The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri (2024)

November 7, 1978

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The Kansas City Timesi

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Kansas City, Missouri

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Tuesday, November 7, 1978

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26

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deaths and funerals additional deaths on page 5C 4C THE KANSAS CITY TIMES Tudy Nmbr 7 i7 Arabs Leave Summit Split On How to Oppose Peace Mrs Frances Steele Stockton Calif and Mrs Ruth Lawrence Independence 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren Services will be at 2:30 pm Thursday at the Maple Hill Chapel burial in Maple Hill Cemetery Friends may call from 7 to 9 pm Wednesday at the chapel news analysis deaths in missouri bly to reinforce troops close to the Israeli border and carry out sabotage inside the occupied territories The position of King Hussein from whom Israel seized the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war remains unclear The pro-Western monarch talked in general terms about the facing the Arab but gave no hint whether he would join the hardliners to bolster the after Egypt makes peace Diplomatic observers here generally believe Hussein will lend more moral support to the hardliners but will keep his options open for taking part in a peaceful settlement Even without Jordan a combined Syrian-Iraqi armed force of some 350000 troops would be worrisome for standing army of 150000 although most analysts agree Israel maintains military superiority over the Arabs The summit resolved to with the strategic that will result if the Egyptian-Israeli treaty is signed By George A Krimsky Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD The Baghdad summit which ended Sunday night did not achieve its goal of rallying a strong Pan-Arab campaign against plans to make peace with Israel But it signaled that real peace in the Mideast is still a long way off Because of continued but limited wt support among the conservative Arab states for Egyptian President Anwar Sadat the 20-nation summit managed only a minimal agreement on what to do about the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty now being negotiated in Washington The Arabs condemned the Camp Da- vid accords but did not decide to im-' pose political or economic sanctions against Egypt They did vote to bolster gi'the resources of the bloc that is determined to undermine the expected treaty While the oil-rich Persian Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia declined to endorse a total Isolation rtf Sadat the summit reportedly agreed to finance an escalation in the military confrontation against Israel Sources said the Arabs agreed to allocate from $3 billion to $35 billion a year for the next 10 years for a campaign to regain war-lost territory from Israel and carve out a state for the Palestinians The money would be divided among Syria Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organization immediate effect you will see is an increase in the military struggle inside the occupied territories" a Palestinian delegate said The sources said $100 million to $150 million will be allocated annually for the Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the Jordan River and the Gaza Strip The money to be donated by the oil producers probably will be used to buy more weapons for Syria and the Palestinians and possi c*ntON-Mrs Vinnie Belle Kirksey 81 Clinton died Sunday at a hospital here She was bom in Aldrich Mo and had lived in Clinton since 1935 Mrs Kirksey worked for the Zenith Corp Clinton about 20 years before she retired in 1962 She was a member of the Clinton First Baptist Church She was a member of the Clinton Rebekah Lodge She leaves two daughters Mrs Lois Lampkin and Mrs Helen Dugan of Montrose Mo a brother Everett Hensley Aldrich four sisters Mrs Pauline VanCamp and Mrs Bernice Lower of Visalia Calif Mrs Irene Carney Columbus Kan and Mrs Phyllis Ammerman Ridgecrest Calif five grandchildren and five great-grand-chilaren Services will be at 11 am Wednesday at the Vansant-Mills Chapel Clinton burial in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery near Aldrich Friends may call after 1 :30 pm today at the chapel Mrs Lena Dixon Holmes 82 Nevada died Thursday at a hospital here She was a lifelong area resident She leaves a son CB Dixon Waldron in Platte County: three daughters Mrs Louise Hall Kansas City Mrs Gail Sheets Nevada and Mrs Virginia Maimer Eugene Ore 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren Services were Monday at the Ferry Chapel Nevada burial in Newton Cemetery There dren Services were Saturday at the Calvary Baptist Church Joplin burial in Ozark Cemetery there Pallbearers: Jimmy