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552-5587
Hall Propane Co.
Hwy. 35 South
Mon.-Sat. 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Child welfare
Blood drive
Fresh produce is avail-
able every Thursday in the
Wal-Mart parking lot
Seadrift’s first Invitation
al Softball Tournament will
be played from 9 a m until
6 p.m. tomorrow The con
cession stand will be open
all day
Talent contest
The hospital
will sponsor
Drive” at Memorial Medical
Center between 3 pnd 7 p.m.
on Wednesday in the hospi-
tal cafeteria. Please use the
Hospital Street entrance.
Radio club
The Port Lavaca Amateur
Radio Club will meet at 7
p.m. on Thursday in the
community room at First
National Bank.
Farmers market
auxiliary
“Blood
Disabled Vets
The Disabled American
Veterans will meet at 7 p.m.
on Tuesday in the communi-
ty room at First National
Bank.
The Calhoun County
Child Welfare Alliance will
meet at 7 p.m. on Monday in
the community room at
First National Bank.
Junior Service League
will present Star Search ’91
at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. July
16 in the Harrison auditor-
ium. Tryouts will be held
from 6:30 until 8 p m. on
Tuesday, July 9 and Wed
nesday, July 10 at Harrison.
Those children 5 to 18 that
would like to tryout should
bring their music or any
special equipment needed.
A piano and sound system
will be provided. Rehearsal
will be at 6:30 p m. on Mon-
day, July 15 at Harrison.
AARP meeting
At 11:30 a m. on Monday
come and be a part of “I’m
Proud To Be An American
Rally” at Salem Lutheran
Church. A barbecue lunch
with all the trimmings will
be served. Tickets are $4
and can be obtained at the
Senior Citizens Center or
call Mozelle Phillips at
552 3950 or Pat Blevins at
552 2162. The public is
invited as long as the tick-
ets last. All veterans will be
recognized.
Baseball association
The Seadrift Baseball
Association will meet at
8:30 p..m. on Monday at the
community center in
Seadrift.
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Softball tournament
Four die
in holiday
accidents
Tax review
board sets
meeting date
Babe Ruth
tournament
slated here
SOUTH TEXAS SAVINGS BANK
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AMALIA OLIVAREZ
Funeral services are pending
for Amalia Olivarez, 06, of 201E.
Wilson St. in Port Lavaca, who
died at 1:45 a.m. Friday, July 5,
1991 in the local hospital fol-
lowing a brief illness.
Richardson Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
ARRESTS
James Harlan Sanders, 22, of
El Campo was arrested by the
highway patrol in Calhoun
County Thursday and charged
with driving while intoxicated.
Sean Hansen Yates, 28, of
Port Lavaca was arrested by
city police Thursday and
charged with family violence
assault.
Wendy Sue Allison, 21, of
Port Lavaca was arrested by
city police Thursday for public
intoxication and criminal
mischief.
Daniel Allen Gisler, 17, of
Point Comfort was arrested by
Port Lavaca police Thursday
and charged with reckless
driving................
Joe Rodriguez Jr., 23, of Port
Lavaca was arrested by sher-
iffs officers Thursday and
charged with indecency with a
child.
Jesus “Flea” Rodriguez, also
known as Miguel C. Rodriguez,
24, of Port Lavaca was arrested
by sheriffs officers Thursday
and charged with driving while
license suspended and failure
to appear.
Samuel Dean Henkes, 26, of
Port Lavaca was arrested by
city police Thursday and
charged with disorderly con-
duct and assault on a peace
officer.
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Although battle lines over the
Supreme Court nomination of
Clarence Thomas are begin-
ning to form, many interest
groups are taking a wait and-
see approach before deciding
how hard to fight.
Liberal interest groups, fac-
ing long odds and uncertainty
over just what is at stake, say
their strategy now is mainly to
take a searching look at the
record of the conservative
black judge.
"There may be a real fight.
I’m not making any predic-
tions," said Nan Aron of the lib
eral Alliance for Justice. But,
she conceded, “Some groups
are ready to throw in the towel
now.”
Conservatives are hoping
President Bush has put his
opponents in a bind by picking
as Thurgood Marshall’s succes-
By The Associated Press
State troopers expected to
count a dozen traffic fatalities
during the 30-hour July Fourth
holiday period.
At least four people had died
on state roads by Thursday
evening. The counting, which
the Texas Department of Public
Safety started at 6 p.m. Wednes-
day, ended at midnight.
The Associated Press will
continue to track holiday fatali-
ties through 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
The DPS was expecting 12
people to die during the holi-
day period.
Armando Gonzales, 54, of
Lubbock was killed Wednesday
night after being hit by a car as
he tried to cross the outside
lane of northbound U.S. 87 in
Lubbock County.
Perry L. Mendez, 20, of Grand
Prairie was killed late Wednes-
day after his vehicle over-
turned, apparently after
behind hit from behind on West
Mansfield Highway in Kenne-
dale, the DPS said. A passenger
in Mendez’s vehicle, who was
not identified, suffered
injuries.
