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Friday, December 5,2003
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Bay town man shot,
robbed in home
property taxes for school funding
Police beat
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Dewhurst: Port
Guerrillas fire
security improved
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security issues.
■ Police searching for
victim’s ex-brother-in-law
on police station
west of Baghdad
ByJIMKRANE
The Associated Press
found that such alcohol consump-
tion did not lower the risk of a
stroke, contradicting findings from
previous studies.
“I think this is an interesting
study because people talk about
chart was held by a rap or R&B
artist.
Grammy voters took notice, dol-
ing out six nominations each to
Beyonce, Jay-Z, OutKast and
Pharrell Williams.
Five nominations apiece went to
persuade them to support the war
in Iraq. He also said Bush has
ignored the basic health care
needs of millions of people and
has divided the nation in his criti-
studies find beneficial effects, but
ours didn’t.”
The effect of brain shrinkage
was not evaluated in the study.
However, other studies have
shown that brain atrophy may be
linked to lower cognition and
reduced extremity function.
Jim Finley 's column appears
Tuesday and Friday. His e-mail
address is
TORY IRBY
12-05-63
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LOOKINC SPORTY!
Moderate drinking may
shrink brain, study finds
DALLAS — Low to moderate
alcohol consumption may be
associated with brain atrophy in
middle-age adults, according to a
new study.
The study, to be published
By KEM MITCHELL
The Baytown Sun
A 26-year-old Baytown man
shot early Wednesday morning
inside his home in the 1200
block of Daniel told police two
men broke into his home and
robbed him.
The victim, James Wilson,
Jr., identified one of the rob-
bers as his ex-wife’s brother,
Rickey Armelin. Baytown
Police are looking for Armelin
and Michael Wayne Stewart,
both charged with aggravated
robbery.
Wilson told police he was in
his kitchen when he heard a
loud noise in the living room.
By APRIL CASTRO
The Associated Press
innocently, if Annie “wanted to
be the teacher?”
Anyone could have misunder-
stood.
Personally, 1 hope Annie
Jones forgets about dentistry.
Finley:
Continued from Page 2A
When the day begins, all stu-
dent clips are in the red. That’s
where you want to stay, because
ifa clip spirals downward^©
yellow or pink, mommy and/or
daddy get a call from the old
schoolhouse.
Anduh-oh!
So one day Annie — all 4-
foot 47 pounds of her—wasn’t
pleased with the behavioral pat-
terns of a classmate and figured
Mrs. Eckerman was acting too
slowly. So what’s a girl to do?
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intake on cardiovascular disease
and they try to extend that to
stroke,” said the study’s lead
researcher, Dr. Jingzhong Ding, a
research associate at the
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Couple's reconcile by
ends in assault
A husband and wife who
had separated were trying to
get back together when the
husband spent the night at the
wife’s apartment Tuesday. In
the morning, the couple had
an argument, and the husband
allegedly hit the wife, pulled
her hair and choked her. The
woman called police, and an
officer traveled to the apart-
ment complex at 3300
Rollingbrook Drive. Officers
later stopped her husband in
traffic and arrested him for
assault. Baytown police set
bond at $50,000 and a protec-
tive order was filed against
him.
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believed a loophole utilized by sales tax and instituting a statewide property tax were among the
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remained an option, a company
official said.
current'law,” Dickens said. up the sales tax a penny would
The loophole “allows two generate $1.9 billion, he said.
j Hamilton also presented the the beneficial effects of alcohol
some of the state’s laigest corpo- and pay vastly different taxes committee with possible revenue
rations that utilized the Delaware based
Lawmakers discuss alternatives to Nation briefs
Dean blasts Busfi in
Texas campaign stop
DALLAS — Democratic presi-
dential front-runner Howard Dean
brought his grass-roots message
to the heart of Bush country
Thursday, blasting the president
for the Iraq war and his health
care and tax policies.
