Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 101, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1984 Page: 1 of 8
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The family newspaper of dynamic
was to be put to death Oct 5.
U.S Supreme Court Justice Byron
White ordered Texas officials to keep
Autry ahve so the high court could
review the issue of proportionality —
whether the death penalty is fair when
compared to lighter sentences metted
out for similar crimes
Stefan Presser, an American C’vil
Liberties Union attorney in Houston
representing Autry, said his client
needlessly suffered psychological
trauma of a person approaching death
as he waited in the death chamber It
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Brrrr
Winter's bite was felt in Calhoun
County this morning as overnight
temperatures dropped to 24
degrees
While children enjoyed the
unusual treat of sliding on patches
of ice, adults added extra layers of
clothing and grumbled when car
engines were slow to start.
At 9 am. today, the temperature
at The Wave was 27 degrees
A high of near 40 is expected to-
day. according to an official from
the National Weather Service in
Victoria
The weather service forecast
(Please see Cold. Page 2)
THESE YOUNGSTERS ARE trying their luck at ice
skating. Port Lavaca-style. ai Madison Elementary
sistent with suicide.”
Ownby s hands had been tied tightly
behind his back with a military web
belt, and a rope noose was looped
around his neck. But there were no
signs of violence at the scene and his
body bore no marks or bruises
The medical examiner said Ownby
brought the typewritten note to the
scene, “put the noose around his neck,
slipped his hands through a looped belt
and tightened it, lowered the rope over
the railing, straddled the railing and
(Please see Suicide. Page 21
By LOUISE POPPLEWELL
W«v» Suit Writer
JAN 10
Thursday
By LOUSE POPPLEWELL
Wavr Staff Writer
Tides
Tidal information is based on
computations for West Gulf Tides
For tidal corrections at Port O’Con-
nor, add 35 minutes to highs, sub-
tract 45 minutes from lows; at In-
dianola. add 25 minutes and sub-
tract 15 minutes. For Port Lavaca,
add 40 minutes and subtract 25
minutes
On Thursday, a high of 1.2 ft at
6:54 p m and a low of 0.8 ft at 11:54
p m On Friday, a high of 1.0 ft. at
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a m. Also, a high of 1.1 ft. at 7:27
pm
Sunset at 5:57 p.m today
Sunrise at 7:22 a m Friday.
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ment to make him go through that
again. Presser said
The state put him on the gurney one
hour before it had a legal right They
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him on (the gurney) again,” he said.
But Assistant Texas Attorney
General Leslie Benitez said the last-
(Please see Autrv. Page 2)
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Index
Classified........................
Comics............................
Deaths...........................
Editorials
Hospital notes.................
Sports.....................
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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — In a rare
display of unity, schools and univer-
sities closed down in both the Moslem
and Christian sectors of the capital to-
day to mourn the slain president of the
American University of Beirut.
Malcolm H. Kerr, a 52-year-old
American native of the city, was shot
in the head outside his campus office
Wednesday
Educational institutions and various
factions of Christian, Druse, Sunni and
Shiite Moslems called for suspension
of classes in tribute to Kerr, who
specialized in the study of Middle
Eastern politics and sought to keep his
university free of political strife.
Shortly after the assassination, the
university, located in predominantly
Moslem west Beirut, canceled its
classes until Monday.
Police said no arrests have been
made, but they otherwise refused to
comment on their investigation.
Likewise, they declined comment on
their search for gunmen who kidnap-
ped Saudi Arabia’s consul. Hussein Ab-
dullah Farrash, in west Beirut on
Tuesday.
An anonymous telephone caller
Wednesday said a pro-Iranian group
calling itself Islamic Holy War carried
out Kerr's assassination and Farrash’s
abduction
The caller warned that F’arrash
would be executed and demanded that
U.S and French troops in the multina
tional force leave Lebanon “or we will
shake the earth under their feet."
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Small craft advisory is in effect
North winds 20 to 25 knots today and
tonight increasing to 25 to 35 knots Fri-
day Seas 6 to 9 feet today and tonight
Occasional light rain tonight and Fri-
day Gale warning may be required for
Friday.
Slip sliding away
School. The sub-freezing temperatures today and
Wednesday are expected to stay in the area through
The unidentified NATO sources later
said the Soviets might consider merg-
ing the two sets of talks, although they
had not decided to restart negotiations
The United States has been basically
opposed to merger of the talks,
because of the complications involved
in dealing with long and intermediate
range missiles in one negotiation
Shultz was evasive about the talks in
Vienna. Austria, on reducing NATO
and Warsaw pact troops and armor
Those discussions ended before
Christmas.
