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LAST FRONTIER As cities sprawl and developers covet their land, farmers Elmer R. Homann and Walter Schmidt stand fast ST. LOUISREGION IB SPORTS Cards Miss Chance To Gain ic EVERYDAY Pacifiers, Thumbs And Problems id NATION Heat Eases A Bit In The East 3A Leadlocked In Doe Run The Teamsters strike against the Doe Run smelter is an angry, lingering stalemate. BUSINESS PLUS IBP SrDSffirCH V) MONDAY, JULY 12, 1993 (1) i VOL. 115, NO.

193 5-STAR, 7 ffccS J1J Copyright 1993 Elusive Rapist Convicted, 14 Years After The Crime age, Alaska. Worse luck was soon to follow. He came to the attention of senior federal Marshal Gordon Bittner, a suspicious man. Mary J. is now 42 years old.

Her name has been changed in this story to protect her identity. In the years since her rape, she married a man who later died. Records in the rape case were lost or destroyed, and evidence was misplaced. The hospital where Mary J. was examined was torn down.

But the evidence that remained and Mary emotional account of the assault were enough for prosecutor Douglas Sidel to tell the jury that the case against Pogue "is clear and it is overwhelming." "Do you still believe that is the same man today who raped you in 1979?" Sidel asked Mary J. at the trial last week. Breaking down in tears on the witness stand, Mary J. replied: "I know that's him." A Sexual Attack The gasoline crisis played a role in Mary By William C. Lhotka Of the Post-Dispatch Staff On June 30, 1979, Jimmy Carter was president, the country was struggling through a gasoline shortage, and Mary J.

accused Steven Pogue of raping her near Northwest Plaza. Six months later, Pogue disappeared. And for 12'2 years he led a fugitive's life. Using the name Bruce Owens, he lived in Montana, Colorado and Texas. He studied martial arts.

He became an expert taxidermist. He married and began a family. Pogue's career on the run ended last week when Mary J. pointed to him in a Clayton courtroom and said he had raped her. Pogue's attorney argued that the sexual encounter had been consensual.

But on Thursday, a jury convicted Pogue, 33, of rape and sodomy and recommended seven years in prison on each count. Pogue's second life as Bruce Owens began unraveling in December 1991 when three Emperor Geese and a half dozen sea ducks both protected species were found in his ice chest at an airport in Anchor J's encounter with Steven Pogue on that night in 1979. Mary J. had been at a pizza parlor with her boyfriend, Phil Johnson, and others. Johnson, 44, testified that Mary J.

had left for her apartment in Hazelwood about 1 a.m. Shortly after, as he drove home to Overland, Johnson was unable to find a service station. His pickup ran out of gas on Lindbergh Boulevard north of Midland Boulevard. The following account of the crime is See RAPE, Page 5 FDdlwgrir IV it If ,1 iJV Jut. 7f It Hi.

II; -f'V0: S1: f7 I THE CREST: The Mississippi River at St. Louis is expected to crest at 45 feet on Sunday. That's more than 1.75 feet higher than 1973's crest, the previous high. TO CHECK THE WEATHER: Call the National Weather Service at 928-1198. Li' River Des Peres Is Threatening Neighborhoods By Donald Berns Of the Post-Dispatch Staff The Mississippi River, a scourge to farmers and people in small towns the past couple of weeks, arrived at the doorsteps of their city cousins Sunday.

In Iowa, flooding worsened by thunderstorms shut down a water system serving 250,000 residents. Flooding in the Des Moines area left 45,000 people without power in addition to inundating the water plant and knocking out traffic lights throughout downtown. Meanwhile, neighborhoods in St. Louis were disrupted when the River Des Peres spilled out of both of its banks onto Germania Street and Carondelet Boulevard near Interstate 55. About 200 families were told to leave their homes.

Vice President Al Gore, who visited flooded areas in Iowa Sunday, is scheduled to be in the St. Louis area today. Gore said that the administration was exploring paving for the relief effort in ways "similar to those that were applied when the response to the victims of Hurricane Andrew was forthcoming." The water plant in Des Moines was knocked out of service early Sunday when the Raccoon River rose past the plant's 15-foot dikes, contaminating the entire water supply. Shortly See FLOOD, Page 4 Jim RackwitzPost-Dispatch Merlyn Bohler sitting Sunday amidst her belongings in front of her home in the 7800 block of Wilmar Place as she waited for her husband to bring a truck. The Bohlers, who live near the River Des Peres, cut short a vacation in the South because of the flooding.

No Day Of Rest For Carondelet Gardens i Des Peres Diver: Commercial diver Larry Fann plunges into the storm sewers along the River Des Peres levee 4 A i Flood Information: Where to call to get help or to help 4A i Kaskaskia Island: Townspeople of Kaskaskia, stay put, supported by friends and a 50-foot levee 4 A i Town-By-Town: Detail of damage in Missouri and Illinois 2B i Flood's Toll: River stages, plus flood damage state-by-state 2B i Road Closings: Closings, road restrictions and bus reroutes caused by high water 4B er Des Peres to hear that the city's Emergency Management Agency planned to cut off utility service to all houses in two neighborhoods on the two sides of the River Des Peres near Interstate 55. The neighborhood south of the river is bounded by Germania on the north, Weber Road on the south, Alabama Avenue on the east and Morganford Road on the west. The neighborhood on the north side of the river is bounded by Iron Street on the flowing over levees. Surveyors from the city Board of Public Service marked elevations in orange numbers on the curbs. The numbers corresponded to river levels.

