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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS TUESDAY MORNING, NOVIMMR Tryst cut short by violence THOMAS MUELLER GALVESTON A Galveston man who made a date with a prostitute paid for his pleasure with blood- when two men armed with knives 'interrupted the affair, according to reports. Police labeled the crime, during which the man suffered multiple knife wounds, an attempted murder. The 37-year-old man told police he picked tip the female prostitute around 9:30 p.m., but had no place to take her. She then recommended a vacant house in the 3600 block of Avenue where they went, reports state. While the pair was having sex in an upstairs bedroom, two men entered the house and began striking the victim with clubs and knives, reports state.

POLICE The man retreated, but his assailants pursued, continuing their attack until the man ran outside, reports state. The naked victim, suffering cuts to the chest and a stab wound to the left hip, ran to a nearby house, where a resident called police. The robbers took his clothing and $600 cash, reports state. Officers discovered blood spattered on the walls and floor of the house, but found no suspects. Ambulance personnel transported the victim to John Sealy Hospital, where he was treated and released, reports state.

HUSBANDSHOT TEXAS CITY A Texas City woman shot her allegedly filandering husband Sunday, sending him to the hospital, according to reports. The incident reportedly occurred at 8:40 p.m. Sunday, at a residence in the 7900 block of Yucca. According to reports, police found the man in the Mainland Center Hospital emergency room. He told them his wife had shot him in the side because she believes he's having an affair, reports state.

The man was treated and released from the hospital. He filed no charges against his wife, police said. FIRE DRAWS ATTENTION TEXAS CITY Firefighters monitored but didn't extinguish a large grassfire oh the city's far north side Monday, fire Chief Roy McKinneysaid. The blaze ignited shortly after sunset in a marshy area north of Loop 197 North and had sparked many phone calls from concerned residents, he said. The area is bordered by Moses Lake and several drainage canals, in an area where it poses no danger to property other than marshland, he said.

McKinney stationed no equipment on the scene, which is inaccessible by road. He planned to let the fire burn itself out, though firefighters would check on it periodically throughout the night, he said. TEXAS CITY Burglary 400 block 12th Street South, 5:30 p.m. p.m. Sunday; TV, rifle, fishing gear taken: Burglary llOO block Fifth Avenue South, unknown time Friday-Sunday; two shotguns, a rifle, stereo taken.

Burglary 500 block Second Avenue South, unknown time Friday-Sunday; $45 worth of food taken. Woody Herman remembered Lifeline donated Rev. J. Scott Turner, chairman of the Department of Ministry to Human Needs of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, presents a check for a Lifeline unit to less Arrington, past president of the Pilot Club of La Marque. The club sponsors the Lifeline program in the Texas City, La Marque, Hitchcock and Bayou Vista areas.

The program is a cum- munity based personal emergency response system for the handicapped, disabled and elderly. For information call 938-7406. WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) Bandleader Woody Herman was eulogized Monday as a Pied Piper who used his musical talent to touch millions of people around the world. About 150 mourners attended a Roman Catholic funeral Mass at St.

Victor's Church to pay homage to the jazzman who died Thursday attheageof74. "Welcome to Woody's church," said Monsignor George J. Parnassus. "This was truly his spiritual home." A group of pallbearers, some former musicians who played with Herman in his famous band, "The Thundering Herd," ushered his closed gray casket, adorned with an arrangement of red roses and white carnations, up the church aisle. Herman's parish priest noted the bandleader and clarinet player had fallen on hard times in the months before his death.

"He suffered enormously," Parnassus said. "There were privations. But up until the end, there was no bitterness in him. He was truly a man of peace. "There was nothing phony about' him.

He was completely genuine. There were no airs about him, he was an easy man to like." He said Herman's daughter, Ingrid Herman Reese, relayed her father's request for traditional music to be played at the service, rather than some of his own tunes. Friend Jack Siefert said Herman was the perfect role model for any musician aspiring to success. "Woody proved you could reach your artistic goals and still be a right guy," Siefert said. "Woody Herman was the rarest of euman possessions he was a true friend.

We have lost the greatest Pied Piper American music has ever presented." Numerous fund-raising benefits honoring Herman and designed to gather money for his medical and tax debts did much to ease his pain during his waning days, Ms. Reese said. U.S. Navy frigate fires warning MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) An American frigate escorting a refueling tanker fired machine guns to chase off three small vessels that approached "by surprise" and may have been Iranian, U.S. military officials said Monday.

