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Candidates In Pageant
Prepare For Saturday
Police Beat
Houston an Killed
During Disturbance
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Charles was the secood black con-
Mias New Jersey sang her way to testant to capture a division of
a preliminary talent victory, this year’s preliminaries. The
while Miss Ohio won the swimsuit other was Miss New York,
competition despite a year of law Vanessa Williams, who won the
school that left her feeling she swimsuit competition Wednesday
needed to diet.
Suzette Charles, of Mays Lan-
Dennis N. Dixon, 40, of Houston around 3 p.m. Tuesday. The
was killed early Friday during a animal is valued at >400.
A rifle was reported stolen from
a residence in the 4000 block of
QuaUhollow. The theft occurred
between 6 a.m. July 23 and 10
a.m. Aug. 19.
The theft of a video cassettee
recorder from a residence In the
1200 block of Missouri Street was
reported to have occurred bet-
ween 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Thurs-
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disturbance at the Key Truck
Stop in the 17000 block of Inter-
state 10 East.
The accident occurred at 2:15
a.m. when Dixon and a truck
driver began fighting.
A Harris County Sheriffs
Department spokesperson said
Dixon jumped on the cab of the
truck as the driver attempted to
leave the scene. Dixon then
jumped from the cab and fell
under the 18-wheeler.
- Dixon was pronounced dead at
the scene.
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If she were crowned Miss
ding, N.J., won Thursday’s America on Saturday night, Miss
preliminary talent competition Charles said, “I’d feel ecstatic, I
with a rendition of “Kiss Me In think I’d make history. It would
The Rain,” a song popularized by certainly launch my career, and
that would be even better.”
Miss Rigas, 22, said that “First-
predicted that when her law year law students have a lot of
school classmates at the Uniyer- time to gain weight and sit around
sity of Cincinnati heard of her vie- reading. I could tell a definite
tory Thursday night, “they’D pro- change In my body after this
bably be screaming and bringing year." , '
the newspaper articles to school.
Barbra Streisand.
Pamela H. Rigas, Miss Ohio,
day
But she said she did not feel
Miss Charles, 20, has had 15 self-conscious parading down the
years of voice training during runway In her deep-lilac swlm-
which she has performed at the suit. , <.. ■■■
Kennedy Center in Washington,
D.C., at a casino-hotel in this competed in the evening gown
seaside resort and in 17 television category Thursday night, but the
judges’ choice Is kept secret to
No black woman has ever been add suspense to the selection of
crowned Miss America, but Miss the 10 finalists Saturday night
Baytown
- A Baytown woman reported her
-1981 Cadallic taken from her resi-
dence In the 3200 block of Briar
Court around 12:30 p.m. Thurs-
day.
-- A resident of the 800 block of
Beecher reported a red Dober-
man taken from his residence
427-
A third of the 50 contestants
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TIPS
Jim Mattox Determined
To Continue In Office
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commercials.
House Fires Extinguished
By Channelview Volunteers
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CHANNELVIEW house had smoke and
(Sp) — Firefighters heat damage, Moore
from Channelview said.
Volunteer Fire- Damage was
Department fought estimated at $3,000 to
two house fires $4,000.
Thursday on Wood-
forest Avenue.
The first call was at
10:14 p.m. to the
home of Robert
Keith, 15549 Wood-
forest.
by the Harris County
Fire Marshal’s Of-
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flee.
DAYTON
A 1794 Ford sus-
tained about $150
damage when it
caught fire shortly
before 9 a.m. Friday
In the Cherry Creek
Road Trailer Park.
Dayton Volunteer
Fire Department
Chief Bill Boyett said
the fire was the result
of a backfire.
LEADING ROSS S. Sterling students In rooting their team to victory
this year will be freshman cheerleaders Honda Gillum, left, and Kim
Moseley.
* AUSTIN (AP) — Attorney use state resources of his agency
-General Jim Mattox says charges as he prepares his defense, but he
•of commercial bribery against said he would be entitled to do so
him show a “difficult twist of if he wanted to.
'logic,” and vows to remain in of- “I consider it an attack on my
-lice even If he is convicted. office — there’s no doubt about
- He said prosecutors “looked for that,” he said. “It obviously arose
months and couldn’t find out of a piece of litigation that the
'.anything and they dreamed up attorney general’s office is trying
the most trumped-up thing they to win.”
