Region/state digest 05/25/06

Suspect arrested shortly after stabbing

SIKESTON, Mo. -- A 49-year-old woman was stabbed in the shoulder Wednesday afternoon while walking into a Sikeston Wal-Mart. Police arrested the suspect shortly after the incident, but no motive had been established, according to a Sikeston Department of Public Safety news release. "Right now it seems like one of those senseless crimes where someone was just in the wrong place at the wrong time," Sikeston police Capt. Mark Crocker said in the release. When stabbed near the store entrance, the woman turned around, knocked the knife out of her attacker's hand and stood on it as the assailant walked away. A witness followed the suspect, who was arrested without incident less than two minutes after police were notified, according to the release. No charges had been filed as of early Wednesday night. The victim was treated and released from a local hospital.

Suicidal woman kills self, accidentally kills son

NEOSHO, Mo. -- A woman who killed herself by carbon monoxide poisoning accidentally killed her teenage son as well when fumes from the running car she sat inside seeped out of the garage and into his bedroom. The bodies of Ivey Sue Walker, 49, and Joseph William Walker, 17, were discovered around 7 p.m. Tuesday, The Joplin Globe reported. Ivey Walker said in a note that she wanted Joseph and his 19-year-old brother, Chance, to have her possessions, according to police reports. Chance was not home because he was in Guam visiting his uncle. "It was obvious from the note that she expected the kids to find the note later on and totally did not expect anything to happen to her son," said police Sgt. Steven Douglas.

Missourian who died in WWII crash laid to rest

WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- A Missourian killed with eight other Americans when their plane crashed in New Guinea during World War II has been laid to rest in his native state more than 50 years later. Among mourners during Tuesday's service for Lt. David Eppright at a church in St. Joseph and burial in Warrensburg were his widow and the son he never knew, born after his death. Eppright was the navigator on a B-24D Liberator that disappeared while in the South Pacific on Nov. 5, 1943. In 2000, a hunter came upon some wreckage, finding a few bones and dog tags bearing Eppright's name.

Hungarian court: This 'Bud' for Anheuser-Busch

ST. LOUIS -- A Hungarian appeals court has ruled that Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. can sell its Budweiser brand in the country, the St. Louis-based brewer said Wednesday. The ruling is just one piece of a massive legal fight in several European courts between Anheuser-Busch and the Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar. At issue is the Budweiser brand, which both companies claim a historical right to use. The Czech brewery was founded in 1895 in a town called "Budweiser" by its German immigrants, while Anheuser-Busch launched its own U.S. Budweiser brand in 1876. The Hungarian court upheld a lower court ruling that said the Czech brewer didn't have exclusive use of the brand name.

-- From staff, wire reports