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3 JIM 10 1988 ST. LQUtS POST-DISPATCH LOUISFRIDAY FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1988 3A Many Still Lack Powe W9 JL In Aftermath Of Storm 1 VL-11 books that were permanently damaged," Gaertner said. "My staff deserves a pat on the back and so do those patrons." Gaertner said that the library remained open but that the reference area was in disarray. "Don't ask us to find anything," he said. Officials at the National Weather Service said the area had averaged about an inch of rain, with some areas getting a little more and others a little less.

"It's going to help for a week," said Rich Hoorman, agronomy specialist with the University of Missouri's extension office near Weldon Spring. "We could've used more; a couple inches would have been nice, but we'll take it," Hoorman said. "It fell a little faster than we would have liked, but most of it still soaked In." The storm kept area tree service companies busy. "We've been working all day on storm damage jobs," said Genevieve Gamma of Gamma Tree Nursery Service in Bellefontaine Neighbors. She said most of the calls were from North County.

The forecast for today calls for sunshine and a high temperature in the mid-70s, said a spokesman for the National Weather Service at St. By Joan Little Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Some fanners woke up Thursday to an unusual sight for this driest of all springs puddles of water standing in corn and soybean fields. 'It's like night-and-day difference around here," said Donald G. Dyer, a farmer In northwestern St. Charles County.

Dyer recorded 1.6 inches of rain at his farm, off Missouri Highway 79. But the storm that brought the rain late Wednesday caused problems for other people, especially In north St. Louis. About 4,000 residents remained without electricity as of late Thursday, said Union Electric Co. spokesman Tom Dehner.

Scattered pockets of customers were without electricity in parts of north, west and south St. Louis County, Dehner said. Many had been without electricity since the storm struck about 5 p.m. Wednesday. "It was a combination of lightning and wind that did the damage," said Dehner.

"We expect to have crews working through the night to restore power." Damage was heavy in north St. Louis County, where the storm knocked down trees and caused a school closing. And in West County, it left some soggy library books. More than 300 trees in Forest Park were either uprooted or damaged by of the St Louis Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry. Of the trees damaged, 75 were uprooted, he said.

"It was a good-velocity wind that came through here," said Wilken. "It will take our department about two weeks to clear the debris and get everything under control." Residents in north St. Louis reported the greatest number of fallen trees and branches, Wilken said. The department got 30 calls from residents north of Delmar Boulevard and eight calls from residents south of Highway 40 (Interstate 64). In North County, students at Hazel-wood East High School were sent home early Thursday because of a power outage.

Classes were expected to resume today for the last day of school, officials said. The storm also dampened a few books at the headquarters of the St. Louis County Library District at 1640 South Lindbergh Boulevard in Ladue, said library district director Donell Gaertner. Several library patrons pitched in at the height of the storm to help staff members save three walls of books in the reference library, Gaertner said. The books were threatened because rainwater had leaked through new construction walls at the library, which is in the midst of a major expansion.

"Fortunately there were very few Karen Elshout WhiteleyPost-Dispatch Jeff Broeker, 12, a friend of Scott Kleeschulte, Thursday in one of the boys' favorite hiding helping members of the St. Charles Police De- places, a culvert near Elm Point Road in St. partment's TACT team search for Kleeschulte Chares County. the wind, said Bill Wilken, supervisor Missing Boy Steps Up Inmate Wll0 Died Had criticized Search For By Marianna Riley Of the Post-Dispatch Staff About 40 civilian volunteers and off-duty police officers fanned out across a wooded hillside in St. Charles County as a search for a missing 9-year-old intensified late Thursday afternoon.

The boy, Scott A. Kleeschulte, has been missing since before a storm late Wednesday afternoon. -Scott's parents are Richard and Peggy Kleeschulte of the 3300 block of Leverenz Sreet. Richard Kleeschulte said another son had seen Scott near the family home about 4:30 p.m. Members of the St.

Charles Police Department's special TACT team worked Wednesday night and all day Thursday searching the woods where Scott was known to play, creek beds and the Norfolk Western Railroad tracks at the northwestern edge of St. Charles. They also searched door-to-door in the neighborhoods near his home, said Lt. James Turpiano. About 25 police officers plus sever- and one officer rode his horse.

