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REGIONDEATHS Saturday, Sept. 3, 1994, Page 6AThe Jackson Sun Uranium sent info air during '65 test cause they confirmed that a cylinder of uranium hexaflouride could rupture due to heat, and that the rupture could happen quickly. Joe Lenhard, a retired DOE executive, witnessed one of the 1965 tests. A safety officer with the Atomic Energy Commission at the time, he said the tests were conducted at the AEC's request. Lenhard said the tests were important to develop transportation regulations for nuclear materials.

He said it was critical to gather information on possible accident conditions, including fire. ture or otherwise discharge its contents. The heat converted the uranium hexafluoride into a gas that was dispersed. More than 600 pounds of the uranium compound were released in the five tests. Officials monitoring the releases found only slight contamination in the area after the explosion.

"The particle sizes of uranium compounds formed were apparently so small that they were dispersed over a wide area," a 1966 repot says. That report concluded the fire tests were highly useful be measure how well containers used to transport uranium hexafluoride could withstand fire, and to assess what would happen if heat ruptured a container. The five tests are reported in documents in the Department of Energy's public reading room in Oak Ridge. In recent months, DOE and its Oak Ridge contractors have released more than 1,100 documents related to radiation experiments with humans, or the release of nuclear materials into the environment. The tests took place at a rifle range several miles from the K- Test was done in Oak Ridge to see if hazardous containers could hold up against fire: report.

The Associated Press OAK RIDGE Hundreds of pounds of a mildly radioactive form of uranium were vaporized into the air during a series of 1965 tests in Oak Ridge, newly released documents show. The tests were designed to ENVIRONMENT 25 gaseous diffusion plant. Gaseous diffusion, a process to get higher concentrations of ura-nium-235, uses uranium hexaf-louride as its raw material. Tons of the material were shipped into Oak Ridge while K-25 was in operation. Uranium hexaflouride is toxic and slightly radioactive.

The tests involved different types of containers and varying amounts of uranium hexafluoride. In each test, heat caused the uranium-filled cylinder to rup Murder conviction overturned Woman blames prison romance for her troubles State given 120 days to grant new trial for man sentenced to death in 1978 choking and raping of woman. The Associated Press NASHVILLE A federal judge on Friday overturned the 1978 murder conviction of a Memphis man who choked and raped a woman before leaving her locked in a car trunk. U.S. District Judge John T.

Nixon gave the state 120 days to give Ronald Eugene Rick-man a new trial in the murder of Deborah Lee Groseclose. Nixon, who in May overturned Rickman's death sentence, found the state denied him a fair trial by presenting false and misleading testimony Audit shows college owes students $241,750 Bystander critically wounded during attempted robbery MEMPHIS A shootout that left a 32-year-old bystander critically wounded started over the attempted theft of two gold neck chains, police say. Two teen-agers, one of whom is the son of a General Sessions Court judge, have been charged with attempted robbery and attempted murder. Vicki McKinney of Memphis was shot in the head during the shootout as she tried to drive her car away from the gunfire, Three young children also in her car suffered injuries when the vehicle crash into a wall near a service station where the shooting erupted. Identification of mystery patient finally known MEMPHIS A mystery woman lying in a coma in a hospital for more than a has been identified as an Arkansas resident.

Phynina Love, 29, of North Little Rock, had been known only as Patient 132 at the Regional Medical Center. She was found July 30 near some rail- road tracks in Corning, Corning Police Chief Ronnie Stewart said. She had no identification. She was identified Wednesday through an FBI fingerprint check, authorities said. Because of the severity of her brain injury, Love is not ex- pected to come out of the coma, officials said.

Media company names new president KNOXVILLE Multimedia Inc. has named WBIR-TV general manager James M. Hart -the new president of Multimedia Broadcasting Co. effective immediately. The Greenville, S.C.-based media company also announced Thursday that the broadcasting unit, which includes five television stations and a radio station, would move to Knoxville.

Hart's appointment, succeeding Pat Servodidio who resigned to pursue other interests, comes one month after the appointment of former Whittle Communications executive Douglas Greenlaw as president and chief executive officer of Multimedia Inc. Commissioner dies day after swearing-in BLOUNTVILLE A new; Sullivan County commissioner who collapsed following a -swearihg-in ceremony died Friday at a hospital. Pat Carter, 58, collapsed twice after the swearing in ceremony Thursday. He passed out once while visiting the county youth home with other commissioners and again when he returned to the county courthouse. Beverly Jones, a hospital spokeswoman, said he died Friday morning.

From wire reports AID ANNOUNCCMtNT Information supplied by West Tennessee Funeral Directors Edward Hunter Services for Edward Hunter, 83, of Henderson will be Safurday at 2 pm at Leon Johnson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Glenn Hill Rev. Paul McAdoo officiating. Burial will follow In Trinity Cemetery. Mr.