-could find to put out there.” He said he planned to spend
• Mattox was indicted on a four to five hours a day working
charge of commercial bribery in °n hls dfensebuthe said shice
'.an indictment that alleged he ^usuaUyworks 18 hours a day
;threatened to block ^public that would still leave 12 hours of
-bond business of a Houston law day on usual state
"taterrogate Ws sister81 ^timC l° Mattox said Austin lawyer Roy FUNERAL SERVICES for THE ROBERT E. Lee High
“I think the ones of vou who Minton would be one of his at- Evelyn Cyva of Sheldon are pend- School Future Farmers of dropped off to sleep
have read the indictment realize torneys. Minton has represented ing at Howard-Glendale Funeral America and FFA Alumni on the couch while
how profoundly twisted the whole several indicted public officials, Home. Ms. Cyva died Thursday chapters will hold their first french fries were
matter had to be for them to nut Including former Speaker Billy night In a North Shore hospital. meeting of the school year at 7:30 cooking on the stove.
that forth. You can’t have a bribe Clayton, who was cleared of ^eral Pending uSeptn ta REL’8
•that comes out of a threat ” Mat federal bribery and conspiracy . Agriculture Building. Parents of catching the kitchen
ttSZS&'SEL'St w-r „, , rFHA,rm'S’,rLH™f1,n
ferenee “I regard myself simply as a ^armman r unerai Home ln nign and interested friends are invited
He said the commercial bribery Mldler 1,1 a war>” Mattox said. l“lds f°r Paula Benoit, 36, of to attend.
. He saia me commercial Drioery a 'war that takes some Channelview. Paula was the
SkSriSSn^’56 "a casualties at times. It’s a war daughter of Jeanetta Benoit and Benefit Dance
■ “I noticed that you all had a where 1 got int0 a flght w,th the 016 ate Clarence Benoit A DANCE to benefit Our Lady of
very difficult time in trying to b‘g ^°ys' “dthe big boys play Robason Services Guadalupe Church will take place
write and address the fact that plwty*!;ougb''' H.M. ROBASON, former Bayto- at 9 p.m. Sept. 18 at Bayshore Rod
, somewhere another a threat *wasUUvC£u 86 d °f nian, died Friday morning in Lan- and Reel Club, 3223 Minnesota,
became a bribe. It’s a difficult threatening to withhold approval caster services will be directed The event 18 sponsored by Denise
twist of logic, ” he said. of bond packages prepared by the Saturday by Byrum Funeral Delgado, candidate for Fiesta
At one point, the tough-talking Houston law firm of Fulbright & Rome jn Lancaster. Robason, Patrias queen. Tickets are $8 in
attorney general suggested the fIa’J'°rskl; wblcb rePresents who was retired from Exxon’s advance or $10 at the door. For
matter could have bJen disposed Baytown Reflnery-is survived bV ™^J",ormatlon’cal1428‘7188 or
with more directly In the olddays. MaTtoXS hls dau*ghter’ Mary Ann 422'0981,
GMbreath, and a grandchild.
history when a fellow used to be to Janice Mattox in hoDes of get- Ferry Open innospiuu
Another bellow thaflUultSdS- tlng a Laredo Judge taken off the THE LYNCHBURG Ferry, closed ^ss ? SterhSSi Schoofwas
as a matter of fact even go to the !,™iw unit at San Jacinto Methodist
point of killing him at times,” Maftox sald voters started a t5'30 ^ t da?’ Hospital Thursday after suffering
Mattox said. “rovSon” wheTmey e7Sed Safety CouncU a heart attack. A hospital
; “I don’t know what Texas has hlm their lawyer and h' said the BAYTOWN CITIZENS Safety spokesman; said she was In fair
come to — now we got a district enemies were businesses trying Council will meet at noon Sept. 19 condition Friday,
attorney over here who gets mad to control state government at the Holiday Inn, 300 S. Alex-
4ft me because he said I threaten- «jf they’re going to get me ander Drive. Budget, Tax Rate
ed somebody,” he said. because I try to make a big cor- rhAwo fiamp BAYTOWN CITY Council will
Asked If he would resign in the porate law firm In this state deal , have a special meeting at 5 p.m.
