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Daily nut. Flat River, Monday, May 12, 1960 Drug bill tops Senate agenda WASHINGTON (AP) A bill to allow American pharmaceutical companies to export drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration is at the top of the Senate's agenda this week. The measure, which is cosponsored by Sens. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, and Edward M.

Kennedy, D- would allow companies to sell these unlicensed drugs to nations that already have approved their safety and effectiveness. Kennedy and Hatch argue that American drug companies that have offshore operations can already sell unapproved drugs their on the bill would world market and that encourage these businesses to maintain U.S. operations. The bill will "stimulate research and production of new pharmaceuticals for tropical diseases and health conditions which are rampant in the Third World but which are virtually unknown i in this country," Kennedy said. But Sen.

Howard Metzenbaum, D- Ohio, argues the bill "is legislation that makes 'Made in America' a dirty word around the world." Metzenbaum said the bill "would codify an immoral double standard in our food and drug law and give the pharmaceutical industry a blank check to export any type of drug it chooses." Kennedy said the language he worked out with Hatch, the chairman of the Labor and Human Resources Committee, includes safeguards that should prevent abuses that Metzenbaum fears. The first votes are expected on Tuesday with final action scheduled for Wednesday, Hatch and Kennedy said the bill would encourage the growing pharmaceutical industry to remain on U.S. shores, thereby helping to cut the nation's trade deficit. Trade will be a big issue in the House this week, where a fight looms over legislation intended to push the Reagan administration to take tougher measures against unfair foreign competition. The zeal of Democratic proponents is undampened by administration claims it made progress at last week's economic summit in Tokyo.

"'The summit surely hasn't eradicated the problem," House Majority Leader Jim Wright, D- Texas, told reporters last week. "We still have a trade deficit that has cost us 4 million American jobs." The bill appears headed for approval by the Democraticcontrolled House even though President Reagan is expected to veto it. OFFICERS- -The new officers the Bonne Terre Memorial Library Auxilary were introduced Thursday. From left they are Kay Adams, secretary-treasurer; Joyce Calvert, vice president; and auxiliary president Nancy Steinmeyer. Staff photo by Mike Paluck De Soto woman robbed, two youths are captured Two youths who are accused of robbing a Jefferson County woman of about $150 Sunday afternoon on the lot of a Flat River convenience store are being held in the Juvenile Detention Center in St.

Louis. The 29-year-old rural De Soto woman told police she was sitting in a car on the parking lot of the 7-Eleven store on Federal Drive when a youth reached through the window and grabbed her purse. She said the boy took the money out of the purse and then fled on foot with another boy, going toward Esther. The woman and her brother gave pursuit, according to a police report, and chased the boys to the prea of the East Elementary and Middle School campus in Esther. Officer Phil Glenn of the Esther police was called to assist in the search for the youths.

While looking for the boys, information was received that they had gotten into a car. Later, additional information was received that the car and youths were at a drive-in restaurant in Flat River. Glenn, deputy sheriff Jim Hise and Flat River police Sgt. Donald Rawson went to the restaurant and took the youths into custody. The driver of the car, who was from Bonne Terre, was released after officers determined he had not been involved in what the Flat River police classified as a strong-arm robbery.

The juveniles, buth 16, are from Esther and St. Louis. Juvenile authorities were notified of the incident and joined in the investigation at the Flat River police station. They authorized the transportation of the youths to St. Louis for detention, pending further action in juvenile court.

Police said the victim gave officers a very thorough description of the two boys. When they were apprehended, one of the youths had a substantial amount of money in his possession. The robbery occurred shortly after 5 p.m., reports indicate, and the boys were in custody by 5:30. Gasoline fumes culprit in Farmington home fire Gasoline fumes are believed responsible for a fire which extensively damaged a Farmington home early Saturday, the fire chief said today. Phil Johnson said the fire illustrates why gasoline should not be taken into a home or other enclosed area.

The city fire department received the report of the blaze at 312 E. First St. at 3:46, and arrived a few minutes later to find the concrete block structure well involved in flames, according to the chief. Once the blaze was extinguished fire officials talked to one of the home's occupants who said gasoline was usedto clean paint brushes when the fire started. According to statements from Lee LaBratt, he and Charges pending against escapee Farmington police say charges are pending against a Cape Girardeau man who reportedly escaped from commitment at Farmington State Hospital Friday.

