Dec. 21, 1972 SPRINGFIELD (Mo.) Near Joplin Murderer Captured JOPLIN (Special) A convicted murderer who escaped from an Arkansas, prison, farm: was captured by. Newton, and highway patrol officers, morning near Joplin. The patrol said a minor auto accident led' to the arrest of James Louis (Jimmie) Surridge, 66, who had been missing from Cummins Prison Farm at Grady since noon, Nov. 19.
His whereabouts were learned after Trooper B. J. Harper was dispatched to the scene of a minor accident south of here on Mo. 43, about 8 a.m. today.
Harper was informed by the driver of the vehicle, Patrick Snow of Seneca, that a passenger in his car was waiting in a nearby grocery store until the accident investigation was completed. The driver said the passenger, a hitchhiker, had mentioned being an escapee from an Arkansas prison and appeared to be armed. He had given his name to Snow. Trooper Harper radioed Troop headquarters in Springfield, where a file check revealed that Surridge, formerly of southwest Missouri, had a long record of criminal activity. A check with the National Crime Information Center revealed that he had escaped from the prison farm, where he was serving a life sentence for murder.
Officer Harper, assisted by three other troopers and Newton County Deputy Sheriff Lee Greninger, then entered Drake's Store and took the man into custody without resistance. He was carrying a concealed revolver. Officers said they were assisted in the arrest by the owner of the store, Charles Drake. Surridge was jailed at Neosho, pending the arrival of Arkansas authorities. Hearnes Slaps GOP Over Merit System Opinion NEW ORLEANS (UPI) Missouri Gov.
Warren E. Hearnes Wednesday charged that Republican state officials apparently favor the merit system "when it covers only members of the Republican party." Hearnes, in New Orleans for a meeting of the Ozarks Regional Commission, was responding to a ruling by Republican Attorney General John Danforth Tuesday, which made an executive order by Hearnes void. The order would have extended the merit system to employes of the state Public Service Commission. Hearnes said, "I think it shows that the Republican party was not sincere in their campaign talk of this last year when they said they were in favor of extending the merit system." Stavricos Trial Is Hung Jury A 24-year-old Springfield man, whose trial on burglary and stealing charges ended with a hung jury Wednesday, remains in jail in lieu of bond pending action on several charges. William Leonardo Stavricos was tried Tuesday and Wednesday in connection with a breakin last June 25 at the Fulton Rental Center, 1500 East Trafficway.
Circuit Judge Douglas W. Greene declared a mis-trial at 4:45 p.m. after the jurors reported they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict. The jury began deliberations at 3 p.m. Heavy Equipment Company Inactivated FORT LEONARD WOOD (Special) -The 683rd Heavy Equipment Maintenance Company has been inactivated after two years at Fort Leonard Wood, an Army spokesman announced today.
The company, transferred here more than two years ago from Fort Irwin, provided direct support maintenance to all base units and backup support to the maintenance division of the Army's directorrate of industrial operations. Personnel affected by the Dec. 19 order will be reassigned. An Osteopath Dies at 65 Dr. ho*rman Served Gainesville Area GAINESVILLE (Special) Funeral, services for M.
J. ho*rman, 65, a longtime -osteopath here, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Gainesville High School auditorium with the Rev. Wiley McGhee officiating. Burial will be in the Smith Chapel Cemetery under.
direction of Clinkingbeard of Gainesville. Dr. ho*rman died at 9:14 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Hospital in Springfield following la short illness.
Dr. ho*rman opened his "country doctor" office here in 1940 above a garage and became a successful traveling doctor, delivering 1,768 babies, of which 500 were born in the Ozark countryside. He said later his success hinged on a impressive X-ray machine be brought to Gainesville, and the confidence he gained on his first day when he stitched up a head wound of a local woman who fell from a horse. Dr. ho*rman also pioneered office births: in the area and more than 1000 babies were born in his modern office.
The mother and her child would leave for home an hour or two after delivery, Dr. ho*rman was graduated from the Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery in 1931. He was a member of the tian Church. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Dedie ho*rman, of Linn, Kan.
Fordland Camp Jaycees Bring Yule to Children Santa Claus will visit the City Children's Home, 1212 West Lombard, tomorrow night thanks to the Fordland Honor Jaycees chapter. Jaycees Austin Johnson said that the chapter has conducted a fund raising campaign in the Webster County camp to help bankroll Santa's 6 p.m. visit to the home and a companion Christmas party for the children. Jaycees," he said, "wanted to do something for underprivileged children during the Christmas season. They had some funds to work with and know the feeling of not having anyone or anything at Christmas.
