The Dispatch from Moline, Illinois (2024)

'No fun Dunne' set to retire 1 1 Gathering k0 tax info L-t-- takes time I 1 Life Jo Ann Parmley Religion Rev. John Dunne Coming Sunday Gambling on the river, and the movement to run it aground rrn BAILY BISPATCH 1L 1 llth YEAR No. 186 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1989 MOLINE, ILLINOIS 3 (, PAtCS COL fugitives agree to return Lowry, St. Charles to face sentencing By Patrick Seltz Staff writer "Church of Love" fugitive Donald S. Lowry and Pamala St.

Charles agreed Friday to return to Illinois to face sentencing on mail-fraud charges for running a multi-million-dollar sex fantasy scam. The two suspects appeared Friday in federal court in West Palm Beach, a day after their capture in the suburbs. Miss St. Charles' mother, Rachel Ortiz of Bettendorf, said she has not heard from her daughter yet and is worried about her health. She said she made numerous calls to officials in southwest Florida Friday, trying to find out where Miss St.

Charles was being housed, but was unsuccessful. "I saw her on the (television) news tonight and she looks bad," she said Friday. Miss St. Charles has been taking medication for a heart condition. "I don't understand why they (the federal marshals) are trying to hide her from me," Mrs.

Ortiz said. "She's not a murderer." U.S. Marshal James Fyke said Mr. Lowry and Miss St. Charles will probably be returned to Peoria within 10 days.

Mr. Lowry, 60, of Bettendorf, was growing a beard and was traveling under the alias of the Rev. Norb Gordon. Miss St. Charles, 25, of Mo-line, had dyed her long brown hair blonde and cut it.

She was using her maiden name, Pamala Ortiz, federal officials said. The two were convicted Dec. 16 of 24 counts of mail fraud, conspiracy and money-laundering charges after a four-week jury trial in U.S. District Court, Peoria. Federal warrants were issued Jan.

19 after they failed to report to their probation officer while free on bond. Mr. Lowry faces a possible sentence of 125 years in prison and $5.5 million in fines. Miss St. Charles faces a maximum 65 years in prison and $2.2 million in fines.

In addition, they could face contempt of court charges for jumping bond, as well as other charges, Mr. Fyke said. Wharton wins CBA vote to host all-stars -Illustration by Kathy Bush Gehn Readjustment counselor Janine Lenger-Gvist left the Quad Cities Vets Center veterans have sought her help in the past two years. Now they will be served by Friday for the last time, a victim of budget constraints. Hundreds of Vietnam-era a counselor splitting time between the Quad-Cities and Cedar Rapids.

Cutbacks cost vets another buddy By Craig DeVrieze Staff sports writer The Quad City Thunder overcame reservations concerning 60-year-old Wharton Field Housels rustic atmosphere to win the 1990 Continental Basketball Association All-Star game in a closer-than-antici-pated vote of selected league owners Friday in Pensacola, Fla. By a reported vote of 5-4, the A date for the All-Star game won't be determined for another month or two, although Thunder general manager Rich McArdle said a repeat of this season's New Year's Eve date in Rockford appears unlikely. A date must be agreed upon by the Thunder, the league and cable network ESPN, which will televise the contest. McArdle said the contest will pit 12 CBA All-Stars against the host Thunder, a unique CBA format which has been used in the last seven All-Star contests. While several league owners objected to locating the CBA's showcase event in Wharton, Mr.

McArdle and Thunder owner Anne Potter DeLong said others were swayed by the franchise's league-leading attendance this season and by ESPN's support for the Thunder and (Please see CBA, page A2) CBA All-Star com mittee selected By Vernon Squires Staff writer In a way, Vietnam veterans know how to handle this latest loss, because most of them lost buddies back in the jungles of Southeast Asia. It hurt, but they carried on. On Friday, Quad-Cities veterans lost another buddy. Readjustment counselor Janine Lenger-Gvist pulled the posters off her office walls, took down the photos of her six-month-old baby, and walked away from the Quad Cities Vets Center a final time, the victim of budget constraints. After two years of listening, caring and heal-ing, the 27-year-old Iowa native said goodbye to hundreds of local vets, friends of another generation who took her hand when she reached out to help.

"Our own country looked down on them. They came back and they were spit on, called murderers and baby rapers. They were treated less than dirt." Feelings buried Faced with hostility, Vietnam vets buried their feelings. They pushed down the memories of violence and loss. They withdrew.

"In war, you're not allowed to feel," Mrs. Lenger-Gvist said. "The soldiers came back as animals. They learned not to feel, not to care. They will never forget Vietnam no matter how much counseling they get." Only during the last five or six years have Vietnam veterans begun to find sympathy discussing the war, Mr.

Lintz said, particularly through pro-(Please see VETERANS, page A2) The vets feel sorrow. They say will try to move on, try to maintain a momentum which is healing 20 years of pain from a strange and brutal war. "Initially it was a great emotional impact," said veteran Bob Lintz to describe Mrs. Lenger-Gvist's departure, announced in December. "But she has been encouraging.