A 29-year-old Irving motorcy-
clist died Thursday as he tried
to merge onto U.S. 183. The man
crossed all lanes of 183, and
crashed into a median and
guard rail. The man’s name was
withheld pending notification
of family members.
Gonzalo Zamora Lara, 21, of
Houston was killed as her vehi-
cle ran off a bridge and landed
upside down in a creek bed ear-
ly Thursday in Pearland. Two
passengers were seriously
injured, authorities said.
The Calhoun County Babe
Ruth League will host the Babe
Ruth District II All Star tourna-
ment for the 13-year-old divi-
sion and the 14-to-15-year-old
division beginning tonight
through Tuesday, July 9.
In the double elimination
competiion, Calhoun will face
Palacios tonight beginng at 6
p.m with 13 year olds and fol-
lowed immediately by the 14 to
15 year olds. The loser of this
game will play Bay City on
Saturday night.
The 16-to-18-year-old All
Stars will travel to Palacios
July 11 for the Senior Division
District II tournament.
by a liberal-led campaign that
accused him of rigid opposition
to the rights of women and
minorities.
Both sides say a similar fight
over Thomas's nomination is
unlikely.
With conservatives already
firmly in control of the court,
there is little inclination for
liberals to mount a costly cam-
paign against him.
Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks,
executive director of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo-
ple, said “We-vHllitevielvjCni®-
mas') record just as closely as if
he were not an African-
American.”
“If his record is too bad, I just
can’t support him,” Hooks said.
"On the other hand, if it’s a mix-
ed or spotted record, I would
have to consider it closely.”
The Senate Judiciary Com-
mittee is expected to hold hear-
ings on the Thomas nomination
in September, giving critics
ample time to research his
record. The time gap will also
will help conservative interest
groups mount a defense.
Thomas Jipping of the con-
servative Coalitions for Ameri-
ca said he expects Thomas will
be confirmed.
“We talk about the American
dream all the time,” Jipping
said. “Here we literally have it
in front of us. I hope the Senate
Democrats still believe in it.”
Last year Thomas easily won
confirmation to the U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals here. The
Democratic-controlled Senate
approved him by a voice vote.
Only Sens. Howard Metzen-
baum, D-Ohio, and David Pryor,
D-Ark., opposed him.
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doned buildings. The buildings
are collapsed or in various
stages of disrepair and contain
asbestos.
There are underground stor-
age tanks with pipelines and
pumping stations, above-
ground storage tanks and PCB
transformers also approved for
removal.
The Calhoun County Apprai-
sal District Review Board will
convene at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in
the CCAD Building located at
426 W. Main St. in Port Lavaca.
The board will elect new
officers.
It will also examine and
equalize appraisal records sub-
mitted by Chief Appraiser Ken
Monroe.
Other meeting dates will be
announced in the near future.
related to social security, veter-
ans benefits and other topics
involving the federal
government.
No appointment is needed
and residents are urged to drop
by with problems or questions
they may have concerning the
federal government
For more information, tele-
phone 512-576-1231 in Victoria.
Congressional
representative
coming to town
U.S. Rep. Greg Laughlin (D-
West Columbia) will have a con-
gressional representative in
Port Lavaca firom 1-3 p.m. Wed-
nesday in the commissioners*
courtroom in the courthouse.
The representative will be
able to handle problems
sor a black nominee with a com
pelting rags-to-riches back
ground. They are quick to sup
port Thomas but uncertain
about how hard the Senate con
firmation struggle will be.
The National Abortion
Rights Action League is antici-
pating % tough contest and is
trying to give liberals ammuni
tion to oppose Thomas.
NARAL executive director
Kate Michelman called a news
conference Tuesday to reveal
evidence that Thomas may
oppose the high court’s 1973
ruling in Roe vs. Wade that leg-
alized abortion.
She cited a 1987 speech in
which Thomas praised an essay
that attacked the 1973 decision.
Calling the speech to the con-
servative Heritage Foundation
"a smoking gun,” Michelman
said the remarks could under-
mine Thomas’ nomination.
“Unless Judge Thomas expli-
citly ... recognizes that the Con-
stitution protects the funda-
mental right to privacy, includ-
ing the right to choose, the
Senate should reject this nomi-
nee,” she said.
The NARAL strategy is
intended to embolden mem-
bers of the Senate Judiciary
Committee who were reluctant
to press David H. Souter, Bush's
first high court nominee, for
specific answers on abortion.
Souter, with no public record
on the issue, had a relatively
easy time last year in ducking
those questions. He won Senate
confirmation by a vote of 90-9.
The model for an all-out con-
firmation battle is the 1987
nomination of Robert H. Bork
by President Reagan. Bork, an
outspoken conservative with an
extensive record, was defeated
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FORT WORTH (AP)—A 3-year-old girl died after locking her-
self inside a parked car on a hot day, authorities said.
Valerie Pruitt died at 3:58 p.m. Thursday at Cook-Fort Worth
Children’s Medical Center, the Tarrant County Medical Exa-
miner’s office said.
No ruling qn the cause or manner of death has been released.