We felt if we could do something for someone less fortunate, we would also satisfy our desires for Christmas Traveler Loses Checks, Cheese An Illinois traveler told police this morning he had lost cheese and checks to a car burglar during a stopover in springfield. Norm Taylor, Eureka, said his car was parked at a motel at 2715 North Glenstone when a thief removed $15 in assorted cheese and $400 worth of American Express Traveler's Checks in $20 denominations. Police also are investigating the theft of $200 in personal items from a young apartment dweller. Connie S. Davis, 17, of 1110 West Walnut, told officers she returned home at 9:30 last night to discover that her roommate had moved out, taking records, clothes and a purse.
She said she called the roommate, who admitted the theft, but police were unable to immediately locate the other girl. Intangible Tax Checks Go Out Greene County Treasurer Harry Blackwell is in the process today of mailing intangible tax money and school foundation funds. Intangible tax funds totaling $877,241.07, collected by the state, will be sent to the county's incorporated towns, school districts, Road and Bridge Department and the county library. The city of Springfield's share is $211,293.24, the Springfield R-12 School District will receive $485,765.46, Blackwell said. In addition, Blackwell received the second school payment of $2,624,049 for the 1972-73 school year.
The Missouri Division of Veteran Affairs, Wilhoit Building, will be closed Dec. 25-26. Shop Owner Says Two Men Tried to Pry Open a Door Charges of attempted bur-1 glary were expected to be filed this afternoon against two young men accused of attempting to burglarize the OK Transmission Shop, 1050 East Trafficway. Police arrested the pair at one of their homes last night after they were identified by Don Loveland, owner of the shop, as the two who tried to enter the business as he was working there. Truce Key to Future U.S.-Soviet Relations MOSCOW (AP)- Leonid that future Soviet American large extent on settlement of The general secretary of the Soviet Communist party, condemned the new bombing attack on North Vietnam and called for a speedy end to "the dirtiest war in the history of the world." He said the Soviet government will spare no efforts in its support of North Vietnam's "courageous struggle." Brezhnev was the chief speaker at the opening of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Soviet Union.
He spoke to some 6,000 Soviet and foreign Communists in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. "The negotiations with President Nixon in Moscow this spring were a big step forward in the development of SovietAmerican relations," Brezhnev said. "Much will depend on the course of events in the immediate future and, in particular, on the the question of ending in Vietnam." tuw.in Among the visitors in the audience was Truong Chinh, a top Testifies To Murder By JAMES R. PEIPERT I. Brezhnev said today relations will depend to a the war in Vietnam.
member of North Vietnam's ruling Politburo. Brezhnev peered over his metal-rimmed spectacles and told the delegates: "Now the world has become witness to new American imperialist crimes in Grave responsibility devolves on the U.S. government for these barbarian acts and for the bloodshed that it continues to inflict on the Vietnamese people. "Like all peace loving states, like all the peoples of the world, the Soviet Union firmly and indignantly condemns these acts of aggression." After dealing with the Soviet Union's major capitalist adversary, Brezhnev took a swipe at the country's Communist adChina, which did not versary, send a delegation to the anniversary celebration. Brezhnev claimed that the Soviet.
Union has repeatedly proposed to China since 1969 that the two countries sign a nonag. gression pact but that China not replied. Brezhnev said the Soviet Union has "neither territorial nor economic claims to China" and that the "laws of history will ultimately that Soviet friendship will be restored. "We want to see China a flourishing Socialist power, and to work shoulder to shoulder with her for peace, against imperial-. ism," Brezhnev said.
"But when this is to come about depends on China herself." Brezhnev also made these other marks points on in foreign his affairs: wide-ranging Free exchange of ideas: "One often hears that the West attaches importance to cooperation in the cultural domain and, especially 1 to exchange of ideas, broader information, and contacts between nations. "We, too, are in favor of this if, of course, such cooperation is conducted with respect for the sovereignty, the laws and the customs of each country, and if it promotes mutual spiritual enrichment of the peoples, greater confidence between them, and the ideas of peace and Mutual force reductions: "The Soviet Union favors serious preparations for, and the effective conduct of," negotiations on reducing armed forces in Europe, and particularly Central Europe. "It appears that it will not begin later than the middle of 1973. "We will strive to attain imposing results at the conference, of benefit for all its Latin America: "Our cooperation with many Latin American countries been making considerable headway of late," and the recent visit of President Salvador Allende of Chile was a new important step in the development our relations. We have deep sympathy for the struggle for freedom of the people of Chile, as we also have for that of the peoples of other Latin- American countries.