Krutsinger Keith Griffis Dean Griffis Harold Wright Marty Martinez and Junior Pirn MRS MARGARET MORRIS Mrs Margaret Morris 83 Atchison formerly of Kansas City died Monday at a hospital in Atchison She was bom in Sterling Scotland and had moved to Atchison in 1905 She had lived in Kansas City ten years Mrs Morris was a member of the Atchison First Christian Church She was a member of the Martha Washington Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star tne Crescent Shrine the White Shrine of Jerusalem and the Social Order of the Beauceant She leaves a son Alvin A Morris Bothell Wash a brother Alex Laurie Atchison and two grandchildren Services will be at 10:30 am Wednesday at the Stanton Chapel Atchison burial in Sunset Cemetery there Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 pm tonight at the chapel HENRY QUINLAN Henry Quinlan 67 of 4563 Welbom Lane Kansas City Kansas died Sunday at Providence-St Margaret Health Center after apparently suffering a heart attack He was a lifelong area resident Mr Quinlan worked for the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co 42 years before retiring as a test board man in 1971 He was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church Kansas City' Kansas and the Holy Name Society there He was a member of the Go-Getters Senior Citizens Club the Wyandotte Camping Club and the Telephone Pioneers He leaves his wife Mrs Norine Quinlan of the home three sons John Quinlan and David Quinlan of Kansas City Kansas and Pmd Quinlan Topeka a sister Mrs Mary Audley Overland Park two brothers Gene Quinlan and Joseph Quinlan of Arcadia Calif and seven grandchildren Services will be at 9:30 am Wednesday at the Gibson-Butler Chapel and at 10 am at the church buri al in St John's Cemetery Kansas City Kansas The rosary will be said at 7:30 pm tonight at the chapel where friends may call after 6 pm The family suggests contributions to the Sisters Servants of Mary or to charity GEORGE A RICHARDS George Allen Richards 88 Spruce Mo formerly of Kansas City died Sunday at a nursing home in Adrian Mo He was born in Louisburg Kan and had lived here 28 years before moving to Spruce in 1973 He was a farmer before he retired He leaves his wife Mrs Mary Richards Butler Mo five sons Albert Richards Reno Nev Chester Richards Kansas City Kansas George A Richards Jr Sacramento Calif William Richards Oak Grove and Donald Ri-caluds Independence three daughters Miss Frances Richards Kansas City Mrs Elizabeth Terbovic Kansas City Kansas and Mrs Dorothy Gochenour Independence 17 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren Services will be at 1:30 pm Wednesday at the Runyan Foul Play Doubted deaths in kansas In Death Robert Davis Robert Davis 82 South Pasadena Fla former president of the Burd Fletcher Co died Saturday at a hospital in South Pasadena Mr Davis had been president of the printing company about three years before he retired in 1963 He was a member of the Sons of the Revolution He was an Army veteran of World War I He was a Mason He was a member of St Andrew's Episcopal Church Mr Davis was born in Gates Tenn and had lived in this area 35 years before moving to Flordia in 1963 He leaves his wife Mrs Erin Davis of the home Graveside services will be at 11 am Thursday at Forest Hill Cemetery Olton Robertson Olton Robertson 66 Sedalia Mo a former Kansas City lawyer died Saturday at a hospital in Sedalia Mr Robertson was graduated from the Kansas City School of Law in 1942 and practiced here 30 years before retiring six years ago He was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II He was born in Alba Texas and had lived here 30 years before moving to Sedalia six years ago He leaves his wife Mrs Violet Robertson of the home and a sister Mrs Marye Waller Kansas City Services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at the Consalus Chapel Clinton Mo burial in Englewood Cemetery there Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 pm tonight at the Ewing Chapel Sedalia MRS MAUDE BORTZFIELD Mrs Maude Huiatt Bortzfield Harri-sonville died Monday at a hospital here She was born in Oregon Mo and had lived in Harrisonville most of her life Mrs Bortzfield was a member of the Harrisonville First Baptist Church She leaves five brothers Dick Huiatt Charles Huiatt James Huiatt and Floyd Huiatt of Kansas City and Wayne Huiatt Salinas Calif: four sisters Mrs Oma Ayers and Mrs Hazel Schaefer of Kan sas City and Mrs Florence Buckley and Mrs GG Hoey of Harrisonville Services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at the Atkinson-Dickey Chapel Harrisonville burial in the Garden City Cemetery in Cass County Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 pm tonight at the chapel MRS CAROUNE CAMPBELL Mrs Caroline Campbell 81 of 6229 Indiana died Sunday at the home Sho-was born in Cole