2B Ozarks The Daily News Tuesday, January 21, 1986 House gives first OK to primary Farm-loan, 'Super Tuesday' bills need final approval before going to Senate The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY The Missouri House gave first- round approval Monday to bills that would establish a presidential primary in the state and provide $200 million in low-interest loans to farmers and small businesses. Both measures need final approval in the House before being forwarded to the Senate. Although the primary plan has been rejected by the Senate in the past, legislative leaders have said the measure has a better chance of passing this year than ever before. Under the bill co-sponsored by Rep. Fred Lynn, D-Springfield, the first Missouri presidential primary Holiday From Page 18 need to remember that Dr.
King had a dream. Let's keep his dream alive." The Rev. Melvin Grimes, pastor of Washington Avenue Baptist Church, noted King's contributions not only as a black man, but as a black minister. is also considered among the greatest Americans, the pastor of Springfield's largest black church said. "Even though we have this history, we can not be complacent," Grimes said.
He said 24 states celebrated King's birthday Monday, and he expressed the hope that all 50 states will in the future. Grimes said Missouri should have waited a day to launch the state lottery instead of beginning it on the anniversary of King's birthday. "This is not just eight hours off," Grimes said. "This is not just another holiday. We have come to pay homage to a great EPA slates meeting KANSAS CITY, Kan.
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold its regular quarterly meeting Wednesday in the agency's regional headquarters in Kansas City, Kan. Death notices Elsie Barchak WENTWORTH Funeral Mass for Elsie Barchak, 68, Wentworth, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in St. Agnes Catholic Church, near Sarcoxie. Burial will be in St.
Agnes Cemetery under the direction of Lakin Funeral Home, Pierce City. Mrs. Barchak died at 5:27 p.m. Sunday in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield, of natural causes. Rosary service will be at 8 p.m.
today in the funeral home. Samuel Bethel Services for Saumuel Bethel, 69, Grove, formerly of Springfield, will be at 2 p.m. today in MasonWoodard Chapel, Joplin. Burial will be in Ozark Cemetery, Joplin. Mr.
Bethel died Saturday in Grove General Hospital after a long illness. Oscar Eggeman AURORA Services for Oscar Eggeman, 69, Aurora, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Peterson Chapel. Burial will be in Christian Community Cemetery, near Verona. Mr.
Eggeman died 6:30 a.m. Sunday in Aurora Community Hospital after as short illness. Marion Frank REPUBLIC Services for Marion E. Frank, 75, Republic, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Greenlawn Funeral Home South, Springfield.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Mr. Frank died of natural causes at 7:06 p.m. Saturday in St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m.
today in the funeral home. Leona Ghan AURORA Services for Leona Ghan, Aurora, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Peterson Chapel. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, near Butterfield. Mrs.
Ghan died at 1 p.m. Sunday in her home after a sudden illness. John Goodwin HUMANSVILLE Serv. ices for John Joseph Good- win, 76, Route 2, Humansville, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Mount Enid Church.
Burial will be in Kaplinger Mills Cemetery would be on March 8 known as "Super Tuesday" because 15 other states are considering the date for primaries. The bill originally called for an April primary date but was amended by a House committee. The provision would move municipal and school-district elections to the Super Tuesday date during primary years in order to ease the workload of election officials. Legislators also approved an amendment that would require primary participants to declare their party identification for that election. The primary bill would not altogether abolish the caucus system now used to select Missouri delegates for the national conventions.
Local cau cuses would be held after the pri- year in a Senate committee, would mary, and the number of delegates face renewed criticism. Some senagoing to the conventions would be tors were concerned banks would chosen based on the percentage of make the special loans only to their votes each candidate won in the pri- most credit-worthy customers, not mary. Now, the candidate with the necessarily the most needy. most votes gets all the delegates. In addition, some senators have The farm-loan measure, co-spon- said they were considering an altersored by Rep.
