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BEST COPY AVAILABLE On Today's Editorial Page Low And OrcUr And Judge Bork Editorial St. Louis County's Vanishing Wetlands Editorial LOU FINAL Vol. 109, No. 219 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1987 486 Paget (6) Copyright 1987 l.00 fl7 6 fo) a a an lyj I mmi nnninrrf pi iihihhiiipiii mmim im, im im 4 saw- Wayne CrosslinPost-Dispatch Market. The victims were told to lie down, and each was shot In the head.

Police removing the body of one of the five people killed in the National Super Five Slain In Holdup At Grocery By Jo Mannies, Bill Bryan and Tim O'Neil Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Police searched Saturday for two men armed with at least one pistol who fatally shot five employes and wounded two others during a holdup late Friday at the National Super Market, 4331 Natural Bridge Avenue in north St. Louis. The assailants apparently posed as floor cleaners and entered the store about 10:30 p.m., after it closed. The victims were herded into a corner on the west side of the store, ordered to lie down in a row and were shot in the head as they were lying face-down, police said. The store aisles near the office contained pools of blood.

Police Capt. Jack Titone said, "It's the most brutal thing I've ever seen." Killed were four men and one woman; two other men were wounded, said Bradley F. Young, security manger for the National chain. Police Identified the dead as: Rose M. Brown, 49, of 19 Paul Avenue In Ferguson, who was the lead cashier on the shift.

Michael Marr, 16, of 4406 Red Bud Avenue in north St. Louis, a bag boy. Kenneth Bass, 27, of 4568A St. Ferdinand Avenue In north St. Louis, a janitor who worked for Building Butlers Inc.

Michael L. Beam, 34, of 10212 Driver Avenue in Overland, the store's stock manager. David Spahn, 27, of 10543 Spring Garden Drive in Glasgow Village, a security guard. Spahn was rushed to Barnes Hospital, where he died, police said. The other four were pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said the two victims survived the shooting were: Richard Fortson, 32, of the 8500 block of Dianthus Lane in Jennings, the store's service manager. He was listed In serious but stable condition at a local hospital. Harold Meyer, 30, of the 11600 block of Mlmeaux Drive in Spanish Lake, the store's manager. He was See HOLDUP, Page 12 Slayings Draw Crowd To Store By Peter Hernon, Jo Mannies and Daniel R. Browning Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Althea Rowell paid a nervous visit Saturday to the National Super Market where five persons were murdered and two others shot and left for dead.

She admitted that she couldn't shake her thoughts of the irony of her last meeting with one of the victims. Rowell had planned to sell life insurance to David Spahn, 27, a security guard who died after he was shot Friday night at the store, at 4331 Natural Bridge Avenue supposed to meet Saturday to examine said. be careful about working there," said for American National Insurance Co. to get a different job. We had talked a about insurance." of hundreds who gathered Saturday to wire grill over the store's front window murders.

were described as one of the worst mass area's history. spectators from entering the store, one of of a tough neighborhood, where mug-' known to occur over a slab of ribs. supermarket reopens today, the bloodstains carefully scrubbed away from the spot employees were shot as they huddled on the See SCENE, Page 13 I Wayne CrosslinPost-Dispatch A woman embracing a relative who 4331 Natural Bridge Avenue. He was works at the National Super Market, at unharmed in Friday night's incident. Just Filling In Part-Time "Work Changing Job Market ff-" 'rMtolc .1..

3 Arrested In Kidnap And Murder By Patrick E. Gauen Ol the Post-Dispatch Staff KANKAKEE, 111. Three suspects were in custody Saturday and others were being sought in the kidnapping and murder of Stephen B. Small, a prominent Kankakee resident who was buried alive in a box with a faulty ventilation tube. Small, 39, a member of a wealthy publishing family and great-grandson of a former Illinois governor, had been abducted early Wednesday for a $1 million ransom, police said.

No money was paid, officials said Saturday. Police and prosecutors were mum about the backgrounds of the suspects. Kankakee, a city of 30,000 people, Is about 235 miles northeast of St. Louis. Arrested were Daniel J.

Edwards, 30, and Nancy Rish, 26, both of Bour-bonnais, and Kent Allain, 33, of Kankakee. Authorities said warrants would be sought on Tuesday charging the three with murder and aggravat- in north St. Louis. They were some policies, she "I told him to Rowell, an agent "He was trying couple of times Rowell was one peer through the and talk about the The killings murders in the Guards kept the economic hubs gings have been When the will have been where seven Site Of Shootings National Super Market 4331 Natural Bridge Newstead Natural 7 Area Of Detail St Louis Post-Dispatch Map By Arne Thoibjornson Nine Cities Abuzz Over Papal Visit By Pamela Schaeffer Post-Dispatch Religion Writer Across the Sun Belt and up the California coast, Pope John Paul II's face rivals that of pop singer Madonna for exposure. The pope's visage peers from coffee mugs and billboards, from bus benches and T-shirts in the nine cities he will visit In the next two weeks.

