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6 The Sioux City Journal, Tuesday, June 1 6. 1 992 Burglars remember Watergate Donald Lehrman UAimirc a LKoi Malice, dieSun- MIAMUAP) Twenty years after Wargate, day, June 14, 1992, at his residence ost of the burglars who helped bring down a J' nciHnt wtrv nr rect in the Miami ciincninA nut president work or rest in the Miami sunshine, but in Maurice. the wounds left by the events of June 17, 1972, Viola Albertus ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa Viola Albertus, 88, of Rock Rapids, died Sunday at a nursing home in Rock Rapids. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Rock Rapids, with burial in Riverview Cemetery.

Visitation will be 2-9 p.m. today, with the family present 7-8 p.m., at Roste Funeral Home in Rock Rapids. Harold F. Bouck ELK POINT, S.D. Harold F.

Bouck, 66, of Elk Point, died Sunday, June 14, 1992, at his residence after an extended illness. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wed died without signing tne decree, and his wife was contesting its validity. "You don't know how bad it was," he sighed. He was the only burglar to receive a pardon, winning his from President Reagan in 1983.

The conspirators don't agree on why they went into the Democratic National Committee offices at Washington's Watergate hotel and office complex. Hunt said they needed to replace a malfunctioning electronic bug. Barker is certain it was to photograph the contents of 40 mysterious file cabinets. Sturgis thinks the White House wanted sexual blackmail material against Democratic politicians. Martinez said he was told to photograph financial records.

Barker insisted he has no regrets about what he did and said Watergate is a badge of honor in Miami's conservative Cuban-American community. But he hates being called a burglar. "To me, a burglar is a guy who goes into your bedroom at night and steals your family jewels," he said. "I could never do that." Virgil io Gonzalez, 67, the Little Havana locksmith who helped break into the Watergate building, is proud to be remembered in connection with the burglary. "I'm part of history," he said.

"My name is in the books of this country." Martinez is the most contrite. "I was ashamed to be part of the whole thing," he said. "I did not want myself to be involved in the downfall of a president of the United States." up," Hunt sail Across Miami lives burglary team member Frank Sturgis, 67, a Philadelphia-born former cop, sometimes-investigator and constant anti-Castro conspirator. As he sat by his pool worrying about plans for his 13-year-old daughter's slumber party, he was more upbeat than Hunt about the meaning of Watergate. "We were responsible for one big hell of a thing, and it really screwed up the country," said Sturgis.

"But it made our government a little bit stronger. I feel the laws that came about after Watergate didn't give the president whether it was Nixon or anybody else the free rein to do what a dictator would do." In Miami's western suburbs lives another burglar, Bernard Barker, 75, a retired city code inspector who recently brought his childhood sweetheart from Cuba and married her. He compared Watergate to his days as a World War II bomber crewman over Germany. "I see no difference between this and being a bombardier in World War II I was doing my duty," he said. The day of the Watergate burglary was bad in more ways than one for Eugenio Martinez, 69, who now sells cars in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood.

The morning of the break-in, Martinez received his final decree after a bitterly contested divorce, then raced to Washington. After his arrest that night, he learned that the judge in his divorce case have yet to heal. In a rare interview, spy novelist and former CIA agent E. Howard Hunt expressed bitterness that he spent 33 months in prison while President Nixon was allowed to resign. "I felt that in true politician's fashion, he'd assumed a degree of responsibility but not the blame," he said.

"It wasn't my idea to go into the Watergate." But Hunt, 70, defends the constitutionality of the break-in that brought Nixon down. The conspirators who planned and executed the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters had no reason to question their orders. "Who's to say it's illegal if it's directed by the chief law enforcement officer of the land?" Hunt said. "Legality and illegality were never discussed." From the comfort of the canalside home he shares with his schoolteacher wife and younger children, Hunt reflected on how little he believes the United States learned from Watergate. "I was astonished a few years ago when the Iran-Contra hearings took place," he said.

"Again, we have a situation in which men of assumed probity and character were acting on what they believed to be the desires of the commander in chief. "And then the roof falls in, and they look around, and there's nobody there to back them Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Lutheran Church, rural Ireton, with the Rev. H.H.

Schauland officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Reading Township Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. today, with the family present p.m., at the Porter-Dow Funeral Home in Ireton.

Mr. Lehrman was born July 7, 1939, in Orange City, the son of Lawrence and Cora (Reipma) Lehrman. He lived on a farm southeast of Maurice and was a gas truck driver for 20 years. He also was a school bus driver in Maurice. For the last 10 years, he was a grave digger in the Maurice area.