Jerry Burch, D- Walker, native proposal to the House farmand House Speaker Bob Griffin, loan bill allowing the state to issue D-Cameron, would provide struggling $600 million in bonds to help the farmers with loans of up to $35,000 at agriculture industry. 3 percent below the market rate. A An amendment offered by Rep. quarter of the $200 million the state Harry Hill, D-Novinger, would have would deposit in banks would be placed a moratorium on farm foreavailable to small businesses with 10 closures. It was declared out of order or fewer employees.
by Griffin, who said it did not pertain Senate leaders have said the bill, to the. measure attempting to help like a similar one that stalled last middle-class farmers. Senate passes malpractice ctice bill The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY 'A bill to limit how much Missourians could collect in medical malpractice suits was passed by the Missouri Senate Monday, The measure, which was the first bill given final approval since the Missouri General Assembly convened Jan. 8, now goes to the House. It was designed to help lower the cost of medical malpractice insurance for doctors.
Supporters of the measure have said they did not think it would lower the cost of medical care for consum- doctor and a hospital, the individual ers in Missouri, but it might hold could collect $350,000 from both of down future increases in health care them, Mathewson said. cost. The bill was a compromise, hamThe bill, introduced by Senate Ma- mered out by health care professionjority Leader James Mathewson, als and trial attorneys several months D-Sedalia, would limit the amount ago. Missourians could receive for "non- Mathewson said the rising cost of economic" damages, such as pain, medical malpractice insurance was suffering, disfigurement, mental an- becoming too much of a financial burguish and physical impairment, to den for doctors. $350,000.
The bill contains a special clause to The limit applies to all defendents put the new law into effect immediin malpractice suits. So if a person ately after being signed by the goverwere successful -in a suit against a nor. Lawsuit dropped; work on stores resumes By Mike Penprase Our Tri-Lakes Bureau FORSYTH Work can resume at new Consumers and Wal-Mart stores in Branson because a lawsuit blocking the way has been dropped. During a hearing in Taney County Circuit Court Monday morning, Judge Clifford Crouch dismissed the lawsuit filed in the form of a temporary restraining order against the city of Branson by Ozark Country Mall Inc. and Mall Associates.
Ten days before, the judge had issued a restraining order against the under the direction of Hackleman-Peterman Funeral Home, El Dorado Springs. Mr. Goodwin died Monday in Truman Lake Manor, Lowry City, of natural causes. Visitation will be after 7 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Curt Gracey NIXA Services for: Curt Matthew Gracey, 10, Nixa, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church of Nixa. Burial will be in Richwood Cemetery. Curt died at 11:10 p.m. Saturday as the result of an automobile accident one mile south of Springfield on U.S.
Highway 160. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in Harris Chapel. Terry Gracey NIXA Services for Terry L. Gracey, 34, Nixa, will be at 2 p.m.
Wednesday in First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Richwood Cemetery. Mr. Gracey died at 11:10 p.m. Saturday as the result of an automobile accident one mile south of Springfield on U.S.
Highway 160. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in Harris Chapel. Malinda Hansen Services for Malinda Hansen, 55, Springfield, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Trinity Lutheran Church.
Burial will be in National Cemetery under the direction of Ralph Thieme Funeral Home. Mrs. Hansen died at 11 a.m. Sunday in her home of a short illness. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m.
today in the funeral home. Earl Hillenburg: FAIR GROVE Services for Earl D. Hillenburg, 63, Fair Grove, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Greenlawn North Chapel. Burial will be in Pleasant Hope Cemetery, Mr.
Hillenburg died at 7:48 a.m. Monday in Cox Medical Center North after a long illness. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home, Keturah "Kitty" Holcomb WILLOW SPRINGS Services for Keturah "Kitty" Holcomb, 82, Wil- city. Because the case was dismissed "without prejudice," it is possible it can be refiled, one of the attorneys attending the hearing said.
Monday's hearing at an otherwise closed-down courthouse had been called to hear arguments in the suit filed by Branson attorney Peter Rea, who also is involved in the mall project. In the lawsuit, Rea and his partners contended city officials acted improperly by allowing Wal-Mart and Consumers to start building, even Margaret Ooley Graveside services for Margaret. Ooley, 64, Springfield, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Greenlawn Cemetery. Burial will be under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home North.