tivent he is convicted, Mattox’s with honesty and integrity with SEPT. 20 is the deadline for reser- gept jg to adopt the budget and
dne-word reply was “no.” the attorney general’s office, vationS for the benefit bridge set the tax rate for the fiscal year
: Mattox repeated his accusation they’d better, just move up there game ^P*- 24 al Goose Creek starts Oct. ,1. A 5-cent tax
that Mobil Oil Corp. “conceived” with me, because I’m going to Country Club. Proceeds will be
and “orchestrated” the indict- stay after Mobil Oil, and Exxon #ven to the American Cancer
ient, handed down Tuesday by a and all the other big corporations Society- Cal! 428-1856 at
Travis County grand jury. Mobil that have been controlling the 425-5020 during the (lay to make
lias denied it had anything to do power structure of this state for reservations,
with any criminal action against so long,” Mattox said. UW Contributions
^The’awsult between Mobil and T S SS* 2M°vW'
the state involves mineral rights would be completed ‘‘by iwiwn nw Main Show entries will be taken
on Clinton Manges’ South Texas Christmas.” 2 0^!° n°°u 2$,?y;
ranch Mances a $50 000 con- Mattox nnenori tho nowc con spokesman John Sylvester, who Barbecue drnhers wdl be sold at
jszzsuszvz r™ma,ed”15repor'
paign, filed the $1.87 billion suit inspirational poem by Rudyard tinggrouPsof28 — ed to the dog show. „
last year over disputed oil leases, Kipling. The poem included a
and the state joined on Manges’ passage about keeping one’s con
qlde because Texas owns some of fidence when your words “are
the mineral rights. j twisted by knaves to make a trap
, Mattox said he did not intend to for fools."
At 11:42 p.m., the
firefighters were
called to the home of
Richard Shroe at
15737 Woodforest.
Moore said on ar-
rival, firefighters
saw fire coming from
the back bedroom
windows.
He said the home
was in the process of
being remodeled and
no one was living in
the house when the
fire errupted.
Firefighters confin-
ed the blaze to the
bedroom but the en-
tire house sustained
smoke and heat
damage estimated at
$2,000; _______
Cause of the blaze their co-workers at
(Sun staff photo by Angie Bracey)
SAT SPOTS
According to Joel
Moore, spokesman
for the fire depart-
ment, heavy smoke
was coming for the
house'when
firefighters arrived.
Moore said Keith
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Happy birthday
wishes are scot to:
Jana MdGtdre and
Dana Standard from
Firefighters were
able to contain the
area but the entire is under investigation The Sun.
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Tides
SATURDAY
HIGH: 8:45 a.m.
LOW: 12:10 a.m.
(Tides forecast are tor
Baytown area bays)
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starting at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 17-18
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HOUSTON (AP) — Larrimore Cornelius, wife Tressie, 24, had
A man who allegedly the child’s father, with the child,
fatally beat his 2- last weekend after he
year-old daughter brought officers to placed in a foster
and then weighted the bayou and said he hpme two months
to’ljBjreXpaaisaiaiL her hody down with had dropped. Manett after she was born
said Lewis. two 30-pound there. He was charg- because she and her
The identify of Benoit was automobile batteries ed with murder and is mother had been
discovered wheif Harris County and 'tossed it ; into a being held in the Har- severely beaten, said
•Dover parked under the San gpec^i investigators contacted bayou faces murder ris County Jail in lieu • Judy Hay of the Har-
•Iacint0 River bridge on^H9. Chambers County Sheriff’s chargee after law of of $10,000 bond. ris County Ofciidren’G
where he^ was found by^ Harris Department officials about a ficers pulled the bad- jed Wilson, an Protective Services. •
CSounty Sheriff s Department of- missing person’s report they ly decomposed body assistant district at-
ffcials and jailed on charges of received Thursday about Benoit, from the murky tornev handline the
ppblic intoxication, said Lewis. A woman who taew Benoit water torney handling the
Authorities then discovered reported seeing her leave with
Benoit's gun, birthstone ring and Bover Monday.
The girl had been
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After searching charge against Cor-
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Sunday, officer^ on been dropped if the
Thursday found the girl’s body had not
&i was not aware body of-Monett- been found,
will be accepted Yvonne Cornelius in
28 feet of water, said
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 274, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1983, newspaper, September 16, 1983; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153620/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.