Mr. Lehrman was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Ireton Gun Club, Pheasants Forever of Spencer, S.D., and Ducks Unlimited. Survivors include two brothers, Robert and Marvin, both of Maurice; two sisters, Mrs. Lavelle (Mary Lou) DeVries of Cushing and Mrs.

Richard (Madonna) Harrington of Salix; four nephews; and four nieces. DeEtta M. Mincer BRONSON, Iowa DeEtta M. Mincer, 71, of Bronson, died Sunday, June 14, 1992, at her home after a long illness. Graveside services will be at 10 nesday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel in Sioux City, with Elder Clifford Mehrer, of Jehovah's Witnesses (West Congregation), officiating.

Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery 7 Nazi visitors came ashore 50 years ago a.m. Wednesday at Memorial Pai Robert E. Allen SOUTH SIOUX CITY Robert E. Allen, 77, of South Sioux City, died unexpectedly Sunday, June 14, 1992, at his residence. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Wednes Cemetery in Sioux City, with the Rev. PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Germans are welcome on Florida beaches these days, but four who slipped ashore at this then-deserted northern Florida beach 50 The saboteurs who landed on Long Island were seen by an unarmed Coast Guardsman. The leader of the group, George John Dasch, attempted to bribe the young man with Jan Burnett, of Sergeant Bluff Community United Methodist Church, officiating. Visitation will be 4-9 years ago today came by submarine, $260.

not an airliner. By the time the guardsman day at Becker-Hunt Funeral Home in South Sioux City. The Rev. Dr. Ivan D.

Richardson, pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church, will officiate: Burial will be in Memorial Park 1 kC They wound up in the electric chair. In the early morning of June 16, 1942, the four paddled a rubber raft to shore from U-boat 584. They struggled with four large waterproof cases containing enough explosives to level factories, blow up bridges and canals, and terrorize Americans in stores and train depots. They were part of the Nazis' Operation Pastorius, which had reported the incident, the men were gone.

But Dasch, who claimed he was forced into espionage after returning to Germany in 1941 to visit his mother, called the FBI. The four who landed on Long Island were arrested in New York City. Two members of the Florida group were arrested in New York City and the other two were picked up in Chicago. The arrests occurred between June 20 and June 27. The eight were convicted by a Cemetery in Sioux I Awmmimmm begun four days earlier with a similar Thursday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel, with burial in Logan Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be 3-8 p.m. Wednesday, with the family present 6-8 p.m., at the funeral home. John E. O'Gara SOUTH SIOUX CITY John E. O'Gara, 74, of South Sioux City, died Sunday, June 14, 1992, at a South Sioux City nursing home after a brief illness.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Michael Catholic Church in South Sioux City, with the Rev. Thomas DeBacker officiating. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m.

at the Laurel (Neb.) City Cemetery. Visitation will be noon to 9 p.m. today, with a scriptural wake service at 7:30 p.m., at Becker-Hunt Funeral Home in South Sioux City. Mr. O'Gara was born Nov.

18, 1917, in Laurel, the son of Edward and Hilda (Winquist) O'Gara. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He taught school in Paxton and Minden, and later was employed at Harmack Chemicals in Minden. He retired in 1982 and moved to South Sioux City. Mr.

O'Gara was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church, Lions Club and American Legion. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Ted (Mergaret) Lorang of Sioux Falls, and Mrs. Vincent (Elsie) Hirschman of Sioux City; a brother, Dr.

Bart O'Gara, of Lolo, four aunts, Norma Paschall, of Victor-ville, Mildred O'Gara of Laurel, Ethel O'Gara of San Diego, and Francis Lewis of En-cinitas, and 10 nephews and nieces. Pallbearers will be Dennis, Paul and Roger Hirschman, and Joseph, Thomas, Daniel and Leo Lorang. landing of four men on the shore of secret military tribunal on Aug. 2, 1942. The four who landed here and New York's Long Island.

All eight men had all lived in the United States p.m. today, with a service conducted by the Ladies of the Moose at 7 p.m., at Christy Mor-ningside Funeral Home in Sioux City-Mrs. Mincer, the former DeEtta Christensen, was born March 15, 1921, in Sergeant Bluff. She married Raymond Mincer Sr. Aug.

27, 1938, in Elk Point, S.D. The couple made their home in Sioux City. He died Dec. 22, 1976, in Sioux City. She moved to Bronson in 1984.