Junction Mo and had lived in Jefferson City before moving here three years ago She leaves a son Gus Campbell of the home and three grandchildren Services will be at am Saturday at the Lawrence A Jones Linwood Chapel burial in Forest Hill Cemetery MRS MARGUERITTE A DAVIS Mrs Margueritte A Davis 75 of 1146 Everett Kansas City Kansas died Monday at Providence-St Margaret Health Center She was bom in Brookstcn Texas and had lived in this area most of her life Mrs Davis was a custodian at the Kansas City and Kansas City Kansas main post offices 26 years before retiring in 1968 She was a member of the Mason Memorial United Methodist Church and the choir the United Methodist Women and the Church Women United She was a member of the Sunflower Chapter of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees She leaves a daughter Mrs Lucille Childs Philadelphia and a brother Holsey Alston Omaha Neb MRS LESTER FIKE SR Mrs Rose Ann Fike 70 Blue Springs died Sunday at a winter home in Stuart Fla She was a lifelong area resident Mrs Fike and her husband Lester Fike Sr of the home founded the Fike Metal Products Corp in 1945 She had been a bookkeeper for the firm three years She was a member of St John La Lande Catholic Church She was a member of the Sunnyside Extension Club and the Blue Springs-Lake Tapawingo Garden Club She also leaves a son Lester Fike Jr and a daughter Mrs Sally Ann Batz both of Blue Springs: a brother Earnest Phillips Bristol Va and five grandchildren Services will be at 10:30 am Wednesday at the church burial in the Blue Springs Cemetery The rosary will be said at 7:30 pm tonight at the Ott A Mitchell Chapel where friends may call from 7 to 8:30 pm The family suggests contributions to charity MRS ANGEUNE FORNASIER Mrs Angeline Fomasier 77 of 4710 Blue Ridge Boulevard died Monday at St Mary's Hospital She was bom in Denison Texas and had lived here 55 years Mrs Fomasier was a member of St Catholic Church She leaves two sisters Mrs Margaret Pis-ciotta of the home and Mrs Beatrice Denny Kansas City five grandchildren and a great-granddaughter Services will be at 10 a Wednesday at the church burial in St Cemetery The rosary will be said ay 7:30 tonight at the Pas-santino Chapel where friends may call after 2 pm today ARTHUR GREEN Arthur Green 56 of 915 Pennsylvania died Monday at Veterans Hospital He was bom in Clinton Mo and had lived here since 1946 Mr Green had been a driver for Yellow Cab of Kansas City 24 ears He was an Army veteran of World ar II and a member of the Blue Ridge Veterans of Foreign Wars Poet He leaves his wife Mrs Muryl Green of the home a stepson Charles Matney Los Angeles two stepdaughters Mrs Margaret Gannaway and Mrs Connie Dalton of Carterville Mo a brother John Green Creighton in Cass County two sisters Mrs Pansy Pfeffer Windsor Mo and Mrs Smithard Martin Cheyenne Wyo a half sister Mrs Betty Porter Wheat Ridge Colo and eight grandchildren Services will be at 7:30 pm Wednesday at the Park Lawn Chap- Chapel Louisburg burial in Cash man Cemetery near there Friends may enii from 6 to 8 pm tonight at the chapel RICHMOND Va Millionaire widow Esther Wilson Price whose death at the Yahweh City religious commune in south-central Missouri aroused suspicion and sparked competing claims to her estate apparently died of natural causes according to an autopsy report released Monday Dr David Wiecking Virginia's chief medical examiner listed bladder cancer hardening of the arteries and lung clots as the cause of the 84-year-old death However report did not rule out the possibility of foul play He said the disease and conditions found sufficient to account for her death their presence does not however categorically rule out the possibility of subtle external lethal agencies such as suffocation or even the injection of a transient or obscure Wiecking who said he had forwarded the report to Missouri law enforce ment officials would not comment on the report He delivered the report Monday to Richmond Circuit Judge Marvin Cole who ordered it Sept 29 at the request of Wiecking and Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney Aubrey Davis Jr They were asking on behalf of the Phelps County Mo prosecutor Kerry Kobddt K' Koboldt said Mrs family had requested an investigation into her death Cole's order prepared by Davis said Mrs Price had a suspicious Aug 28 at Yahweh City Cole I ordered her body removed from a cal cemetery whereit had been bur- ied with her knowledge and submitted it for the autopsy Mrs Price left all her estate esti-mated to be as much as $5 million to Joseph Jeffers founder and leader of the Missouri religious commune ac-Y- cording to a July 1978 will jjj A will dated July 1976 and leaving I Mrs estate to 29 relatives as well as to charities and a publishing firm run by Jeffers also has been brought before a Missouri court 