The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana • Page 11

I THE TIMES LocalState MONDAY, AUGUST 1 5, 1 994 38 STATE NEWS BRIEFS I I These are the streets where Traffic hassles sssasr Texas closed at 1-20 overpass. 1-20 from Inner Loop in Shreveport to 1-220 in Bossier City will close from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday to Thursday. 4 Jefferson TTX 1 'V xPaeRd shore l3 fToifaol Pierremont a JJT0 Ave.

rj I 1 pj r- Bert ris FtournoyN I 1 sZTKouns- pNlucas RdS I Market from Crockett St. to Lake St. I Commerce from Travis St. to Caddo St. I Fannin from Market St.

to Commerce St. I Texas construction from Common to Commerce St. I View from Douglass to Common. I Travis, Common St. to Commerce St.

I Common St. at Texas St. I Common St. at View St. I Edwards from Travis St.

to Milam St. I Legardy from Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. north to end I Flournoy-Lucas from Linwood Ave. to I-49.

I John Hendrick from Millicent Way to dead end. I Construction in the 10,000 block of Trail Ridge. I Kroetz Dr. from Francais to Crabapple. I E.

Rutherford, from Holly to the dead end. I Tate, from Jewella to Broadway. I Linwood from the Industrial Loop to Flournoy-Lucas Rd. I Industrial Loop, from Brush Bayou to Linwood Ave. I Flournoy-Lucas from Stevens Rd.

to Wallace Lake Rd. I Industrial Loop, east of Woolworth Rd. at Miller's Transporters I Tate St. I Jonquil St I Norris Ferry, from Overton Brooks to Southern Trace. I Youree from Stratmore to Flournoy-Lucas Rd.

I Midvale from Francais Dr. to Gooseberry Hill. I McGoldrick Bert Kouns Inner Loop to end. I Hartman, from Talbot to Garden. I Walker Rd.

from Colquitt to Bert Kouns. I East Egan, Youree Dr. to dead end. I Sawgrass Dr. I Fern from Bert Kouns to Sand Beach Blvd.

I Audrey Lane, from Round Grove Dr. to Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. I Gooseberry, Midvale to Cosby Cir. I Mansfield Rd.

at Williamson Way. I Flournoy Lucas Rd. at 1-49. I Wallace 70th St. to 76th St.

70th between Southern and St. Vincent avenues, is under construction. Stoner between Fairfield Ave. and Murphy is closed. Hollywood Ave.

is under construction between Southern and St. Vincent avenues. 1-20 westbound Line Ave. and Allen Ave. exits are closed.

1-20 between Fairfield Ave. and Lakeshore Dr. is reduced to two lanes for east and westbound traffic. The Times POLICE NEWS 2 held in assault with car on officer Two men are cooling their heels in the Shreveport City Jail, after allegedly trying to run over an off-duty Shreveport police officer early Sunday morning. According to police reports, Cpl.

Calvin Abram and Officer Alan Crump, working as guards at the Whataburger Restaurant in the 4000 block of Jewella Road, heard gunshots coming from a nearby pawnshop just before 3 a.m. As they ran to the scene to investigate, a car sped from the parking lot and attempted to run over Abram, reports said. The officers fired at the car, which sped away, but was stopped after a short chase by other officers. Arrested and charged with attempted first-degree homicide were Andre Moore, 19, and Tar-rance Whitlock, 22, both of the 1400 block of Glen Avenue. They were in the Shreveport City Jail late Sunday, with no bond yet set.

Careless driver sought following fatal crash Shreveport police are looking for a motorist whose careless driving caused another car to wreck, killing its driver early Sunday. Police said the victim, 33 year-old Delores Black Lowery, no address available, was southbound on Jewella Avenue around 2:30 a.m. when a two-tone green, late-model Chevy passed her and came over into her lane, forcing her to swerve to avoid a collision. That forced Lowery's car right into a light pole at Hardy Street. Lowery was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The other car involved did not stop, but instead sped away. Police did not have any further information about the car or its occupants. Arcadia man killed in crash near Gibsland A Bienville Parish man died in a one-car crash near Gibsland late Saturday. Dead in the accident, which happened about 9:20 p.m. on U.S.

80 about one mile west of Gibsland, was Antonio M. Wilson, 31, of Arcadia. Louisiana state police said Wilson's vehicle, a two-door 1991 Cadillac, was eastbound at a high rate of speed when it left the road, struck several small trees, caromed back onto the highway and tumbled several times. The car traveled more than 450 feet after first leaving the macadam. Troopers said Wilson, who was not wearing a seat belt, was dead at the scene.

Investigation into whether alcohol played a part in the wreck continues. Css garage is csosecs on erran one of the aircraft's frequencies was using," Cole said, adding that the company that had sold the garage doors used an incorrect frequency for its controls. "We knew we had the angels on our sides, but we decided to change to an alternate frequency," he said. "So now, when the big plane with 'United States of America' on the side comes to town, the garage doors all do the proper On Nov. 25, in the heat of naval battles against the Japanese off the coast of the Philippine Islands, the aircraft carrier U.S.S.

