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2b Local Springfield Daily News Thursday, October 7, 1982 Obituaries Lena Cleir miA, A J. Staff Photo Hyler Cooper Three-car crash obscured by a delivery truck that was turning right, Hardt said. Ms. Stickler's car hit the left rear of Carroll's northbound 1982 Ford, spinning it into the southbound lane and a third car driven by Christina Smith, of 1333 W. Glenwood, Hardt said.

Ms. Strickler was cited for failure to yield the right of way. No one was injured seriously. Tony Carroll, of 3051 N. Pierce, holds a cloth to a cut on his head as he tells Springfield police officer Ron Hardt about a three-car accident he was involved in at Glenstone and Florida about 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday. The accident apparently occurred when Pam Strickler, 25, of 1360 E. Commericial, turned left from Florida onto Glenstone when her view was Arkansas man killed in truck crash County five miles south of Rolla. Troopers said Candance Schofield, 21, of Rolla, and Anne L. George, 16, of Newburg, were taken to Phelps County Medical Center at Rolla.

They said Ms. Schofield suffered lacerations to the head and knee and Miss George, a possible neck injury. Officers said a school bus driven by Joe L. Masterson, 59, of Rolla, was stopped to unload students. The Schofield vehicle reportedly skidded out of a control on a sharp curve and struck the bus head-on.

Another collision Wednesday afternoon sent a Kansas man to the hospital with lacerations to the right arm and left knee and abrasions, the patrol reported. Stanley M. Pippert, 49, of Route 1, Scranton, was taken to Freeman Hospital in Joplin, officers said. An Arkansas man was killed when his cattle truck ran off a curve on Missouri 5 in southern Missouri, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. About half the cattle in the truck also were killed.

The victim was identified as William I. Sanders, 26, of Harrison, Ark. Investigators said Sanders was driving a cattle truck and pulling a stock trailer when the vehicle ran off the highway north of Gainesville, overturned and slammed into a rock bluff shortly before midnight Tuesday. Authorities said the truck was loaded with 85 head of cattle. About 45 of the cattle were killed in the accident or had to be destroyed, troopers said.

A Rolla motorist and a Newburg passenger on a school bus were injured about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday in a two-vehicle collision on Phelps Pippert was driving a truck east on U.S. Highway 66 about 1 p.m., three miles west of Joplin, when his truck was struck in the rear by an east-bound truck driven by Randall K. Coleman, 21, of Carl Junction, authorities said. Pippert's truck overturned times and spilled about 1,500 gallons of fuel, officers reported.

A Lake Ozark woman suffered minor injuries in an accident Wednesday in Miller County when her car ran off the right side of the road and struck a telephone pole and a tree, the patrol said. Dorothy M. Begeman, 68, of Lake Ozark, was driving east on Miller County Route less than a mile west of Lake Road W22 when the accident occurred about 10:30 a.m. She did not seek treatment, according to troopers. James Richardson MARSHFIELD Services for James Warren Richardson, 33, Lebanon, will be at 10 a.m.

Friday in in Colonial Funeral Chapel in Lebanon with the Rev. David Arnold officiating. Burial will be in Lone Rock Cemetery near Windyville. Mr. Richardson died of natural causes at 1:15 a.m.

Wednesday in Breech Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Use; a son, Andrew, Warrens-burg; a daughter, Nicole, Columbia; his mother, Oveta Faye Richardson, Buffalo; his father, James, Lebanon; a sister, Connie Houk, Lebanon; and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richardson, Phillipsburg. The family will be in the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m.

today. Bertha Cope AURORA Services for Bertha Neill Cope, 86, Route 2, Aurora, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Crane First Presbyterian Church with the Revs. Martin Stokes and Noel Forester officiating. Burial will be in Crane Masonic Cemetery under direction of Manlove-Stumpff of Crane.

