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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Wednesday, September 5, 1990
Police beat
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Deposit money
reported missing
Baytown police are investi-
gating a case involving almost
$20,000 in deposits missing
from a convenience store.
A district sales manager for
Stop-N-Go stores told police
that an employee at a store in
Baytown failed to make a depo-
sit on schedule, then reported
that three deposits came up
missing from his car when he
did take the money to the bank.
Total loss is $19,678, accord-
ing to the police report.
— CRIME SCENE
During the 24 hours between
Tuesday and Wednesday morn-
ings, Baytown police handled
127 complaints and investigated
cases that included five traffic
accidents, six burglaries, 12
thefts, three auto thefts and one
recovery of a vehicle stolen out
of Houston, two assaults, five
cases of criminal mischief and
one runaway. Police also broke
up a large fight at an apartment
complex.
THEFTS/BURGLARIES
—Someone broke into an
apartment at 1601 Garth some-
time Wednesday, left water run-
ning and caused damage totaling
$1,300, according to a police
report.
—More than $900 in fishing
equipment was reported stolen
from a boat parked at a resi-
dence in the 3500 block of
Tompkins between Friday and
Tuesday, police said.
—A resident of the 800 block
of Birdsong reported the theft of
$1,800 in jewelry between Fri-
day and Tuesday, according to a
police report.
—Someone broke,jnto Carver
Elementary School, 800 Carver,
sometime over the weekend, po-
lice said. A desk lamp and radio
were reported missing. Total
loss is unknown.
—Police are investigating the
theft of a television, videocas-
sette recorder and stereo equip-
ment from an apartment at 4601
Village Lane Tuesday, accord-
ing to a report. Total loss is
$1,750.
—Someone reportedly took
$440 in cash from an apartment
at 3529 Crosby-Cedar Bayou
Road Monday or Tuesday, po-
lice said.
AUTO THEFTS
—A black 1990 Chevrolet SS
pickup truck with license plate
number 5459-VY was reported
stolen in the 6900 block of
Garth Road late Tuesday. Total
loss is $20,000.
—A blue two-door 1984
BMW 3181 with license plate
number 564-DGK was reported
stolen from a hospital parking
lot at 2800 Garth Road Tuesday.
The car is valued at $8,900.
Gainesville suspect
charged previously
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A leading suspect in the
stabbing deaths of five college students is wanted on charges
he followed a woman, put a knife to her throat and tore her
blouse two years ago, authorities said.
Investigators on Tuesday also revisited the off-campus
sites of last month’s killings with a las^r device to search
for evidence.
As most students returned from the Labor Day weekend,
police again warned that the killer may still be in their
midst.
A memorial service for the slain students v- four from
the University of Florida and a fifth from Santa Fe Com-
munity College — was scheduled for today at the university.
Scholarships in their memories were to be announced.
The Indian River County Sheriff’s Office filed armed
burglary and attempted sexual battery charges Tuesday
against Edward Lewis Humphrey after a 27-year-old woman
identified him from his newspaper picture as the man who
attacked her.
Humphrey is in jail on $1 million bond on charges of
beating up his grandmother. Police said he lived briefly this
summer at an apartment complex and a dormitory where
three of the slaying victims lived and is one of eight
suspects.
STOCK QUOTES
8 arrested in stabbing
(Courtesy of Paine Webber,
Jackson and Curtis)
(As of 9:15 a.m.)