Essex was attacked by a kamikaze, or suicide airplane. One of those killed on the Essex that day was Delarce Washington, a young black sailor from Saline. Lots of strange things happen on and around Barksdale Air Force Base that make sense to people who need to know Johfl Prime what going on, but aren't always explained to the average person. And then there are some strange things that have even the top guys puzzled, as Gen. Peyton Around the Base Cole, who just stepped down as the 2nd Bomb Wing commander, can attest.

If you run into him today, as he and his family start to move into the Greenacres home that will be their permanent civilian address t-Frofti Wire Reports 3 Suspect sought I in immolation case VNEW ORLEANS -A 22-year-old man is accused of handcuffing Thomas May and setting him on fire in a housing project courtyard last week, then trying to kill a witness to jhat murder. Ipavid Williams of New 'Orleans remained at large Sunday afternoon after police svore out a warrant accusing h'm of first-degree murder of 25, and attempted murder ol the witness, Sgt Bob Young saU fie said the witness's name Vis being withheld as a safety precaution. if! ay died late Friday in Baton Raige General Hospital's burn urit. The witness to the attack on Mly Was shot in the arm about ,11 p.m. Saturday, but is in good coidition at a New Orleans hoipital, Young said.

feople who live in the Lafitte hoising project said about a doaen people saw the attacker bet May to the ground during a fiitfight about money. shower frcm 1-10 ramp ROUGE People or work near Expessway Park have seen 2 cowi, melons, plywood, plastic "pipand sides of frozen beef fall of the sky from the jntestate on-ramp known locsly as Dead Man's Curve. 'fcery time you look up, sonbthing is coming off the said Janice Folse, who woks next to the park at Johjny Lee's Grocery. "It's larrerous walking underneath ihalbridge." Te wreck that killed one Thai and seriously injured ancher on Aug. 6 was the Seond in about 15 years to cattle crashing over the and racing down the ramp ancinto Baton Rouge streets.

Tie tightly curved ramp taks cars and trucks west on Ttitjrstate 10 to the Mississippi Rjvr bridge. many don't make it that Perl Smith refused to let her chdren use the park even betfe steers plunged off the vranpAug. 6. said, That's it, they play in fro(t of the house said rSnth, who lives about a block "T9uth crime drive to focus 01 prevention th Associated Press 1 HEW IBERIA The Iberia Parsh Youth Crime Prevention Force started in the middle rSnCis working toward either end. "Hw that its proposal for a cur- to keep juveniles off the struts during peak crime hours I is its way to becoming law, the panl is focusing on programs thalcould keep juveniles from be- comng delinquents.

is studying chances for a detrition center for juveniles ar-- rested for serious crimes. Tie parish jail has a 16-bed area for" juveniles, but that area is clostd because it would cost $45(000 to $475,000 a year to run it, Dstrict Judge Anne Simon told the fask force at a recent committee neeting. "Rght now, judges are sending rvjuveule offenders that need to be lcOHkd up to Lafayette or other places at a cost of close to $85 a day jer juvenile," task force co-haiiman Jerry Wattigny said. expensive. But until the costs of sending juvenile offenders to other parishes exceeds that $450,300 a year, governing bodies aren't, going to fund the facility here.

However, many officials say that the problems of finding space in other parishes and transferring juveniles back and forth mean that juveniles who probably should be locked up remain free. "If violent juvenile crime continues, the public may demand a local facility," Wattigny said. The task force also is looking at such programs as Families in Need of Services, which seeks to get the family involved before a prphlem child becomes a delin--jjuent, Wattigny said. Across North Louisiana oors "His rate was STM2C, and he was one of the guys manning the 30-mm gun positions on the day of the attack," said reader Charles Rogers of Logansport, who is helping an author gather information for a book on the Essex. The only information he has is that Washington's address was Saline.

He could have lived anywhere in this area, and probably came into the Navy around 1940-42." Rogers would like to hear from family or friends of Delarce Washington, in order to make sure the young man's actions that day are properly detailed in the book. Rogers can be reached at P.O. Box 282, Logansport, La. 71049. John Andrew Prime is a Times writer.

His column appears Mondays. He can be reached by calling 459-3264 or sending a fax to 459-3301. ini.uijH mm i ii.m i.n mi i uu ij.iiiiw partment at 806 Talton St. in Min-den. The classes will be from 6 p.m.

until 9:30 p.m. today, Tuesday and Thursday. Participants must attend all three sessions to be certified. Anyone born after Sept. 1, 1969, must successfully complete a hunter education course to be eligible to buy a Louisiana hunting license.

Preregistration is required. For details or to preregister, call (318) 371-3050. To contribute a news item: In Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln and Webster parishes, call Curtis Heyen at 255-3902 or send a fax to 255-3907. In DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red River and Sabine parishes, call 1-800-462-6436 or send a fax to 1-800-551-8892, extension 301. Leaving Town? We'll help you catch up on all that happened while you were away by saving your papers for you.