Helicopters from SL Louis County Police Department and a television station aided the search. Scott was described as about 4 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 60 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black shirt, khaki pants and red-and-black high-top tennis shoes. Richard Kleeschulte said his son had been happy because he had completed first grade at Coverdell Elementary School. "He was so happy he'd passed everything," he said.

"We're really starting to worry now," Kleeschulte said. He said his son had never been gone for more than a few hours, and when he was gone, he would generally call and let his family know where he was. "You hear about this sort of stuff happening, but you never think it'll happen to you," Kleeschulte said, his voice breaking. "I just keep hoping I'll look up and see him coming down the street." If jSfer care at the prison. Prison Superintendent Myrna Trlckey and Dr.

Arturo M. Taca, the prison's physician, agree that inmates have criticized medical care. But they Insist that Rhodes got proper medical attention. "The care this inmate received was more than appropriate," Trickey said Thursday. "As far as the complaints about medical care, inmates want 24-hour physician coverage.

I feel that is Inappropriate." Trlckey said seven nurses are on duty for 16 hours of each day. Taca visits prisoners five mornings a week. The nurses, Taca and other doctors are on call the rest of the time. Taca, a urologist with offices in St. Louis and Venice, said he had examined Rhodes and believed the treatment of Rhodes and other inmates had been "humane, proper and adequate." "There is a very high degree of dissatisfaction with the way they see themselves as treated medically," Taca said.

He said that he believes inmates are upset because he has restricted By Carolyn Bower Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Beatrice Yarber says that her brother, Willie Clay Rhodes, told her six weeks ago that he was concerned about the medical care that he and other inmates got at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center near Pacific. Rhodes, who was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder, said that chest pains had kept him awake at night and that he had struggled to catch his breath, his sister said. Rhodes said that a doctor at the medium-security prison had diagnosed the problem as gas and had prescribed an over-the-counter antacid, his sister said. At daybreak Wednesday, Yarber got word that her brother had died during the night in his cell. Rhodes, 40, had a history of heart problems that probably caused his death, according to Ray Harris, an investigator for the St.

Louis County medical examiner's office. Yarber said her brother told her that other inmates also bad complained about getting poor medical He'll love the Workers In Hot Water Over Escape Peters. Care At Prison the distribution of pain medicine and other prescription medicine. "You see a high concentration of drug abusers, of people victimized by violent acts in the past," Taca said. Taca said that Rhodes had complained repeatedly of chest pains and had been sent to St.

John's Mercy Hospital in Washington, for an evaluation. The physician said that he believed the tests uncovered no problem and that Rhodes might have a gastrointestinal disorder. Yarber, 48, a coordinator for recruitment training for the Job Corps in St. Louis, said she had got calls Wednesday from Inmates and relatives of prisoners complaining about medical care at the prison. "I don't want to do anything to provoke an uprising," Yarber said.

"I have asked (the inmates who called) to be as orderly as possible." On Thursday, Yarber recalled offering some advice to her brother about his medical complaints: "I would tell him, 'You all are maybe too close to it, and maybe the doctor is doing what's Samples One-of-a-K'md Top Brands By Bill Bryan Of the Post-Dispatch Staff An internal investigation into the escape of Ronald Leon White from the City Workhouse is expected to result in the discipline of some personnel there, officials said. White went on a two-day crime spree before being arrested Wednesday in Fort Wayne, Ind. He escaped Monday from the Workhouse after stabbing a driver making a milk delivery. George M. Kinsey, the city com-, missioner of adult services, said Thursday that he expected the Workhouse investigation to be completed today.

Kinsey said he expected that some Workhouse employees would be disciplined for laxness in allowing White to have a knife and to get out of an open gate. "I don't anticipate anyone being fired, but there could be some sus-' pensions," he said. I White, 37, is being held without bond in the Allen County, Jail while various state and federal authorities decide who will have first crack at prosecuting him. White, of Seattle, is charged in Indiana with three counts of criminal comfort. You'll love the prices! Scott A.

Kleeschulte "He was so happy" al students at the St. Charles County Police Academy searched an area of about 20 acres. In addition, three officers searched on all-terrain vehicles, recklessness and one count each of felonious resisting arrest, car theft and robbery. He was arrested Wednesday afternoon after a car chase in a residential area of Fort Wayne. In St.