According to police reports the 36- year-old man ran away from a hospital aid 1 about 11 a.m., and his probable destination was Cape Girardeau. The man, identified by police as Jerry Wayne Dickerson, was apprehended near the Madison County Courthouse in Fredericktown shortly before 1 p.m. and returned to the local hospital. Reports of the incident also said the man was committed to the hospital by a local judge, and charges were still pending in the case. Flat (Continued from page 1) collision resulted in possible minor injuries to Lonnie Ray Nations, 26, of Elvins.

The accident occurred at the intersection of East Main and Fifth Streets, as both Nations, and Harry Lee Burgess of Flat River made a right turn off East Main Street onto a private parking lot, police said. Nation's injuries were listed as probable, but not apparent. Police report two other accidents not involving injury were also investigated over the weekend. One of them was a hit-and-run accident that is still under investigation. Today's Stocks The following selected stock information is supplied by Edward D.

Jones and Farmington, and United Press International. All prices are as of about noon EDT. LG (Laclede Gas) UEP (Union Electric) MD (McDonnell-Douglas) WETT (Wetterau) MTO (Monsanto) (Mercantile Bank) BOAT (Boatman Bank) FLR (Fluor-St. Joe) RAL (Ralston) 63 CM (Comm. Bancshares) WMT (Wal-Mart) ABUD (Anheuser-Busch) EN (Enron) 39- AC (American Can) 71- USS Missouri to Long Beach SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) The battleship USS Missouri, following a festive weekend reenlistment into the Navy, was to return to Long Beach today for final work on the refurbished, vessel.

Its 16 inch guns now augmented by missiles and nuclear capability, the World War Il-era battleship nicknamed "Mighty Mo," was returned to active duty Saturday in recommissioning ceremonies, ending 30 years in mothballs. The dreadnaught, which fought at Okinawa and Iwo Jima and again in the Korean War, is one of four battleships of the Iowa class returned to active duty. The others are the Iowa, the New Jersey and the Wisconsin. "Those of you who might wonder what we are doing reactiving a battleship older than most of her crew, Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger said during the dockside recommissioning, "might consider the extraordinary condition of this ship and the sophistication of armament, which matches any ship i in the world." Modernization of the Missouri added missiles, with nuclear capability, and other weapons to the vessel's nine 16-inch guns that can throw shells, the weight of cars, 23 miles.

Also on hand for the recommissioning was Margaret Truman-Daniel, daughter of former er President Harry S. Truman. Her father was a senator from Missouri when she was asked to commission the ship 42 years ago, she said. "I was wild with excitment," she added, recalling Jan. 29, 1944, when as a 19-year-old college junior, she broke a champagne bottle on the Missouri's bow and sent it off to war.

Some 21 months later, on Sept. 2, 1945, a Japanese delegation stood on the Missouri's teak deck with Gen. Douglas MacArthur and signed the formal surrender documents. "I rejoice to see her being returned today, soon to take her place again as a powerful defender of peace on our planet," Truman-Daniel said. Weinberger recalled the hope expressed by MacArthur on the occasion of the Japanese surrender that peace would return to the world forever.

However, since that day, Weinberger said 100,000 young Americans have died in combat in Korea, Vietnam and other places around the world. "We send her (the Missouri) back to sea with renewed conviction, knowing that we must never retreat from the relentless pressure of those nations that wish to destroy the way of life that all of us cherish," he said. Among dignitaries at the recommissioning, attended by approximately 10,000, were Gov. John Ashcroft of Missouri, who described the battleship as the "crown jewel in the ship building art." The ship's motto, "Strength for was never more applicable than today, Ashcroft said. Following Navy tradition, Capt.

A.L. Kaiss, the Missouri's skipper, gave the order: "Call the crew to quarters and bring the Missouri to life." At that point, most of the ship's crew of 1,500, in dress blues, ran from the dock single file onto the ship, the length of three football fields, to line the rails while radar dishes turned, signal lights flashed, the huge gun turrets rotated and the ban played Aweigh." In 1989, after construction of shoreside facilities, the Missouri will be homeported in San Francisco. Everyone's invited to ba barbecue another occupant of the home were using about one-half gallon of gas in a bucket to clean the brushes. "All of a sudden it lit up," Johnson quoted LaBratt as saying. This morning the fire chief said it appears as though the gasoline fumes traveled across the room and came in contact with a pilot light on either the water heater or stove.