Dean, a former Vermont gover-
nor, repeatedly criticized Bush for
his tax-cut package, which he said
put money in the hands of big cor-
porations and rich Republicans at
the expense of ordinary taxpayers.
“Borrow and spend, borrow and
spend. This is a credit-card presi-
dency,” Dean told about 300 peo-
ple at a $150-a-plate fund-raiser at
a Dallas hotel. “His fiscal model is
Argentina.”
Dean also accused the presi-
dent of misleading Americans
state franchise tax. operating as a subsidiary in
The Joint Select Committee on Texas.
Public School Finance is prepar-
148 cals
Between 6 a.m. Wednesday,
Dec. 3 and 6 am. Thursday,
Dec. 4, Baytown police
responded to 148 calls, includ-
ing 13 alarms, three assaults,
one auto theft, three burglaries,
eight disturbances, three forg-
eries, six thefts, three major
accidents and eight minor acci-
dents.
Police Beat is compiled from
Baytown Police Department
reports. The Baytown police
Web site ispolice.baytown.org.
AUSTIN — Security at Texas ports is better
than it was two years ago but more measures
need to be taken, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and radio commentator engaged in ille-
others said Thursday. gal drug use and “doctor shop-
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the ability to pay, not on a will-
is a fraction of the $33.9 billion ingness to pay accountants or
Cops: Rush engaged in
‘doctor shopping'for pills
WEST PALM BEACH, Ha. —
Investigators who raided the
offices of Rush Limbaugh's doc-
tors said in search warrants filed
Thursday that the conservative
Evanescence, 50 Cent, Chad
Timberlake, the ailing Luther
Vandross and the late Warren
Zevon.
The Associated Press
AUSTIN — Lawmakers con-
sidering how to revamp the state’s
school finance system on
Thursday heard from tax experts
about corporations that continue
to use loopholes to help them
avoid paying state franchise
taxes.
During the regular session, the
Legislature failed to adopt a fix
to the so-called Delaware Sub
loophole that allows corporations
to avoid paying millions in taxes
every year.
Texas Instruments might have
restructured to legally avoid pay-
; Also: Color, Perm, Hi-light
6019 Thompson Rd
“by Daniel s Meat Market"
John N. Hightower
12-04-29 05-16-02
God looked around His garden
and found an empty place.
He then looked down upon the earth
and saw. your cued foce," —
He put His arms around you
and lifted you to rest,
God’s garden must be beautiful
He always takes the best.
He knew that you were suffering
He knew you were in pain,
He knew that you would never
get well on earth again.
He saw the road was getting rough, and
the hills were hard to climb,
So he closed your weary eyelids and
whispered, Peace be Thine.
It broke our hearts to lose you
but you didn’t go alone.
For part of us went with you the day
God called you home.
- Hwr Loving Family -
Man gives stranger a
lift, has cash stolen
A Baytown man offered a
ride to a stranger Wednesday
when the stranger told him he
had just come from Houston
in a taxi and wanted to get
something to eat. The driver
took him to CiCi’s Pizza
where he stepped outside of
the car for a couple of minutes
and talked to a friend. Then
the stranger left the car and
went with the driver’s friend.
When the driver returned to
his car, he found that the
stranger stole money from his
wallet and a gold chain, both
totaling over $300. The driver
described the stranger as a
black male, 5-feet, 11-inches
with a medium builds clean-
shaven and well dressed.
Police have no suspects.
“Annie decided that the child
was not following directions 1
gave, and she went on her own
and moved the child’s clip,”
Becky smiled.
“I explained that was my job,
that I was the teacher.”
ed to public schools in the next
biennium.
two years,” Dewhurst said.
“Security is better. We’re safer
here.”
Dewhurst made his comments
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officials from port authorities in and a medical questionnaire when
Limbaugh denied any wrongdo-
ing to listeners on his radio show
earlier Thursday and accused
prosecutors in Palm Beach County
of going on a "fishing expedition.”