Mrs. Cope died of natural causes at 1 1 p.m. Tuesday in Aurora Community Hospital. She had lived in Aurora the past five years, moving here from Crane, where she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include her husband, Oxford; three sons, Grady, Garden City, Kinzer, Crane, and Onal, Juliaetta, Idaho; four daughters, Exie Cope, of the home, Margeret Liddle, Stillwell, Mona Ragsdale, Kansas City, and Mary Ruszovan, Carmichel, 15 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

The family will be in the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church building fund. Finis White LEE'S SUMMIT Services for Finis L. White, 73, Lee's Summit, will be at 1 p.m.

today in Hedges Funeral Chapel in Camdenton with the Rev. Willard Green officiating. Burial will be in Roach Cemetery. Mr. White died of natural causes Tuesday morning in Baptist Memorial Hospital in Kansas City.

Born in Camden County, he was a member of Roach Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Shirley; two sons, Lee, Blue Springs, and Lynn, Lee's Summit; a brother, Guy, Ray-town; a sister, Datha Bennett, Buffalo; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Austa Fitzpatrick NIXA Services for Austa M. Fitzpatrick, 75, a lifelong resident of Nixa, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Nixa First Baptist Church with the Rev.

Kenneth Bandy officiating. Burial will be in Payne Cemetery under direction of Harris of Nixa. Mrs. Fitzpatrick died at 9:48 p.m. Tuesday in St.

John's Regional Health Center after an illness of one year. She was a member of Nixa First Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Earl; two sons, Marshall and Billy, both of Nixa; five grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. The family will be in the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today.

Alma Browning PERKASIE, Pa. Graveside services for Alma "Genie" Browning, 52, Perka-sie, will be at 10 a.m. Friday in White Chapel Cemetery with the Revs. Brent H. McCune and Bill Liles officiating.

Burial is under direction of Ralph Thieme Funeral Home of Springfield. Pete Vanderpool PURDY Services for Pete Vanderpool, 54, Purdy, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Axley Culver Funeral Chapel in Cassville with the Rev. Hugh Higgs officiating. Burial will be in Washburn Prairie Cemetery.

Mr. Vanderpool died at 1:10 a.m. Wednesday in the Missouri State Chest Hospital in Mount Vemon after a short illness. A native of Washburn, he was a retired Army veteran and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars post No. 4207 in Monett.

Survivors include four sons, Terry, state of California. Mark, Albuquerque, N.M., and Nickie and Wayne, both of Monett; two daughters, Shana, Albuquerque, N.M., and Sonya, Monett; two brothers, Bill, Phoenix, and Nick, Purdy; and three grandchildren. The family will be in the funeral home after 7 p.m. Saturday. Agnes Galligher HOUSTON Services for Agnes Galligher, 51, Houston, will be at 11 a.m.

Friday in Evans Funeral Chapel in Houston with the Rev. William Smith officiating. Burial will be in Pinelawn Cemetery in Houston. Mrs. Galligher died Monday in Ellis Fischel Hospital in Columbia after a long illness.

She was employed at Brown Shoe Co. in Houston. Survivors include six sons, Danny, Brimfield, 111., Michael, Licking, Allan, Pekin, 111., Richard and Gary, both of Springfield, and Donald, Stroud, three daughters, Margaret Reese, Finley, Ohio, Diane Hadley, Licking, and Twyla Galligher, Houston; two brothers, John Far-dis, Waukegan, 111., and George Fardis, state of California; three sisters, Izetta Sayles, Omaha, and Alice and Virgina Darnell, both of the state of Washington; and eight grandchildren. Opal Williams LEBANON Services for Opal Williams, 74, Route 4, Lebanon, will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Colonial Chapel in Lebanon with the Revs.

Elmer Henbree and Darrell Jones officiating. Burial will be in McBride Cemetery. Mrs. Williams died of natural causes Tuesday night in her home. Survivors include her husband, Harrison; four sons, Ulysses, Blue Springs, Luster, Lebanon, Berville, Independence, and Melvin, Gary, four daughters, Beulah Lowman, Kansas City, Gloria Vestal, Jefferson City, and Hairlene Langdon and Karen Chaffin, both of Lebanon; four sisters, Josie Perry-man, Conway, Juie Valentine, Dankirk, Alma King, Springfield, and Lodema Tabor, Joplin; 21 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

The family will be in the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today. John Nicholson EVERTON Services for John P. Nicholson, 62, Route 2, Everton, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in New Hope Baptist Church southwest of Hall-town with the Rev.

