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8 The Sioux City Journal, Wednesday, October 1 4, 1 992 ethics questioned Hughes Rudd, 71 dies in France Baker's WASHINGTON (AP) White House chief of staff James A. Baker III, who has large oil investments, played a role in the administration's effort to lobby Congress on oil spill liability in 1990 as secretary of state, documents show. The Project on Government Oversight, a liberal research group, said Tuesday the documents raise ethical questions about actions by Baker, also heads President Bush's reelection campaign. Janet Mullins, a former State Department official who is now an assistant to Bush for political affairs at the White House, dismissed the group's statements as "totally bogus." "Baker had absolutely nothing to do with this issue," said Mullins, who worked on the oil spill liability issue. She co-authored a memo on the subject to Lawrence Eagleburgcr, the acting secretary of state who was then Baker's deputy.

A memo from then-Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner to Baker indicated the two discussed preparing a joint letter urging Congress to approve international accords limiting oil companies' liability for spills. The letter to Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell was signed by Skinner and Eagleburgcr, but not by Baker. That March 1990 letter is one of several State Department documents on the matter obtained by the Project on Government Oversight, a nonprofit group in Washington that investigates activities of the executive branch and Congress. The group provided copies of the documents to The Associated Press. Baker had promised a month earlier to abstain from involvement in any issues affecting domestic oil and gas prices in order to avoid a conflict of interest.

Baker has a blind trust for his investments, but it docs not shield him Attached to the memo was a March 14 note from Skinner to Baker saying in part: "As we discussed last night, enclosed is the proposed joint letter to the Majority Leader concerning the (oil spill accords). I am quite comfortable with the letter and have taken the liberty of signing the original, since I am departing for foreign travel today. "Based on our prior discussion, I know you share my concern for this issue, and will very much appreciate your personal and immediate attention" to the letter. Mullins said Tuesday that Baker and Skinner "never discussed the substance of the issue, never. Baker had a casual conversation with Sam Skinner." Skinner, now general chairman of the Republican National Committee, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.

from federal conflict-of-interest laws because it is not diversified. In 1981, he put into the trust oil stocks and other oil investments worth at least $500,000 and perhaps more than $1 million, public records show. "The ultimate question is whether Jim Baker's oil (abstention) is only a nominal one developed solely for public consumption, which ultimately means very little when government decisions are made," said Liz Galtney, director of the research group. The letter to Mitchell was part of the Bush administration's effort to persuade Congress to ratify the international accord capping financial liability for oil spills. The two noted that on March 13, 1990, "Secretary Skinner spoke to Secretary Baker asking him to coauthor a letter to Senator Mitchell, to urge his able assistance on behalf of the (oil spill accords).

At that time (Baker) agreed." naturedly on absurd stories. Rudd did similar features for television, reporting on such things as a man building his own medieval castle in the Midwest, a horned toad that became a legend in a small Texas town and a behind-the-scenes look at the bell ringers at Paul's Cathedral in London. Despite his successful broadcast career, Rudd was an outspoken, critic of his profession, once calling; it a "comic strip medium." "Any complicated or serious subject can't be explained on TV," he said in 1980. Rudd was born in Wichita, Kan. and grew up in Waco, Texas.

He attended the University of Missouri before serving as an Army Piper Cub pilot in World War II. He once told an Associated Press interviewer he believed most journalists didn't set out to become reporters or broadcasters, but drifted into the profession. He was an exception. Rudd said he always wanted to become a journalist. His first job iji the industry was as a copy boy at his hometown newspaper while still in high school.

He began his career as a newspaperman, working at the Kansas City Star, the Minneapolis Tribune, and the Rock Springs (Wyo.) Daily Rocket and Sunday Miner. Survivors include his wife, Ann; son, Jon, of Bethesda, and a grandson. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. Goodman said burial was expected to take place at Arlington National Cemetery. Texan hopes string ball lassoes world record NEW YORK (AP) Hughes Rudd, a newsman who worked for CBS and ABC during a 27-year television career, died Tuesday.

