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Mom, 4 Children Killed in Texas County 'Cycle. -A Tudeni Car 111 v. 1 1 i II It section. Perkins wife, Evelyn, a. An uzarx youtn, a Texas County mother and four of her children died yesterday in Hal-, loween traffic tragedies in the Ozarks.

The ghastty ton ended October with tntal nt hiohnrsir who died in a motofeycle-car smashup in Ozark. Mrs. Agnes Smith, 29, Ray. mondville, killed in a headon crash a mile east of Raytnond-ville. Her three daughters, Sylvia Irene, Cathryn Dianna, 4, and Melissa Ann, 1.

and a son, John Wayne Smith, 3. The Cornelison youth's death occurred at 4:30 p.m. when his -it ties in southwest Missouri marking the month as one of the deadliest of the year. The victims Eandy H. Cornelison, 16-yea- On East Sunshine southbound 1966 Suzuki motorcycle crashed beadon into a 1966 Plymouth driven by Janet Thomas, 16, Rogersville, who bad stopped at an Ozark street intersection.

Riding with Cornelison was 15-year-old Willis Baker, Ozark, who was released from St. John's Hospital after treatment of right arm injuries and a left band laceration, Young Cornelison was sophomore and member of the Ozark High School football team. A short time before the tragic accident he had taken part in his school's homecoming parade. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Harl Cornelison; two brothers, Larry of the borne, and Jackie Lompoc, two sisters, Mr. Sharon Sue Smith, Ozark, and Mrs. Wilma Jean Workman, Sparta, and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and 22, was treated for possible back and no injuries. Four persons were hurt, one critically, in another car-truck smashup which occurred on VS.

71 six miles south of Nevada at 1 40 m. yesterday. Officers reported a 1964 White tractor unit driven south by Robert Gragg, 39, Fort Worth, was passing a 1961 Rambler station wagon driven by Edwin Gueguen, 57, Costa Mesa, when the latter attempted to turn left. The truck overturned after the collision. Taken to Nevada City Hospital were Gueguen, who received head lacerations; his mother, Gertrude Gueguen, 38, listed in critical condition with rib fractures and severe back injuries; Gragg, treated for- head cuts, and Everett BealL 44, Fort See WRECKS, Page 17 ik ft Pi-' 4 i Testimony Ends In Zoning Case i All the elements of tragedy are visible in this photo taken at the scene of a house fire at 812 North Franklin yesterday, At right, Officer Bob Dean, George Tfhdle, 806 North Franklin, and Fred Manier, 1442 Texas, restrain Mrs.

Corlne Boyd after Diilr Kel Slaff PkolM she attempted to enter her burning home to rescue her deaf- mute sod, Edward, 17. Firemen, shown battling the flames from a first-floor roof, later found the boy's body in a second floor room. Body of Deaf-Mute Found in Ruins 15' Pies 17, Try Hurts flflom V-77T en IFire, found Mrs. Boyd trying to climb to the roof to rescue her son and restrained her with the aid of Manier. A short time later Mrs.

Boyd's husband, Eli, employed in the Landers Building, arrived at the scene of the tragedy. Mrs. Boyd said the fire possi bly started when ber son placed a flammable object on the heating stove. He had done so on past occasions, she said, but she was able to remove the objects before serious fires started. Mrs.

Boyd suffered a left ankle laceration while attempting to climb to the upstairs window, and also was treated for shock at the hospital. The interior of the house was damaged heavily by the flames, which spread upward through a stair well. Greene County Coroner Ralph Thieme said no inquest will be held. Funeral arrangements for the youth are under the direction of Herbert V. Smith.

pringf trlii Mo HathiNVum Circuit Judge James H. Keet late yesterday called for briefs in the zoning case brought by several property owners on East Sunshine against the city of Springfield, alleging arbitrary action by the city in its multi-family residential area zoning on the south side of the street. Those protesting are H. Ben Longtime Editor 'Wall Fox Dead at 66 WHEATON (Special) Fu-neral services will be held Thursday for J. W.

(Wally) Fox, 66, retired editor and publisher of the Wheaton Journal, who died in his home at Neosho Monday. Mr. Fox, who retired six months ago and moved to Neosho, died of an apparent heart attack at 5:30 p.m. Monday. A native of Powell and a lifelong resident of southwest Missouri, he had owned and edited the newspaper here for 42 years when he retired.

The newspaper was sold to Howard White, who moved here from Neosho. -Mr, Fox was a member of Hillcrest Church of Christ in Neosho. Surviving are his wife, Bessie a daughter, Mrs. John B. Huches.

Route 1. Neoshn- hie mother, Mrs. Laura Fox, of Stella; two sisters, Mrs. Verna Hintori, of Stella, and Mrs. Ora Collins, Denver: and three brothers, H.

