The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 289, Ed. 1 Monday, October 5, 1987 Page: 4 of 20
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Monday. October 3. 1987
Police beat
Four convenience stores were
robbed Saturday and police said
these may Have been committed
by the same suspect.
At 2:40 p.m. Saturday a man
entered the Airwood Drive Inn,
2503 Airhart, walked to the
counter and demanded money
from the register.
The man then fled in a brown
pickup truck.
At 10:10 p.m. Saturday a man
entered the KC Grocery at 4L1 N.;
Commerce, got a soft drink an3
brought it to the counter and
’ then demanded money from the
register
The man took some $1,550
from the register and then fled,
according to police.
^ At 4:28* a.m Saturday the
Stop N-Go at 220 W Main was
robbed The Seven-Eleven at
3101 Wisconsin was robbed about
30 minutes later.
The suspect in the burglaries
is described as’being white, 25-30
years of age,. 6 feet tall and
weighing 200 pounds.
In at least two of the
burglaries the brown pickup
truck was driven by a black
man, 25-30 years-of age, of
medium height and of medium"
build.
DRUG CHARGES '
' James Frederick Green, 29, of
407 Clyde has been arrested and
charged with possession with in-
tent to manufacture and deliver
a controlled substance.
Police said they were acting
on a Crime Stoppers t-ip when
they entered Mildred’s Diner on
Marlin Luther King, looking for
the suspect who was supposed to
be selling drugs.
Police said they did find what
they believed to be cocaine on
the suspect.
‘charges against
routine patrol at 4:28 p.m. Satur
day in the 1100 block of Tpimer
when they spotted a suspicious
vehicle As officers approached,
the suspect threw a bag of white
powder, which police believed to
be cocaine, underneath the vehi-
cle. , ■ ■ . ■ l '
Charges were filed in the 262nd
. District Cout. Bond was set at
$10,000.
THREE INJURED
. Threq people were injured
Sunday night in tiyo separate
traffic accidents, both -»f which
resulted from vehicles hitting a
pothole in the 3700 block of North
Highway 146 just south of Fe^rry
Road.
In’the first accident at 8:35
p.m. Sunday, a motorcycle,
driven by Arthur Mesier, 35, of
Houston went out of control after
hitting the pothole. Police said a
passenger, Ida AJicie, 33,' of
5011N. Commerce was thrown
from the motorcycle.
The motorcycle went air-
borne, police'said. When it land-
ed, it skidded underneath a car
which was stopped in that block
veered to the right and struck a
parked car.
She was taken to Humana
Hospital-Baytown. A report of
her condition was unavailable.
to make a turji.
Mesier and M\ Alicie were
The ‘charges against Green
were filed, in the 182nd District
Court. Bondnvas set at $20,000,
DRUG CHARGES
Freddie Lee Mixon, 28, of
Baytown, was arrested by police
and charged with possession of a
controlled substance.
Police said they were ' on
taken to Humana Hospital-
Baytown. A report of their condi-
tion was unavailable Monday
morning.
About one hour later after the
motorcycle accident, a 1979 Lin-
coln Towncar, driven by Earl
Lewis, 59, of 1501 Elm, hit the.
pothole. The left hubcap flew off
the vehtde and hit a-pedestrian;
Linda Vasquez. 30. of El Campo
in the knee.
Ms. Vasquez Was also taken to
Humana Hospital-Baytown. A
report of her condition was also
unavailable.
WOMAN INJURED
Valerie San Gregory,, 23, of
5219 East Road was injuted
when her vehicle struck a park-
ed car in the 1400 block of Beau-
mont early Sunday.
According to police, Ms. San
Gregory was driving her 1987
Porgiac north in the 1400 block of
Beaumont when her vehicle
MAN INJURED
Larry Smith, 30, of 117
Tanglewood, is listed in fair con-
dition in the intensive^ care unit
of Gulf Coast Hospital, recover-
ing from injuries he received
Sunday afternoon when a vehi-
cle on which he was working fell
from some ramps, pinning him
underneath.
Police said the accident hap-
pened at the Gulf station at
North Main and Morrell at about
4:35 p.m. Sunday.
ASSAULT INVESTIGATED
Police are looking into allega-
tions that a 14-year-old Baytown
girl was assaulted by five of her
friends while handcuffed to a
door.
The girl, who lives on Ripple
Creek Drive, told police that she
and her boyfriend ‘ were wat-
ching television when five of her
-friends came to the door. She
said she let_them in and that her
boyfriend left.