We are convinced that this struggle will be crowned with success." Prime Minister Fidel Castro, wearing his traditional army fatigue uniform, sat behind the podium with other Communist heads of state. Mideast: "Many countries have declared in favor of resolving the Middle East problems on the basis of the relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions but regrettably words are not enough. "If they were buttressed by concrete political actions, Israel would be compelled to agree to a peaceful settlement, to recognize the legitimate rights of the Arab peoples. As concerns the Soviet Union, our readiness to contribute to this is well known." Brezhnev left the podium after the first two hours and minutes of his address, took an hour-long break, returned and spoke another hour.
Concentrating on internal developments during the second half of his report, he revealed for the first time officially that the Soviet Union's gross grain harvest this year was 168 million tons, far short of the plan target of 190 million tons. "The weather was exceptionally unfavorable," Brezhnev explained. The disastrous crop year forced the Soviet Union to purchase some two billion dollars worth of grain from the West, a billion dollars worth of it from the United States. Gas Tax Share Totals $89,603 Springfield's share in Missouri gas tax collections in October was $89,603.35, city Finance Director Ed Lowry said today. That's a seasonal decrease from $97,263.86 received in November, for September collections.
November check was an all-time record, reflecting the first full month in which the two-cent gas tax increase was effective. -Junior Editors' Quiz onTHE COYPU THE COYPUS VALUABLE FUR IS COVERED WITH COARSE GUARD HAIRS Cunningham! QUESTION: What is the coypu and where does it live? -Staff Photo Pauses for Punch Jolly Old Saint Nick may perform most of his duties for young- sters, but he can also be the life of the party among the older set. Leona Hopkins (left) and Golden Curry perhaps recall their younger days of writing letters to the North Pole or sitting on the bearded fellow's lap. Santa was a guest at a Christmas party at the Senior Citizens Community Center in South Avenue Park where most of the other guests were from the senior citizen highrises in the city. Consumers Markets, Hiland Dairy and Fadler Foods provided refreshments.
Husband-Wife Dispute Rolls Right to the Police Station A mobile husband wife pute swung through a police department parking lot before ending with a crash in the 900 block St. Louis early today, Police didn't learn of the "argument, however, until the wife appeared at the department's information desk at 4 a.m. to report the incident. She said her intoxicated husband had approached her at her LSD Charge Is Dismissed Not Enough Evidence To Prove Possession A charge of illegal of LSD against a 21-year-old man has been dismissed. Magistrate Richard L.
Franks upheld a defense motion to suppress evidence and to dismiss the case of Joe Paul Jones, 2750 West Olive, a carpenter, because there was insufficient evidence to prove "exclusive possession and control." The evidence was that Jones and three other persons were living in the house, and there was no evidence that Jones knew anything about or owned some LSD that was found under a water bed. where. Jones had been sitting. Jones was accused of an offense Oct. 20.
In related action, assistant Prosecutor Charles LeCompte was in the process today of preparing a motion for drug destruction to be filed in the Jones case but also asking for destruction of other contraband seized in the last year by both police officers and sheriff's deputies. The drugs officers want destroyed are not needed as evidence. Most of the contraband is at the Regional Crime Laboratory at police headquarters. In the past the illegal drugs have been disposed of by burning, but with the burning law in effect the contraband will be burned in an approved incinerator at a local grocery store, LeCompte said. place of employment earlier, demanding her pay check.
When she refused and left in her car, he got into his own vehicle and began chasing her. The woman told officers she drove to the parking lot. on the west side of the police station and started to get out, but he rammed her vehicle with his own. Fearful that he would run over her, she started her car again and headed south. She said the chase ended when he rammed her car again on St.