Hunter died at 2:25 am Friday at Chester County Nursing Home after a long illness. Mr. Hunter was born In Chester County, son of the late Will Cora Colston Hunter. He was married to Pauline Ridley In 1923. He was a farmer carpenter was a member of Trinity Methodist Church.

Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Joye Hunter Dismuke of Henderson; 3 sisters, Mrs. Willie Mae Hailey of Jackson, Mrs. Inetha Haggard of Bethel Springs Mrs. Lois Morris of Henderson; 1 grandchild, Kevin Dismuke of Henderson; 2 great-grandchildren, Jeff Dismuke Chastity Dismuke of Henderson.

Pallbearers will be Roy Neal Ervin, Jack Burkhead, Roy Lee McKinnon, Danny Bingham, Willard Davidson Bernard McKinnon. Leon Johnson Funeral Home Death Notice Policy: The Jackson Sun provides free death notices for families in our area. However, those desiring more than basic information provided in the death notice may purchase a paid obituary through their funeral home or the classified advertisement department of The Sun. by Barton Wayne Mount. Nixon said the state withheld material evidence about Blount's testimony and plea agreements with prosecutors in the charges against him.

Mount pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Groseclose and testified against Rickman and William Groseclose, who is on Death Row after his conviction in his wife's murder. The judge also found Rickman was denied effective counsel during the guilt phase of the trial and was convicted on an unconstitutionally vague jury instruction of "reasonable doubt." Nixon said Rickman was given medicine that effected his demeanor and ability to assist with his own defense. He said the cumulative effect of these errors was to deny due Joiner, who has requested a meeting with top education officials in Washington, said his school the subject of three federal audits in the past year is being "harassed." According to the audit, LeMoyne-Owen operated college sites in Tunica and Greenville between January 1992 and July 1993, but lacked legal and regulatory authority to operate in Mississippi at the time. However, students at the locations received $241,750 in grants and Humboldt General Hospital. He had a daughter, Rachell Beard Bolton of Humboldt.

His mother is Myrtle Jean Fitzgerald Beard of Humboldt. His father is Robert Earl Clark of Humboldt. His grandfather is William D. Fitzgerald of Humboldt He had three brothers, Robert Litdale Beard, Marion Clark and Timothy Clark, all of Humboldt, and six sisters, Jacqueline Sturdivant and Lessie Clark, both of Milan, Sandra Ferguson, Beverly Clark and Janice Clark Cole, all of Humboldt, and Francis Beard of Detroit. For more information, call Gibson County Funeral Home at 784-1797.

Louise Overall, 82 DYER Graveside services for Louise Overall, 82, will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Oakwood Cemetery. Ms. Overall died Friday at Riv-ermont Nursing Home in South Pittsburg. For more information, call Karnes and Son Funeral Home at 692-3711.

Emma F. Groves, 79, homemaker BROWNSVILLE Services for Emma Frances Wallace Groves, 79, will be at 10 a.m. today at Brownsville Funeral Home. Burial will be in Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Mrs. Groves, a homemaker, died Thursday at Methodist Haywood Park General Hospital.

She was married to the late Russell Albert Groves. She had two daughters, Sue Gaters of Brownsville and Deronda Duck-ett of Ripley. She had two sisters, Mable Matlock and Susie Macon, both of Brownsville, and a brother, Harvey Wallace of Illinois. For more information, call the funeral home at 772-1551. Virginia R.

Bivens, 82, secretary BROWNSVILLE Services for Virginia R. Bivens, 82, will be at 1 p.m. today at Brownsville Funeral Home. Burial will be in Zion Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs.

Bivens, a secretary, died Friday at Methodist Haywood Park General Hospital. She was married to the late Guy Bivens. She had a sister, Flora Robbins of Memphis. For more information, call the funeral home at 772-1551. Alvln T.

Rimmer, 50, body shop owner MILAN Graveside services for Alvin Thomas Rimmer, 50, process. Attorney General Charles Burson expressed disappointment. "We are very disappointed and will have no further comment until we've had an opportunity to fully review the order," Burson said in a statement issued by his office. Henry Williams, administrative assistant to Shelby County District Attorney John Pierotti, said an appeal of the order would be up to the attorney general. However, he said prosecutors will discuss the case with the family of Mrs.

Groseclose and "if the family wants another trial we'll try it again. And we'll be ready in 120 days." If there were no appeal or no new trial, Rickman would be freed in 120 days. loans. That money should be repaid, auditors said. LeMoyne-Owen failed to give students accurate information about their rights and responsibilities under the federal student aid programs.