The building suffered a considerable amount of damage, and the contents were listed as a total loss, Johnson said. There were no injuries reported. Firemen left the scene of the blaze at 5:38, but they were at the fire house until 7:16 getting the equipment back in service, the chief added. Items stolen from man's auto A tool Dox and its contents, an air pump, hydraulic jack and two rods and reels were items reported stolen from the car of a Doe Run man. A crime report at the county jail said the man discovered the theft Thursday when the trunk lid of his car came open.

Inspection the trunk lid revealed pry marks. The victim told an investigating officer he had left his car at two locations during the past several days, and was uncertain whether the crime occurred at one of the sites, or at his home. County- (Continued from page 1) Farmington was not injured in the collision on Highway 67 at Conway Road. According to the accident report, the truck driven by 31-year-old Rudy L. Earls was northbound on the highway when it was struck in the left side by a Ford Bronco driven by the local woman.

The pickup truck ran off the right side of the road and overturned. Earls was taken to Bonne Terre Hospital for Treatment. Obituaries ROPERT OTTINGER Robert D. Ottinger, 47, of Bonne Terre, died May 11 at Barnes Hospital. He was born Oct.

8, 1938 in Granite City, Ill. He was preceded in death by his father, Harvey Ottinger. Mr. Ottinger was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church of Bonne Terre, the Chamber of Commerce, Mineral Area Elks Lodge, Eagles Lodge of Desloge, American Legion of Festus, Hazelwood Khoury League and owner of Bonneville Motel in Bonne Terre.

He is survived by his wife, Rose Alice Meyer Ottinger, of Bonne Terre; his mother, Thelma Jones Ottinger; four children: Robert, Kurt, Brian and Scott, all of Bonne Terre; one brother, Harvey; one sister, Doris Newman and two grandchildren. Friends may call from 2-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Kutis Funeral Home, 10151 Grovois, Affton. Services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at St.

Joseph Catholic Church in Bonne Terre with Father Andrew Sigmund BENTON, Mo. (UPI) Everyone is invited to a free barbecue of 400 pounds of fresh beaver in an effort to rid Scott County of what many farmers consider a pesky varmint. The second annual Scott County Beaver Barbecue is scheduled for Thursday at the county courthouse in the southeast Missouri of 674. "They claim it's some of the best food around," said Louie Hirschowitz, head of the county commission and the guiding light of the event. "I've never had it myself, but some say it tastes like beef.

Others say it takes like pork. "It's free to all who come." Hirschowitz said many people consider beavers pests because their dams flood farm fields. The first barbecue last year relieved the county of 200 pounds of beaver. "The farmers complained and we decided here at the county commission to have a beaver barbecue and maybe the farmer would see how good it is," explained Hirschowitz. Court- (Continued from page 1) Elvins entered a plea of guilty to two felony charges.

He admitted to Judge Murphy that he was involved in the burglary of a shed at a Bonne Terre residence last September. He also pleaded guilty to failing to return rental property. The rental property, Campbell said, was a video cassette recorder and some video tapes he had rented He said he left them with a friend who was supposed to return them, but did not. He admitted, however, that he had received written notice from the firm about the items and had not responded. Campbell faces a possible maximum of seven years for burglary and five years for the failure to return rental equipment.

Judge Murphy ordered a presentence investigation and scheduled formal officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. JOE BATTREAL Joseph S. Battreal, 65, of Cadet, died May 9 at Washington County Memorial Hospital.

He was born May 23, 1920 in Washington County to the late Lewis and Alice Boyer Battreal. He is survived by his wife, Orpha Battreal, of Cadet; four sons: Bill Battreal, of Cadet, Larry Battreal, of Mineral Point, Jimmy Battreal, of Fenton and Donnie Battreal, of Cadet; ten daughters: Pat (Mrs. Kenny) Boyer, of Potosi, Carolyn Battreal, of Columbia, Catherine (Mrs. Maryin) Tedder, of Mineral Point, Julie (Mrs. Buck) East, of Potosi, Diane (Mrs.