'in Mrs relatives have indicat-i ed they will contest awarding of her estate to Jeffers The 80-year-old Jeffers recently was cleared of charges of conspiring to murder his 38-year-old wife Mrs Con-" nie Jeffers and of committing statutory rape with and sodomy against a 16-year-old girl He and his group have been investi- gated by various federal and Missouri law enforcement agencies A -v HOMER SNOW Homer Snow 75 Tulsa Okla formerly of Kansas City died Fnday at the home of a niece in Tulsa He was bom in Lone Jack in Jackson County and had lived in this area most of his life before moving to Tulsa in 1963 Mr Snow was a laborer more than 40 years before he retired in 1963 He leaves his wife Mrs Clara Snow of the home a son Homer Snow Alba Mo four daughters Mrs Shirley A Williams 4614 6th Mrs Patricia Evanson 8500 Pershing Raytown Mrs Laura Jane Riley 7105 103rd Terrace and Mrs Barbara Cooper Richmond Mo a sister Mrs Opal Potter Tulsa 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren Graveside services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Elmwood Cemetery Kansas City i rt i Associated Press Louise Miller of Loveland Ohio would like to meet an elderly gentleman who doesn't have anyone and wants to become part of a family Object: grandfatherhood So she recently called up a local newspaper to lace an advertisem*nt for a grandfather the classified ad never ran 6 Granddad Wanted Family Welcomes Woman 26 Sold as Day-Old Baby for $400 WICHITA Emil Alvin Rise 52 Wichita died Monday at a hospital here He was bom in Topeka and had lived in Wichita most of his life Mr Rise had been a driver for the Stanley Trucking Co Wichita 14 years He was an Army Veteran of World War II He leaves three sons Raymond Rise Kansas City Kansas Ronald Rise Overland Park and Emmett Rise Wichita a sister Mrs Geneva May Wichita and four grandchildren Services will be at 7:30 pm tonight at the Cochran Chapel Wichita and at 2 pm Wednesday at Oakridge Cemetery Perry Kan The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society Man Hit by Truck Dies of injuries A 53-year-old Kansas City man who was struck by a truck Oct 18 at 29th and Southwest Boulevard died Monday at Truman Medical Center Police said the victim was Victor Salazar 2302 Jar bo Officers said witnesses told them Salazar was attempting to cross to the east side of Southwest Boulevard when the truck struck him The witnesseses said the truck was southbound in the center lane The driver denied striking Salazar Mr Salazar was born in Swink Colo and had lived here 36 years He had worked for the Santa Fe Railway 35 years He was an Army veteran of World War II and received two Bronze Stars He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars the American Legion and the GI Forum He was assistant scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 77 and a member of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say He was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and the Holy Name Society and the Cursillos He leaves his wife Mrs Guadalupe Salazar of the home five sons Richard Salazar Kansas City Mario Salazar Merriam Edward Salazar San Diego and Alfredo Salazar and Jaime Salazar of the home three daughters Miss Victoria Salazar Patricia Ann Salazar and Georgina Salazar of the home and a sister Mrs Christina Madrigal Kansas City Kansas Services will be at 10 am Wednesday at the church The rosary will be said at 7:30 pm tonight at the McGilley Midtown Chapel where friends may call after 2pm today Funeral Home Operator Dies in Clinton Mo Special to The Times CLINTON Mrs Gennetta Vansant 81 Clinton who with her husband the late Howard Vansant operated the Vansant Funeral Home Clinton died Monday at a hospital here The Vansants operated the funeral home 38 years before Mrs Vansant sold their intrest a year ago She was a member of the Clinton First Christian Church She was born in Vincennes Ind and had lived in Clinton 60 years Site leaves a brother Amel Kelley Jefferson City and a sister Mrs Marie Colvin Springfield Mo Services will be at 2 pm Thursday at the Vansant-Mills Chapel Clinton burial in Englewood Cemetery here Friends may call after noon Wednesday at the chapel The fafnily suggests contributions to the church Hotel Blaze Ruled Work of Arsonist HONESDALE Pa (AP)-A blaze that roared through a 120-year-old hotel Sunday killing at least 11 persons was the work of a the county coroner said Monday Robert Jennings the Wayne County coroner said as many as 15 residents of the Allen Motor Inn might have have died in the inferno But Dr Marvin Aronson Philadelphia medical examiner said any unrecovered bodies might never be found in the rubble Jennings who is in charge of the initial investigation said he recalled telling county officials that the building was a He summoned the New York City arson squad