Mrs. Mincer was a member of the Moose Lodge 752 in Sergeant Bluff, Rebekah Lodge 557 of Sioux City and the Sergeant Bluff Community United Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Gary (Sharon) Evans, of Sioux City; two sons and their wives, Raymond Mincer Jr. and Vicki of Burnsville, and Dennis Mincer and Linda of Sioux City; a longtime companion, George Klingensmith; six grandchildren, Renee, Chad, Angie, Amy and Anita Mincer and James LeMoine; and a sister, Mrs.

Merle (Lillian) Wiig of Lakewood, Calif. She also was preceded in death by her parents and a nephew. City. Visitation will be noon to 9 p.m. today, with the family present 7-9 p.m., at the funeral home.

Mr. Allen was born Feb. 25, 1915, in Mills, N.M., the son of Arron F. and Jennie (Stephen) Allen. He was a longtime South Sioux City resident.

On Aug. 18, 1940, he married Barbara L. Stephan in Emerson, Neb. She died Feb. 8, 1978, in Sioux City.

He was employed by Iowa Public Service, retiring in 1977. Mr. Allen was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and a former member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Survivors include three sons, Rod and his wife, Sandy, of South Sioux City, David of Kansas City, with military graveside rites conducted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1973. Visitation will be 3-8 p.m.

today, with the family present 7-8 p.m., at the funeral home. Mr. Bouck was born June 18, 1925, in Sioux City, the son of Fred and Lucretia (Ewing) Bouck. He served in the Navy during World War II. He married Bonnie L.

Winters Dec. 25, 1947, in Elk Point. He was in the dry cleaning business for 25 years. He was a plumber for Castlewood Development in South Sioux City and also for St. Joseph's Hospital in Sioux City for 10 years, retiring in 1983.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Donald Bouck and his wife, Marylou, of Burbank, S.D., and Craig Bouck and his wife, Debra, of Vermillion, S.D.; a daughter, Lucin-da Leyva, of Sioux City; a stepson, Russell Weavill, and his wife, Charlotte, of Jefferson, S.D.; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded by his parents and a brother, Glenn Bouck. Dorothy C. Castle CORRECTIONVILLE, Iowa -Dorothy Caroline Castle, 78, of Cor-rectionville, died Mondav, June 15. 1992, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Grace United Methodist Church in Correctionville, with the Rev. Dee Ann Klapp officiating. Burial will be in the Correctionville Cemetery. Visitation will be 11 a.m.

to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 7-8 p.m., and a prayer service at 7:30 p.m., at Barker-Ritchie Funeral Home in Correctionville. Mrs. Castle was born Oct. 11, 1913, in DeKalb, 111., the daughter of Richard and Minnie (Munsen) Wilton.

She moved to Correctionville at age 5 with her family. She graduated from the Correctionville School in 1931 and taught school one year prior to her marriage. She married Ned Castle Aug. 27, 1933, in rural Correctionville. From 1971 to 1986, she worked as a nurse's aide at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Correctionville.

Mrs. Castle was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Correctionville, where she was active in many church functions. She was a member of the Good Hope Club, Woodbury County Historical Society and was a volunteer for the Goodwill. Survivors include her husband; a son, Tom Castle, and his wife, Diane, of Correctionville; a daughter, Sandra Pick, of Correctionville; a sister, Isabell Whyte, and her husband, Earl, of Cushing; three sisters-in-law, Helen Greiner and Shirley Hanson, both of Correctionville and Marjorie Root of Moreno Valley, six grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren. She also was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Cletus Pick; and a great-grandson, Ryan Schneckloth.

two of the Long Island team were executed Aug. 8 in an electric chair in Washington, D.C. Dasch and another man who also had cooperated with authorities were imprisoned, then deported to Germany in 1948. An FBI report on the Operation Pastorius landing said agents recovered a large quantity of high explosives, bombs disguised to look like large pieces of coal, a large number of fuses and timing devices, and Dennis and his wife, Marcia, of The report estimated that the men Sioux City; a daughter, Patricia, and had enough explosives and other her husband, Bob Blessing, of South material to last them two years. Sioux City; a brother, Ted, of Sedro T.

Woolley, a sister, Marion "They had stuff that looked like com mJk before the war. The plan was for the two teams to rendezvous in St. Louis on July 4, and begin a campaign of sabotage and terrorism that would be joined by later waves of German agents. Roy Landrum, a St. Johns County deputy at the time, still remembers watching FBI agents dig up the explosives the invaders stashed in a dune here.