Louis Street and her car was knocked into a mud hole, where it became stalled. She jumped out and escaped on foot, running and walking to the police station. Police were still seeking the man later today. Bookmobile Stop Is on the Square The Public Library Bookmobile will stop on Park Central Square tomorrow, from noon until 1:30 p.m., the Downtown Springfield Association reminded. The Library service, which has proved popular with downtown workers and shoppers, was begun in early November, and will continue in 1973.
Next stop on the Square will be Friday, Jan. 5. On Possible Suspects OLATHE, Kan. -Donald D. Brenner, 33, Topeka, testified in the murder trial of Eben W.
"Bill" Carpenter Wednesday that he shot and killed Willis Upshaw, a security guard, July 2 at the Lake Sherwood Estates near Topeka. Brenner testified that Carpenter, 31, his brother, Jan Carpenter, 24, and Miss Karen Larson, 20, aided and advised him in the murder. Carpenter is on trial charged with first -degree murder in the shooting of the 27. year-old Upshaw. Last week Jan Carpenter pleaded guilty to, reduced charges of second degree murder in the shooting.
Miss Larson is also charged with first -degree murder. Brenner testified on several occasions he and the brothers had discussed plans to kill Upshaw, who worked for a security firm operated by the brothers. general conversation was that Willis Upshaw was drinking too much and about the checks I had been cashing for Bill Carpenter," Brenner said. He testified he had signed fraudulently his name to 14 insurance claims and cashed them, returning part of the money to Eben Carpenter and keeping the remainder. duch*ess of Windsor Wins Court Battle PARIS (AP) The duch*ess of Windsor has won a court battle to have all of the unsold copies of the weekly "France Dimanche" seized.
A court ruled Wednesday that an article intimating that the duch*ess thinking of remarrying was "an intolerable invasion of the private life of the duch*ess of Windsor." Deputies Check Calls In Shooting Case Deputy Sheriffs Jess Craig and Ivan Johnson are continuing to check out numerous calls received about possible suspects in the attempted rape and wounding of a 19-year-old Greene County housewife. A drawing of the attackers made by Springfield Newspapers, artist Bob Palmer under the direction of the young woman was published Dec. 3 along with a photograph of an avocado green pickup truck similar to the one driven by the man. (ALT DISNEy'S True Life Adventures SMACKED SNACKER AN ELEPHANT REACHES UP INTO A TREE FOR A TIPEIT, AND Copyright 1973 Walt Disney World Rights VA CHIMP RESENTS HIS INTRUSION. 12-21 ANSWER: The coypu or nutria is a rodent native to South America.
It is a small -like animal, prized for its beautiful soft fur, which is one of the choicest furs sold today. It lives in and near streams, lakes and swamps. It is 1 to 2 feet long and has a round, almost hairless tail, nearly as long as its body. It is an aquatic rodent which lives in burrows close to the water. It has a luxuriant coat, with coarse guard hairs, protecting a fine soft underfur.
It is an excellent swimmer aided by its webbed hind feet. It breeds rapidly, may have nine young in a litter and feeds on the leaves and roots of aquatic plants. The coypu originated in Central and South America but now is found in southern United States and many other parts of the world. The breed is now well established in parts of Louisiana and some other states. They seem to thrive in the same areas as muskrats.
They are considered pests by farmers because they eat many kinds of green vegetables and damage crops. 12-21 (Nancy Neuren of Columbus, Georgia, wins a prize for this question. You can win $10 cash plus AP's handsome World Yearbook if your question, mailed on a postcard to Junior Editors in care of this newspaper, is selected for a prize.) Children Saved From Possible Death Friends Attempt to Replace Presents Lost as Home Burns AGE (Special) There may not be many presents, but this Christmas will hold a special meaning for the children of Mrs. Carolyn Thompson who were saved from possible death in a fire that destroyed their home early Monday. All the gaily wapped gifts were destroyed in the blaze that broke out in their old wood frame home about 20 miles east of here, but thanks to 12-yearold Mark, the children are alive.
Mrs. Thompson was working Nix Rift Denied KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) The White House firmly denies a rift exists between President Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger, but reports persist that Nixon has tightened the reigns on his chief Vietnam peace negotiator. speculation that the President and Dr.
Kissinger are not unified (on Vietnam policy) is absolutely without foundation and presidential press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said Wednesday before Nixon flew to his bayfront home here to spend the Christmas holidays. En route to Florida, Kissinger conferred with Nixon aboard the President's jetliner. They will be joined here late today or Friday by Kissinger's top aide, Gen. Alexander M.