Mrs. Ooley died at 10:35 a.m. Sunday in Springfield Community Hospital after a long illness. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Donald Price RICHLAND Services for Donald Dean Price, 18, Richland, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Colonial Chapel. Graveside services will -be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Anderson Hill Cemetery. Mr.
Price died Saturday in an automobile accident near Richland. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. S.P. Swenson TULSA, Okla.
Services for S.P. "Doc" Swenson, 79, formerly of Republic, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Clever Methodist Church. Burial will be in Wise Hill Cemetery, Clever, under the direction of Heath-Griffin Funeral Home, Tulsa. Mr.
Swenson died at 12:30 p.m. Sunday in Sherwood Manor Nursing Home, Tulsa, after a long illness. Marie Thompson Services for Marie Thompson, 91, Springfield, will be at a.m. Wednesday in Unimana versity Chapel. Burial will be in Lincoln Cemetery, Mrs.
Thompson died Saturday in Hillhaven Convalescent Center after a long illness. Other deaths Here are notices of recent deaths of present or former residents of southwest Missouri. More details will be published when information is made available by funeral directors. Orville Fergus, 75, Springfield, died at 7 a.m. Monday in Cherry Manor Healthcare Center.
Arrangements will be announced by Marsh Funeral Home, Rogersville. Cora F. Sullivan, 78, Pierce City, died at 3:30 p.m. Monday in Freeman Hospital, Joplin. Arrangements will be announced by Lakin Funeral Home, Pierce City.
though the work did not comply with the mall's original plans. Rea also contended the two businesses did not have to pay any fees before starting construction. City officials found themselves caught in the middle of a complicated dispute between Consumers and WalMart on one side and the mall owners on the other. That dispute included questions about granting a sewage-line easem*nt through property Rea and his. partners still own.
After nearly three hours of closed negotiations involving more than six attorneys, Branson attorney Gary Allman told the people waiting in the courtroom Monday that the case had been dismissed. Staff Watson Smoke damages home: Firefighters Rick Kuhn (in doorway) and Mike Abbey remove debris after a fire Monday in a residence owned by Eunice Peck at 1621 W. Florida St. Capt. Paul Brookshire of Fire Station -No.
5 said the fire was reported at about 2:45 p.m. Brookshire said the fire appeared to have started near a dryer in the utility room. Brookshire said the utility room, kitchen and basem*nt sustained the heaviest damage. He said the entire house sustained smoke and water damage. Births 920 N.
South. COX, Weller, RILEY, Route 2, Cox South. KELLEY, Aurora, Gary and 0 Karen (Smith), GOODALL. Howard and Terry (Walker), a girl, 8:20 a.m. Jan.
19, Cox Brookline, a boy, 1:24 p.m. Jon. 20, St. John's. Richard and Robin (Codav), 2146 N.
BARKER, Brian and Wendy (Lincoln), a girl, 11:27 a.m. South. Mount Vernon, a boy, 7:56 a.m. Jon.20, St. Kenneth and Gerrie (Asher), John's.
Seymour, a girl, Jan. 19, GIARETTE. Fredrick and Sharon Timothy and Diana (Jackson), (Helms). Rockaway Beach, a girl, 11:53 a girl, 10:31 p.m, Jon. 19, Cox South, a.m.
Jan. 20, St. John's. low Springs, will be at 2 p.m. today in the United Methodist Church.
Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery under the direction of Hiler Funeral Home. Mrs. Holcomb died Saturday evening in Willow Care Nursing Home of natural causes. Arlie Howe BROOKLINE Services for Arlie V. Howe, 80, Route 1, Brookline, will be at 11 Wednesday in Meadors Funeral Chapel, Republic.
Burial will be in Manley Cemetery near Battlefield. Mr. Howe died Sunday morning in his home after a long illness. J. Larry Leonard NEOSHO Memorial services for J.