She told police that the friends
handcuffed her to a door, ripped
off her clhthing, poured jiair
remover in her hair and beat
her.
The girl said during the scuf-
fle, the door fell from its hinges
and after her attackers left, she
went next door to call police.
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING
Fred Hornberger, 42, of 1200
Missouri was treated at San
Jacinto Methodist Hospital’s
emergency room and then
released after he accidentally
shot himself in the foot Saturday
afternoon.
Hornberger told police that he
was getting out of his vehicle at
'4:50 p.m, Saturday1 asthenia .22
derringer he had placed in his
boot discharged. The bullet graz-
ed Hornbergr’s leg and entered
the ankle, lodging in the bone in
the top of his foot, according to
police.
BURGLARY AVOIDED
, A resident in the 100 block of
Bolster told police he was
awakened at 2:’40 a m. Sunday
1 by the barking of his dpg.
He said he looked out the win-
dow and saw a man standing
near his 1984 Oldsmobile. He
said he grabbed his gun and
flashlight and ran outside but
that the man was gone.
The suspect is described as be-
ing 6 feet tall and weighing 185
pounds.
T-TOPS TAKEN
A Mont Belvieu man told
police that Saturday afternoon
someone took the T-tops from his
1981 Chevrolet Corvette while it
was parked at San Jacinto Mall.
• A witness told police .that he
saw the theft. He described the
suspect as being white, in his
late 20s, 6 feet tall, weighing 160
pounds and having brown hair.
He was wearing a white T-
shirt, blue jeans and a brown
welder’s cap. .
The suspect-was seen putting
' the T-tops in a red and white
pickup, according to police.
BURGLARIES AND THEFTS
+A Dayton man told police
that betweep Sept. 30 and Satur-
in the 1600 block of Garth told
police {hat on Friday someone
took miscellaneous clothing and
household items from her vehi-
cle while it was parked outside
the apartment.
+ A La Porte man told police
that early Saturday someone
took his 1957 Thunderbird from
the parking lot of the Bay Plaza
Shopping Center on Alexander.
Inside thb vehicle was $1,800
cash, according to police
reports.
+ Late Thursday or early Fri-
day, someone took $25 cash and
three videocassette recorders
from Maclia TV, 821 Cedar
Bayou.
+ A resident of the 700 block of
Maplewood told police that on
Friday someone broke into two
vehicles parked at his home. The
stereo system was t-aken from
one while the steering wheel was
taken from the other. The steer-
ing wheel was later located near-
by. . * :m ■
-FA resident of an apartment
in the 300 block of Tri-City Beach
Road told police that on Friday
someone took a television set
from her home.
+ Between Sept. 25 and Sept:'
26, someone took toys from the
dead at the scene by Justice of
the Peace Ronnie Davis shortly
afterthe8:30p.m. incident.
Maxine Hill of Raywood was
driving north on Highway 61
about 1.7 miles south of Devers
and was attempting to pass a
large grain truck when she hit
Rivon, who, according to the ac-
cident report, was standing in
the middle of the southbound
lane.
The DPS spokeswoman said
’the accident is still under in-
vestigation and no charges have
been filed.
Court updates
day, someone ..broke „ into his " day care department of New
storage facijity at 605 Massey- Light Baptist Church, 1102 N.
Tompkins and took several tool
chests with tools and a shotgun.
The loss was estimated at $6,886.
+ A Baytown resident told
police that late Saturday or ear-
ly Sunday, someone broke into
his vehicle while it was parked in
the 900 block of Martin Luther
King. The driver’s seat and
radio were taken.
-FA 1975 Ford pickup truck
was stolen Saturday afternoon
from the 200 block of Park. The
vehicle'was found by police in a
parking lot in the 1900 block of
North Pruett. - -v
+A television set and a pallet,
containing $15 in cash was stolen
Thursday or Friday from an
apartment in the 3100 block of
Decker. .
+ A resident of an apartment
Main.
+A resident of an apartment
in the 4600 block of Village Lane
told police that on Friday so-
meone took $165 from her purse
which was in her apartment.
+A, Ross S. Sterling High
School student toid police that on
Friday someone took the stereo
system from his vehicle while it
was parked at the school.
Liberty County
A 23-year-old Anahuac man
was struck and killed Friday
night by a passing car as he
walked along a highway in
Liberty County, a Department of
Public Safety spokeswoman
said.