Louis, White has been charged with three counts of armed criminal action, two counts of kidnapping, and one count each of escaping from custody, first-degree robbery, attempted first degree robbery and burglary. Police also believe that White raped and abducted a 19-year-old woman who lives on the South Side. Charges in that incident will be decided later. In addition, White faces at least two federal charges of kidnapping, and charges from Madison County, 111., where a service station attendant was kidnapped. White had been placed in the Workhouse after his arrest here April 27 on a heroin possession charge.

A federal "hold order" was put on him within a few days after authorities learned that he was wanted in a bank robbery in a suburb of Denver. That meant that he could not be released without federal authorities becoming involved. any fight over it would be up to Jones. "I think a public apology would do," Villa said. "Even if we don't take the issue up, I would like Alderman Jones to be aware that he shouldn't do this again." MISSOURI Daily Pick-3 game Thursday's winning number 597 Wednesday's Lotto game Winning numbers 9-16-1 9-20-25-40 Wednesday prize winners: Players matching six numbers 0 2.3 million jackpot) Second Prize winners: Five numbers matched 16 (Each will get $41 2) Third Prize winners: Four numbers matched 918 (Each will get 16) ILLINOIS Daily game Thursday's winning number 813 Pick-Four game Thursday's winning 9154 Wednesday's Cash-5 game Winning numbers 7-14-18-19-25 Aldermen Have Peer On Agenda The FBI made no move to take custody of White, apparently willing to allow the drug charge to be disposed of first, according to the circuit attorney's office.

White apparently was a model prisoner at the Workhouse, because he got trusty status and worked in the kitchen. On Tuesday night White abducted an attendant at a service station near Highland and fled toward Indiana. The attendant, Raymond Robards, 60, of St. Jacob, was ordered by his knife-wielding assailant to drive the car, which belonged to a woman that the assailant had abducted earlier. "He (White) didn't say much, and I wasn't going to make any rash moves," Robards said Thursday in an interview.

Robards drove to a motel in Indianapolis, where he and his abductor spent the night. "He held the knife to my ribs when I checked in," Robards said. "In the room, he tied me up with a necktie and a piece of cord from a Venetian blind. "I didn't sleep." Robards escaped Wednesday morning after his captor left the room. Jones spoke with Villa briefly in private, "shook my hand and apologized," Villa said.

But Villa said Jones should apologize also to the full board. Neither Villa nor Koch gave full applause to Schoemehl's role. 2 Wednesday's Cash-5 winners: Players matching five numbers 4 ($460,572 jackpot, $1 15, 143 for each winner.) Second Prize winners: Four numbers matched 720 (Each will get $21 3) Third Prize winners: Three numbers matched 24,049 (Each will get $6) The Missouri Lotto Jackpot is estimated at $2.3 million. The Illinois Lotto game grand prize is estimated at $33 million. The Lotto America Jackpot is esti-mated at $3 million.

CORRECTION A story in some editions Sunday incorrectly reported the name of a man who was shot to death early Saturday morning in the 2200 block of Arsenal Street. The victim was Mc-Kinley Steve, 36, of the 2600 block of Arsenal, police said. Close-out of All Floor Compare fKR Lazy Boy Barcalounger Peoplounger Stratolounger Berkline Other Brands Now Quality Line La-Z-Boy AT LOWEST PRICES! By Tim O'Neil Of the Post-Dispatch Staff The call to punish a St. Louis alder-- man for using profanity last week was the subject of negotiations Thurs--'. day at City Hall in an effort to avert a ruckus at today's board meeting.

In a heated debate on June 3, AI-' derman Kenneth Jones, Ind-22nd Ward, used a barnyard term and suggested that Aldermanic President Thomas A. Villa hit himself with his 'gavel. Alderman John Koch, D-8th Ward, quickly promised to seek a resolution censure against Jones at today's meeting. Koch and Villa said Thursday they would seek an aldermanic vote on the resolution unless Jones apologized the full Board of Aldermen. Jones said only that he would deal "with the issue today.

A last-minute entry into the fuss Mayor Vincent C. Schoemehl who met personally or had his top assistants meet Thursday with Jones, Koch and Villa. Edward L. Bush- meyer, the mayor's press secretary, ald Schoemehl had done so "because Jt benefits no one to have the board polarized." Nobody involved was willing to predict what will happen today. Koch prepared the resolution, I which Jones read Thursday at City I Hall.

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