The Pentagon said the dhow and two speedboats approached about dusk Sunday as the Navy ships passed a Persian Gulf island that Iran has used as a speedboat base for attacks on shipping in its 7- year-old war with Iraq. Pentagon spokesmen said the USS Carr fired machine guns at the vessels, which were "suspected" to be Iranian, but none was known to have been hit and all left the scene. American officials in the gulf said privately it was not certain whether they were Iranian craft threatening the U.S. ships or fishing boats of another nationality. "We've seen these types of boats before but it's the first time that one ever came that close to American ships," one official said.

"We're not sure they were Iranian, but the U.S. ships were taken by surprise. The only things that make this incident different is that it was night, and the boat came as close as it did." He estimated the closest approach at about 500 yards. The officials indicated there had been other occasions when U.S. warships fired warning shots to ward off vessels that apparently were innocent, but would not give details.

Doubt about nationality arose from the fact that fishing dhows in the gulf often are accompanied by flat-bottomed speedboats whose crews tend nets dropped by the main vessel. Only one previous shooting incident has been made public, according to records available here. It involved the destroyer USS Kidd, which fired a warning shot Aug. 24 at a dhow, the slow-moving fishing and freight vessels that ha ve plied the gulf for centuries. The Pentagon account, also made available here, said the Carr opened fire on one boat after it failed twice to heed warning shots and made what appeared to be a "hostile run" at the Patriot, an oiler under charter to the Navy's Military Sealift Command.

The Pentagon, meanwhile, announced that about 180 crewmen on mine-sweeping helicopters in the gulf would return to Norfolk, Tuesday after three months of gulf patrol. "The remainder of the approximately 400-man squadron will remain in the Persian Gulf for three months until relieved by the group returning tomorrow (Tuesday)," U.S. officials said. The decision to cut back on the size of the helicopter mine-sweeping force was prompted by the arrival of U.S. mine-sweeping snips, Pentagon officials said.

The shooting incident was fourth occasion in 2Va months in which U.S. warships or aircraft have opened fire in the Gulf, and the first since U.S. helicopters shot up three Iranian boats, sinking one, on Oct. 8. Maj.

John Meyer of the U.S. Central Command said the Can- was escorting the Patriot toward the Strait of Hormuz with a load of fuel for U.S. warships. OBITUARIES Terri G. Fields GALVESTON Terri G.

Fields, 37, died Monday at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Services are pending at Fields Funeral Home in Galveston. Mable Williams GALVESTON Mable Williams, 71, of Galveston died Sunday at her home. Services are pending at Lundy Mortuary. Jason Cavener GALVESTON Jason Cavener, 11, died Saturday at John Sealy Hospital.

Services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Malloy and Son Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Owen officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery. Born Sept.

25, 1976, Jason was a sixth grade student at Stephen F. Happy Birthday! MAINLAND FLORAL 2710 Broodwoy 765-6696 Our FID Birthday Bouquot Delivered Today! Only i The Galveston Daily News U.S.P.S.213.WO Founded in 1842 Texas' Oldest Newspaper Dedicated to the growth and progress of Galveston and all of Galveston County. Published every morning by Galveston Newspapers 1522 Teichman Road. P.O. Box 62t, Galveston, Texas 77553.

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and Mrs. Art Kirchner of Oklahoma City, Dr. Charles E. Wood of Amarillo, and Joaquina Wood Miller of Galveston; stepfather, Gary Eugen Nail; step-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Jim Hummel of St. Louis, and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Nail of Chandler, brothers, Justin Nails and Christopher Cavener of Galveston; sister, Cory Dawn Cavener of Galveston; uncles, Steve Cavener, Mike Cavener and Bradley Johnson; aunt, Ruth Johnson Wood; cousins, Heather Johnson, Melissa Cavener and Carol Cavener; and numerous schoolmates, friends and relatives in California and on the island of Bohol in the Philippines. Pallbearers will Gary Nail, Rick Brown, Steve Goldwitz, Jeff Gelin, Eli Abad and Arthur Mabassa.

Willie C. Curry LAKE JACKSON Willie Claire Curry, 81, of Lake Jackson died Sunday in Houston. Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Lake Jackson with the Rev.

Steve La his officiating. Burial will be at Restwood Memorial Park in Clute under the direction of Lakewood Funeral Chapel of Lake Jackson. Mrs. Curry was born May 4, 1906, in Galveston and was a retired teacher. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma and the Daughters of the King, St.

Timothy's. She was past director of the Lake Jackson Actions Sunday School at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, and was a member of the Texas Retired Teachers Association, AARP, and was charterpresidentof BRTA. She is survived by a daughter, Susan E. Bailey of Houston; two brothers, Joseph B.