Randy) Mull, of Potosi, Geraldine Parmley, of Richwoods, Brenda Battreal, of Potosi, Linda (Mrs. Doyle) Sitzes, of Potosi, Glenda (Mrs. Steve) Watts, of St. Charles and Tammy Battreal, of Potosi; three brothers: Clarence Battreal, of Cadet, Don Battreal, of Potosi and Ralph Batof the state of Texas; three Beavers have put up mudand-stick dams across ditches and small creeks faster than county work crews can tear them out, Hirschowitz said. "A beaver is a pretty smart animal and grows pretty big," he said, adding that they get up to 40 pounds.

County commissioners plan to raise about $100 for the beavers caught by a trapper. The trapper also gets to keep the pelts. Cooking the animals will be the task of Gil Robert, who runs a banquet business in Benton. First the beavers will be parboiled for about four hours with lemons, oranges, apples and onions put in the water to remove the meat's wild taste, Robert said. Then the beavers will be smoked whole for six hours in a device Robert normally uses to smoke six whole hogs.

After that, the meat will be shredded and simmered in Robert's special barbecue sauce. He said the sauce's recipe is a secret. "I've never eaten it before," Robert said. "But I've done everything else, from goats to sentencing for June 20. Nine misdemeanor counts of bad checks and a felony charge of defrauding a secured creditor pending against Campbell were dismissed in a charge-bargaining agreement.

The defendant was to have stood trial on the burglary charge Tuesday. (Continued from page 1) Ligachev and Soviet Premier Nikolai I. Ryzhkov, visited the disaster area May 2. After that visit, the evacuated zone was expanded from six miles to 18 miles, and measures were announced to care for evacuees and to warn the 2.4 million residents of Kiev, the Soviet Union's third-largest city, of potential radiation hazards. sisters: Hannah Ferrell, of St.

Louis, Juanita Grace, of the state of Maine and Catherine Lowe, of Cadet and 16 grandchildren. Funeral services were held 10 a.m. today at St. Joachim Catholic Church in Old Mines with Father John Bolderson officiating. Burial was in St.

Joachim Cemetery. Arrangements were under the of Gum and Son Funeral Home in Potosi. FRANK TUCKER Frank Tucker, 70, formerly of Flat River, died May 7 at Bushnell, Fla. He was born April 7, 1916 to the late William and Anna Marler Tucker. He was preceded in death by one son, Charles Tucker and one brother, Charles Tucker.

He is survived by his wife, Josephine Tucker; one sister, Sue DeGrant, of Elvins; two stepdaughters; one stepson and a number of other friends and relatives. Burial was May 10 in Wildwood, Fla. groundhogs. I'd say that beaver leans to a beef taste." Beaver season in Missouri runs from Nov. 20 to March 31.

Dennis Steward, a Conservation Department supervisor in Cape Girardeau, said beavers can be shot or trapped out of season by landowners who determine NEW CHARTER-St. Francois County Chapter No. 5848 of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) received its charter from the national AARP during a ceremony Tuesday night. Rep. Frank Ellis, D-Sedgewickville, and Basil Starkey, assistant state Ottinger (Continued from page 1) that it has since discharged the person who did the check.

Ottering was the owner of the Bonneville Motel in Bonne Terre and a member of several local lodges and civic organizations. A complete obituary including funeral arrangements can be found on page 2 of today's Daily Journal. MARY ROBERTS Mary Ruth Roberts, 57, of Farmington, died May 11 at Farmington Community Hospital. She was born Jan. 19, 1929 in Alvord, Texas, to the late Neff and Bessie Pearl Sutton McDonald.

Ms. Roberts was a long time resident of Farmington and a member of the Genevieve Baptist church. She is survived by one son, Paul Hammers, of St. Charles; two daughters: Barbara Pigg and Patricia L. Yount, both of Cape Girardeau; one half brother, Raymond Sutton, of Flat River; 12 grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren.

Friends may call 7 p.m. today at Cozean Funeral Home. Services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Genevieve Baptist Church with Rev. Delbart Allen officiating.

Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. If desired, memorials may be made to the Genevieve Baptist Church. the animals are causing property damage. In some instances, one person can be desigated by a group of landowners to remove beavers from their properties. Such actions require the notification of the Conservation Department.

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