And he recounts how the four saboteurs had stopped at his family-owned store and post office to ask about buses to nearby Jacksonville. The four, dressed in work clothes, aroused no suspicions from postmistress Alice Landrum. "We didn't pay that much attention. There were so many people coming and going out of that little said Landrum, whose wife died a few years ago. The men simply rode a bus to Jacksonville and checked into hotels.

The war had hit home in northeast Florida two months earlier, when a U-boat surfaced and used its deck gun to shell a tanker at nearby Jacksonville Beach while people attending a dance on a pier watched. The USS Gulfamerica was the first of at least 20 tankers and freighters sunk by U-boats off the Florida coast. Ai i i i 1 vi hivvtiauiuu. unit fountain pens that would blow you to a hii mr mi) Kiauuvuuuivu, i tiwai-Kianu' children; and a friend and compa- recalled They could have done a nion, Frances Rickabaugh. oose 8 He was Preceded in death a son, Robert a brother, Charles; The FBI also seized $174,588.62.

and two sisters, Lucille and Eula. And the men had carried forged Pallbearers will be Ralph, Rick Social Security and Selective Service and Ron Stephan, Greg Shuck, Norm cards. Breece and Rick Krone. Glenn L. Wells Glenn L.

Wells, 68, 209 Perry died Friday at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Larkin Northside Funeral Home, with burial in Logan Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 10 a.m. Wednesday until service time at the funeral home.

Joyce A. Blanford Joyce A. Blanford, 64, 1114 W. 16th died Monday at her residence after a brief illness. The saboteurs' landing ended beach fun during the war, said Landrum, who was in charge of enforcing nightly blackouts along the coast.

"We stopped everybody from going on the beach at night after that," he said. "After the horse got out, we shut the door." Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Clara D. Reincke SMITHLAND, Iowa Clara D. Reincke, 85, of Mapleton and formerly of Smithland, died Saturday, June 13, 1992, at a hospital in Onawa.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Evangelical Church in German City, with the Rev. Walter Enstrom officiating. Burial will be in Little Sioux Township Cemetery in Smithland.

Visitation will be after noon today at Willman Funeral Home in Rodney. Mrs. Reincke was born Aug. 12, 1906, in Denison, the daughter of Hans and Frederica (Stockfleth) Jess. She married George Reincke May 25, 1927, in Tyndall, S.D.

The couple made their home in Smithland. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Reincke was a member of St. John's Evangelical Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Gilbert (Bonnie) Persinger, of Smithland; two granddaughters, Mrs. Peter (Mary) Badom of Burlington and Mrs. Randy (Jane) Gettis of Ot-tumwa; two great-grandchildren, Adam and Stephanie Badom; and three brothers, Hans and Harry, both of Schleswig, and Harwin of Denison. She also was preceded in death by a brother.

Justin M. Rice has been commis- Navy Seaman Recruit Anthony W. sloned a second lieutenant In the Air Holllngshead, son of Donald and Force upon graduation from Officer Margaret Holllngshead, 1901 West Training School, Lackland Air Force Fourth recently completed basic Base, San Antonio, Texas. His wife, training at Recruit Training Com- 'Genius' grants given to people of all walks mand, Orlando, Fla. Amy, Is the daughter of Tom and Diane Rice of Burbank, S.D.

Five Siouxland area residents Marine Pvt. Sergio Guzman, son of Santos A. and stepson of Robert Ausdemore of Hartinqton, have recently completed Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force recently completed recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot. San Base, San Antonio, Texas. They are: Mayersville, population 500.

"I represent the black and the white and the green and the polka dot. But as a black woman in America, it is a treat," she said. Blackwell, 59, has been president of the National Conference of Black Mayors for two years. She received a $350,000 grant in recognition of her work in the civil rights movement, efforts to raise money for basic services such as water, sewage and housing and for receiving a master's Air National Guard Airman David K. Kenagy, son of Dwight and Gloria Kenagy of 4710 Stone Park Blvd.

His wife, Danette, Is the daughter of Dan and Sue Comstock of South Sioux Diego, Calif. Marine Pfc. Bret A. Jenkins, son of Milton E. Jenkins of 2125 Court recently completed recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San CHICAGO (AP) An evolution expert who is blind and the first black woman mayor in Mississippi are among 33 winners of MacArthur Fellowships, the so-called genius grants that come with no strings attached.