to the scene Friends may call from 7 to 9 pm tonight at the Eajp Truman Road Chapel MRS VIOLET I STREVELL Mrs Violet Irene Strevell 71 Los Angeles died Monday at Menorah Medical Center She was bom in St Louis and had lived in Los Angeles most of her life She leaves a son Dr Edward Strevell Overland Park a sister Mrs Florence Rosebaugh Los Angeles and two grandchildren Cremation The family suggests contributions to the American Heart Association JAMES TURNER James Wilbur Turner 56 Mayview Mo died Saturday at Veterans Hospital An autopsy was preformed He was a lifelong Mayview resident Mr Turner had been a truck driver about 20 years He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Veteran of Foreign Wars He was a member of the Zion AME Church Mayview He leaves six sons James Edward Turner Robert Larry Turner Gary Phillip Turner and John Carl Turner of Mayview Charles Forest Turner Sweet Sprinjs Mo and Jerry Judge Rejects Indictments In St Charles Lee Turner Fort Riley Kan six daugh ters Mrs Patricia Hundley Mrs I mo-gene Talbert Miss Linda Allen Turner Miss Barbara Jean Turner and Miss Brenda Joyce Turner of Warrensburg Mo and Miss Stacey Darlene Turner Mayview three brothers Allen Turner and Calvin Turner of Mayview and Ray Turner St Louis six sisters Mrs Gertrude Collins Kansas City Mrs Lutie Johnson Mayview Mrs La Verne Collins Warrensburg Mrs Lorene Cole Lexington Mo Mrs Elizabeth We6t Topeka and Mrs Dawn Cole Compton Calif and 19 grandchildren Services will be at 2 pm Thursday at the church burial in the Odessa Mo Cemetery Friends may call from 7 to 8 pm Wednesday at the Husman-Sparks-Mc Dowell Chapel Odessa MRS ELIZABETH WILLIAMS Mrs Elizabeth Williams 75 Summit died Monday at St Hospital She was bom in Nortonville Kan and had lived here 40 years before moving to Stet Mo in 1961 She had lived in Sun City Ariz eight years before moving to Summit a year ago Mrs Williams was a cashier for Greenlease Lawrence was about 3 years old before she and Mrs Havnes moved to California Mrs Lawrence said she must return to California in two weeks to finish secretarial school Audit Confirms Diabetic Pills Involve Risk WASHINGTON (AP)-A government review of scientific studies has confirmed that several pills widely taken by diabetics increase the risk of a fatal heart attack the Food and Drug Administration said Monday The agency said it is restating its proposal to require a warning label on the drug tolbutamide and related substances The drugs are used by an estimated 15 million adult diabetics who do not require regular insulin injections They provide a more convenient means of lowering blood sugar But a nine-year study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health reported in 1970 that the drugs probably do not do a great deal of good and may be responsible for 10000 to 15000 deaths a year After considerable controversy among medical professionals the FDA three years ago ordered an audit of the research data Monday it announced that the findings were reliable there are certain errors and discrepancies between the data file and the published the auditors said of these appears to be of sufficient frequency or magnitude to invalidate the finding that cardiovascular mortality was higher in the group of patients treated with Last year the Department of Health Education and Welfare banned the sale of another drug for diabetics on grounds it constituted an imminent hazard to the public health That drug phenformln was linked to an often fatal side effect known as lactic acidosis Other oral drugs prescribed for diabetes are chlorpropamide acetohex-amide and tolazamide The drugs are marketed under such trade names as Orinase Tolinase Diablnese and Dy-melor The FDA has not proposed to ban these but it has proposed that they be prescribed only where dietary restrictions or dietary restrictions plus insulin injections prove unsuccessful PHILADELPHIA (AP)-Christina Lawrence who as a day-old infant was sold for $400 to a childless couple came home this week 26 years later to meet her original family Mrs Lawrence of Escondido Calif arrived in Philadelphia on Sunday for a two-week reunion Her sister Dorothy Miller 29 and a brother Stephen Burns 23 met her at the airport with hugs and kisses Mrs Lawrence said she would meet her father and other five sisters and brothers later wanted to be here but I realized what the bad publicity had done to she said felt it would be better if I saw them at their Her father Thomas Burns has declined to discuss the case or the reunion Mrs Lawrence who is divorced and plans to be married soon was also met at the airport by her fiance Frank Thornton 23 of Lake Placid NY especially said Mrs Lawrence who made the trip with her three children am really excited about meeting Mrs transfer from her parents to another couple was described as