McFarland of Galveston and John W. McFarland of Austin; and two grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to St. Timothy's Memorial Fund. William D.Grace Jr.

HOUSTON William DeWalt Grace 62, of Houston died Friday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mother of Mercy Catholic Church in Houston. Burial will follow at Houston Memorial Gardens under the direction of Ross Mortuary. Mr.

Grace was born Jan. 25, 1925, in Galveston. He was a retired postman and former Galveston resident. Survivors include three daughters, Amanda Grace Chandler, Delores Jenkins and Doreene Grace, all of Houston; three sons, William DeWalt Grace III, Daniel Lee Grace and Marvin Glenn Grace, all of Houston; three sisters, Esther Harrell, Pearl Page and Gloria Ruben Grace, all of Galveston; and numerous nephews and nieces. Melanie Marie Vargas PASADENA Melanie Marie Vargas, 6, of Pasadena died Sunday at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston.

Services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, with Father Paul Chovanec officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery in League City. Visitors may call after 5 p.m.

Tuesday at Emken-Linton Funeral Home, where a rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. Born May 7, 1961, in Pasadena, Melanie Marie Vargas was a student and a member of the Children's Junior League. She is survived by her mother, Rachel Vargas of Pasadena; father, Bennie Vargas of Houston; grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Manuel C.

Martinez of Texas City; grandmother Mrs. Gloria Vargas of Galveston; and sister, Jessica Rae Vargas of Pasadena. Pallbearers will be Joseph Mar- tinez, Angel Martinez, Roger Martinez and David Capetillo. FUNERALS TODAY Clifford Helm, 71, of La Marque died Saturday; services 2 p.m. today at First Christian Church of La Marque; burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock under the direction of Emkin-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City.

Mrs. Mary Charlotte Mills Nichols, 80, of Galveston died Saturday; services 1 p.m. today at First Union Baptist Church; burial will follow at Lakeview Cemetery under the direction of Lundy Mortuary in Galveston. Harriet Elizabeth Scott, 71, of Dickinson died Saturday; services 1 p.m. Tuesday at Greater Barbours Chapel Baptist Church in Texas City; burial to follow at Mainland Memorial Cemetery in Hitchcock.

Visitors may call after 1 p.m. Monday at Mainland Funeral Home in La Marque. A wake will be held 7-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. OBITUARY RULES Regular Galveston Daily News obituaries are published free of charge and edited to conform with News-Associated Press style.

Any obituary that includes a photo, survivors outside the immediate family, honorary pallbearers or other extra material is charged (the entire obituary) at our regular Classified Ad rate and is published the way it is received. Therefore, families and funeral homes are urged to make sure information supplied to The News is checked carefully for accuracy and correct spelling. The News assumes no responsibility for incorrect information submitted to us. For further information, contact The News' obituary desk at 744-9611, extension 211. WORLD Zhao named party chief in China BEIJING (AP) reform-minded pragmatists took the helm of China's government Monday in a major change that signaled a victory for Deng Xiaoping's ambitious political and economic program.

Leading the new line-up was Premier Zhao Ziyang, Deng's 68-year-old protege, who was appointed head of the Communist Party. The rise to power of Deng's supporters marked the successful conclusion of his plan to replace an aging party leadership with new officials willing to continue his market-oriented reforms and open-door policy. Gorbachev denounces Stalin MOSCOW (AP) Mikhail S. Gorbachev accused his Kremlin critics Monday of being either too timid or too impatient about his drive to modernize the Soviet Union, and told them firmly he will proceed at his own pace. The Soviet leader coupled this with a stern denunciation of Josef Stalin, declaring that the dictator committed "enormous and unforgivable" crimes and that a campaign to rehabilitate his victims will resume.

He also praised the communist state's second leader, however, for collectivizing agriculture and industrializing the country. His audience applauded enthusiastically when Gorbachev entered the Kremlin hall with the other 12 members of the ruling Politburo, but sat silently through the condemnation of Stalin. Gorbachev Kasparov enjoys huge advantage SEVILLE, Spain (AP) The eighth game of the world chess championship was adjourned Monday night with the challenger, Anatoly Karpov, sealing his 42nd move against the title-holder Garri Kasparov. Experts said Kasparov, playing white, retained a substantial advantage and is likely to press hard for victory when play resumes Tuesday. After seven games, Karpov holds a one-point advantage, leading 4-3.