Troy L. Rivon was declared
FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE •
Jerry Wayne Clark, 36, whose
last known address is 1215
Turner, has been sentenced to
Serve five years in the Texas
Department of Corrections for
striking a Baytown woman with
a revolver outside a Baytown
club, according to a
spokeswoman for the. Harris
County District Clerk’s Office.
Clark was arrested in
November of 1985 following the
incident and Was charged with
aggravated assault.
The victim, who was treated at
a local hospital and then releas-
ed, told police that Clark made
derogatory remarks to her and
then began striking her about
the head. When she ran, Clark
fired several shots at ,her, ac-
cording to police. — —
PLEADED GUILTY
Robert Dalton Cannady, 38, of
Daisetta has pleaded guilty to
forgery and has been sentenced
to serve seven years in the Texas
Department of Corrections, a
spokeswoman for the Harris
County District Clerk’s Office
said. »
Cannady was arrested the
weekend of Sept. 18 after he
allegedly tried to cash a forged
check at Sak-N-Sav,, 1700
Decker;
Charges of forgery were filed
in the 180th District Court
against Cannady.
Aftershock kills 1, injures 200
LOS ANGELES (AP)
Quake-jittered residents got
another aftershock Monday,
alter the most powerful one that
followed Iasi week’s severe ear-
thquake killed at least one per-
son, injured 200, and shattered
buildings and nerves.
Hundreds of frightened
residents fled their damaged
homes and stayed outdoors,
refusing to enter structures, as
panic spread after Sunday’s
predawn aftershock, the 22nd
measuring above 3 on the
Richter scale since Thursday’s
magnitude 6.1 temblor ",y. *
Within 3*2 hours of Sunday’s
big aftershock, three more
above magnitude 3 on the
Richter scale shook the area.
An aftershock measuring 3.4
wasTecorded at42'0S;a,7p."JVhjnc'
day, said Robert Finn,,
spokesman for the California In-
stitute of Technology in
Pasadena. There were no im-
mediate reports of damage, and
a police dispatcher said it trig-
gered few calls.
“Psychologically, these peo-
ple are in pieces. They were
already upset and this has really
done them in,” said Frank Sa-
pien/a Red-Cross shelter direc-
tor in Whittier J‘1 think a lot of
the people are in some state of
'.1, ”
Sun spots
shock.’
One woman died of a heart at-
tack suffered moments after
Sunday’s aftershock, bringing
the earthquake death toll to
seven, officials said. Damage
since Thursday’s quake has been
estimated at $108 million.
The greatest damage was in
San Gabriel.
Ships damaged in attack on oil terminal
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) —
Iraqi warplanes Monday raided
, an Iranian oil terminal in the
Strait of Hormuz, damaging the
world’s largest supertanker and
setting another ship ablaze, Per-
sian Gulf-based marine salvage
L___executives reported. -—- -v*
Fifteen 'tugboats were
reported battling flames aboard
Cypriot-flagged petroleum pro-
ducts carrier that was hit as it
loaded cargo at the Larak island
terminal. Also damaged in the
raid was the'564,739-ton Seawise
Giant, the world’s largest oil
tanker.
The sources, who spoke on
condition of anonymity, said the
Seawise Giant, which sails under
the Liberian flag, had numerous
There were;, no reported
casualties aboard either ship in
the 2 p.m. attack, the sources
said.
Associated P r ess
Photographer Greg English,
riding a helicopter off the coast
of the United Arab Emirates,
said he -saw two Iraqi Mirage
fighter-bombers streaking
Mended Hearts
MENDED HEARTS, Bayiown
Chapter, will have its monthly
meeting at 7 p.m. Oct. 6 in the
Plaza Classroom of San Jacinto
Methodist Hospital. For more in-
formation, phone 424-3297..
, Story hour
JUNIOR FORUM’S, story hour
-will be held from 10:15 to 11 a.m.
Oct. 6 at Sterling Municipal
Library, This is a change of the
normal meeting time.
BIEL band parents
REL ,BA.\;D-Barents Association
will meet at 7 p.m. Oct.- 6JaAhe
REL band-hall. For more in-
formation call 424-8757.
Sorority rush
PRECEPTOR ZETA Chi
chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will
have its annual rush/covered
dish supper at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at the
home of Barbara Wilson. 102
Pamela
Single districts
SOS planning meeting
A PLANNIN,G meeting/covered
dish supper will be held by SOS
Singes Outreach Service’at 7:30
p.m. Oct. 5 at 514 HillhUrst.