Haig who was due in from Saigon. Kissinger himself has rejected what he called a "mischievous" theory that his relations with the President are frayed. "That is totally, 100 per cent wrong," he told one journalist. Nonetheless, Washington's corps of Kissinger watchers plus some of Kissingers' former Harvard colleagues sense that all's not that well between the President and his assistant for national security affairs. ric automatic typewriter is being installed in the Greene County prosecutor's office, and the staff is being instructed on its operation.
Prosecutor Dee Wampler noted that the typewriter was funded mainly by the Missouri Law Enforcement Assistance Council. AN IBM magnetic card select- at her job as a waitress at a truck stop restaurant when the flames erupted from a woodburning stove at 3 a.m. Mark apparently had awakened to go to the bathroom when he discovered the fire. He then awakened a brother, Randy, 14 and a sister, Rammy, 5, and each ran from the house. Then Randy realized his younger brother, 2-year-old Eric, was not with them.
The older brother ran back into the burning house, found the youngster huddied under a blanket and picked him up and ran from the house. Just as they reached safety, the roof collapsed. Mrs. said her children are staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Moore of Mount Vernon. Meanwhile, persons at the truck stop where Mrs. Thompson works have been collecting donations to buy presents for the children. "Thanks to them," she said, "There will be a few presents. But the children Jury Justifies Shooting Death deputies said they have received numerous calls about possible suspects and vehicles but that so far no, arrest has been made.
The victim, Mrs. Cathy Dill, was shot in the forehead with a small caliber weapon and apparently was left for dead. But instead of a fatal direct wound the bullet entered at an angle, and Mrs. Dill recovered. The incident occurred Nov.
9. Craig and Johnson continue to urge that anyone who has any information about the suspect or his vehicle notify the Greene County sheriff's office, either directly or through a local law enforcement agency. Stolen Property Charge Dismissed MT. VERNON (Special) A charge of possession of stolen property against a rural Spring. field man has been dismissed by the prosecuting attorney.
Preliminary hearing had been scheduled yesterday for Lee Kappler, 32, Route 12. Kappler was arrested Dec. 12 by Springfield police, who said he was in possession of three shotguns and four rifles stolen in Lawrence County. They Don't Want To Hear Carols HEANOR, England (UPI) Bah humbug department: Somebody has stolen the lights from a Christmas tree outside the Heanor Anglican church, police said Tuesday. And in Folkstone, people living in Canterbury Road have asked their member of parliament to ban children from singing Christmas carols outside their homes.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) An Olathe policeman acted with justification Dec. 13 when he shot to death Donald D. Denton, 31, Leavenworth, a Johnson County coroner's jury has declared. After hearing testimony of 14 witnesses, the jury ruled yesterday that Lt.
Chester W. Carter acted in the line of duty according to proper police standards, and held that Carter's actions were not felonious. Carter was temporarily suspended from the force pending the investigation. It was determined Denton was carrying a pistol that discharged, wounding Denton in the abdomen. Carter also fired his weapon, shooting Denton in the head.
The shooting occurred after Carter and Capt. Richard Ray of the Olathe police department answered a call reporting a man had threatened to kill his former wife. Fugitive hearing is set for Jan. 19 in magistrate court for Gerald Lee Crumley, 46, Willard, a painter, allegedly wanted in Shawnee County, on a' non-support charge. Crumley is free on a $1000 bond.
Robbery-by-Phone Attempt Is Failure Loveland said he was working in his office shortly before 7 p.m. when he heard someone trying to pry open a door. As he approached the door, he was spotted by a man who told a companion, "There's someone in Both men ran to a car parked on a nearby lot, and sped west. Provided, with a license number, police traced it to the residence where the suspects, 18 and 23, were taken into custody. A.
robbery-by-phone the first apparent try to hold up a Springfield business in the past 12 days, has failed at a PicN-Pay Market at 2654 Nichols. Mrs. Sarah Herren was working as a clerk in the market about 8:45 last night when a caller informed her he was in a car parked near the store and had a rifle trained on her. Mrs. Herren told Officer Frank Bennett the male caller instructed her to put all the store's, money outside in and a leave paper it on sack, a window ledge near an ice machine.
She said she looked out the window and saw no one, then ducked behind the counter while phoning police. Officers found no one in the area. A.
