The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee (2024)

June 8, 1989

Publication:

The Commercial Appeali

Location:

Memphis, Tennessee

Issue Date:

Thursday, June 8, 1989

Page:

48

Extracted Article Text (OCR)

rrn B2 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS THURSDAY JUNE 8 1989 MID-SOUTH TN EDITION -SOUTH BRIEFS Kidnapping suspect asks to move trial out of state asked her to mall a parcel for him A few days later he gave her a letter from Mrs Hearin'to her husband Robert Hearln federal authorities said The woman told FBI agehts she flew from Daytona Beach Fla to Atlanta on Aug 11 changed her clothes and dyed her hair in the Atlanta airport mailed the letter from a post office near the airport and flew back to Daytona Beach Robert Hearln received the letter Aug 15 It read If you do what these people want you to do they are going to seal me up in the cellar of this house wii ter Please save me Authorities still know her whereabouts or if she is alive Winn a 65-year-old St Petersburg Fla lawyer said he lost most of his money and property in an unsuccessful franchise venture with School Pictures of Mississippi a company formerly owned by Hearln seal me up in the cellar ox tnis house with only a few jugs of ter Please save me Annie Lau- waft By Karan Pulfer WH and perjury in Mrs Hearin's July 26 disapps Jackson home lisappearance bom her Because prosecutors charge that part at the crime happened la the case in Florida and Georgia could be tried in one of those states Colette said US Dist Judge Tom Lee who will try the case against Winn rejected a similar request recently from lawyers for Texas businessman Travis Ward and Northern District Public Service Commissioner Snyder Ward and Snyder face trial July 31 in Meridian on charges stemming ffom what prosecutors say was a bribery scheme to force Mississippi Power Light Co to settle two lawsuits with a natural gas supplier Winn faces trial either Aug 21 or Aug 28 in Jackson depending upon now long the Ward ana Snyder trial lasts officials said Their case is unrelated to case A female blend of told FBI agents that Winn met her in De Land Fla last August and per patient In April the only doctors residing in Tunica began sending their patients to the Northwest Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale and Baptist Hospital Methodist Hospital and Le Bon-heur Children's Medical Center in Memphis saying the Tunica hospital was inadequate was Increasing difficulty getting adequate numbers of supplies and adequate said Carl Schrader former Tunica County Hospital administrator who was bred in April Soon afterward Schrader's wife Dr Sara Schrader and her partner Dr Diane Ferguson iult admitting patients But said his termination Ffi prosecu- heme to Light had nothing to do with the decision to quit admitting patients declining to say why he was released impossible to run a hospital without said hospital spokesman Turner Schrader and Dr Ferguson were our two primary admitting physicians" Ciflrently the hospital ha two doctors who refer patients Turner said But they are doctors who commute bom Memphis to a local clinic Turner disagreed with assessment of the hospital's quality swing think the level of care has been arrives Memphis Brooks Museum of Art registrar Laurie Snyder makes out a condition report on a sculpture that arrived Wednesday Carrara 88 by Manuel Neri is on loan from the Charles Cowles Gallery In New York JACKSON Miss (AP) A ing that his trial be moved out of Mississippi because of intense publicity an unusual move but Jack-son defense lawyer John Colette said cases have been moved out of state before He represents Newton Alfred Winn In a document filed Tuesday in US District Court here Colette pointed to extensive news coverage of Annie Laurie Hearin's disappearance and segments on the national television programs Unsolved Mysteries and Inside Story exists a prejudice so great that the defendant cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial at any place fixed by law for holding court in the district or within the state of Mississippi" Colette said in court documents Winn has pleaded Innocent to charges of conspiracy to commit kidnapping extortion by mail From Page B1 Hospital Paul Battle president of the Tunica County Board of Supervisors refused to comment Henderson met Tuesday with Alton Cobb director of the state Department of Health seeking some sort of relief But Cobb said there is little the state can da really have no funds to subsidize the he said The hospital primarily serves Medicaid patients and has faced a continual financial struggle because Medicaid payments often do not equal hospital costs 1 1 COMPACT BINOCULARS Super lightweight binoculars with center focusing wheel rubber eye cups carrying case and strap 89 ortg 9999 MEN'S NIKE DELTA FORCE AC AM BASKETBALL SHOE Air cushioning provides ROD ball and men'sTathieticTappareiTisIon7sae McWherter may reveal plans to run again NASHVILLE Gov Ned McWherter has scheduled a press conference today to discuss his future plans which most believe will include a run for a second term as governor While he has remained coy about his intentions McWherter has begun acting more and more like a candidate At his Cabinet meeting last week he spent much of the time discussing his long-term plans for state government which would appear to require a second term If he chooses to run the 60-year-old McWherter ranks as a potent favorite for re-election He has more than S750000 on hand in campaign funds and no Republican has come forward indicating a willingness to oppose him Reward offered for kin DYERSBURG Tenn Crime Stoppers is offering a reward to help locate the parents of an infant girl abandoned in a parking lot here Friday Crime Stoppers chapter will give SI 000 to anyone who identifies and locates the parents Dyersburg Police spokesman Tommy Stafford said have no leads and all other methods have pretty much Stafford said The 5-pound newborn girl was left in a car on the Wal-Mart parking lot When a family returned to the car they discovered the infant and called police who took the girl to Methodist Hospital of Dyersburg The baby who was uninjured and wrapped in fabric remained in the custody of the state Department of Human Services Wednesday Police do not know if the parents will be charged if they are found Crime Stoppers offers rewards for information about unsolved crimes and promises tipsters anonymity The telephone number is (901) 285-8477 Outsiders blamed for track defeat SCOTTSBORO Ala A backer of dog racing for Jackson County blamed outside interference for the defeat of a referendum that would have brought greyhounds to the Northeast Alabama county Jackson voters defeated the dog track proposal 6945-6193 Tuesday Bill Williams a former state representative who headed Citizens for Economic Progress said interference is what defeated the track" From Staff Reports and Our Press Services Francisco to leave state job By Karanja A Ajanaku NashvMo Bureau NASHVILLE Dr Jerry Francisco who has served more than 20 years as the chief medical examiner said Wednesday he will resign the post effective July 1 Dr Francisco also the Shelby County medical examiner said he was resigning from the state post to make room for a state medical examiner who could lobby full time for the needs of the statewide medical examiner system Dr Charles Harlan a former deputy medical examiner in Shelby County was named to succeed Dr Francisco Dr Harlan is the medical examiner for Metro NashvllleDavldson County The state medical examiner coordinates the activities of county medical examiners pathologists and others involved in the investigation of deaths Dr Francisco did not receive a salary as state medical examiner Dr Francisco said the state has lagged behind other states in its contributions to the medical examiner system get the Increases needed someone is needed in Nashville to work on a daily basis" Dr Harlan said pushing for more funding of the medical examiner's forensic pathology labs is a priority Five centers are designated in urban areas throughout the state but only the centers in Memphis and Johnson City are funded JW Luna commissioner of the Department of Health and Environment said the 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