In a mixture of capitalistic, civic and religious fervor, entrepreneurs, government leaders and loyal Catholics alike are putting final touches on preparations for the visit. The pope Is scheduled to arrive in Miami from Rome at 2 p.m. Thursday. His visit will end In Detroit on Sept. 19.

Groups preparing for the visit are as diverse as the U.S. Secret Service, which is setting up a detailed security See POPE, Page 14 CRITICS OF church policy won't bo silent this time PagelF a suicide mission against Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon. At least four Israeli fighters carried out three dive-bombing sorties In 10 minutes against five bases on the eastern and southern edges of Sldon, said the police spokesman. He spoke on the condition of anonymity, in keeping with regulations. The port city of Sldon, southern Lebanon's provincial capital, Is 25 miles See LEBANON, Page 8 i SCORES Brldgek Vl YA I I And (In thousands) 20,000 10,000 0 60 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85 '86 Chuck GroihPost-Dlspatch The emerging economic picture will include a shorter workweek with fewer Americans holding down full-time jobs and an even heavier use of part-timers, the report says.

Raymond L. Hilgert, a professor at the( Washington University business school, sees danger flags waving he ponders these changes. Among his fears for the future are a growing "Underclass" of chronically unemployed, a vanishing middle class, and the disappearance of company loyalty. "The bottom-line mentality doesn't look a employees as human resources, as assets," he said. "They're conslc ered expendable." The use of irt-time and temporary workers has become Increas ingly attractive to corporate managers.

A company can hold down See WORK, Page 16 SUNDAY Total Number Of Men Women Working of engineers, management consultants, draftsmen and occasionally even a lawyer. The trend Is likely to grow as the nation continues to make its long transition from manufacturing to a service-based economy, predicts Arnold H. Packer, a senior research fellow at the Hudson Institute. Packer Is a co-author of a re-cent report on the subject. According to the report, the repercussions of this shift probably will resemble the profound changes that followed the decline of agriculture as the nation's dominant Industry early in this century.

The kinds of jobs available will be affected, as well as their locations and hours. The emphasis will be on such service fields as retailing, health care, government, finance and communication rather than on smokestack manufacturing. INSIDE By Peter Hernon Ofths Post-Dispatch Staff With its technical staff decimated by layoffs during a string of bad years in the Farm Belt, the John Deere Co. found Itself short of help when it wanted to develop a new product at its tractor plant in Waterloo, Iowa. Instead of spending big bucks recruiting new staff members, the company enlarged Its engineering department by hiring about 20 temporary workers through a professional "head, hunter" service based in St.

Louis. The same employment firm, the CDI regularly supplies companies such as Anheuser-Busch and McDonnell Douglas with similar short-term employees to help with engineering, design work or other technical needs. In recent years, contract labor companies such as CDI have been in a workers' paradise. The use of "temps" and part-time help has Increased to the point that such fill-In employees account for nearly 20 percent of the American work force. Their presence, experts say, signifies a lasting and fundamental change In the work place.

Long the mainstay of restaurants, department stores and supermarkets, "contingent" workers have become the fastest growing segment In the labor pool In the last decade. Besides such traditional part timers as fill-In Girl Fridays, the ranks now include an eclectic assortment WEATHER Stephen B. Small Unassuming, mild-mannered ed kidnapping. Police refused to release any details of the investigation that led to the arrest of the suspects. An autopsy Saturday failed to show how Small died, but it did rule out a heart attack one cause that was considered, said Kankakee County Coroner James Orrison, "I assume that he suffocated," Orrison said.

More tests will be done, See KIDNAPPING, Page IS The bases were devastated. Hospitals appealed for donations of blood to cope with the influx of casualties. Israeli radio said the jets had struck at bases serving as headquarters and departure points for attacks against Israeli targets and had caught the guerrillas by surprise. The air strikes came on the Jewish sabbath, one day after Israel announced that its forces had captured an Arab guerrilla trained by Syria for Israel Bombs Palestinians In Lebanon; 41 Killed SIDON, Lebanon (AP) Israeli planes bombed Palestinian guerrilla bases In southern Lebanon on Saturday, Killing 41 people and wounding 60. The air raid was the deadliest of 22 such raids by Israel in Lebanon this year.

Most of the casualties occurred in the second raid by the Israeli jets. That raid felled Palestinian guerrillas who were trying to evacuate victims of the first attack, a police spokesman said. Football. Travel, And A New Look Missouri Coach Woody Wldenhofer (right) Is optimistic. A preview of the Tigers and other college, professional and high school teams is found in a special Football '87 section In today's Post-Dispatch.

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