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Page 2A State Morales trying to secure drug assets MIDLAND Texas Attorney General Dan Morales is trying to secure drug assets, possibly totaling more than $750,000, that were seized by Midland County's sheriff outside of the county lines. The attorney general's office said the state could demand more than $760,000 reportedly seized by Midland County Sheriff Gary Painter. Midland County Judge Charles "Bro" Seltzer said Tuesday that Morales intervened in a lawsuit between the Midland County Commissioners Court and Painter over the drug funds and property. "(The state) is claiming any and all funds seized by the Midland County Sheriffs Department that were not seized in accordance with a valid local agreement," Seltzer said. Car dealers attack Japanese imports TOMBALL A television commercial that opens with Japanese dive bombers attacking Pearl Harbor and ends with an emotional appeal to buy American-made cars and trucks is being aired by a group of four auto dealers in this Houston suburb.

"Fifty years ago Americans woke up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor," the commercial for the Tomball Bunch, a group of auto dealers selling cars and trucks made by Ford, General Motors and Chrysler, begins. "We spent the 1940s winning the war and protecting our country. Apparently the Japanese prime minister doesn't think too much of us red-blooded Americans." Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa was quoted Monday as saying American workers lack a work ethic. A week earlier, Japanese House Speaker Yoshio Sakurauchi called American workers uneducated and lazy. Judge wants fed to buy flood-prone homes LIBERTY As flood-wary residents along the Trinity River are bracing for more high waters this week, Liberty County Judge Dempsie Henley promised to ask the federal government to buy out the 3,000 homes along the Lower Trinity.

Tin so sick and tired of this," Henley said Tuesday. "People are here in my office every day with problems, and I can see no relief." Much of Texas has been plagued by incessant rain, but Henley noted lower Trinity River residents below the Lake Livingston Dam have suffered four major floods in three years. "This is not a fluke. This is going to keep happening to us because of all the concrete, parking lots and airports built upstream in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. There's no place else for the water to go but down the river," Henley said, Soggy South Texas suffering ag losses SAN ANTONIO Soggy South Central Texas is recovering from record rainfall that could hinder agriculture while bolstering seafood production.

The winter season of 1991-92 has so far produced 22.33-in of precipitation for Austin, breaking the old winter record ofl set in 1931, the National Weather Service; said'." San Antonio on Tuesday experienced its 28th rainy day out of the last 45 and endured more of its wettest winter on record. The Alamo City has received 21.85 inches of rainfall this winter, almost double the 13.02-inch record set in the winter of 1986-87. The winter rainfall has affected farmingin the state, saidBexar County Agricultural Extension agents. Rains have washed away valuable nutrients, particularly nitrogen, and have encouraged fungus growth. Agents end motor fuel tax investigation DALLAS Federal agents have ended an eight-month undercover investigation into motor fuel tax cheating in Texas, officials said Tuesday.

More than a dozen search warrants are being served by officials of the Internal Revenue Service, Texas Department of Public Safety and state Comptroller's Office, said Don Wanick, chief of the IRS' Dallas district criminal investigation division. For eight months, IRS undercover agents posed as a motor fuel distributor willing to make illegal deals with distributors, trucking companies and retail outlets, Wanick said. The undercover distributorship offered tax-free "off-road" fuel and, for a fee, documentation showing the "on-road" tax had been paid, Wanick said. Excise taxes on gasoline and diesel motor fuels used "on-road" are used to build and maintain state and federal highways. "Off- road" fuels, used to operate farming equipment, power plants and heat homes, are not taxed, he said.

Profits made from selling tax-free "off-road" fuel as tax-paid "on-road" fuel were split between the IRS' undercover company and the targets, Wanick said. Dallas PD must consider homosexuals DALLAS A lesbian who wants to be a Dallas police officer ia looking forward to taking a civil service exam next week. Mica England reapplied Tuesday, one day after state District Judge Larry Fuller ruled that the city cannot bar homosexuals from the force while a 1990 ruling striking down the Texas sodomy law is appealed. The judge made the ruling in a lawsuit Ms. England had filed challenging the policy.

"I'm excited. The adrenalin ia flowing and I'm looking forward to February 12th," said Ms. England, referring to the date that police have scheduled her for a civil service exam. National Tyson's rape trial postponed after fire Tyson's rape trial was postponed this morning after a fire struck the hotel where the jury was sequestered. No jurors were hurt, but three other people were killed and 12 injured, authorities said.

Prosecutor Jeffrey Modi sett said the trial might resume in the afternoon. He said jurors had to flee the Indianapolis Athletic Club and leave behind their belongings. Some were in their nightclothes. On Tuesday, the judge in the case threw out the least serious charge after the prosecution rested. The defense opened its case, suggesting the boxer's accuser concocted the story so she could sue him later.

