Iran, U.s. Spar Over Nuclear Symbolism

Monday, February 26, 2007

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THE JOPLIN GLOBE

Iran, U.S. spar over nuclear symbolism President equates nuclear program to train without brakes

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instead had expanded the pro- um is used to produce nuclear He acknowledged negotia- came after ministers from gram by setting up hundreds of fuel but further enrichment tions on new sanctions would Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, centrifuges. Iran has repeatedly makes it suitable for use in likely be delicate, with the U.S., Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, The following are death notices refused to halt enrichment as a building an atomic bomb. The Britain, Germany and France Turkey and Pakistan met to provided by The Joplin Globe precondition to negotiations U.S. and its allies fear Iran is thought to favor tougher meas- seek ways to resolve Middle using its nuclear program to ures than Russia and China will East conflicts, as well as Iran. about its program. The Associated Press "The train of the Iranian produce atomic weapons — accept. The U.S. has said it has no charges Iran denies, saying its Meanwhile, in Pakistan, nation is without brakes and a plans to strike Iran militarily— W. Anderson TEHRAN, Iran — President seven Muslim nations warned but has also refused to rule out Howard gear," state radio quoted aim is to generate electricity. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said rear Howard Wallace Anderson In December, the Security of a "dangerous escalation of any options. as telling a gathSunday his country's disputed Ahmadinejad Jr., 87, a retired auditor Council imposed limited sanc- tension" over Iran's nuclear Ahmadinejad said Western Prudential Insurance with Co., 'nuclear program was like a ering of Islamic clerics. "We tions on Iran over its refusal to program and urged the standoff countries feel threatened by passed away Saturday, Feb. the rear gear and train without brakes or a dismantled suspend enrichment and gave it be resolved diplomatically Iran's nuclear program because 24,2007. reverse gear, prompting Secre- brakes of the train and threw a 60-day grace period to halt without resorting to force. they believe their own powers Graveside services will be 1 away sometime ago." 'tary of State Condoleezza Rice them enrichment. The deadline The statement of concern He also repeated his call for are diminishing. at 2 p.m. Monday at Seneca' to respond that Iran needs "a further negotiations, saying the expired Wednesday. Cemetery. Arrangements are stop button." for "bullying" had expired. In London, a senior British under the direction of ParkThe comments came as senior time diplomat said officials would Rice responded by saying er Mortuary. officials of the five permanent "they don't need a reverse gear. use Monday's talks to examine members of the UN. Security They need a stop button." She options for further sanctions — Council — Britain, the U.S., also told "Fox News Sunday" including on arms exports and France, China and Russia — that Tehran needs "to stop lucrative export credits Iran and Germany prepared for an enriching and reprocessing, receives from Europe in supJames L. Ervvin emergency summit in London and then we can sit down and port of trade. LAMAR, Mo. — James Lee The following are paid memoriums on Monday to discuss increased talk about whatever is on Iran's "Jim" Erwin, 67, a superviprovided by family, friends and loved ones. "The question of government sor at Thorco Industries, international pressure on Iran mind." support for business with Iran passed away Sunday, Feb. 25, Leo A. (Butchy) to suspend its uranium enrich"I've said that I am prepared is bound to be examined more Jim Ervvin 2007. ment program. James Lee Erwin, age 67, of closely now," said the diplomat, Radke to meet my counterpart or an The International Atomic Iranian representative at any who estimated European agen- Lamar, passed away Sunday, Leo A. "Butchy" Radke was Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Daniel Funer-. Energy Agency last week time if Iran will suspend its cies provide $20 billion worth of Feb. 25, 2007, at called home Feb. 22, 