Some students received funds to which they were not entitled, the audit reported. Joiner, in an April 25 letter to the U.S. Department of Education, said the report was "written out of context," with some conclusions "grossly unfair." will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Pleasant Grbve Baptist Church Cemetery near Greenfield. Mr.

Rimmer, owner-operator of the former and Rimmer's Body Shop, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. He was married to Shirley Rimmer. He had two daughters, Kimberly Ann Rimmer and Kathy Ann Bell, both of Milan. He had two brothers, Jerry Rimmer of Milan and Richard Rimmer of Horn Lake, and a sister, Gladys Davis of Martin. For more information, call Bodkin Funeral Home at 686-3111.

Lillie Mae Franks, 68, homemaker MEDINA Services for Lillie Mae Pipes Franks, 68, will be at 4 p.m. today at Bodkin Funeral Home in Milan. Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery near Medina. Mrs. Franks, a homemaker, died Thursday at Regional Hospital of Jackson.

She was married to the late Ralph Junior Franks. She had five children, John Junior Franks and Hobert L. Franks, both of Medina, James Edward Franks and Ethel Mae Parker, both of Humboldt, and Kathy Nell Erwin of Trenton. She had two sisters, Icie Price of Savannah and Joyce Leggans of Morris Chapel, and two brothers, Robert Pipes of Savannah and Lcamon Pipes of Vrazoria, Texas. For more information, call the funeral home at 686-3111.

Allie B. Walker, 68, homemaker Allie B. Walker, 68, died Friday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Arrangements are Incomplete. For more information, call Bask-erville Funeral Home of Humboldt at 784-1717.

Charles Campbell, 51 HUMBOLDT Charles Campbell, 51, died Friday at Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth, Va. He was married to Stella Campbell of Humboldt Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Bask-erville Funeral Home at 784-1717. Nancy Smith, 45 Nancy Smith, 45, died Friday afternoon at Forest Cove Nursing Center. Arrangements are Incomplete.

For more information, call Bledsoe Funeral Home at 427-1521. near New Orleans, after he said he loved her. She said she carried on a prison romance with Drott, visiting him on weekends and talking often with him by phone. Drott was serving a 21-year manslaughter sentence in the beating death of a 19-year-old Louisiana woman. "It really hurts me to know he used my feelings to con me," Ms.

Duvall said Thursday in an interview with The Commercial Appeal, a Memphis newspaper. Sobbing as she talked, she said she hasn't decided how she will plead to aggravated assault and armed robbery charges in Louisiana. She. said Drott shot her with a pistol while she was switching their belongings from a car stolen in Louisiana to the Mississippi teen-ager's vehicle. "I was squatted down looking under the seat.

I looked up and I heard the gun cock," she said. "I said, 'Kelly, And that was it." age of Memphis. For more information, call Shackelford Funeral Home at 925-4000. Lydia C. Lowder, 90, homemaker ADAMSVILLE Services for Lydia C.

Lowder, 90, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Shackelford Funeral Home. Burial will be in Crump Cemetery. Ms. Lowder, a homemaker, died Friday at Tri-County Convalescent Home.

She had three children, Wanda Lowder Deaton of Selmer, Jerry Blair of Maryville, and Bill Lowder of Cassville, Mo. For more information, call the funeral home's Selmer office at 645-3481. Mae F. Edwards, 61, homemaker FRIENDSHIP Service for Mae Frances Edwards, 61, will be at 1 p.m. Monday at New First Baptist Church in Maury City.

Burial will be in Friendship's William Chapel Cemetery. Ms. Edwards, a homemaker, died Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She had two children, Ollie Lee Adams of Jackson and Amous Claybrooks of Nashville. Her stepfather is Osburne Arnold, address unavailable.

She had a brother, Jim Henry Edwards of Friendship. For more information, call H.H. Hudson Funeral Home of Dyersburg at 285-3070. Albert Lee Newbill, 79, farmer HUNTINGDON Services for Albert Lee Newbill, 79, will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Dilday Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Union Academy Cemetery. Mr. Newbill, a farmer, died Thursday at his home. He was married to Estelle Chandler Newbill. He had three sisters, Ester Bush and Frances Smothers, both of Huntingdon, and Lester Sydnor of McKenzie.

For more information, call the funeral home at 986-8281. Thomas E. Hunter, 83, retired carpenter, farmer HENDERSON Services for Thomas Edward Hunter, 83, will be at 2 p.m. today at Leon Johnson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Trinity Cemetery.

Mr. Hunter, a retired carpenter and farmer, died Friday at Chester County Nursing Home. He was married to Pauline R. Hunter. He had a daughter, Joye Escapee's accomplice says she did it because criminal said he loved her.