Wheaton, Carl, Springfield; and Garland, Tyler; Texa Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Wheaton Church of Christ with Eririie Rnwman offi ciating. Burial will be in Fox Cemetery at Powell, under direction of Pogue. The' family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.

The casket will be closed during the service. 4 f. Sit McCoy, 1522 East Sunshine; I V. Swing, operator of an insur ance business at 1454 East Sunshine; the Bobert D. Adams Plumbing and Heating Company, and the Safety Federal Saving; and Loan Association, which owns property at Sunshine and Pickwick.

All the plaintiffs testified yesterday, although W. A. Davidson, executive vice-president of Safety Federal, was called by City Attorney Don Busch as the city's only witness. McCoy, a bachelor, testified he acquired his property because he wanted a building that could serve as both home and business. He previously had owned property on Boonville but was bought out by Burge-Protes-tant Hospital, he McCoy said the city had turned down his request for C-2 commercial zoning.

He said an eastern company wanted to put a $200,000 building on bid property but didn't want to wrangle with the city. Further, McCoy said the Em-pireiBank at one time had an option on his property, but gave up because of the zoning. "It's not feasible or economical to use for a residence," Ew-ing said or his property "It's best use is 'commercial v' Busch presented to the court several exhibits showing spots on the north side of Sunshine where "use permits" have been taken out under the multi-family residential zoning. Flavius B. Freeman, attorney for the plaintiffs, objected to admissibility of these, but was overruled by Judge Keet.

Davidson testified that Safety Federal, whose property on Cen tral was bought by the city, had bought at Sunshine and Pick wick six months ago. It was zoned multi-family residential, He said it took three months to get a use permit. cross-examination See TRIAL, Page 17 cars on the'siding and 12 of the 59 cars of the freight Archie Copeland, 46, of Memphis, the fireman, was killed when he jumped from the train. Two other crewmen were injured. Two crewmen were injured in January 1966 in a similar accident at the same siding when someone apparently knocked the lock off the switch, but Dudley said the two 7-year-olds were not involved in that wreck.

Dudley said the switch lock The shrouded body of 17-year-old Edward Boyd, 812 North Franklin, is carried from bis smoke enveloped home by firemen Who found the victim in a second floor room yesterday. They said the youth apparently suffocated when he ran upstairs in the blazing bouse to retrieve some possessions. 'Blacked Out' Says Springfield Marine Accused Slayer For Srand Jury upstairs to a storeroom, appar ently to retrieve some clothing or other possessions. Seeing her son standing at a window, Mrs. Boyd tried in vain to persuade him to climb onto a ground floor roof and recalled seeing him come to the window again while she was screaming for someone to help She said he returned to the smoke- filled room and did not reappear.

Her shouts were heard by her neighbor, Tindle, who ran to the scene, tried to kick in the front door, and was driven back when the windows exploded outward from the Intense heat. Running to the back of the house, he As Main Heir Calhoun Will Lists Niece The will of Miss Mary Sidney Calhoun, 82, of 836 South Delaware, longtime teacher who died recently, lists numerous bequests to relatives and names Margaret the home, a niece, her residuary heir. Jewlery of various kinds is left to six nieces: Mary Madeline Reed St. Louis; Virginia Calhoun Johnson, Broken Bow, Lillian Cnghton Kelly, 1345 East Belmont; Betty Nelson Basseri, San Luis Obispo, Catherine Crighton Wells, Webb City, and Betty Crighton Amelon, Houston, Mo. 1 Miss Calhoun left her car and a half-interest in the home to Margaret Crighton.

Property at 842 South Delaware is to be sold with half the proceeds going to Margaret Crishton and the other half to be divided among the fol lowing brothers and sisters: Guy Calhoun, Walters, David Calhoun and Lindley Cal houn, both of 828 South Dela ware; Myrtle Magnus, Pittsburgh, and Elizabeth Calhoun Nelson, Independence. All the rest of the estate goes to Margaret Crighton. 50-Year Scout Troop Plans Celebration The oldest scout group in continuous operation in the Ozarks Area Council, Boy Scout Troop 4, will be presented its 50th year charter at a 9:30 a.m. worship service at Central Christian Church Nov. 12.

Presenting the charter will be E. A. Martin, Jr. Congressman Durward G. Hall will be the speaker.

Scouts will wear gold neckerchiefs marked "50th year." The council includes all southwest Missouri. Mrs. Lloyd Cornelison, Route 2, Rogersville. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Harris of Ozark. Only two persons survived the Texas County crash fatal for Mrs.