2007, do- al Home, Lamar. Burial will reported that Iran had ignored enrichment and reprocessing export credits to support trade Truman ing what he be in Lake Cemetery. Visita^ U.N. Security Council ultima- activities. That should be a with Iran. He spoke on condi- Healthcare, loved... taking tion will be from 6 to 7:30 Lamar. tum to freeze its uranium clear signal," she added. a walk. tion of anonymity in line with Jim was born p.m. Tuesday at the funeral enrichment program and Leo was born Enriched to a low level, urani- government rules. home. Sept. 11, 1939, in Monett, Mo., hi Lamar, to Jan. 9,1945. Homer Harris Leroy and LeoHe was prePIERCE CITY, Mo. — Homna (Turner) ceeded in er Harris, 92, a retired farmErwin. He by his faer, passed away Saturday, graduated from Lamar High death ther Leo M. Feb. 24,2007. School in 1958. Radke and his Mother ClaraServices will be at 10 a.m. On May 10,1963, he married C. Radke. Wednesday at Lakin Funeral Virginia P. Miller. He attended Subiaco Mon- Home, Pierce City. Burial Jim worked as a supervisor astery Arkansas, for five will be in Berwick Cemetery, ital of art, literature and scholarship. Some see at Thorco Industries for 42 Three decades after Vietnam War, Ho Chi Minh City as a place of glitz and fun, but years. He was a lifelong La- years inbefore returning to Pierce City. Visitation will Pierce City in 1964. He be from 6:30 to 8 p.m..Tue'sa bit shallow. mar resident and member of cultural divide persists for Wells Aluminum day at Lakin Funeral Home, Southerners consider themselves more dynam- Lamar United Methodist worked 37 years before retiring at Pierce City. ic and tend to see Hanoi as a quaint, sleepy town. Church. Jim was a past for The Associated Press 55. was a life long memThey have been more exposed to Western ways, member of Lamar Kiwanis ber He of Mary's Catholic ; HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam —Northerners while the north is more influenced by neighbor- Club. He was a member of Church St. he worked the Muddy Creek Squares, tirelessly where are rude, they talk funny, they're lousy drivers ing China and by communist central planning. for God and the the Jasper Eagles and the 'and have bad taste. Southerners with money take their friends out community. He made several L. Rousseau ; When a Vietnamese blogger unleashed this to dinner; northerners tend to be thrifty and pre- MoKan Squares and was in donations to the catholic Letha MIAMI, Okla. — Letha L, the mentoring program with tirade from down south recently, people 700 miles fer to visit friends at home, said Kim Dung, a school system in Pierce City 91, a homemaker, away in Hanoi responded with a flood of angry journalist who moved to Ho Chi Minh City from A-OK in Lamar. As a mem- and Joplin as well. He was Rousseau, ber of the Heart of the Heart- also a lifetime member of passed away Thursday, Feb. Web site postings and a few death threats text- Hanoi 12 years ago. Train Club he was en Jolly Mill Park where you 22 ,2007. messaged to the blogger's cell phone. But northerners generally are more concerned land engineer for an afternoon on will find the Radke Memorial Services will be at 1:30 p.m. • The episode underscored a delicate truth about about status and will buy one expensive motor- the "Thomas Wednesday at Paul Thomas at BaldVietnam: Hard feelings die hard. The United bike while the southerner is more likely to buy win, Kan. JimTrain" Home, Miami. Buriwas a willing Playground. Those who knew him, knew Funeral .States has had 142 years to recover from the civil two cheap ones, she said. al will be G.A.R. Cemeparticipant in many other him well and also knew that tery, Miami.in Visitation war. The Vietnam War's north-south division Dung says she misses the village feel of Hanoi's community service activiwill he wasn't short on opinions, 'ended just 32 years ago. be from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday winding streets and street vendors balancing ties. nor shy to enlighten you Vast cultural differences divide the former baskets of fruit on their shoulders. Survivors include his wife them. He loved flowers, at the funeral home. republics of North and South Vietnam. Hanoi is Many northerners relish the nightlife and of 44 years, Virginia, of the with to music, tinkering as far from Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon, business buzz of Ho Chi Minh City, but the home; sister-in-law, Arlerie listening in antiques and his daily Buck, Lamar; brother-in-law, as New York is from Atlanta. The two cities have adjustment can be difficult. walks, he walked wherever Vern Miller, Flower Mound, he could. Perhaps his different cuisines, different dialects and differgreat- Freda J. Hutton Texas; father-in-law and ent styles of doing business. 