Twyla Tharp, the dancer and choreographer, also got one of the awards, which recognize talent and creativity. Geerat Vermeij, 45, a professor at the University of California, Davis, said he was "thunderstruck" by the $280,000 grant for his study of predators and their prey. He has been blind since age 3. The foundation cited Vermeij for "lasting discoveries" about how animals protect themselves aeainst City. Diego, and was promoted to Air National Guard Airman his present rank.

He is a isso graau- dfa plSg age Joseph CrHlv, son of BernadineCrilly, ate'of 0akland Craig High School, C. Richard Tindall LE MARS, Iowa C. Richard Tindall, 84, of Le Mars and formerly of Hemet, died Monday at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars. 3D uaKiana, inbd. -rv, Airman Wade T.

Melllck, son of lOtoefher annua sa fv Mr- and Mr8' Arnold Melllck 7 Lt 8WV Trainr iu times ner annual salary. Jackson Neb recently reported for duty with calandsangfrom Airman Linda Gardner Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron to $375,000, depending on the rec 7 Nav' Air Station North Island, pient age, and are over five San Diego, Calif. His wife, Robin, Is years In addition winners receive J' a the daughter of Stan and Marylin health insurance. They are free to use aTm-J-i Chicoine of Elk Point. S.D.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thurs- day at First Baptist Church in Le predators, about factors affecting ex-Mars, with burial in the Adaville taction and what happens when nat-United Methodist Church Cemetery, ural barriers separating species are rural Le Mars. Visitation will he after removed. the money as they wish, with no William K. Kuiper BOYDEN, Iowa William K.

Kuiper, 76, of Boyden, died Sunday, June 14, 1992, at a Sioux Falls hospital. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the United Presbyterian Church in Boyden, with the Rev. John Goertz officiating. Burial will be at 10 a.m.

Wednesday at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Sioux Center. Visitation will be p.m. today, with the family present 7-8 at the church. Vander Ploeg uneral Home of Sioux Center is in charge of arrangements. Mr.

Kuiper was born May 17, 1916, in The Netherlands, the son of Klaas and Dirkje (Staal) Kuiper. He married Allie Vander Belt Oct. 28, 1943, in The Netherlands. The couple moved to Canada in 1951 and to Iowa in 1961. He became an American citizen in 1967.

He worked as a machinist in later years. Mrs. Kuiper died Feb. 15, 1975. He married Lois Doorenbos Nov.

23, 1976, in Boyden. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Virgil (Dittie) Houtkooper of Hull and Mrs. Donald (Atty) Boyd of Sioux Falls; two sisters, Maartje Van Beek and Geerta Brons and a brother, Jan Kuiper, all of The Netherlands; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Lubbert, Dirk, and Jan.

2 p.m. Wednesday, with the family present p.m., at Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars. Class Brian L. Kelly, son of Michael W. Kelly of Omaha, and Janet NavV Lt- G-9-) Joseph A.

Listopad R. Kelly of 2608 S. Royce St. recently received a letter of commendation for superior performance of Navy Ensign Jason D. Heln, son of duty wnile assigned to fleet ballistic Jim and Carol Heln of Cherokee, missile submarine USS Daniel Iowa, was recently commissioned Boon8.

homeported In Charleston, upon graduation from the Naval S-c- He Is a 1984 Canton High Reserve Officer Training Corps Pro- School graduate of Canton, S.D. His gram at Iowa State University, Ames, Debra- l8 the daughter of Gary Iowa. w- and Patricia Chapman of Denison, Iowa. "I've done a great deal of field work and I do it with a great deal of assistance. But so do other people who do field work," said Vermeij, who has written two books.

He said his discipline requires knowledge from "thousands and thousands of books," and his wife, Edith Zipser, and an assistant have read many to him. This year's awards went to more women than men 17 to 16 for the first time since the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation began doling them out in 1981. "I am honored," said Unita restrictions or reporting requirements.

Tharp, 50, of New York, received a $310,000 grant in recognition of more than 20 years of innovation in dance and choreography, including "combining modern vocabulary of movement with classical ballet," the foundation said. Winners also included Robert Blackburn, 71, director of the Print-making Workshop in New York for establishing a nurturing environment for the art of printmaking; Amy Clampitt, 71, of New York, for poetry and essays; and Wes Jackson, 55, founder and president of The Land Institute in Salina, for exploring sustainable agriculture and alternatives to mass-production farming. Herman Van Otterloo HULL, Iowa Herman J. Van Otterloo, 88, of Hull, died Sunday at his home after a brief illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m.

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