Smith and her children worst Ozarks road wreck in numbers killed in several months. A daughter of Mrs. Smith, Rosemary, 10, was admitted to Texas County Hospital in Houston with a possible pelvic fracture and mouth lacerations, and James Wayne Lee, 19, Ray-mondville, the second motorist involved in the crash, was bought to Springfield Baptist Hospital with fractures of both legs and other injuries. His condition was termed critical last night According to investigating troopers, Mrs. Smith's 1957 Chevrolet sedan was traveling west on Texas County at 7:50 a.m.

when it collided headon near the center of the road with the Lee youth's 1960 Oldsmobile coach. Mrs. Smith and three of ber children apparently died instantly, and her 3-year-old son succumbed at 5:20 p.m. in Springfield Baptist Hospital, He and young Lee had been trans ferred there after first receiving treatment at the Houston hospi tal. The bodies were taken to Evans-Elliott Funeral Home in Houston.

In other area accidents A Brookline couple was released from St. John's Hospital after treatment of injuries suffered in a car truck mishap on U.S. 160 in Wiilard at 1:20 p.m. yesterday." Troopers said Hershel Junior Perkins, 39, suffered rib and left shoulder injuries when his east-bound 1957 Chevrolet pickup rammed the side of a 1964 Chevrolet driven south by Gerald Lee Stockdale, 22, Route 9, who failed to halt at an inter- was "fairly easy" to break open and although the switch looks heavy it is relatively easy to move. Dudley said the boys had been returned to their Arkansas statute protects anyone under 12, years of age from prosecution, Dudley said.

He said the federal government had a similar restriction. Dudley said, however, the state's laws were being researched for the possibility of some action in juvenile court. NI KUff VKhtm Threw Switch at Nor fork, Ark. Lad Caused Derailment lescue Flames swept through a home at 812 North Franklin yesterday, claiming the life of a 17-year-old youth while his mother pleaded with him to climb from a second floor window. Police said the boy, Edward Boyd, Son of Mr.

and Mrs. Eli Boyd, was a deaf-mute. Suffering from hysteria and a leg laceration, Mrs. Boyd was admitted to Burge-Protestant Hospital, where she was listed in satisfactory condition last night. i The tragedy was discovered about 11:45 a.m.

by Officers Bob Dean and Hank Crutchfield, who were cruising in the area when they saw smoke pouring from a two-story dwelling and radioed headquarters to notify the fire department. In the back yard, the officers found George Tindle, 25, of 806 North Frank- hn, and Fred Manier. 1442 Texas, restraining Mrs. Corine Boyd, 38, as she attempted to re enter the burning house to rescue her son. Flames shot through a large hole in the roof and spurted about 50 feet in the air before firemen brought the blaze under control and prevented it from spreading to nearby houses.

Later, they found the body of the 17- year-old youth in an east room on the second floor. Fire Chief Bill Morris and District Chief Ray Fraker said the boy, whose body was sprawled across a dinette chair and a large apparently suffocated when heat and smoke spread through the structure. Questioned at the hospital, Mrs. Boyd told Officer Vic Roh- rer she and her son -were down stairs when she discovered flames around a gas heating stove in a front bedroom. She ran outside, but ber son dashed $1200 in Coins Taken From Bank At Mindenmines MINDENMINES (Special) -More than $1200 in coins was stolen Monday night or early yesterday from a vault at the Bank of Mindenmines by burglars described as "profes-sioiial" by law enforcement officials.

'--V Forcing a rear door, the intruders first cut open the front of a safe with a torch but obtain ed nothing from it. Attacking a safe deposit vault door with the torch, the thieves made an opening 1 foot by 10 inches wide and emptied it of cash. The loss Included $300 in half dollars, $570 in quarters, $180 in dimes, $168 in nickels and $20 in pennies. The bank, which Is not feder ally insured, is privately owned by Johnny Parker and Mike Caslavka of Mindenmines. Court Date Off For City Fathers Mr.

and Mrs. Carl Sweare- agin, Route 6, have settled their differences with the city of Springfield, in connection with condemnation proceedings filed over an easement for a 12-inch City Utilities water main, to the airport. The settlement makes unnecessary today the appearance of City Manager David A. Bur-khalter, Mayor Carl Stillwcll, numerous City Utilities officials and others subpoenaed by Robert D. Durst, attorney for the Swearcnglns, In connection with a motion to set aside a commissioner' award of no, damages and name new commissioners.

Nov. 1, Attorney Colton told newsmen that he had instructed Tooley to make no statement regarding the case to "anybody." Tooley's mother, Mrs. Willis Gibson, 47, of 623 South New, her husband, and Tooley's grandfather, Bill Breedlove, of Springfield, attended the bearing. Mrs. Gibson watched the proceedings intently, biting her lips and keeping her eyes on her son, observers said.