To order your vacation pack, call 459-3322. (She Qlime Add 1 Networks! m. Expert Training i IBM, Compaq I Hewlett-Packard ms Systems 8 Mail Order Prices CAD Masters Scanre" 318-424-5575 1-800-891-CMLAl Day Mall (Extended Wear $99) Call for prices on eye exam and contacts or Lye Dr. in Bossier City, ask him if he plans to keep his garage door shut. That ought to produce a grin.

You see, one of the strange things that happened during his tenure as wing commander involved complaints from people along the base's flight path that whenever base planes flew over, their garage doors would close and lock of their own accord. That can cause problems if your car happens to be under the door or if that's the door you left open when you dashed to the store. Cole investigated and found that the strange events only occurred when the National Emergency Airborne Command Post called "Kneecap" after its initials but called the "Doomsday Plane" by most civilians passed over. "We isolated it to a frequency A.ai.ij.inJJwii!ii.wuiinji. iwuiuniim.iiii Former Globetrotter sets Mansfield visits MANSFIELD Meadowlark Lemon, the "Clown Prince of Basketball" who played with the Harlem Globetrotters, will make three appearances in Mansfield.

They are scheduled for 7 p.m. Aug. 20. and 10 a.m. Aug.

21 at the living Word Church of Mansfield and for 7 p.m. Aug. 22 at the Northwest Auditorium. Lemon's shows are free and open to the public. Registration drive to visit smaller towns RUSTON Representatives of the registrar of voters office will conduct voter registration Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday throughout Lincoln Parish.

On Tuesday, sign-up will be from 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. in Simsboro Village Hall and from 1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m. in Dubach Town Hall.

On Wednesday, people may register between 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. in Choudrant Village Hall and between 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. in Grambling City Hall.

Workers will visit the Grambling State University campus to register students all day Thursday. Sept. 6 is the last day to register to vote in the Oct. 1 election. Those who want to sign up must provide proper identification.

NSU teleconference to spotlight cotton NATCHITOCHES Cotton producers and extension service agents may want to catch a live teleconference this week it Northwestern State University. The latest defoliation and late-season pest control techniques will be discussed during the Thursday broadcast in Studio A of Kyser Hall. It will be presented at 6:30 p.m. by the Louisiana In i.ji.iimuw,w iwjiiiubjj (iiiimimi.wni.u.nii i iniiiui.mii structional Satellite Telecommunications Network at NSU. Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service specialists and Mississippi State University re searchers are featured in this program.

Admission is $15. For more information, call Tod Porter at 357-4425 Coushatta health unit to offer Shots for Tots COUSHATTA The Red River Parish Health Unit will offer Shots for Tots immunizations from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday. The health unit is located on Red Oak-Clarkson Street in Coushatta.

Cost is $5. Please bring a copy of your child's immunization record. All children who receive shots will get a treat The service is provided by the Office of Public Health, Schumert Medical Center and Willis-Knighton Medical Center. Election to be Nov. 8 on liquor sales issue MANY An election to determine whether alcoholic beverages will be sold at a proposed Toledo Bend Hotel has been rescheduled for Nov.

8. The election will be open to residents in Ward 3, which was voted dry in 1977. The area includes the western part of Sabine Parish where a multimillion-dollar marina complex is being developed. If the ballot measure passes, alcoholic drink sales would be allowed only at the $11 million Holiday Inn Sunspree Hotel, and not throughout the ward. 3-day hunter safety course starts today MINDEN A three-day hunter education course gets under way today at the district office of the state Wildlife and Fisheries De Organizational meet today for Possumfest ARCADIA The Possum Festival Committee is calling upon people to help plan the self-proclaimed most disorganized event.

An open meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. today in Arcadia Town Hall. Organizers urge anyone with ideas about the Sept. 30-Oct. 1 festival to attend.

Refreshments will be served. March of Dimes drive 'sentencing' in Homer HOMER Some of north-central Louisiana's "most wanted" will be "sentenced" today in Homer. Each will be required to raise $250 in two weeks to fight birth defects and infant mortality through the March of Dimes campaign for healthier babies. Participating will be Kenneth Volentine of Athens, Bob Bond, Chuck Clawson, Kelly Waller and A.D. Williams, all of Haynesville; Keith Alexander, Patrick Claw-son, Don Ceccarelli, Ann Freeman, Pat Gladney, Joe Ellis Michael, Gene Nichols, Fred Parker, Randy Pugh, Gordon Simmons, Britt Synco, George Tigner III, Gretchen Till, Sherry Whitman and Mary Woodall, all of Homer; and Tommy Martin of Gibsland.

Niki Taylor, 5, co-ambassador for the March of Dimes' Western Division, and her mother, Fletter Taylor, will be on hand to watch the sentencing. There will be a luncheon today for participants. There also will be an appreciation cookout at 6 p.m. Sept. 1 at Tall Timbers Lodge to mark the end of the fund-raising drive.

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