A level of 45 feet or higher probably meant a home was safe from flooding. Residents whose homes were below 43 feet were hard at work. On Sunday night, about 300 people gathered along the south bank of Riv By Repps Hudson Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Homeowners in the neighborhood southeast of Morganford Road and Carondelet Boulevard knew on Sunday that the River Des Peres had risen about 4 inches overnight and that if it crept an additional 6 inches higher as expected to 43 feet water would start flowing through sewer lines into basements and low-lying areas in backyards. At 45 feet, the river would begin north, Courtois Street on the south, the alley east of Pennsylvania Avenue on the west and the Mississippi on the east. Some residents complained about the loss of electricity and gas.

Taking most of the heat was Lloyd Jordan, Mayor Freeman Bosley chief of staff. Jordan stood in the back of a pickup truck and told residents that if the river rises more rapidly than expected, utility workers might See RIVER, Page 4 It's A Wrap: Meatcutters Approve Six-Year Contract ters meat wrappers and top deli and seafood clerks ($10.65) remain the same. The pay rate for journeyman meatcutters will drop to $12.55 for new hires. "I didn't support it, but I voted for it," said Michael Cooney, 53, a meatcutter at the National supermarket on Kingshighway at Del-mar. "If we went out, a lot of people could have lost their jobs." "It's better to have a six-year guarantee than six years of 'What's said the 29-year veteran meatcutter.

Sam Jones, 53, already was looking to the end of this contract. "I'll be 59 when this contract's over," said Jones, a senior meatcutter at the Schnucks at Clayton and Hanley roads. "My wages stay the same. I have my health and welfare benefits." Cooney and Jones are two of about 400 butchers who will benefit directly from the See CONTRACT, Page 5 The union had rejected two previous contract proposals. The new, six-year contract with the management of Schnucks, National and Dierbergs supermarkets is a sign of the times, workers said as they clustered in small groups outside the hall.

Pre-packaged meats are in and job security for many is out. Hourly wage rates for journeymen meatcut By Stephen Kirkland Of the Post-Dispatch Staff The monthlong threat of a strike at the area's largest supermarkets ended Sunday, as meatcutters, deli and seafood workers approved a contract proposal by a 3-1 ratio. But rather than cheering after nearly eight months of negotiations, union members walked slowly and quietly from the four-hour union meeting at the Machinists Hall in Bridgeton. WEATHER U.S. To Stay In Asia, Clinton Says Chance Of Storms News Puts On A Fresh Face With today's edition, the Post-Dispatch undergoes a minor facelift Local news that doesn't make the front page goes in a new section called "St Louis-Region." In effect, the St.

Louis page moves from page 3A to the front of its own section. Business news gets more space Tuesday through Saturday, with the emphasis on personal finance and technology. We have redesigned pages 1A and 2A to help you find material inside the paper. The "body type" in which stories appear is slightly larger. We have rearranged other features in what we believe is a logical manner.

Each section provides details on changes in today's paper. If a column or standing feature has been moved, a box in the old spot will direct you to its new location. Some things, however, are gone. Chief among these are a half page of comics and Dollars Sense, although we are retaining most of the contents of Dollars Sense. Overall, we have increased the space devoted to news.

Hey, Look Us Over INDEX Business Plus 1-28BP Classified Commentary 7B Editorials 6B Everyday 1-8D NationWorld 3A News Analysis 5B Obituaries 4B People 2A Sports 1-7C St. Louis Television 6D FORECAST: Today: Chance of storms. High 88. Increased chance of storms tonight. Low 71.

Tuesday: Chance of storms. High 91. Other Weather, 12B illi Compiled From News Services PANMUNJOM, Korea President Bill Clinton vowed Sunday to maintain U.S. military readiness in Asia and warned that North Korea faced ruin if it developed and used nuclear weapons. He made his pledge on a dramatic visit to the final frontier of the Cold War, the Demilitarized Zone dividing North Korea and South Korea since the 1950-53 Korean War.

At the "Bridge of No Return" that divides the two Koreas, Clinton pledged that the United States would stay strong in Asia and would keep after North Korea to submit to international inspection of two suspected fuel storage sites at the Yongbyon nuclear complex. After the Korean War, 100,000 prisoners of war crossed the bridge, a 180-foo concrete span. South Korean urges investigation of F-1 6 deal 5A Clinton views Asia as potential giant market 5B As North Korean soldiers looked on Sunday from a guard post at their end of the bridge, Clinton walked nearly halfway to the rusty steel strip that marks the border between the two Koreas and looked through binoculars at the other side. Thus he one-upped Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush. Reagan visited the DMZ in 1983, but went no farther than guardpost Col-' lier, six-tenths of a mile from North Korea.

Last year, Bush went to Camp Casey in Yongsan, 12 miles from the border. Clinton peered through binoculars at North Koreans peering back at See KOREA, Page 5 POST-DISPATCH WtAIMtHBIHU EDITORIAL PAGE Another Gesture Toward Hanoi (EDITORIAL) Seizers And Keepers (EDITORIAL) AP President Bill Clinton being greeted by an unidentified soldier Sunday at Camp Casey in South Koreii. 6B 091891 2 11 00' 0.