He was 71. Rudd, who retired to the south of France in 1986, died at the Centre Hospitalier de L'Universite de Toulouse, Rangueil, of complications from an aneurism of the aorta, said CBS News spokesman Tom Goodman. He suffered the aneurism, the medical term for a burst blood vessel, in August and had been hospitalized for some time before his death. Rudd began his broadcast career with CBS as a news writer in 1959. He held many foreign assignments, including in the Soviet Union, Germany, Africa, the Middle East and Vietnam.

He also anchored the "CBS Morning News" from 1973 to 1977. CBS newsman Dan Rather called Rudd "a war hero, a gifted writer, a sensitive person, a good friend and good company." In 1979, Rudd went to ABC where his reports appeared on news shows including "World News Tonight," and "20-20." He also was host of a daily radio series called "A Rudd Awakening" on the ABC Radio Entertainment Network in which he delighted in reporting good- Lowell C. Kindig Lowell Crossan Kindig, 78, former Sioux City attorney, died Oct. 3, 1992, at the Del E. Webb Memorial Hospital in Sun City West, Ariz.

Mr. Kindig was born Nov. 26, 1913, in Sioux City and retired to Sun City West 12 years ago. He graduated from Morningside College and received his law degree from the Universitv of Iowa in 1938. He was in i general practice 40 Willi mi, 1 II II of Kindig and Beebe in Sioux City, specializing in corporate trial work and commercial litigation.

He was a member of the Iowa Board of Bar Examiners from July 1958 through June 1966. Mr. Kindig enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1941 and served as Gunnery Officer on supply ships to Europe for five years. His ship was one of those participating in the Normandy Invasion.

After his discharge, he was a member of the American Legion and Naval Reserve. Upon his retirement to Arizona, he served as a legal representative for the American Arbitration Association in Phoenix for five years. He then worked as a volunteer for the Senior Center in South Phoenix and in the Guardianship Review Project which is a model project under the Maricopa County Superior Court and Sun City area Community Council. Survivors include his wife, Wanda; a daughter, Joan Kindig of Half Moon Bav, and a son, James Kindig of Sioux City. Private services were held at sea out of Newport Beach, day, Oct.

11, 1992. Sun- Leonard Atwood Leonard Max "Mickey" Atwood, 71, 921 Jackson died Sunday, Oct. 11, 1992, at his home. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at the Larkin Northside Funeral Home with the Rev.

Larry Wimmer, pastor of Whitfield United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, with military rites conducted. Visitation will be 3-9 p.m. today, with the family present 7-8 p.m., at the funeral home. Mr.

Atwood was born Dec. 7, J.C. Payne inspects his 41 -feet in circumference ball of string recently in Mountain Springs, Texas. He is asking the Guinness Book of World Records to record his as the largest ball of string because it has been certified at 18 inches greater than the current one. (AP Photo) 1920, in Sioux City.

He graduated from Central High School and was a lifelong Sioux City resident. He worked at Wincharger and later Zenith Corp. He also worked as a custodian in the Sioux City schools, retiring four years ago. Mr. Atwood was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, Veterans 'of Foreign Wars Post 580, Monahan Post 64, American Legion, and Disabled American Veterans.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, with the 133rd Infantry 34th Division. He served in the European Theater and received the Purple. Heart. He also received a field commission as a first lieutenant.

He was active with the Association of 34th Division, U.S. Army. Survivors include a sister, Darlene Tracy of Sioux City; a niece, Roxann Timmons and a nephew, Steve Goebel. He was preceded in death by his parents, Shirley and Nellie Atwood; and a brother, Samuel M. Atwood.

Kathryn E. Deery Kathryn E. Deery, 83, formerly of Terra Alta Court, died Monday at a Sioux City nursing home after a brief illness. Services will be 9 a.m. Friday at the First Presbyterian Church.

Burial will be Saturday at Oakland Cemetery in Freeport, III. Visitation will be 2-9 p.m. Thursday, with the family present 7-9 p.m., at Nelson-Berger Morningside Chapel. Zilphia A. Lee Zilphia A.

Lee, 84, Matney Westside Manor, died Sunday at the nursing home after an extended illness. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Malone A.M.E. Church, with burial in Logan Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 2-8 p.m.

Thursday, with the family present 6-8 p.m., at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Helen E. Palmquist, 88, 1819 Court died Tuesday; Nelson-Berger Northside Chapel. Luken "since isst Memorials 204 East 13th South Sioux City 402494-6948 MOUNTAIN SPRINGS, Texas (AP) A 71 -year-old rancher is asking the Guinness Book of Records to accept his documentation anc! declare him the new King of String. J.C.