"We discussed a wide range of arms
control issues, but the thrust of the
discussion varied from one to the
other,” Shultz said
Swedish and other diplomatic
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Ownby’s desk said he apparently had
startled some intruders and was going
to investigate The notes initially led
some to believe terrorism or murder
was involved
But Bexar County Medical Ex-
aminer Vincent Di Maio ruled today it
was a suicide
"It’s not a murder There is ab-
solutely no doubt in my mind, " DiMaio
said at a news conference "...Re-
enactment at the scene of a number ol
possible death scenarios show that the
circumstances of the death were con-
presently suspended nuclear weapons
negotiations in Geneva "They have
not made up their minds on the con-
tinuation of START (long-range
weapons talks), but they might con-
sider combining them with INF
(medium-range weapons talks) under
a new name, Forward-Based
Systems," one source said
In addition, they said, Gromyko has
indicated the Soviets would not stand
in the way of the worldwide ban on
chemical weapons Shultz proposed in a
speech this week to the European
Disarmament Conference
The sources, who refused to be iden-
tified even by nationality, said the in-
dications came in meetings Gromyko
held Wednesday with Shultz and West
Beirut colleges close
Weather
Calhoun County
The high Wednesday was 45 with
an overnight low of 24
Temperature at 9 a m today was
27. No rainfall was recorded at the
Wave during the last 24 hours
South Texas
Increasing clouds, cold today
Chance of freezing drizzle or freezing
rain northern sections tonight and Fri-
day Chance of rain or drizzle
elsewhere tonight and Friday Windy
and colder Friday Highs today 30s
north to 40s south Lows tonight 2()s
north to 30s south Highs Friday 20s
north to near 40 extreme south
Gromyko, which he had hoped would
thaw the chilled relations between the
superpowers
On the most vexing issue, the
breakdown in nuclear arms control
talks. Shultz said, “We made no head
way on that subject."
The Soviets suspended the discus-
sions in Geneva in late November to
protest NATO’s deployment of new
U.S-built Pershing 2 missiles in West
Germany and cruise rockets in Bri-
tain.
Last month, parallel talks in the
Swiss city to cut back longer-range
rockets also stalled
Asked whether the Soviets had
agreed to end the stalemate. Shultz
replied flatly. "No."
Callers claiming to represent
Islamic Holy War have claimed
responsility for several other attacks,
including the Oct 23 suicide truck-
bombings at the U.S. and French
military bases in Beirut But proof of
the group’s existence has yet to
emerge
Kerr was gunned down as he emerg-
ed from an elevator near his office on
the third floor of a campus building.
A university statement said two men
fired on him and fled after he was
wounded twice in the head by bullets
from a silencer-equipped pistol
"Death was instantaneous,”
Cornoner Dr Ahmed Harati in an
autopsy report "The bullet was fired
from close range, leaving no powder
traces.”
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and nearby Indianola The beacon light consisted of many
faceted prisms surrounding a gas lightbulb
The lighthouse was in continuous service except for a
few years during the Civil War, from the time of its
construction, circa 1850, until 1943
In 1949, the lighthouse was moved to Point Comfort and
was privately owned for several years
It is seen by the Vincent family as "a symbol of the
colorful and enduring heritage of the once-bustling ports
of Indianola and Port Lavaca ”
Vincent says that many dishes offered in the restaurant
are from recipes brought to the area by immigrants who
adapted them to use the bountiful produce of Texas waters
and lands
Lavaca Bay's Seafood Gumbo, Coastal Bend Stuffed
Jalapenos. Lavaca Bay Catch of the Day. Avocado
Matagorda. Lavaca's T-Bone Steak, Coastal Mud Pie and
Lavaca Fried Potatoes are some of the items on the menu
The seafood served at Lavaca Bay all comes from Port
O’Connor and Seadrift, and many people from Calhoun
and Victoria counties have visited the restaurant, says
Vincent, whose family has ranched in the Seadrift area for
eight generations.
In addition to his ranching interests. Vincent has been in
the Houston restaurant business for two decades
But the restaurant inspired by the old lighthouse is the
"culmination of the Vincents' dream," the menu says
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Secretary of
State George P. Shultz today said he
made no headway in trying to per-
suade Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
A. Gromyko to resume nuclear arms
control talks.