Bill Perry officiating. Burial will be in Rock Prairie Cemetery in Halltown under direction of Wilson-Brim-Daniel of Ash Grove. Mr. Nicholson was pronounced dead by Lawrence County Coroner Dr. Ronald Williams at 7:20 a.m.

Wednesday following a fire in his home. A native of Lawrence County and a lifelong resident of the Everton and Ash Grove areas, Mr. Nicholson was a semi-retired carpenter and farmer. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs.

Kathy Johnson, Route 2, Everton, and Mrs. Karen Hope, Route 1, Miller; a sister, Mrs. Gracie Starkey, Ash Grove; three grandchildren; and two MARSHFIELD Services for Lena Cleir, 79, Marsh-field, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Fraker Funeral Chapel in Marshfield with the Revs. Howard Cowen and Tom Daniels officiating.

Burial will be in Marshfield Cemetery. Mrs. Cleir died at 11:35 p.m. Tuesday in Webco Manor Nursing Home in Marshfield after a long illness. She was a housewife and a member of First Baptist Church in Marshfield.

Survivors include a son, Joe- Paul, Marshfield; a daughter, Mrs. Kay Plunkett, Marshfield; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The casket will be closed at the beginning of the service. Buddy Ferguson Herman Eugene "Buddy" Ferguson, 56, Springfield, died at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Cox Medical Center after a short illness.

He was a lifetime area resident and was a welder for 34 years at Chiles Tractor and Machinery Co. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of Metropolitan Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Minnie; a son, Herman of the home; a daughter, Miss Tracy E. Ferguson, of the home; and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Manier and Mrs.

Esther Moore, both of Springfield, and Miss Marjorie Ferguson, San Francisco, Calif. Arrangements will be announced by Ayre-Goodwin Funeral Home. The family will be in the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday. Billie Johnson Sr.

MARSHFIELD Billie Johnson 57, Marshfield, died early Wednesday morning in his home after a short illness. He was employed for 23 years as a printer with the Marshfield Mail and was a U.S. Navy veteran. Survivors include two sons, Billie Immokalee, and Brian, Marshfield; three daughters, Mrs. Rebecca Tucker, Mrs.

Deborah Stark, and Miss Christina Johnson, all of Marshfield; a brother, David, Concordia; and four grandchildren. Services will be announced by Fraker Funeral Home of Marshfield. Berl Berry Services for Berl Thomas Berry, 72, Springfield, will be at 1 1 a.m. Friday in Jewell E. Windle-Cantrell Funeral Chapel with the Rev.

Carl Wilke officiating. Burial will be in Hazlewood Cemetery. Mr. Berry died of natural causes at 12:57 a.m. Tuesday in St.

John's Regional Health Center. The family will be in the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today. Oral Allder Oral Allder, 86, Springfield, died at 7:22 p.m. Wednesday in St.

John's Regional Health Center after a long illness. Survivors include three daughters, Miss Katherine Allder and Miss Mary Allder, both of Springfield, and Mrs. Jean Bolin, Dryden, one half brother, Otis Head-lee, Joplin; and four grandchildren. Services will be announced by Herman Lohmeyer. Lassie Tummons WILLARD Lassie V.

Tummons, 82, Willard, died at 1:05 p.m. Wednesday in Maranatha Manor in Springfield after a long illness. She was a lifelong resident of Greene County. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Francis Dil-linger, Strafford, and Mrs.

Rachel Pennell, Jasper; six sons, Woodrow, Springfield, Wilford, Athena, J.D., Strafford, Marcus, Lamar, Bonnie, Nevada, and Oran, Elkland; 14 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services will be announced by Klingner Funeral Home. iSuit Thunderstorms, winds hit Ozarks, down power lines Continued from Page IB sued McMahan, the city of Springfield, CU and members of CU management. However, by the time the case went to the jury, the charges against all other parties By Jill Young Miller The Daily News Thunderstorms packing winds of up to 30 mph downed power lines and dumped more than an inch of rain in some Ozarks towns Wednesday evening. The storm system in the Ozarks was part of the same weather system that moved through St.