AT&T....................32
Amoco................ 56%
Armco..................... 6%
Ashland................... 32%
Atlantic Rich............135
Beth. Steel................ 12
CG&E....................28%
Chevron ................ 75%
Dow Chem............... 43%
Dresser Ind......... 48%
DSHRM..................21%
Du Pont................. 36%
Ethyl Corp................26%
Exxon....................50%
Ford...................... 34%
General Electric..........61%
General Motors...........38%
GTE...................... 26
G.R.......................35%
Greyhound......... 26%
GSU...................... 11
Halliburton...............53%
Houston Industries........31%
Humana................ 45%
IBM............. 102%
Kimberly Clarke....,......75%
Kmart............ 27%
Kroger.................... 14%
Lubrizoh...................40
Lyondell Petro. Chem .... 17%
Moxus Energy Corp......11%
Mobil.....................04%
Monsanto.................43
Occidental Petro..........23%
Panhandle Eastern........ 14%
Phillips Petro.............28%
Pin Wst........:......... 12%
Quantum Chem. Corp.... 10%
Royal Dutch..............82%
Schlumberger.............63%
Sears.....................29%
Southern Co.............. 23%
Sterling Chemical.......... 7
Sun Oil...................32%
Tenneco..................57%
Texaco.............. 62%
Unilever..................79%
Upjohn...................38%
USX Corp................32%
Walgreens................45%
Wal-Mart................. 28%
Woolworth................25%
Xerox..................... 40%
Dow Ind. Average......2609.40
Dow Change........(Down)3.90
Silver.....................4.782
Gold..................... 385.50
Exxon’s dividend per share Is
$.60 paid quarterly.
NEW YORK (AP) — Eight
young men arrested in the stab-
bing death of a tourist from Utah
in a subway station belonged to
a gang that required would-be
members to mug someone as an
initiation rite, it was reported
today.
Former members said the
gang robbed people “for the
hell of it” and to get money to
go dancing, The New York
Times reported.
Brian Watkins, 22, was slain
late Sunday as his family waited
to catch a subway train. Police
said Watkins had come to his
family’s defense when the gang
sliced open his father’s pants
and punched his mother in the
mouth.
SUNSPOTS
Senior citizens
SENIOR CITIZENS Infonma-
tion and Recreation Center,
2407 Market, will have exercise
and dancing from 11 a.m. to
noon Sept 6. Center patrons
will play “42” from 14 p.m.
Teen reporters
ALL TEEN reporters for the
1990-91 school year are re-
minded to attend a workshop at
12 p.m. Sept. 8 in The Baytown
Sun newsroom. For more infor-
mation, call Dot Syzdek at
422-8302, extension 8026.
Scout rally
CUB SCOUT Pack 44 will be
signing up new boys and adults
interested in scouting at 7 p.m.
Sept. 11 at Pumphrey Elemen-
tary School. For more informa-
tion, call Wendy Callahan at
424-3095.
Baytown grandmothers
BAYTOWN GRAND-
MOTHERS Club No. 346 will
meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 5 at the
Baytown Community Building,
2407 Market, for an annual busi-
ness meeting and election of
officers.
MJROTC booster
ROBERT E. LEE High School
Marine Corps Junior ROTC Pa-
rents’ Booster Club meeting will
be held at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at
the ROTC building.
Zeta Chi
PRECEPTOR ZETA Chi Chap-
ter of Beta Sigma Phi wifi hold
its first meeting of the 1990-91
sorority year at 7:30 p.m. Sept 5
at 1803 Clayton.
YMCA registration
Baytown YMCA is now regis-
tering for soccer and flag foot-
ball for ages 5-12. For more in-
formation, call 427-1797.
Humana Seniors
MEDICARE BILLING will be
the subject of a class for Hu-
mana Seniors at 10 a.m. Sept. 6
in Suite A-103 of the Geriatric
Assessment Center. For more
information, call 4224707.
MOM meeting
BAYTOWN MOTHERS of
Multiples will meet at 7 p.m.
Sept. 6 in classroom B of Gulf
Coast Hospital. There will be a
clothing exchange.
Meeting set
BARBERS HILL Eagles Educa-
tion Partnership has its first
meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 6 in the
high school auditorium.
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LOW: 4:05 a.m., 4:24 p.m.
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SUNRISE: 7:01 a.m.
SUNSET: 7:38 p.m.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 265, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 5, 1990, newspaper, September 5, 1990; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1044328/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.