BAGHDAD, Iraq—Guerrillas fired on a police
station Thursday in a town west of Baghdad,
wounding six Iraqis, and a roadside bomb
destroyed a U.S. armored vehicle in the capital.
There were no American casualties in either attack.
Two rockets struck the Ramadi Police
Directorate, 100 miles west of Baghdad, as officers
gathered inside to receive their monthly salaries,
said Maj. Samir Habib. Two policemen and four
civilians were wounded, he said.
Ramadi, a town on the main highway between
Iraq and Jordan, is part of the so-called Sunni
Triangle — a region north and west of Baghdad
that has seen fierce resistance to the U.S.-led occu-
pation.
In south-central Baghdad, insurgents detonated a
roadside bomb near an American military vehicle,
witnesses said. Smoke billowed from the tracked,
armored vehicle while helicopters clattered over-
head and U.S. soldiers cordoned off the area.
“Everybody got out in time,” said Sgt. James
Thompson, a soldier at the scene.
Meanwhile, U.S. forces kept up their daily raids
against suspected rebel strongholds, according to
U.S. military reports.
Soldiers from the Army’s 1st Infantry Division
killed one Iraqi and arrested nine others after they
were ambushed in the town of Khaldiyah, 60 miles
west of Baghdad.
Nineteen other guerrilla suspects were captured
by the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in a raid in
Husaybah, a restive town near the Syrian border.
And the 82nd Airborne Division detained 19 oth-
ers in the western town of Nassir Wa al-Salaam, the
military reported.
The continued unrest comes as Secretary of
State Colin Powell Secretary of State Colin Powell
said he sees hope of greater NATO willingness to
By NATALIE GOTT
The Associated Press
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Giri reports being
sexually abused
A call from a concerned
neighbor caused police to drive
out to a trailer home at 2720
Massey Tompkins Road to
check on six children. The
neighbor said an 11-year-old
was caring for her five younger
brothers and sisters. Police
found the trailer in disarray with
poor living conditions. The chil-
dren’s mother was in Houston,
and their father was at work.
The 1 l-year-old told police she
had been sexually abused.
Police contacted Child
Protective Services, which
placed them under its care.
Baytown Police and CPS are
investigating.
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Juvenie caught staffing
clothes into bag
Three teenagers at Sears in
San Jacinto Mall were caught
putting clothes into a large gray
bag. A loss prevention officer
from the store stopped a girl
from Channelview who held the
bag, but the other two teenagers
ran away. Name-brand clothing
in the bag totaled $377. Police
took the girl to the Baytown jail
and released her to her mother.
Police are still trying to identify
the other two teenagers. Two
other shoplifting incidents hap-
pened in Baytown Wednesday;
both adults were arrested and
the items were recovered.
- - - - • j on the paper structure of that could be generated with a
Sub loophole in the 2003 fiscal their organization,” Hamilton soft drink tax, a video lottery and
year, said Deputy Comptroller said. “Taxes should be based on a value added tax.
Billy Hamilton. The lost revenue the ability to pay, not on a will- The committee, which was Bloomberg School of Public
is a fraction of the $33.9 billion ingness to pay accountants or scheduled to meet again today, Health at Johns Hopkins
in state and federal funds allocat- lawyers.” also discussed a state personal University in Baltimore. “Some
Many school districts in Texas income tax, a split roll tax and a
have raised property taxes to the statewide property tax.
a
tax. pending lawsuit, plaintiffs who
The franchise tax loophole oppose Robin Hood allege that
tax manager for TI, said when allows hundreds of businesses to sharing the local property tax is
asked why the corporation did legally avoid paying the franchise equivalent to a statewide proper-
not utilize the so-called Delaware tax by incorporating on paper in a ty tax, which is banned by the
Sub loophole to avoid paying the low-tax state like Delaware, and state constitution.