Louis and washed out the first game of the National League baseball playoffs, said Jim Lee, a National Weather Service specialist. Officials from City Utilities said they did not know how many lines in Springfield fell as a result of the storm, which began at about 4 p.m. and ended about 5:45 p.m. Law officers directed traffic around at least one fallen line Wednesday evening. The Springfield Police Department and the Greene County Sheriffs Department sent officers to direct traffic on South Campbell about 6:50 p.m.

after one power line had fallen across the street just outside Springfield's city limits. No injuries were reported, reserve sheriffs dispatcher Sandy Hoover said. CU public information officer Ernest De-Camp said the utility received about 50 calls about power failures, and extra line and tree-trimming crews were working Wednesday. "The storm was nothing of too large of consequence," he said. Man acceded of illegal weapon A Kansas man charged late Tuesday in religious group's community near Pontiac, at the time of his arrest.

Federal marshals and Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents brought Schroeder to federal court in Springfield late Tuesday. He was held in the Greene County Jail until he posted a $10,000 bond Wednesday. CSA is a religious group whose members share a belief that society will soon collapse in turmoil. federal court in Springfield with possession of an unregistered machine gun was released on bond Wednesday. Kurt Schroeder, 23, of Hays, was arrested Tuesday by Cedar County authorities in Stockton.

Authorities reported Schroeder apparently was traveling to a meeting at The Covenant, the Sword, the Arm of the Lord had been dropped by Robb or dismissed by Clark, Sweeney said. Clark also dismissed requests for punitive damages, ruling the plaintiff had not presented evidence that McMahan acted maliciously. Robb contended in his suit that he had been fired for exercising his First Amendment right of free speech. McMahan, represented by White and Bill Clampett, indicated he had fired Robb because he had leveled accusations in the memo that were disruptive to the utility, Sweeney said. At the time he was fired, Robb was making about $22,000 a year, Sweeney said.

The damages do not compensate for the CU salary he has lost the last four years, he said. Sweeney said he thinks jurors cast a vote in favor of Robb rather than a vote against McMahan. "I think it was mainly because he (Robb) was such a nice guy. He was just a pleasant, sincere individual," he said. "The things he said in the memo, while they were pretty strong, I think the jury saw that he was sincere and said them for what he thought was the good of the utility." Robb's memo dealt with payments on bonds issued in the late 1950s to finance CU's purchase of the old city water company, Sweeney said.

Under terms of the bond agreement, CU was to mail payments five days before the due dates, he said. When banks began offering an instant transfer of funds service, CU began using it and began transferring the bond payment funds on the due date, Sweeney said. He said Robb contended in his memo that even though CU was making the payments on time, using instant transfers to send the payments the day they were due instead of five days in advance violated the original bond terms. "There was no evidence he ever did anything except for the good of the utility. There was no evidence McMahan ever did want anything but for the good of utility," Sweeney said.

"The jury weighed it his (Robb's) constitutional right of free speech against CU's right to administer business and it came out on top." Sweeney said he does not think general public sentiment against CU was reflected in this federal court jury, which had members from thoughout southwest Missouri. He said Clark questioned prospective jurors about any feelings they had about CU. "A large number of the jurors were from outside of Springfield," Sweeney said. "My impression is that this business of antagonism against City Utilities becomes less possible on this jury than on a Greene County jury." Falwell to visit Evangel game Jerry Falwell, a graduate of Springfield's Baptist Bible College and a world-renowned evangelist, will appear at a football game between Evangel and Liberty Baptist College in Kennedy Stadium on Saturday. After coronation of the Evangel homecoming queen, Falwell and Liberty Baptist President A.

Pierre Guillermin will be introduced. Falwell is scheduled to give a five-minute address. Falwell is also founder and chancellor of Liberty Baptist, an independent Baptist college in Lynchburg, Va. It has an enrollment of 3,700. Peace Concourse planned Peace Concourse '82 will be held from noon until 4 p.m.

Saturday at the Phelps Grove Park pavilion. It is sponsored by a local non-profit organization, People for a Better Today. Guest speakers will address such issues at the nuclear arms race, abortion, fluoridation of public water, and rein pose it and even be willing to introduce legislation to eliminate it where it exists." On why each candidate believes he is best qualified for the job, Slavens said being a member of the majority party would help get favorable legislation passed for the Springfield area. "I'm a native here and I've worked here for 30 years," Slavens said. "Being in the majority party, I believe I can get more done for the district." Smith, however, said his knowledge of procedures and personalities carries more weight than does party affiliation.

