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Friday, September 26, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
Mo. lawmen continue hunt
FBI issues nationwide alert in case suspect eludes dragnet
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WRIGHT CITY, Mo. — More than 100 lawmen searching for a former convict suspected of killing three people pressed their manhunt yesterday, but the FBI issued a nationwide alert on the possibility that he had eluded the dragnet around this farming community.
The convict, Michael Wayne Jackson, had not been seen since 9:30 p.m. Monday when he wrecked a stolen Cadillac after a shootout with police in eastern Missouri.
The former mental patient, with his bearded face streaked with silver paint, took off on a three state crime spree earlier Monday. The spree covered Indiana, Illinois and Missouri.
"We're still keeping the faith and we think he's still in the area," said Cpl. Norbert Weidenbener of the Missouri Highway Patrol. "We're committed through at least tomorrow and then we'll reevaluate it from day to day and go from there."
Roland Clemonds, Wright City patrolman, and police Chief Bill
Burgess, fired six shots at the Cadillac, several of which struck the door on the driver's side. Police said blood was found smeared on the car's steering wheel.
Jackson, 41, is accused of three murders — two in Indiana and one in Missouri — five abductions and at least seven car thefts. Because there have been no reports of missing persons or vehicle thefts in the search area, authorities think he is in or near Wright City.
"There's always the possibility that the subject could have eluded us," Weidenbenner said. "But taking into account his behavior Monday, in all probability he would have stolen a vehicle or taken a hostage."
Garry O. Schoon, a spokesman for the FBT's office in Indianapolis where the crime spree began, said the agency issued a special alert to all its offices emphasizing the seriousness of Jackson's crimes.
However, Schoon added that the FBI had no indication Jackson had fled the Wright City area.
"He's basically out there trying to survive." Schoon said.
The manhunt has had a
dramatic effect on the 1,200 residents of Wright City. School attendance was off by about one-third Thursday, business was slow as most people remained behind locked doors. Residents openly carried firearms.
"A lot of people said they'd like to try out their guns on this guy," Thomas lcknowren, an unemployed truck driver and father of five, said as he leaned his shotgun against his car.
In Indianapolis. Jackson gunned down a probation officer who wanted him to take a urine test for drug abuse and then killed a store clerk in a robbery before killing another man in Missouri, authorities said.
Lena Mikesel witnessed the killing of the probation officer, who pleaded for his life. She lives next door to the three-story, dilapidated house where Jackson lives like a hermit.
"I wish it was torn down," she said about the house. "I worried that he might be on his way back."
Jackson has a lengthy criminal record dating to the ninth grade and a long history of mental illness and drug abuse.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The 57 members of the National Democratic Party's site selection committee began arriving yesterday for an inspection to consider whether to bring its 1988 national convention to the heart of the Midwest.
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Democrats begin K.C. inspection
Kansas City, like the other six cities under consideration, will try to show itself at its best, which in this case includes a mock convention, complete with balloons, banners, confetti and enthusiastic and rehearsed delegates.
"It was a unique way to show what Bartle Hall would look like in that format, not only to show the layout of the facility but to show the enthusiasm of this community in hosting the convention," said Stephen R. Stickford, director of sales for the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Kansas City.
The mock convention is scheduled for today at H. Roe Bartle Hall in downtown Kansas City, Mo.
He said he wanted the members to feel the friendiness and the warmth the community had to offer.
"We always try to show good community support." Stickford said.
In addition to visiting the convention hall and several area hotels, the committee is scheduled to visit the Harry S. Truman Library and
Museum in Independence, Mo., and attend a dinner there tonight hosted by Truman's daughter, Margaret Truman Daniel, and former Missouri Rep. Richard Bolling.
Also on the agenda is a barbeque at a farm near Kansas City International Airport before the committee
leaves tomorrow.
Kansas City is the second of six cities the group will visit. The group was in Atlanta two weeks ago. The committee will visit Houston on Oct. 10-Nov. 1, Washington, D.C., on Nov. 13-15, New Orleans on Dec. 4-6 and New York on Dec. 10-12
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The Jayhawker Yearbook is happy to announce the Hilltoppers. The Hilltopper Awards were established in the 1930's as the Jayhawker's way of recognizing those seniors who have made high calibre contributions to the University and/or the Lawrence community and consistently displayed unselfish, responsible leadership in non-academic areas of campus life. The award was reestablished in 1984 in order that outstanding seniors may once again be recognized.
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—respect of the nominee's peers as well as his or her professors
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