Ideas are needed for November
activities. For more information
cal) Bonnie Mitchell at‘420-1723.
Knights of Columbus
MEMBERS OF the Knights of
Columbus Council No. 2788 will
clean and trim the grounds of the
Knights of Columbus Hall on
West Main startingatHa.m Octr
4. Tools should be brought and
volunteer workers should meet
with Juan Martinez.
the 25.879-ton Shining Star, a holes in its starboard tanks time of the reported raid.
Pumphrey seeking volunteers for PIE
toward Hormuz at about the LEAGUE OF WOMEN Voters of
Baytown has set an informa-
lionaPmeeting to discuss single-
For small business
RECORD.-KEEPING for small
business will be taught in Lee
College continuing education
classes starting Oct. 6. For in-
formation or to register, phone
425-6311. The classes will meet
from 6 .to 9^p.m. each Tuesday
through Oct 27. ' ——r"-
RSS band parents
RSS BAND Parents Association
will meet at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 in
the RSS band hall. For more in-
formation call 383-2770.
Highlands Rotary
BLOOD - BANK representative
Melinda Primeaux will be guest
speaker at Highlands Rotary
Club at noon Oct. 6 at Highlands
United. Methodist Church, 107 W.
Houston. The bloOdmobile will
be available to receive blood
donations. For information call
791 6239
Pumphrey Elementary School
is recruiting volunteers to help
teachers add students through
the Baytown school district’s
People Involved in Education
(PIE) program.
A PIE orientation is set for 10
a.m. Oct. 7 at the school.
Volunteers customarily are
assigned to help a particular
teacher or teachers and work
under the supervision of the
teacher and school principal.
Objectives of thp PIE program
include enhancing education for
The program, which began,
here in 1979, also seeks to in-
crease communications and
understanding between the
school district and community
children by providiijjj individual^ by promoting citizen involve-
attention, meeting individual ment.
needs, enriching the school en- For information about the
vironment and providing a Pumphrey PIE-* program, call
broader experience. , ^ 424-5556, V
member districts from noon-1
p.m. Oct. 6 at Wyatt’s Cafeteria
Ranger Room,
Lions Club
DISTRICT GOV Jess Abella
will speak at noon Oct. 6 at the
Baytown Lions Club meeting at
Holiday Inn. ,
Beta Psfmeeting - ‘
HELEN COX will present a pro-
gram about the great athlete,
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, at the
Oct. 6 meeting of Beta Psi
Chapter pf Phi Sigma Alpha. The
meeting is scheduled for' 9:30
a.m. in the home of Leona Rowe
1702Hartt.
In Dayton
DAYTQN CITY Council will
meet at 7:30 p.nr. Oct: 5 at-City
Hall. Agenda items include
nominating a director for the,
board of the Liberty County Cen-
tral Appraisal District,
* Crime stoppers
For the next 4even days,
Baytown Crime Stoppers Will
pay $1,000 cash for information
leading to the arrest and indict*
ment of the person of persons
responsible for the Sept. 25 ag-
gravated robbery of the Jones 7-
11-7 at 2005 Ward.
At 8: id p.m. that day, a man
entered the store and placed a
paper bag on the counter which
had written on it: “This is a rob-
bery. Give me all your money oh
1’H blow your. ., off.” . .v ,
The clerk placed the money in
the bag and the subject fled the
store -
The suspect is described as be-
ing white, in his early 20s, 6 feet 2
inches tall, of skinny build and
having blond hair He was wear-
ing, blue jeans, a white T-shirt
and a light blue cap
Persons having information
about this crime Or any other
felony crime are asked to call
Crime Stoppers at 427-TIPS.
Callers do not have to identify
themselves. r
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Dr. Kenneth W. Ford announces his retirement from
the practice of Family Dentistry and wishes to thank
the nxiny patients that hove entrusted their dental
health to his core for thtpost 3^yton. ^
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Auxiliary meeting
EAST HARRIS Coun^Medical
Auxiliary wiil meet at 7 p.m.
Oct. 6 at the home of Mrs. H.Crf
Messerschrtiidf. Special guest^
will be Texas Medical Associa-
tion Auxiliary President Mrs.
Joe Lewis. Call 422-4004 for in-
formation.
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basic training at|
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received instrucl
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reading, tact I
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daughter of Igea|
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received instruct?
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reading, tacti
courtesy, militar;
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Fort Benning, Ga.
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BREAKFAST
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vegetable, rtiina
milk and cobbler.
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