She told us, 'It's like when you lost a guy over there, you kept During her stay at the center, 1529 46th Moline, Mrs. Lenger-Gvist touched a nerve among veterans, who initially looked on her with skepticism. She listened to their stories. "In the Vietnam war, the country committed the troops before they committed the country," she said. "And there was no time coming home.

One day they were in the bush, trying to cover their asses, and the next day they were at the dinner table. the Quad-Cities over Cedar Rapids as host city for the 1990 classic. Pensacola, which also had been bidding for the honor, re RICH McARDLE moved its name from consideration Friday morning. Impostor makes life difficult Bush works on cure for ailing firms By Patrick Seltz Staff writer Someone claiming to be Steven P. Steiner has made life miserable for the 29-year-old Moline man he has been impersonating.

Last summer, state officials revoked Mr. Steiner's driver's license after several unpaid traffic tickets surfaced in Georgia, Alabama and southern Illinois. Mr. Steiner, 1210 7th said he has never been to those places and never got those tickets, which ranged from speeding to drunk driving. Charges in Tazewell County, 111., and Alabama were eventually dropped, but so far Mr.

Steiner has been unable to convince authorities in Georgia that he's not their man. On three occasions, the driver who falsely claimed to be Mr. Steiner did not produce a driver's license. He gave police a correct name, date of birth and driver's license number, and the officers left it at that. The real Mr.

Steiner said he knows who the culprit is. He believes a former friend took his wallet in 1978 and memorized the information in case he ever got arrested on traffic charges. Mr. Steiner now cannot legally drive because the imposter got his license revoked. He has to rely on his wife and co-workers for rides to his job at Emco Environmental Lighting in Milan.

Wrong man arrested In September 1986, Mr. Steiner was twice jailed for driving with a suspended license. He (Please see LICENSE, page A2) some solution will do anything to diminish the credit of the United States being behind the deposits." "In this savings and loan (problem), there are no easy answers," Bush told the lawmakers gathered in the Cabinet Room at the White House. "And no worrying about blame. (There is) plenty to go around." As the options to bail out the troubled industry have been discussed and altered in the past few days, Bush said he expected to receive (Please see THRIFTS, page A5) WASHINGTON (UPI) President Bush, reviewing and refining plans to rescue the ailing savings and loan industry, announced Friday his own proposal is nearly ready, warning it "will noti be popular" but must be done.

Opening another consultative session with congressional leaders, Bush at the same time assured Americans the safety of deposits in the nation's savings and loans "is guaranteed, will continue to be guaranteed, and there should be no feeling around the country that STEVEN STEINER Cloudy. Today, cloudy and cold with occasional light snow, high from zero to 5 degrees, winds from the north 10to15mph. Tonight, light snow likely, low around 5 below. Sunday, continued cloudy with a high of 5 to 10. Inside living.

"I'm not going to be hemmed in," Bush said firmly. "I'm going to go to people's houses, to museums" and she has had friends in for lunch almost every day to share her good fortune. The good part of living in the White House, she said, is that "you get to see more of your husband." "I am overwhelmed by the beauty of the White House," she said. "I smile all day Bush said that although she moved in only two weeks ago, it seems like "15 months." She said that the note that her predecessor Nancy Reagan left her along with an orchid plant, read: "Welcome to your new home." Next time, use UPS to ship Volkswagen DAVIDSON, N.C. (UPI) T.

Postmaster Beverly Seal said the' Davidson office routinely handles bulk mail, but nothing like what it found at the post office Thursday morning. When postal workers arrived there was a VW sitting in the lobby. With insufficient postage to boot. Less than 70 cents in stamps were stuck under a wiper blade. As it turned out, some of a Davidson College student's fraternity brothers had stolen his car keys after he fell asleep, then driven the car to the post office's 24-hour lobby.

While two held the double doors open, others pushed the car inside. Wives to be allowed to join Soviet sailors MOSCOW (UPI) The Soviet Black Sea fleet has decided to "award" deserving sailors the right to travel with their wives on overseas voyages after spouses obtain character references and ap proval by communist officials. The evening Izvestia newspaper said the Black Sea fleet, the largest of the government's merchant marine firms, has lifted its ban on allowing spouses to travel aboard ships to foreign countries. The ban previously was used as a means to cut back on sailors jumping ship and defecting to the West, but Izvestia said merchant marine officials believe the rules are now archaic. Because of the lack of space onboard vessels, the ship's crew will vote on who deserves the privilege of having his wife come along.

First lady refuses to be 'hemmed in9 WASHINGTON (UPI) First lady Barbara Bush said Friday she is overwhelmed by the beauty of the White House and already feels comfortable, but does not plan to let the allure of her new home keep her "hemmed in." "I'm going to be out every day," she said in an interview in the family quarters, which have already been changed to fit the Bush style of Business C6 Obits A6 Classified D3 SportsDay C1 Comics B6 Televison B7 Life B1 Theater B5.

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