Tutankhamen's gold to be sold LONDON (AP) A 9-inch-long sheet of gold from Tutankhamen's tomb will be auctioned next month and could fetch up to 1250,000, Christie's auctioneers said. The gold sheet is believed to be the only item ever to reach the market from the Egyptian boy king's grave. The gold, which depicts Tutankhamen between the gods Atum and Re Herakhty, is believed to have been stolen from the tomb near Luxor. Japan releases N. Korean soldier TOKYO (AP) Japan on Monday freed a North Korean army sergeant who stowed away on a ship four years ago and has refused to return home, an official said.

Min Hong Gu, 25, was released from detention under several restrictions, said Yukio Kakiage, director of the Enforcement Division of the Justice Ministry's Immigration Bureau. He would not describe them. Min had been in custody since November 1983. Huge iceberg sighted near Argentina BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) A 450-foot-high iceberg has been sighted near shipping lanes off southern Argentina, the government news agency Telam reported Monday. Satellite photographs from the national weather service showed the 2100- foot-wide iceberg about 310 miles northwest of the Falkland Islands and 1,360 miles south of Buenos Aires, the report said.

Telam said the iceberg did not pose a threat to shipping. Conroe court reporter forced to quit CONROE (AP) A court reporter who testified that the judge she worked for held a secret meeting with prosecutors during a capital murder trial has quit, saying she was no longer welcome at the courthouse. Mary Johnson's emotional testimony during an evidentiary hearing in Galveston last month helped fuel defense claims that state officials, including State District Judge John Martin, illegally conspired to convict Clarence Brandley of capital murder for the August 1980 rape-strangulation of a' Bellville teen-ager. Brandley was given the death penalty. Hunt family in U.S.

tax court WASHINGTON (AP) Attorneys for the wealthy Hunt family of Dallas told the U.S. Tax Court on Monday that millions of dollars transferred from Nelson Bunker Hunt to his children in 1980 were loans to cover losses in the silver market and not taxable gifts. In a trial consolidating eight cases against the prominent oil family, the Internal Revenue Service is seeking resolution of more than $358 million in tax claims related to the Hunts' ill- fated silver buyout in 1979 and 1980. Recovery could take three years DALLAS (AP) Most chief executives of Texas savings and loan institutions say it will take at least three years for thrifts to recover from their current problems. According to a survey by The Dallas Morning News, 52 percent of thrift executives say the state's flagging economy is the major factor behind the savings and loan crisis.

"We need a resumption of healty business activity and a resumption of real estate usage for the industry- to heal on a long-term basis." said Bob Kralovetz, a consultant to thrifts at the Dallas office of Arthur Andersen Co. Lawyers big contributors to justices DALLAS (AP) Eight Texas lawyers and law firms account for almost 18 percent of the $7.9 million collected in this decade by judges on the Texas Supreme Court, the Dallas Times Herald reported Monday. In a copyright story, the newspaper said members of those firms have appeared 28 times before the court in disputes settled by written opinions issued since 1985. Among those lawyers and firms that have made direct contributions of more than $100,000 to the justices' campaigns since 1980 are Houston attorney Joe D. Jamail Jr.

and his son Joe Jamail 111, who gave $238,000. Cisneros baby eligible for surgery SAN ANTONIO (AP) Medical experts have told Mayor Henry Cisneros that he son is eligible for surgery to try to correct a seriously deformed heart, the mayor said. Cisneros and his wife, Mary Alice, and their 4-month-old son, John Paul Anthony, met with experts at the Philadelphia Children's Hospital and returned Sunday. Tests were performed last week on the baby, who was born with a congenital heart defect and has problems with his stomach. The mayor said his son's future looks good and that surgery could be performed in two to three years.

Microprobe gives UTEP an edge EL PASO (AP) The University of Texas-El Paso boasts a new generation electron microprobe that can analyze tiny bits of matter, giving the school an edge over some bigger institutions, a geology professor says. UTEP has the $500,000 generation electron microprobe, but geology departments at Stanford Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology and Harvard aren't so lucky, says professor Nicholas Pingitore. The instrument can magnify 50,000 times, but more importantly, it can immediately analyze chemicals on a spot as small as one micron. Cattle being sold by videotape FORT WORTH (AP) Some cattle buyers are leaving their pickups in the barn and settling down in front of the television to go shopping for cattle. Instead of traveling miles to attend livestock auctions, cattle buyers can see more cattle on videotapes in a few hours than they used to in a month's time.

"If you had told me years ago that cattle would be sold on television, I would have thought you were crazy," said Ken Betschart, assistant manager of Grant County Feeder in Ulysses, Kan..