Modisett said he wanted to poll each of the jurors today to make sure none had been tainted in leaving the hotel where they had been shielded from the press and the public. Records The Paris News, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1992 The Weather The Forecast PARIS AREA: Tonight and Thursday, fair. Low in the mid 30s. High near 60.

Light northwest wind. NORTH TEXAS: Fair west and central tonight, decreasing cloudiness east. Lows 32 to 37. Mostly sunny Thursday. Highs 60 to 65.

EXTENDED: Partly cloudy and cool with no rain expected Friday and Saturday. Cloudy with a chance of rain Sunday. Lows in the 30s Friday and Saturday, in the upper30s to mid 40s Sunday. Highs in the mid 50s to low 60s. Thursday, Feb.

6 forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures COLO. Amarillo N.M. El Paso I Midland Dallas Austin Vu San Antonio MEXICO Brownsville Houston Local Weather Weather information for the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday, courtesy of observer Richard W. Floyd: Tuesday's High 62 24-hour Low 38 Overnight low 38 At 8 a.m.

Wednesday 38 High Last Year 59 Low Last Year 54 Record High 78 In 1925 Record Low 8 In 1912 24-hour Rainfall 0 Total Rainfall to Date 3.48 To Date Last Year 4.84 Sunset Tonight 6:04 p.m Sunrise Tomorrow 7:19 a.m. OKLAHOMA: Fair tonight with lows, lower 20s Panhandle to lower 30s. Clear to partly cloudy Thursday with highs mostly 50s. Showers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Deaths Mary Logan MOUNT PLEASANT Mary Logan, 89, of Mount Pleasant died Monday, Feb.

3, in Titus County Memorial Hospital. Funeral mass was celebrated at St. Michael Catholic Church at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, with Father John M.

Payne as celebrant. Burial was to be in Evergreen Cemetery here at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Logan was born Oct.

6, 1902, in Paris, a daughter of John and Josephine Becker. She was a retired sales clerk and a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Pittsburg. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Logan, in 1978. Surviving are two sisters, Ann Beasley and Thora Miles, both of Paris; three grandchildren, Stacie SondTa'Jikggsdale and Susan Sloan, both Pleasant; six great-grandchildren and two nephews, Dr. Jim Miles and Dr.

John Miles, both of Paris. Orbrey William Evans HUGO, Okla. Orbrey William Evans, 75, of Hugo, died Sunday, Feb. 2, in Choctaw Memorial Hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 6, in Lampton- Mills and Coffey Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. April Baker and the Rev. George W. Robison officiating.

Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Evans was born July 23, 1916, in Bokhoma, a son of James Martin and Ida Elizabeth Lynch Evans. He lived in Riverside, before moving to Hugo in 1989.

He was retired from the Air Force and served during World War II and the Korean War. Surviving are two sons, Gary William Evans and Jim R. Evans, both of Riverside; one sister, Ko- sona Evans of Hugo; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. J.N. Drake Funeral services for J.N.

(Sleepy) Drake, 65, of Brownfield were conducted Friday, Jan. 31, in the First Assembly of God Church there. Burial was in Terry County Memorial Cemetery by Brownfield Funeral Home. Mr. Drake, a native of Red River County, died Tuesday, Jan.

28, in St. Mary of the Plains Hospital, Lubbock. He was born in Annona and had lived in Brownfield since 1959. He married Irene Allen Nov. 25,1944, in New Boston.

He worked for Buddy Ball Motor Co. and later owned and operated Drake Motor Co. for 20 years before retiring in 1978. He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church where he served as a deacon and on the advisory committee. Surviving are his wife; five daughters, Connie Karr of Lubbock, Linda McQueen of Levelland, Janette Wauson and Ann Jackson, both of Brownfield and Nancy Price of Grandfalls; two brothers, Deroy Drake of Paris and William Drake of Avery; three sisters, Audrey Featherston of Dallas, Thelma Crabb of Paris and Monie George of Poison, and 11 grandchildren.

Roxte Waters Roxie V. Waters, 72, 4031 Jbor- tune Dallas, died Saturday, Feb. 1, at her home. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb.

6, in Maxey Funeral Home Chapel with the Kev. O.J. Sprueill officiating. Burial will be in Littlejohn Cemetery. Mrs.

Waters was born March adaughter of Will and Ruby Harris Waters. She attended Gibbons High School and was a member of the Ebenezer AME Church. Surviving are two sisters, Willie Jane Hockerk and Ruby Lee Ansley, both of Dallas, and several nieces and nephews. Mildred Prookins Mildred V. Prookins of Caddo Mills died Tuesday, Feb.