Payne's multicolored ball of string has a 41 '2-foot circumference, 18 inches greater than the largest ball on record. It sits in Payne's barn in Mountain Springs, 50 miles north of Dallas. He tied the last knots a few weeks ago and had (he ball's size certified by Cooke County surveyor Dclbcrt West. It stands 13 feet, 2Vi inches tall. The largest string ball on record is 40 feet in circumference and 12 feet, 9 inches in diameter.

It took Francis Johnson of Darwin, 12 years to roll it, ending his project in 1978, according to Guinness. Payne started his rolling in November 1989, a few months after he and his wife moved from Denton, where Payne had retired from the brick masonry business. "I had a lot of time on my hands, so I started tying the string," Payne said. Lillian Arnold BERESFORD, S.D. Lillian Arnold, 82, of Burbank, and formerly of Bcresford, died Oct.

1, 1992, in Burbank. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Dalesburg Lutheran Church in rural Vermillion, with burial in the church Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday, with the family present 7-8 p.m., at the Wass Funeral Home in Beresford.

Mable Christiaens DENISON, Iowa Mable Christiaens, 69, of Denison died Tuesday at Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Zion Lutheran Church in Denison, with burial in Crawford Heights Memory Gardens. Visitation will be after 3 p.m. Thursday at the Huebner Funeral Home, Denison.

Walter A. Klemme AKRON. Iowa Walter A. Klemme, 81, of Akron died Monday at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 10 a.m.

Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Akron with burial in Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery, rural Le Mars. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Thursday at Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars. Mary E. Kruger EMERSON, Neb.

Mary E. Kruger, 94, of Emerson died Monday at Heritage of Emerson Nursing Home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Emerson, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be 1-9 p.m. Cat scratch ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Cat lovers take note: Tabby sometimes packs a mean paw. The first federal survey of a disease called cat scratch fever found it afflicts 24,000 Americans annually and costs them $12 million in medical bills. While this news might reinforce the biases of cat haters, it doesn't necessarily mean the world would be a much healthier place without them.

After all, an estimated 66 million cats live in the United States. And cat scratch fever is a relatively rare ailment, and not a very serious one. "There arc a lot of cats out there," noted Dr. Jay Wcngcr of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, who released the statistics Tuesday.

"Clearly this is an uncommon disease," he said. "The message from this is not to evict your cat. Cat scratch fever was first recognized in the 1940s, and is now believed to be the leading cause of chronic lymphadenopathy swollen lymph glands lasting more than three weeks. Army during World War II in the Pacific Theater. On July 19, 1945, he married Ileen Gacke at Sibley.

The couple lived in Sibley where he worked doing wheel alignment. In 1962, they moved to Rock Rapids where he opened his own business, Wagner Alignment. For the last several years, he was a salesman for John Deere Implement. Mr. Wagner was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a life member of the Knights of Columbus.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Russell (Margo) Pedersen of Rock Rapids; three grandchildren, Damon, Tyler and Brooke: two sisters, Evelyn Ament of Council Bluffs and Ethel Miller of Sibley; and a brother, Walt Wagner of Spirit Lake. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Donald. Clarence M. Potter SUTHERLAND, Iowa -Clarence M.

Potter, 79, of Sutherland died Tuesday at a hospital in Primghar. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the Church of Christ in Sutherland. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Worthington (Minn.) Cemetery.

Visitation will be today through service time at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Edna C. Mammen CORRECTIONVILLE, Iowa Edna C. Mammen, 73, of Correc-tionville died Monday at the Correc-tionville Nursing Home. Services will be 2 p.m.

Thursday at the Barker Funeral Home in Cor-rectionville with burial in the Cor-rectionville Cemetery. Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. in Vietnam and was a past president of North Central Chapter of the PVA, where he was very involved at the time of his death.

Survivors include a daughter, Kathy Rogers of Ponca, two sons, Michael A. Rogers and Jerry Veach, both of Sioux City; a sister, Sandi Bach and two nieces of Des Moines; and a special friend, Joy Flannery of Sioux Falls. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Dorothy Rogers. JackUehle DANBURY, Iowa Jack Uehle, 88, of Danbury died Monday at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m.

Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Danbury, with burial in the Danbury Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be after 3 p.m. Friday at the church, with a rosary being said at 7:30 p.m. Walter-Armstrong Funeral Home of Danbury is in charge of arrangements.

John Wagner ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa John William Wagner, 69, of Rock Rapids died unexpectedly Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1992, at Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital in Rock Rapids. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Holy Name Catholic Church in Rock Rapids with the Rev. Eugene Schumacher officiating.

Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be 2-9 p.m. today, with a parish Scripture service at 7:30 p.m., at Roste Funeral Home in Rock Rapids. Mr. Wagner was born Jan.

18, 1923, in Ashton, the son of Jake and Martina (Nemmers) Wagner. He attended St. Joseph's School in Ashton and graduated from Sibley High School in 1941. He served in the U.S. up bills tific meeting ot the American Society for Microbiology.

Wcngcr's survey found that about one of every 100,000 Americans is hospitalized with cat scratch fever annually, and nine of every 100,000 are treated as outpatients. The treatment costs totaled $12 million, he1 said. Contrary to popular belief that the victims are almost entirely children, the CDC survey found 45 percent were over age 18. A separate CDC study of 60 cases in Connecticut found that having a kitten especially one with fleas was strongly associated with the disease. No one knows precisely what bug causes it.

Four years ago, a team of researchers identified a form of bacteria called afipia fclis as the likely villain. "The history of cat scratch disease is besmirched by a large number of bacteria that people have thought was the (cause)," said Wcngcr. "None of them was these two, by the way." today at Munderloh Funeral Home in Emerson. Earl Nebendahl KINGSLEY, Iowa Earl Nebendahl, 81, of Moorhead, and formerly of Kingsley, died Sunday at a hospital in Fargo, N.D. Services will be 2 p.m.

Thursday at Dickison-Michaelson Funeral Home in Kingsley with burial in the Kingsley Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon Thursday until service time at the funeral home. John Rogers LENNOX, S.D. John M. "G.O." Rogers, 52, of Lennox and formerly of North Sioux City and Sioux City, died Oct.

8, 1992, at Woods Veterans Administration Hospital in Milwaukee, after a brief illness. Services were Saturday at the Woods V.A. Chapel and burial was Tuesday at Woods National Ceme. tery, with military rites conducted bv mi Chapters of the Paralyzed Veterans, of America. Mr.

Rogers was hnrn Sent. 4. 194(1 in Sioux Falls, S.D. IL.V?W He attended schools in Sioux Falls and the University of South Dakota. He married Judy Simons in Sioux City.

He was a photographer and worked many years for Sodrac and Sanford-Orlan-do Kennel Clubs. He installed the first closed-circuit TV at the dog tracks. Mr. Rogers served in the U.S. Army with the 101st Airborne Division fever heats The disease is clearly caused by close contact with cats, especially those that scratch or bite.

Beyond that, it's somewhat mysterious. Although two kinds of bacteria are suspected to be involved, no one is entirely certain, and fleas might play some role. For about half of victims, the sole symptom is swollen lymph glands, often in the neck or arm pits. Some people also get fevers or little red bumps on their skin. Only about 20 percent actually feel sick.

For 1 percent or 2 percent, the disease is severe, potentially resulting in coma. However, virtually everyone survives. For most people, the symptoms go away without treatment. Bad cases arc successfully treated with antibiotics. "Wc don't recommend treatment in the majority of cases, because they arc not ill," said Dr.

Andrew Margilcth of the University of Virginia. Several reports on cat scratch fever were presented Tuesday at a scien Special Benefit Banquet Program J. M. J. Trinity Heights Development Queen of Peace, Inc.

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Tickets should be purchased by Thursday, October 1 5th. Tickets may also be purchased at the following businesses: Greenville Pharmacy, 2705 Correctionville Rd. Indian Hills Pharmacy, 1 551 Indian Hills Dr William's Appliance Television stores: 1 61 0 Pierce, 231 6 1 3th Dakota, South Sioux City and also Copy Centers at 522 Pierce 703 Douglas St. Advance purchase necessary no later than Friday noon, Oct. 1 6..