"There is more of a liberalconservative division rather than a RepublicanDemocrat," Smith said. "Party politics is not the key to the process." Mrs. Browning died Sunday morning in a Perkasie hospital after a long illness. The family will be in the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.

Daily record iDebate Continued from Page IB Slavens, who referred to himself as a conservative Democrat, said state citizens voted for the measure, so it should be given a chance to work. "We should allow it to be set in motion for a few years so it will have a chance to work," Slavens said. "It should serve a good purpose." While neither candidate would voice support for the re-introduction of the Equal Rights Amendment, they voiced approval for eliminating sex bias in state laws. "It is something that should have been eliminated many years ago," Slavens said. "I would work to do it." "We should be concerned with sex bias in our state laws," Smith said.

"I would op- fProbst Continued from Page IB Under the agreement, the government will recommend sentences of 10 years in prison on the Arkansas count and five years and a $5,000 fine for the Missouri conspiracy charge, a government attorney told The Associated Press. Earlier this year, three other men pleaded guilty to federal charges In Springfield in connection with the robbery ring. Robert L. Kendig, 42, James Perry Wil-liams, 61, both of Pine Bluff, and Mark Brendemihl, 25, of Madison, are awaiting sentencing in the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield. Each admitted he was part of the trio of bandits who held up the Carthage bank just after girl, Oct.

5, Cox. BOLLARD, Oovld and Glsela (FheHler), 3108 Countryside, twin bovs, 11:16 P.m., 11:17 p.m. Oct. 5, Cox. MERICLE, Robert ond Carolyn (Scott), Newburg, a boy, 7:09 p.m.

Oct. 5, St. John s. JACOBSON, Kenneth ond Verio (Williams), 733 W. Delia, a girl, 4:37 p.m.

Oct. 6. St. John's. FONNER, Michael and Nikkl (Ross), 2548 N.

Ramsey, a girl, 5:22 p.m. Oct. 6. St. John's.

Hicks infant AURORA Services for Area Rickelle Hicks, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rick Hicks, Aurora, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Peterson Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ed Breen officiating.

Burial will be in Bowling Chapel Cemetery near Crane. The infant died at about 8 p.m. Tuesday in Cox Medical Center, Springfield, shortly after birth. Survivors in addition to her parents include a sister, Kristen, Marionville; her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mr.

Fred Curbow, Aurora; her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Josephine Hicks, Marionville; her maternal great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Barnett, Aurora; and aunts and uncles. Radar check The Springfield Police Deportment's rodar check will be concentrated today from 6:30 o.m.

until 10:30 p.m. on East Keornev pnd South Fort. Births BROWN, Fred ond Cynthia (Hlghtlll). Route 1, Pleasant Hope, a bov, 12:14 a.m. Oct.

5, Cox. STOCKSTILL, Timothy and Mortoun (Frledhoten), 2643 Missouri, a girl, 3:39 a.m. Oct. 5, Cox. HUDSON, Charles and Morion (Cunningham), Monett, 0 girl, m.

Oct. 5, Cox. CARR, Jim ond Zetla (Garner), 3625 S. Morelond. a girl, m.

Oct. 5. Cox. BEAR, Steven ond Rita (Roeth-llseerger), 627 E. Guinevere, they set off a pipe bomb in a Ben Franklin store there.

In addition, Kendig and Williams admitted committing a number of bank robberies and bombings in several states, including holdups of First Security Savings Association in Joplin on Feb. 3, 1981, and CharterBank, 3310 E. Sunshine in Springfield, on Sept. 24, 1381. Probst, a former aide to the late Sen.

John McClellan, worked in the 1974 re-election campaign of former Sen. J. William Fulbright, D-Ark. Probst is a former member of the Arkansas Claims Commission, a quasi-judicial panel that decides whether to grant damage claims filed against the state. Dissolutions of marriage Mosoil "BuMv" Mural ond Brenda Georgette Murol, lolnt petitioners; dissolution granted; wife's molden name, Marshall, restored.

statement of the draft. In addition, live entertainment will be provided by local artists including Mimi Baczewska, The Residents, The Sparrows, The Sunshine Kids, and The Jim Wunderle Band. I.