'A foreign country' est love was that of others. HINDSVILLE, Ark. — Fremother-in-law, Amos and Relations are generally civil, even friendly But "I felt like I was coming to a foreign country," Margery Miller, Lamar; He truly cared about the wel- da Jeanelle Hutton, 79, a reoccasionally, something stirs up old animosities. 'said of everyone he met. He Thu Huong, 37, who moved here to cousins, Vickie Lyn Carey, fare employee of Baldwin And nothing has stirred them like Nhu Hoa's directTran had a heart as big as any and tired Piano Company, passed an Australian educational exchange proDiamond, Mo., Jerry Gooch, shot in the country's thriving blogosphere, gram. "People spoke Vietnamese, but I didn't Wichita, Kan., and Jack a generous soul to match. away Saturday, Feb. 24,2007, which she wrote after a weekend visit to Hanoi. He is survived by his sister, Turner, Minneapolis, Minn. Janice "Radke" Eminger and Services will be at 10 a.m. "I came to realize that Hanoi was not aplace for understand what they were saying." Jim was preceded in death her children, Chuck and Tuesday at Buckeye Baptist At school, classmates ridiculed her daughter's Saigonese, who are food connoisseurs," wrote Burial will be in by his parents. He also left behind Church. Hoa, a university student who complained about northern accent. "Ihate Saigon. I wantto go back Buckeye Cemetery. VisitaA funeral service will be Dawn. to Hanoi," the girl would proclaim. two great-nieces and a great, everything from the condensed milk northernat 2 p.m. Wednesday, nephew who will miss their tion will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Six months later, the 11-year-old had trans- held ers use in their coffee (sticky and sweet) to the Monday at Brashears FunerV Feb. 28, at Daniel Funeral "Boo" and will never al Home, Huntsville, Ark. ".., speed of their Internet connections (very slow). formed her accent and won acceptance. Home. The family will re- Uncle the amazing joy of a : "I don't like anyone who isn't from Saigon," Northerners and southerners often use differ- ceive friends from 6 until know Sunday afternoon "Uno" ent words to describe the same thing. SouthernHoa declared. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Burial game. • "I pity the parents who gave birth to this devil ers are direct; a northerner's yes may mean no, will be in Lake Cemetery. "Happy the man who fol- baby," Hanoi resident Bui Dung shot back in a says Phan Cong Khanh, whoownsaHo ChiMinh lows not the counsel of the Howard Anderson City chemical company. typical online riposte. wicked nor walks in the way lortuary • Chapel * Cremation Services Since the war ended in 1975, legions of northern- He says he sometimes has trouble reading his Howard Wallace Anderson of sinner, nor sits in the com3701K. 7th Street • 781-1711 Jr., age 87, of Joplin, passed pany of the insolent but deers have moved to Ho Chi Minh City, the country's Hanoi customers' wishes. MARIE MORRIS ZINN •business hub and a testing ground of stereotypes. "Southern companies tell you what they need away at 2:55 p.m. Saturday, lights in the law of the Lord Age 91, Joplin. Mo. Northerners tend to think of themselves as right away," Khanh said. "With northern compa- Feb. 24, 2007, at St. John's Re- and meditates on his law day Funeral Service: 2 p.m. Monday. Chapel gional Medical Center. more cultured, and view Hanoi as Vietnam's cap- nies, it's like a winding path." and night." May you rest Rev. Gerald Bass, officiating Bora Nov. 18, 1919, in Baxt- well knowing that your final Burial: Osbome Memorial Cemetery er Springs, Kan., he was the walk carried you into God's GENEVA WILKS son of the late Howard Sr. arms and eternal happiness. Age 84. Joplin and Margaret Whitmann AnArrangements Pending John's Regional