The Associated Press MEMPHIS The accused accomplice of a Louisiana prison escapee says love led her astray. Robin L. Duvall, 28, was shot by the escapee, Kelly "Drott, after he kidnapped a Mississippi teen-ager who was forced to drive him to Arkansas. Drott, 27, killed himself Aug. 10 as police closed in on him about 75 miles west of Little Rock.

His captive Lindsey Dye, 17, of Bates-' ville, was rescued unharmed. Duvall of Amite, is jailed in Memphis where she is recovering from a gunshot wound to the face. She said she agreed to help Drott escape from Jackson Barracks, a state prison DEATHS Pamela J. Burnine, 40, factory worker McKENZIE Services for Pamela Jean Burnine, 40, will be at 2 p.m. today at Fairview Baptist Church.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Ms. Burnine, a factory worker, died Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She had a daughter, Sonya Jean Studivant of McKenzie. She had three sisters, Sandra White, Debra Higham and Patricia Curtis, all of McKenzie, and two brothers, Terry Chesser of McKenzie and Ronald Chesser of Huntingdon.

For more information, call Brummitt Funeral Home at 352-2222. Pinkie Smallwood, 94 Services for Pinkie Smallwood, 94, of Medon, will be at 11 a.m. today at George A. Smith and Sons' South Chapel. Burial will be in Parkburg Cemetery.

Mrs. Smallwood died Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was married to the late James Arthur Smallwood. They had three children, Elizabeth Sturdivant, Robert Polk Small-wood and James Hugh Small-wood, all of Medon. For more information, call the funeral home at 423-2212.

Billy E. Nunnery, 64, retired plastics worker RIDGELY Services for Billy E. Nunnery. 64, will be at 11 a.m. today at J.W.

Curry and Son Funeral Home. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery. Nunnery, a retired employee of Georgia Gulf Plastics, died Thursday at Methodist Hospital of Dyersburg. He was married to Judy Nunnery. He had three children, Elaine Nunnery Smith of Ridge-ly, Kelly Nunnery Pease of Dyersburg and Michael Eugene Nunnery of Hazelhurst, Miss.

For more information, call the fUneral home at 264-5652. James H. Ramage, 46, mechanic SAVANNAH Services for James H. Ramage, 46, will be at 3 p.m. today at Pyburn Union Church.

Burial will be in Pyburn Cemetery. Mr. Ramage, a mechanic with Memphis Hardwood died Thursday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. He had two daughters, Doley Ramage of Jackson and Jamie Smith of West Memphis, Ark. His mother is Harriett Franks Ram The Associated Press MEMPHIS Federal auditors have concluded that LeMoyne-Owen College operated classes at two sites in Mississippi without proper authority and must repay the students $241,750.

But LeMoyne-Owen president Burnett Joiner Thursday night disputed the findings in the audit just released by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General. Hunter Dismuke of Henderson. He had three sisters, Willie Mae Hailey of Jackson, Inetha Haggard of Bethel Springs and Lois Morris of Henderson. For more information, call the funeral home at 989-2624.

Pauline B. Kelley, 68, homemaker TOONE Services for Pauline B. Kelley, 68, will be at 3 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar. Burial will be in Rainey Cemetery.

Mrs. Kelley, a homemaker, died Thursday at Germantown Methodist Hospital. She was married to George M. Kelley. She had two children, Faye Cromwell of Toone and Willie Kelley of Texas.

She had a brother, John E. Brown of Bolivar. For more information, call the funeral home at 658-5277. William A. McKinnie, 85 BOLIVAR Services for William Alton McKinnie, 85, will be at 2 p.m.

Sunday at Shackelford Funeral Home. Burial will be in Hebron Cemtery. Mr. McKinnie died Friday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital's Specialty Unit. He was married to the late Eula Conrad McKinnie.

He had four children, Becky Collins and Naomi Pyles, both of Jackson, E.W. McKinnnie of Bolivar and Dennis McKinnie of Atlanta. For more information, call the funeral home at 658-5277. Effie Male Taylor, 53, homemaker BELLS Services for Effie Maie Climer Taylor, 53, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Brownsville Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Providence Cemetery in Madison County. Mrs. Taylor, a homemaker, died Friday at her home in Bells. She was married to Raymond Taylor of Bells. She had three children, Lisa Taylor Simpson, Ken Taylor, and Alan Taylor, all of Bells.

She had two sisters, Eloise Ballard of Alamo and Helen For-sythe of Friendship, and four brothers, Wesley Climer of Halls, Eugene Climer of Alamo, James Climer of Dyersburg, and Elbert Climer of Cleo, Mich. For more information, call the funeral home at 772-1551. Steven Earl Beard, 34 HUMBOLDT Services for Steven Earl Beard, 34, will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery.

Mr. Beard died Tuesday at.