Larry Leonard, 81, Neosho, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Christian Church. The body' has been cremated under the direction of FreundThompson Funeral Home. Mr. Leonard died of natu-ral causes at 8:55 p.m.
Friday in Freeman Hospital, Joplin. Carl Morris KANSAS CITY Serv. ices for Carl J. Morris, 62, Kansas City, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Butler Funeral Home, Bolivar.
Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Bolivar. Mr. Morris died at 6 p.m. Sunday in Liberty Hospital, Liberty, after suffering an apparent heart attack. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
today at the funeral home. Lee Nickles WAYNESVILLE Services for Albert Lee Nickles, 73, Waynesville, will be at 2:30 p.m. today in Colonial Chapel, Richland. Burial will be in Idumea Cemetery. Mr.
Nickles died of natural causes Saturday in his home. Winnie Oldfield Graveside services for Winnie R. Oldfield, 73, Springfield, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Greenlawn Cemetery. Burial will be under the direction of Klingner Mortuary.
Mrs. Oldfield died at 3:48 p.m. Monday in Cox Medical Center North after a short illness. Announcements are arranged through Obituaries southwest Missouri funeral directors. Samuel Bethel Samuel Bethel, 69, Grove, died Saturday in Grove General Hospital after a long illness.
He was born Sept. 15, 1915 in Joplin. He was a pharmacist at Oak Hill Hospital, Joplin, and he retired in 1982. He was a member of the Methodist Church. A Navy veteran of WW11, he was a member of the masonic lodge, the AARP, the V.F.W.
and the Elks Blue Lodge. He married Lou Shaw April 17, 1938 in Monett. She survives, along with two daughters, Barbara Wolfe, Republic, Nancy Minor, Butler; a sister, Elizabeth Fowler, Riverside, and five grandchildren. Arrangements are under the direction of Mason-Woodard of Grove, Okla. Curt Gracey NIXA Curt Matthew Gracey, 10, Nixa, died at 11:10 p.m.
Saturday as the result of an automobile accident one mile south of Springfield on Missouri Highway 160. Curt was a fourth grader in the Nixa schools. He had recently won the regional hoop-shot title and was preparing to participate in the state finals. He was a member of a local basketball team sponsored by Nixa Bank. Survivors include hismother, Cindy Gracey; two brothers, Craig and Bret, of the home: paternal grandmother, Carol Schmidt, HoIyoke, paternal grandfather, Jim Gracey, Holdrege, paternal great-grandparents, George and Ardis Hirco*ck, Holyoke, maternal grandparents, George and Nadine Sumpter, Springfield; and maternal greatgrandmother, Mrs.
Frankie Peters, Carterville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church with Rev. Maurice Cox and Dr. T.T.
Crabtree officiating, Burial will be in Richwood Cemetery, Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. today in Harris Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made in care of Nixa Bank. Terry Gracey NIXA Terry Gracey, 34, Nixa, died at 11:10 p.m. Saturday as the result of an automobile accident one mile south of Springfield on Missouri Highway 160.
Mr. Gracey moved from Springfield to Nixa in 1978 and was employed as an countant with Fleet Service. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Nixa. An avid sportsman, he had coached League and was a coach for a Nixa basketball team at the Springfield Boys Club. He was a member of the Nixa Booster Club.
Survivors include his wife, Cindy; two sons, Craig and Bret, of the home: his mother, Carol Schmidt, Holyoke, his father, Jim Gracey, Holdrege, maternal grandparents, George and Ardis Hirco*ck, Holyoke, a brother, Mike Gracey, Holyoke, and a sister, Susan Davidson, Fremont, Calif. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday. in First Baptist with Rev. Maurice Church, Dr.
T.T. Crabtree officiating. Burial will be in Richwood Cemetery under the direction of Harris Funeral Home. Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made in- care of Nixa Bank. Malinda Hansen Malinda Hansen, 55, Springfield, died at 11 a.m. Sunday in her home after a short illness. Mrs. Hansen 1 had been a Springfield resident since 1938 and the secretary of Trinity Lutheran Church since 1974: She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, the Women's Auxillary, the Bell Choir, LWML, and the Altar Guild.