Hamilton and other experts
presented the committee with a today in the American Heart
‘Closing that loophole is the variety of revenue generating Association journal Stroke, also
ing for an anticipated special ses- only way to make sure corpora- options including bumping up * ‘ " "u
sion to find a replacement for the tions don’t totally avail them- existing sales taxes. For instance,
state’s Robin Hood school selves‘of the franchise tax under in the 2005 fiscal year, bumping
finance system.
The state lost an estimated
$163 million in revenue from firms to be identical in all regards
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struck Wilson’s right side,
police said. The men then
allegedly took $2,000 from
Wilson’s pockets and forced
him into the backyard where
they stole a half-ounce of mar-
ijuana, six crack cocaine rocks
and eight ounces of codeine
syrup before running from the
house.
Officers arriving at the home
around 12:30 a.m. found
Baytown EMS treating
Wilson’s gunshot wound. EMS
took him to San Jacinto
Methodist Hospital to further
treat his wound and several
facial lacerations. He was later
released.
Armelin and Stewart both
live in the McNair area. Police
described Armelin as a 23-
When he walked into the living year-old black male, 6-feet, 1-
room, he found that the two inch and 150 pounds. Stewart
men had kicked the front door is described as a 24-year-old
open. black male, 5-feet, 11-inches
After both men kicked and 200 pounds.
Wilson and knocked him to the Baytown police filed war-
ground, one of the men fired a rants against both men and set
shot from his handgun and their bond at $30,000.
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Rap and R&B dominate
charts and Grammys
NEW YORK—Rap and R&B
. - - . have been consistent chart-top-
cooperation among government agencies and pers fOr last few years, but in
the fact that al-Qaida members are being pur- 2003 they took over pop music —
sued aggressively. and the Grammy nominations on
“I believe terrorists will attack you if you Thursday,
become complacent and if your level of alert-
ness drops, and therefore it is very important for bjggest hjts came from R&B
the state of Texas to continue to strengthen its singer Beyonce. In October, every
security measures in order to prevent a terrorist spot on Billboard’s top 10 singles
attack,” Gunaratna said. . ' ' L
State officials have focused on bringing in
more federal funds for security, Dewhurst said.
He noted that the state has received more than
$300 million in the past two years and part of
that money has gone to increase port security.
Wade Battles, managing director of the Port Missy Elliott, Eminem,
of Houston Authority, said the port has received C-- -- C:z.t, ~
quite a bit of assistance but said more grant Jju8°- ,®ka®s'J?s!"
money is needed for security improvements. He
said port officials are holding security drills and
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JAMES LEBAS, CHIEF REVENUE ESTIMATOR in the Texas about Saddam Hussein’s role in
_________ _____r j Comptroller's Office, testifies before the Joint Select Committee on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to
ing" some 'state'taxes had they Public School finance Thursday in Austin, Texas. Expanding the state
many corporations would have ideas presented as alternatives to funding public schools in Texas.
____________ Dell Inc. and SBC are among $1.50 cap per $100 property val- cism of affirmative action.
“I think most people would the largest Texas companies nation and are still struggling
never have anticipated a loophole structured to avoid the franchise with budget constraints. In
this large would remain in place
this long,” Linda Dickens, state
“Our ports have done a good job over the last ping” for prescription painkillers,
two vears.” Dewhurst said. The warrants which name
four doctors and several prescrip-
tion drugs — show investigators
were looking for records including
prescription disbursements,
private meeting with appointment schedules, receipts
Houston and Corpus Christi they midecHhe offices Nov. 25.
and terrorism expert Rohan
Gunaratna, who came to Texas
at Dewhurst’s urging to discuss
dCVUiliy 133UV3.
Gunaratna said that while terrorists’ intentions
to mount an attack inside the United States have
not diminished, their capabilities to launch an
attack on U.S. soil have eroded.
He cited several reasons, including height-
ened public vigilance, unprecedented levels of
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