But Shultz, in a news conference
while flying from Stockholm, Sweden,
to Oslo, left open the possibility that
the Soviets would end their suspension
of East West negotiations to reduce
conventional forces in Central Europe
NATO sources in Stockholm said
Gromyko has signaled Moscow’s will
mgness to resume the talks on conven-
tional arms as early as March
Another possible policy shift from
Gromyko, the sources said, involved
combining and renaming the two
Port Lavacans traveling in Houston on Highway 6 may
be surprised to see a familiar landmark and recognize it
as a replica of their own hexagonal lighthouse
The Lavaca Bay restaurant is indeed modeled after
Half Moon Reef Lighthouse and is the fulfillment, for
owner Charles Vincent, of a lot of years of eyeing and
dreaming of owning the lighthouse, which now sits behind
the Chamber of Commerce office on Highway 35
Vincent says that during his years of traveling to the
family-owned ranch in Seadrift he has admired and tried
to buy the lighthouse and began looking at other options,
only after Mr and Mrs W H Bauer Sr donated the
building to the Calhoun County Historical Commission
The restaurant is an exact replica of the reef lighthouse,
with a porch around it, and is 12 times larger, says Vin-
cent. The restaurant's three levels are in keeping with the
three floors of the lighthouse, with the kitchens, bar and
dining area seating 210 on different levels.
The Half Moon Reef Lighthouse which provided much of
the inspiration for the restaurant, is the oldest existing
lighthouse on the Texas Coast, according to the
restaurant’s menu. The lighthouse was originally located
at the southern tip of Half Moon Reef in Matagorda Bay
and served as a beacon for ships trading in Port Lavaca
In a development today, U.S.
Marines fired at a Lebanese airport
jeep when it failed to stop quickly
enough at the base’s main gate.
Marine spokesman Maj. Dennis
Brooks said the guards "put a round
into the radiator” after the vehicle fail-
ed to heed to orders to stop There were
no injuries, he said
Brooks said the jeep was used by a
Lebanese technician who comes
periodically to check an aviation radar
located inside the base.
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Lawyer tries to stop execution
HOUSTON (AP) - An attorney for
condemned killer James David Autry
hopes to convince a federal judge that
the state has lost the right to execute
his client
The argument will be made today at
a hearing in Beaumont before U.S.
District Judge Robert Parker. The
hearing was ordered by the 5th U.S
Circuit Court of Appeals in New
Orleans
Autry, 29. lay strapped to a gurney
with needles in his arms when he got a
reprive less than half an hour before he
U.S., Soviets fail to resume arms
German Foreign Minister Hans
Dietrich Genscher
Shultz indicated his five-hour
meeting with Gromyko on Wednesday
at the Soviet Embassy in Stockholm
laid the groundwork for a continuing
U.S.-Soviet dialogue despite the im-
passe on nuclear weapons.
"I think the meeting was wor-
thwhile," Shultz told reporters travel-
ing with him on his Air Force jetliner
"Exchanges in the right kind of spirit
can be helpful ”
Shultz, en route back to Washington,
stopped in Oslo for a six-hour courtesy
visit with King Olav and Norwegian
government officials
Standing in the aisle of the jet. Shultz
gave an account of the meeting with
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sources in Stockholm reported they
had been advised by Gromyko that the
Soviets want to resume the 10-year-oid
parley on conventional forces as soon
as possible but that no date had been
fixed
"It was a straightforward,
businesslike atmosphere," Shultz said
of his talk with Gromyko — their first
since September, when they had a
heated disagreement in Madrid, Spain,
over the Soviets downing of South
Korean jetliner with 269 people
aboard
This time the two men discussed
issues of arms, the Middle East, Cen-
tral America and Africa, but did not
schedule another session
(Please see Anns, Page 2)
THE LAVACA BAY restaurant on Highway 6 in Houston serves as a replica of Port Lavaca's Half Moon Reef
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General's hanging ruled suicide
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) - A
two-star Army Reserve general had
committed suicide when he was found
hanged at Fort Sam Houston, the
medical examiner ruled today
Maj Gen. Robert G Ownby. 48,
found bound and hanged from
second-story stairwell Jan 11.
A typewritten note pinned to his
sweater said the general had been
"sentenced and executed" for "crimes
by the U.S Army against the people of
the world "
A handwritten note found on
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