Survivors include her husband, Gerald three sons, Glen, Paul and Steven, all of Springfield; a daughter, Sheryl Hansen, Lake Wales, a sister, Alva Driver, Brookline; and six grandchildren, Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday In Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Joseph Bragg officiating. Burial will be in Notional Cemetery under the direction of, Ralph Thieme Funeral Home. Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.
The casket will be closed at the beginning of service. Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church. Earl Hillenburg GROVE Earl D. Hillenburg, 63, Fair Grove, died at 7:48 a.m. Monday in Cox Medical Center North after a long illness.
Mr. Hillenburg was the owner and operator of Fruitland Grocery for 22 years. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Etto Mae: three daughters, Susie Sutherland, Fair Grove, Stokes, Brighton, and Debbie Frazer, Nashua, N.H.; a brother, Claude, Pleasant Hope; a sister, Marie Brown, Pleasant Hope; and six grandchildren. Services will be at 1 p.m.
Wednesday in Greenlawn North Chapel with the Rev. Chester Cossins officiating. Burial will be In Pleasant Hope Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Arlie V. Howe BROOKLINE Officiating at services for Arlie V. Howe, 80, Brookline, will be Rev. Alfred Busby and Rev. Randall Moody.
Mr. Howe was a member of Wilson's Creek Baptist Church and a well-known farmer stockman. Survivors include his wife, Mae; one son, Louie, Brookline; two daughters, Reba Sumner, Ash Grove, Delores Olson, Nixa; two sisters, Arlena May, Richmond, Ora Keltner, Brookline; five grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. Margaret Ooley Margaret Ooley, 64, Springfield, died at 10:35 a.m. Sunday in Springfield Community Hospital after a long illness.
Mrs. Ooley was a homemaker and a member of Grant Avenue Baptist Church. Survivors Include her husband, Howard a son and daughter-In-law, Lt. Col. John E.
and Carolyn Ooley; a brother, W. E. Trotter, Springfield; and three sisters, Isabel Wykoff, Willie Jean Whitworth and JoAnn Butts. all of Springfield. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m.
Wednesday in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens with Dave Dowien officiating. Friends may call at Greenlawn Funeral Home North from 7 to 8 p.m. today. Patrick Ragan HARRISON, Ark. Pat- rick E.
Ragan, 53, Harrison, formerly of Springfield, died Saturday in St. Vincent's infirmary in Little Rock, after a long illness. Mr. Ragan was born Oct. 30, 1932, in Mountain the son of Carrington and Genevieve Holt Ragan.
He was the third generation of his family to own and operate Holt Memorial Chapel in Harrison, following his mother, Genevieve Ragan, and his grandfather, L.C. Holt. He developed Rivermonte Memorial Gardens in Springfield which he operated along with Eastlawn Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Glenna Jones Ragan; a son, Kent Patrick Ragan, Springfield; two daughters. Kerry Leigh Ragan, of the home, and Kelly Ragan Anerud, Oslo, Norway; and two aunts, Mildred Baker and Virginia Richmond, both of Harrison.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Holt Memorial Chapel. The body will lie in state from 2 p.m. today until committal serve Ices at 3 p.m. in Rivermonte Chapel, Springfield.
Entombment will follow in Rivermonte Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made to the Arkansas Kidney Foundation, 500 E. Markham Street, Little Rock, Ark. 72203. Marie Thompson Marie Thompson, 91, Springfield, died Saturday in Hillhoven Convalescent Home after a long Illness.
A lifelong resident of Springfield, she was 0 member of the Benton Ave. A.M.E. Church. Survivors inciude a niece and several cousins. Services will be at 11 a.m, Wednesday in Gorman-Scharpf University Chapel with the Rev.
Donna Roberson officiating. Burlal will be in Lincoln Cemetery..
