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Southwest Chinese Journal
THE VOICE OF THE CHINESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY
VOL. 9 NO. 3
P.O.BOX 18603
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HOUSTON, TEXAS 77223
MARCH 1984
Shanghai Ait Exhibit
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TREASURES FROM THE SHANGHAI MUSEUM
6000 YEARS OF CHINESE ART will be on exhibit at the
Upper Brown Gallery of the Museum of Fine Arts, 1001
Bissonnet, beginning March 17 through July 9
Longtime Houstonian Dick
By Allan Gor
Houston's Chinese community was saddened and
shocked by the tragic circumstances surrounding the
February 3 shooting death of longtime Houstonian
Dick T.Y. Chin. Mr Chin, 64, was fatally shot at about
11:15 a.m. at an Exxon service station on the Eastex
Freeway at Tidwell. Police arrested Anthony Lowe, 28,
of Cleburne at the scene and charged him with capital
murder. Lowe, according to police, had been released
from a mental institution only eight days earlier.
Mr. Chin, co-owner of Nee Hao Restaurant, was driv-
ing to work Friday morning and stopped at the station
to buy gas. According to what witnesses told police,
Lowe, who had driven into the station lot moments
before, produced a gun and grabbed Mr Chin as he
was paying for his gas purchase. Lowe, claiming that
Mr. Chin had stolen his car, demanded the keys and
identified himself as both a policeman and a CIA agent.
Bewildered by Lowe's abnormal behavior, Mr. Chin
asked for help from the three Exxon workers present.
While one of them was able to slip away to call police
from a nearby phone, Lowe, under circumstances
which are still unclear, fatally shot Mr. Chin. The other
two workers then disarmed Lowe and held him for
police.
The Houston Post, in its front-page coverage,
reported that Homicide Detective Carl Kent stated that
the killing "doesn't make sense." Police, after deter-
mining that the killing occurred during the commission
of a robbery, have charged Lowe with capital murder.
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The Post further reported, in both its February 4 and
5 editions, that Lowe had a history of mental problems,
having been in and out of mental institutions for the
past eight years On the day before the shooting, Lowe
had stood before Harris County Criminal Court-at-Law
Judge Neil McKay on a bench warrant for a 1982 mis-
demeanor assault of a Houston police officer Judge
McKay, who said, according to the Post, that he had no
choice but to release the suspect, blamed the state
mental health system for letting loose those who pose a
danger to society In addition, the Post reported, resi-
dents in the area where the shooting occurred had
observed an armed prowler, who might have been
Lowe, in the four days before the shooting Although
the police had been notified, the prowler eluded
capture.
Dick T.Y Chin, born in Taishen County in China in
1919, came to the United States at age 12 to be with his
father, a grocer in New York During World War II, he
served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and, while stationed
in England, contributed to the war effort as a tailgunner
in 35 B-17 bomber missions over Berlin. His younger
brother, Benny Chin of Houston, feels his brother's
participating in that high a number of missions over
enemy territory was a mark of extraordinary courage
and heroism. Benny Chin wistfully recalls that his
brother would write letters to the family before such a
dangerous mission, in which he openly wondered if he
would be coming back, or if this mission might be his
last. "My brother never bragged about himself, or any
See Chin, page 3
CACA Essay Contest
The Chinese American Citizens Alliance's annual
essay contest will be conducted on Saturday, April 7.
The National Grand Lodge of CACA is awarding prizes
of $600, $300 and $100 for the top three essays and ten
merit prizes of $50 each. In addition, the Houston
Lodge will award local cash awards. All high school
students of Chinese ancestry are eligible to enter For
more information, call Ms. Roberta Yang (229-2671),
Ms. Karen Lee (654-9100) or Dr. Edward Chen (667-
3001).
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