McKinnon Waynesville, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Waynesville Memorial Chapel. Burial be in Waynesville Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. McKinnon, a retired timber worker, died at 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday in Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, Columbia. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Webster D.
Quick, 93 GREENFIELD Services for Webster D. Quick, Greenfield, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Greenfield Chapel. Burial will be in Greenfield Cemetery. Mr.
Quick, a retired county assessor, died at 3 a.m. Monday in Dade County Nursing Home. Emogene Sechler, 62 PLEASANT HOPE Services for Emogene Sechler, Pleasant Hope, will be at 11 a.m. today in Pitts Funeral Home, Bolivar. Burial will be in Pleasant Hope Cemetery.
Mrs. Sechler, a former teacher, died Tuesday afternoon in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield, after a long illness. Ruby R. Stubblefield, 84 CASSVILLE Services for Ruby R. Stubblefield, Cassville, will be at 2 p.m.
Friday in Axley-Fohn Funeral Home. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery. Mrs. Stubblefield died at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in Camden Health Center, Monett.
Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Truman Thompson, 85 EAGLE ROCK Services for Truman Thompson, Eagle Rock, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Axley-Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Exeter.
Mr. Thompson, a retired school teacher, died at 7:10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Vincent's Hospital, Monett. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.
Friday in the funeral home. Celia Hazel Toler, 82 GREENFIELD Services for Celia Hazel Toler, Greenfield, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Greenfield Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Greenfield Cemetery. Mrs.
Toler, a homemaker and former country school teacher, died at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday in Dade County Nursing Home. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home. Edith Mae Tracy, 69 AURORA Edith Mae Tracy, Au- rora, a retired professor, formerly of Springfield, died at 11:30 a.m.
Sunday in Aurora Nursing Home. Friends may call from 6 to 7 p.m. today in Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield. The body will be cremated following visitation under direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield. Other Deaths Listed below are notices of recent deaths of present or former residents of southwest Missouri.
More details will be published when information is available. Amelia Casselman, 85, Springfield, died at 4:10 p.m. Wednesday in her home. Arrangements will be announced by Klingner Mortuary. Alma K.
Wild, 81, Springfield, died at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday in AmericanaFremont Health Care Center. Arrangements will be announced by Greenlawn Funeral Home South. Ray H. Phillips, 76, Eaton, formerly of Bruner, died Tuesday in Greeley, Colo.
Arrangements will be announced by Adams Funeral Home, Ozark. Lorea L. Compton, 77, Branson, died at 1:49 p.m. in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield. Arrangements will be announced by Snapp's Funeral Home.
escapes on foot The Associated Press A Brown Derby Liquor store was robbed for the second time since Christmas as a lone bandit made off with an undisclosed amount of cash Wednesday night, police said. The robbery occurred about p.m. at the liquor store at 2906 W. Chestnut Expressway, said acting police Cpl. Ray Rusher.
A white male entered the store and confronted a lone male clerk, pointed a small-caliber revolver at him and demanded cash, Rusher said. The robber, who was wearing a camouflage jacket, blue jeans and a black ball cap, then fled on foot. He was described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 160 pounds with light brown hair and a mustache. No injuries were reported and no arrests had been made Wednesday night. Man held on assault charge, officers say From Our Staff A Springfield man was charged Wednesday with first-degree sexual assault after he had sex with a year old girl Tuesday, Greene County Sheriff's Department officials said.
Billy G. Lair, 58, of 1125 S. Golden, reportedly took the girl into a trailer behind the house where he lived and had sex with her, a sheriff's report stated. He was arrested later by Springfield police and taken to city jail before being transferred to the Greene County Jail. Lair was jailed Wednesday night under $5,000 bond.
GETTING IT CORRECT uct Liability Handbook for Trial Attorneys." A native of Springfield, Ellis is a 1980 graduate of Kickapoo High School. She received a bachelor of arts degree in 1984 from Southwest Missouri State University. Before graduating from law school, Ellis, who will serve as an assistant prosecuting attorney, worked as a legal investigator and law clerk for the Springfield law firm of Woolsey, Fisher, Whiteaker McDonald. The News-Leader strives for accuracy and fairness. We will correct any errors or misunderstandings created by stories, headlines and photographs.
Readers may request a correction by calling the metro editor at 836-1199, day or night: 4 Due to incorrect information supplied in a news release, the telephone number for the Greene County League of Women Voters office was wrong in an announcement in Wednesday's NewsLeader about a roast for Don Busch. The correct number for ticket information is 881-5877. Paid announcements are arranged through Obituaries southwest Missouri funeral home directors. Sharon C. Kirksey BOLIVAR Sharon C.
Kirksey, 48, Bolivar, died at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday the emergency room in Citizens Memorial Hospital. A lifelong resident of Polk County, she was a member of Salem Missionary Baptist Church, north of Bolivar. She is survived by her husband, Herman Kirksey, of the home; two sons, Jesse Kirksey, Bolivar, and Johnny Kirksey, of the home; her parents, Buck and Evelyn Dryer, Fair Play; three brothers, Bob Dryer, Hartville, Bill Dryer, Aldrich, and 1 Danny Dryer, Bolivar; and a grandson, Patrick Kirksey, Bolivar. Services will be at 1:30 p.m.
Friday in Pitts Funeral Home with the Revs. Garland Pool and Ron Erven officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Aldrich. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Lola Edna Russell Lola Edna Russell, 75, Austin, Texas, formerly of Springfield, died Tuesday in Round Rock Hospital, Williamson Coun- ty, Texas. Born Feb. 23, 1914, in Sedalia, to Frank and Opal Garland Shoe, she was a homemaker and a member of Hamlin Baptist Church. She was married to William H. Russell, who preceded her in death in 1975.
She is survived by two sons, R.L. Russell and Billy Leroy Russell, both of Austin, Texas; a daughter, Norma Jean Driver, Springfield; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Thieme Colonial Chapel, 1200 Boonville, with the Rev. Calvin Mayberry officiating.
Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Willard. Celia Hazel Toler GREENFIELD Celia Hazel Toler, 82, Greenfield, died at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday in Dade County Nursing Home. She was born June 1, 1907, in Dade County, Mo. to James Walter Kirby and Mary Rosanna Nixon.
She was married on Oct. 16, 1926, in Greenfield to Fred H. Toler and he preceded her in death on June 1, 1973. Mrs. Toler, a homemaker, was a lifer.
long resident of Dade County and had been a country school teacher for several years. She attended the Church. She is survived by one son and his wife, Robert and Mary Toler, Edmond, one brother, James Walter Kirby, Lincoln, one grandson, Stephen R. Toler, Edmond, Okla. and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Greenfield Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Greenfield Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home..