Health Center derson. In 1960, he moved to We will miss you dearly and love you always. You are forFamily owned and operated in Springfield. Mo.,, from Webb ever in our hearts. e-mail condolences to: The westbound vehicle ran off Springfield, info(3masonicooiiard.com and returned to live in the road, went through a fence City Joplin in 1970. He retired as and struck a free, the patrol said. an auditor with Prudential Nelson A. Juares, 28, the driver, • A Liberal resident suffered Insurance Co. A United From staff reports was taken to St John's Regional minor injuries in a two-vehicle States Army Air Corps veteraccident at 3:35 p.m. Saturday an of World War n, he served Medical Center in Joplin. FUNERAL HOME • 1 1 16 Main St. • Galena. KS on Missouri 43, five miles west from 1943 to 1946, and trans- BAXTER CHATO.' 328 E. !2lhS<. The easluG'jnd vehicle ran off Four people hurt Parker Mojduam the road, struck a culvert and of Nevada in Vernon County, ferred to the Manhattan 1502 Joplin Phone 623-4321 * DAVID WILLIAM ROBERTSON the patrol said. overturned onto its top, the Atomic Bomb Project. He Age 49. Baxter Springs. Kan. in traffic crashes Pamela Kegerries, 41, was was a member of Webb City patrol said. Services 2 p.m. Monday DORIS MASCHER First Assembly of God Church. Galena Age 90. Joplin • Two Aurora residents suf- taken to Nevada Regional Med- Lodge No. 512, A.F.&A.M. on roads in area Burial Baxter Cemetery Cremation __ fered serious injuries in a one- ical Center. She was apassenger On July 4,1941, he married Inurnment Monday 10:30 a_m. A Purdy resident suffered vehicle accident at 5:05 p.m. Sat- in a vehicle driven by Barbara J. Geraldine Williams AnderOzark Memorial Park Cemetery 1 serious injuries in a one-vehicle urday on County Road 2185, Stone, 48, of Brqnaugh. She preceded him in THORNHILL-DILLON ' DOROTHY STEVENSON CALENTINE accident at 4:50 a.m. Sunday on north of Aurora in Lawrence Carlos L. Aguilar, 32, of Neva- son. death on March 4, 1992. On MORTUARY Age 91. Joplin Route E, seven miles east of County, the patrol said. da, was the other driver. J Service Monday 1 p.m. 6, 1996, he married Parker Mortuary Chapel Carthage in Jasper County, Michael S. Ortwein, 47, the The northbound Stone vehi- Aug. 6th & Eyers 623-4567 Luellen Cooper AnderVisitation Monday 12-1 p.m. according to the Missouri State driver, and a passenger, Shawn cle and the eastbound Aguilar Mary Parker Mortuary son. She survives. Highway Patrol. DARRELL LEE GUINN B. Paul, 33, were taken to St. vehicle collided, the patrol said. He was preceded in death NORMA JEANNE MITCHELL Age 82 — Joplin. Mo. by a daughter, Carol AnderAge 71. Cart Junction Service: 2 p.m. Tuesday . Service Tuesday 10:30 a.m. First Community Church son in 1999. Family Visitation: 6-7 p.m. Monday Carl Junction Christian Church Additional survivors are a Thomhiil-Dillon Mortuary daughter, Betty Anderson, of visit parkermortuary.com for criteria that protect all thornhilldillon.com for online online obituaries, guest/book and Provisions Los Angeles, Calif.; a son, visitobituaries and condolences _ private condolences " including the most Stephen Anderson and wife, The EPA is approving the species, sensitive. 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The family request no flow• A newframeworkfor To remedy the issue, GalDetails on Missouri's ers, however memorial conestablishing water-quality braith said, "If by clarifying the water-quality standards are tributions may be made to criteria for wetlands in regulation we can ensure that the Alzheimer's Association. available by phoning (800) Missouri, including everyone understands the 361-4827 or (573) 751-1300. procedures to set specific intent, I think that is something the Clean Water Commission HEARING CENTER should look at." some speculative schedule for and revised water-quality stan1731 -0 E. 20th • Joplin, MO Ken Midkiff, with the Mis- compliance that might or dards for review and approval 1502 Joplin Phone 623-4321"' 417-782-2865 800-545-2865 souri Sierra Club, said the EPA might not be achieved in the on March 28, 2006. Under the pa rk emiortuary.co m Owned and operated by Clean Water Act, states must wants the DNR to approve com- future." 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