Lt Tom Smith, of the Memphis Homocide Bureau, was summoned to testify. The lieutenant said that Tooley bad been arrested on his return from Missouri and that officers talked to him before he (Lt Smith) talked to Tooley but he assured Attorney Colton that Tooley had been "fully informed of his rights at the time of his arrest and before he was questioned." Lt. Smith testified that Tooley told police he had "blacked out after picking up Mrs. Scallions at Ray's Lounge in Fraser (a Memphis suburb) and was surprised when ho woke up the next morning eating breakfast in Mil- Home 1967 15 lington (location of the Naval Air Station) and saw that he had blood on his clothing. The lieutenant continued: "He Tooley) said he didn't know how it got there.

He said he last remembered being with Mrs. Scallions about 1:15 a.m. Thursday." Tooley reportedly told officers that after he ate breakfast in Millington, he "left a pancake house and welt back to his barracks where he talked to the non-commissioned officer." Lt. Smith said Tooley reported that he washed his clothes and hid them, and washed his car. Attorney Colton asked Lt.

Smith: "Did you find the clothes?" "No," replied Smith. Colton asked if any in-criminating evidence was found in Tooley's car after the arrest. "Yes," said Smith. 7 Before he could elaborate, however, Joe Canalc, an assii- See MARINE, Page 17 'V I I 1 X. i Sgt.

nillie J. Snion, of Ml. Vernon, Is a member ofa tls lachinmt from I t. EmMs, on a mission to Antarctica. Held Action NORFORK, Ark.

(Special) Prosecutor Robert Dudley said Tuesday a 7-year-old boy threw a switch Sunday that caused the derailment of a Missouri Pacific Lines freight train here in which a crewman was killed. Dudley said that with another 7-year-old looking on, the boy broke the switch lock with a rock and then threw the switch that several hours later ran the Kansas City-to-Memphis freight onto a siding. The train struck some "bunk" TO BUY TOYS I A 1 i A mental "black out" has been claimed by a 30-year-old Springfield Marine charged with first degree murder in Mem phis, Tenn. Staff Set. Wiilard Rex Tooley, 30, who recently returned from duty in Vietnam and was as signed to school at the U.

a. Naval Air Base in Memphis, was arraigned in Memphis city court Tuesday before Judge Bernie Weinman. Tooley, charged in connection with the death last Thursday of Mrs. Edna S. Scallions, 50, of Memphis, was ordered bound over for grand jury action following the hearing before Judge Weinman.

Tooley, arrested at 12:30 a.m. Monday as he returned to Mem phis from weekend leave in Springfield, appeared in court dressed in green Marine fa tigues and in handcuffs. With him was his court-appointed attorney, John Colton, a representative of the Shelby County public defender's office. Tooley said nothing in court, except in whispered con versation with Attorney Colton, who entered a plea of "not guilty" on behalf of his client. Ozarker's The support detachment, with three helicopters, was flown In Air Force transport planes to New Zealand and then on to Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

The men will spend four months working with 15 scientists whose explorations this year will be focused on the Marie Byrd Land coastal region. The group will be responsible for providing transportation. shelter, food and mechanical as sistance such as electric power. The main base will be on a glacier, from which the acicn-lists and the Army men will i Mt. Vernon Soldier to Antarctica, VT I i 1 Glacier Iihh-M it Ttw Dallr Nm FT.

EUSTIS, Va. A soldier from Mt. Vernon, is a member of a 13-man Ft. Eustis detachment on a mission to support a scientific field expedition to Antarctica, the earth's south-enmost The soldier is S-Sgt Billie J. Seaton, 27, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Floyd J. Seaton, Mt. Vernon, This is the 12th consecutive year that Army personnel have participated in operations in the south polar region. The expeditions are made in conjunction with the annual National Science Foundation projects.

make several excursions over a projected 900-mile course. Sgt. Seaton and his comrades will be in the Antarctic during that continent's "summer" when the temperature at some point sometimes reaches a plus 40 degrees. However, the average temperature during their stay will border at the zero mark. Sgt.

Seaton, a cook, entered the Army in 1958. The sereeant, whose wife, Sandra, is living at Ft. Eustis, is a graduate of Mt. Vernon High School. 1 Several employes of St.

John's Hospital sponsored an "Old nipple" show in the nurses' dorm Monday to raise money for toys in the pediatrics department and $100 was presented yesterday to Sister James Mary (left), department superintendent. The money was presented by Mrs. Maxine Finlcy (right), ward secretary. Smiling her approval Is Angela Bonne, a patient. Angela the daughter of Mr, and Mrs.

Frank Boone, 1520 South Marian..