The girl had been playing with two brothers and a sister
around the four-door sedan, which was equipped with electric
door locks and windows, said Fire Department Shift Techni-
cian Doyle Neal. <».
The girl reportedly got into the unlocked sedan and began ty
manipulate the electric locks, finally locking herself in and wap
unable to get out, Neal said.
Beer ban lifted
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HOUSTON (AP) — Liquor store owners say they are eagerly
awaiting deliveries of Dixie Blackened Voodoo Lager, the Loup
siana beer whose ban was lifted by state alcohol regulator^
“My plans are to get it back in the store — as much as I can gqt
it, as fast as I can get it,” said John Rydman, president of Spec’s
Liquor Stores. “We’ve got a lot of people who are looking for the
Voodoo Lager now that there has been all this news about it?*
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission officials banned the
beer last month, saying its name and label conjure up witclj;
craft. They reversed themselves earlier this week and lifted thji
ban, albeit reluctantly. >
The brew can be sold in Texas as soon as the Dixie Brewing
Co. resumes shipments from New Orleans.
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Cocaine, cash seized
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities seized 300 pounds of cocairfp
and about$500,000 in cash in a raid thatpolice say broke apart*a
major drug-trafficking ring.
Two men, both Colombian nationals, were arrested in the laite
Wednesday raid on a southwest Houston townhouse. ♦.
The amount of cocaine seized — worth about $13 million X-
indicates Houston may have surpassed Miami as this counties
major cocaine distribution hub, U.S. Customs Special Agent-id-
charge Steven Hooper said. %
Customs agents and police found the cocaine in cardboard
boxes stashed in the living-room closet, led there by a tip sever-
al days ago, Hooper said.
The suspects, 30 and 41, were arrested shortly afterward atp
nearby home. Tbey remained in city jail awaiting federip
charges.
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Cans thrown at governor^
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AUSTIN (AP) — A crowd at a Fourth of July concert threw
beer cans at Gov. Ann Richards and Austin Mayor Bruce Tod$,
but the officials were not hit, Todd said.
The incident occurred Thursday night after rock singer Joe
Walsh finished performing and before a fireworks displjkr
started.
Child dies in locked car
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Liberal groups preparing
attacks on Judge Thomas
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Murder suspect surrenders
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WINTERS (AP) — A woman allegedly abducted for three days
by her former boyfriend fainted after being told her common-
law husband was dead.
Mary Santoya, 27, of Winters, was treated Thursday fo/
exhaustion after the surrender of Gilberto Jimenez.
Jimenez, 20, also of Winters, was arrested about 730 a.m.
Thursday at his parents* home, where Ms. Montoya was found?:
His capture ended a three day manhunt launched after Sun-
day's fatal stabbing of Jerry Munoz, 29, of San Angelo.
Munoz was found at the home of Ms. Santoya, who author! ti es
described as Munoz* common-law wife and Jimenez* former,
girlfriend. He died Sunday night in the North Runnels Count*!
Hospital.
Jimenez’ mother, Carolina Jimenez, told a television repeat;
ter that her son was still in love with Ms. Santoya.
Authorities believe Munoz was probably trying to prevent the
kidnapping when he was slain. %
Plane crash kills man
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CRANE CAP) — An Odessa man was killed when the sing^
engine home-assembled plane he was flying crashed at t|M
Crane County airport, in a grassy area west of the runwajjt
Enoch Kimbrough, 69, was dead at the scene of the West Texas
crash, which occurred about noon Thursday, said Texas
Department of Public Safety communications operator Jim
Nance in Midland. The body wees taken to Lubbock for autopsy,
he said.
Nance said it was not immediately known who manufactured
the kit for the prop plane, which was not registered.
It was not known whether the plane crashed on takeoff of
landing, he said.
“A couple of witnesses at a local golf course noticed the air-
craft making two right-hand spins in a nose-down position
before they lost sight of it,” Nance said.
Road threatens eagles
HOUSTON (AP) — A proposed parkway could disturb the
habitat of rare bald eagles that nest in wetlands near Lake
Houston, environmentalists say.
The proposed 6.4-mile section of West Lake Houston Parkway
threatens to pit environmentalists against residents who have
been asking to ease the congestion on U.S. 59 for nearly three
decades.
Two eagles were spotted in February, leading to protests
against the road that would connect Farm-to-Market 1960 to
Beltway 8. Since then, pairs of eagles have been spotted feeding
off fish in Lake Houston.
Police beat
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BOATING SAFETY
Do not overload the boat.
Lookout for swimmers and skiers.
Be sure to have a Coast Guard Approved life jacket for
everyone aboard. Children 12 and under must wear a life
jacket.
GENERAL WATER SAFETY
1. Know how to swim.
2. When on the water, wear a life jacket
3. Remember to protect yourself with some kind of hat or cap.
TUBING SAFETY
Make sure that children wear life jackets.
Wear tennis shoes to protect your feet from rocks and other
sharp objects.
Glass and styrofoam containers are prohibited in certain
areas of the river.
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