4 at her home. Services are pending with Maxey Funeral Home. Effie Mae Spencer Effie Mae Spencer, 100, formerly of 1710-34th NE, now of Paris Nursing Home, died at St. Joseph's Hospital at 4:10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb.

5. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, at Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Randall Scott and the Rev.

Carey Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Meadowbrook Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs.

Spencer was born Dec. 2, 1891, in Oxford, a daughter of Ellis Short and Susie Rousey Short. On Dec. 2, 1909, she married Irby A. Spencer.

He died in 1953. She attended schools in DeLeon and taught school for a short time before her marriage. She moved to Paris from Atlas in 1922. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and its ladies adult Sunday school class and also taught a Sunday school class for many years. She was a member of the Women's Missionary Union.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. W.H. (Gwendola) Bassett of Avery; two sons, Bobby Gene Spencer of Temple and Billy Spencer of Paris; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Fel ton Spencer, in 1988, and a daughter, Lavoy Allen, in 1949. Louella Allen DURANT, Okla.

Louella Allen, 90, of Durant, died Tuesday, Feb. 4, at her home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, atFairview Baptist Church in Durant with the Rev.

Carroll Hooper and the Rev. Mike Taylor officiating. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery. Mrs. Allen was born Dec.

26, 1901, in Minter, Texas. She was a charter member of Fairview Baptist Church and a former Sunday school teacher. She was a member of RSVP, AARP and American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. She married Luther Marvin Allen Aug. 26, 1921, in Lamar County.

He died in March 1944. Surviving are four sons, James Carl Allen of Durant, Donahue Allen of Troy, Ohio, Willis Doyle Allen nfWoodbridge, Va. andMelvin Dale Allen of Enon, Ohio; three daughters, Una Faye DeMoure of Sherman, Mary Ann Pilkington of Denison and Glenna Elaine Raney of Muifreeftboro, three br: the. -f Holliday. Texas, William B.

Powell of Bo- gata and George Powell of Paris; 25 grandchildren, 32 great- grandchildren and one great- great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by two sons, Walter Lee Allen in 1972 and Guy Allen in 1970. The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. Thursday at Dalton- Holmes Funeral Home in Durant. Van's driver still reported to be in critical condition A driver for the Lamar County Human Resource Council remained in critical condition a little more than 24 hours after the one- vehicle accident which resulted in his injuries, according to a hospital official.

Police said Clark E. Moore Jr. was thrown from the van he was driving during one of several rollovers which occurred over a distance of about 100 feet Tuesday morning in the 1200-1300 block of 19th Sitreet SW. Moore was found lying about 30 feet further north than the final resting place of the van. He apparently had not been wearing a seatbelt, police said.

The cause of the rollovers were attributed to one of the van's wheels striking a concrete culvert, according to police. The report stated the 1988 Plymouth Voyager left the roadway about 107 feet before it struck the culvert. Moore had been en route to collect a passenger on 19th Street NW at the time of the wreck, police said. AN ANONYMOUS tip through Lamar County Crime Stoppers lead local authorities to the arrest of a 52-year-old man and the recovery of a Jeep which had been City council sets meeting The Paris City Council will meet Thursday at 6 p.m. to consider an unusually short and routine agenda.

The agenda includes consideration of and action on the final plat of Lots 13 and 14, Block 311 and consideration of and action on the final plat of Lot 58, Block 329. Also on the agenda is receipt of a report from the planning and zoning commission and referrals to various city boards and commissions. The meeting will be held in the council chambers at City Hall. Fundraiser set Supporters of Loretta Cunningham, candidate for Justice of the Peace, Pet. 5, Place 1, will hold a cornbread and beans supper Thursday from 5-7 p.m.

at the Community Exhibit Building at the Lamar County Fairgrounds. The public is invited and tickets will be $3 at the door. stolen about two years earlier in, 1 Oklahoma City, Okla. i Curtis Wayne Fugitt, of Sum-i ner, was arrested Tuesday morn-i ing by a detective sergeant of the; Paris Police Department. A war-! rant charging Fugitt with felony! theft authorized the arrest, policei said.

The charge is connected to the' recent recovery by police of a 1990J model Jeep. The vehicle was recov-; ered last week at 2315 NEi Loop 286. Police said Department ofj Public Safety officials were calledj in from Dallas to examine the autoj and determine its Vehicle Identifi-j cation Number from a hidden areaj after local authorities that the visible VIN plate hadj been altered. I i POLICE ARE investigating reported abuse in connection with' a shoe and belt beating by a mother of her children late lasti year at an apartment complex ini the 300 block of Stone Avenue, Police said Department of Hu-1 man Service officials had referred, the case to them. Police said the! mother apparently hit one of the! children to the face with a bruising the face and eyes.

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