in testimony during a custody battle in Delaware County Court in 1952 that was much publicized at the time After an 18-month dispute a judge awarded her to Marcellus and Vivian Havnes who had no children The couple testified they bought Christina for $400 from Thomas and Elva Jean Burns The Burnses charged in court that the transfer was only a loan intended to pay for Mrs maternity fees The day before the baby was born on Aug 17 1952 Burns had lost his job with a cab company Mrs Lawrence learned she had relatives in the Philadelphia area last month after seeking the help of the Philadelphia Bulletin It was through the paper that she learned of her natural death four months ago The Bulletin paid for Mrs Lawrence's trip to Philadelphia Mrs Lawrence said her adoptive mother told her before she died nine years ago that that she and her husband were the process of breaking before the court decided in their favor back where I always should have Mrs Lawrence said adoptive mother once told me that if the courts had ever checked into their background the ruling would have gone the other Havnes left the family when Mrs el and at 1 pm Thursday at the grave- Friends side at the Carterville Cemeti ST CHARLES Mo (AP) -Grand jury indictments charging four St Charles County officials with mishandling county funds were dismissed by o'- a judge Monday At an arraignment hearing Circuit Judge Donald Dalton dismissed some of the charges because the time limit in for filing them had run out The others ii1 were dismissed because they failed to specifically state which laws had been violated Two members of the administrative court Presiding Judge Charles Schwendemann and Associate Judge Joseph Graves Friday were charged with felonies in connection with the $40000 renovation of an old hotel for use as a county office building In a statement issued Monday the two charged that the county prosecuting attorney Ronald Boggs had arranged to get a grand jury indictment against us with half-truths on the eve of the In addition to the felony charges Schwendemann Graves and Associate Judge John Hanneke the third administrative judge were charged with misdemeanors in tranferring money from an emergency fund to the building fund to purchase the hotel last fall County Auditor Francis Dickherber was charged with a misdemeanor in connection with allowing the funds to be transferred and with a felony in approving the tranfer of funds for the renovation Schwendemann and Graves are seeking re-election and Dickherber is seeking office as county clerk Hanneke filed for re-election last year but withdrew his candidacy early this year Boggs also is seeking re-election In a joint statement Schwendemann and Graves said Boggs had told the grand jury the true state of the law in our opinion no indictment would have ever occurred That is why Ron Bfggs so carefully contrived to keep any of us from appearing before the grand Cadillac before she retired in 1955 She was a member of the Red Bridge Christian Church Kansas City Cremation inurnment at 2 pm Thursday at Fairview Cemetery Liberty MRS RUBY WILLIAMS Mrs Ruby Williams 68 of 510 62nd Kansas City Kansas died Monday at the home She was bom in Calhoun Mo and had lived In Kansas City Kansas most of her life She leaves two daughters Mrs Evelyn Morris 2705 52na Kansas City Kansas and Mrs Kathryn Mitchell Edgerton in Johnson County a stepson Carwin Williams Austin Texas a stepdaughter Nola Baker Council Bluffs Iowa three sisters Mrs Gladys Moreland Kansas City may call from 6 to 8 pm Wednesday at the chapel MRS BASIL HUNT Mrs Florence Hunt 77 of 8519 Euclid died Sunday at Lakeside Hospital She was bom in Taneyville Mo and had lived here 55 years Mrs Hunt was a member of the Willow Creek Friends Church She was a member of the Transit Workers Senior Citizens Club She leaves her husband Basil Hunt of the home a daughter Mrs Pauline Jones Edmond Okla two brothers Exie Middle-ton and Huber Middleton of Springfield Mo five grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren Services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at the Park Lawn Chapel burial in Green Lawn Cemetery Friends may call from 7 to 9 pm tonight at the chapel The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to the American Heart Association GUSLASSWELL Gus Lasswell 85 of 11339 Hickman Mills Dr died Wednesday at St Jo Hospital He was bom in Campbell 1 and nad lived in this area since 1933 Mr Lasswell had operated Lasswell Furniture Studio He was a Army veteran of World War I and a member of the American Lesion He was a Presbyterian He leaves nis wife Mrs Stella Lasswell of the home a son Dr Thomas Ely Lasswell Pomona Calif a daughter Mrs Ann Page Riggs Hampton Va nine grandchildren and four great-grande hil- coming i soon 4 I.

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