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Thunday llornlat October 7, lie CG aids in emergency situations ByJttGOUMNG ported Vfttv A wiKi Uk to Marque police in GALVESTON Guardsmen assisted in several emergency Wednesday in the Bay and tbeGuif. 2:30 a.m., a gas well MowHMit was reported by Getty Oil in Trinity Bay, 4.5 miles southeast of Cedar Point, the Coast Guard said. Nc injuries were reported, no fire occurred and the blow-out did not pose a toxic hazard, a Coast Guard duty officer said. The Coast Guard cordoned off a three-mile safety area to keep out vessels and aircraft. A commercial firm was contacted by the oil company to cap the well, the duty officer added.

11:20 a.m., a crewman on the tugboat Mr. Darria was evacuated near Bolivar Peninsula after complaining of abdominal pain, the spokesman said. The crewmember, a 29- year-old New Orleans man, was rescued by a patrol boat and taken to John Sealy Hospital, the Coast Guard spokesman added. about 11:20 a.m., an 80-foot fishing vessel, the Tabby 5, lost its steering in the Sabine Pass area and crashed into an ice dock, the Coast Guard reported- No injuries were reported. The Coast Guard's Marine Safety Office was investigating the incident.

12:15 p.m., three men were trapped in a capsized fishing vessel near Freeport, authorities re- ported A 44-knot wind and sii foot seas caused the Doodle to overturn, the Coast Guard spokesman said. The men were rescued safely by two other vessels in the area, IbeJuJieR and the Captain Nemo, before a patrol boat from Freeport arrived. at 1 p.m., a Houston woman called Coast Guard officials asking them to locate her 52-year- old grandmother and the woman's 72-year-old friend, who she said had gone fishing in the morning and were overdue. The woman did not know where the pair had gone angling, the Coast Guard noted. The two women returned safety to the young woman's residence about 2:30 p.m.

As it turned out, they decided to stay longer since the fishing was so good, the woman later told the Coast Guard. PARKING LOT ROBBERY DICKINSON The assistant manager of a fast food restaurant was robbed of $1,579 cash in the store parking lot late Tuesday, the Galveston County Sheriff's Department reported. The victim told lawmen two men ran toward him white he was taking part of a bank deposit to his car at Ron's Crispy Fried Chicken, 2401 S. Main, about 11:15 p.m., said investigating deputy R.Johnston. The victim said one of the assailants grabbed him; struck him in the left jaw, knocking him to the ground; and grabbed the money bags, Johnston reported.

EXPENSIVE NIGHT HOME BACL1FF A 39-year-oM man reported the theft of an estimated $5,752 in jewelry and cash from his residence in the 4700 block of 17th Street between 6:30 and 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. The man, a Houston bar owner, told deputies that be and an employee decided to bring a woman home to "have a little fun," investigating deputy Denny Cuyos said. The three apparently partied until 6:30, when the victim and his employee fell asleep, Cuyos reported. After he awoke, the victim found that the woman, a $3,600 diamond ring, an $1,800 gold rope chain and some cash were missing, the officer said.

MORE ON SHOOTING GALVESTON Additional information about a shooting that occurred early Sunday in the 1400 block of 17th Street indicates that the two victims apparently were involved in an altercation and were wounded at separate locations, not in the same residence, lawmen reported Wednesday. The male victim, William Inlay, 24, of 1610 17th been taken to John Sealy Hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds to the left arm aad abdomen. The woman, Minnie Ann Tottenham, 23, of 1427 17th received a surface wound to the back and was treated by Emergency Medical Service personnel, according to police reports. The woman told police a drunk man came to her residence about 3:25 a.m. and said that she and her husband were at the wrong house, maintaining that be lived there.

A short while later, the man returned with two other men and shots were fired, but available reports were not clear as to who shot whom, lawmen said. Officers reported finding several spent bullet casings in the vicinity of the houses. Police had arrested two suspects, but they subsequently were released. COUNTYWIpE SUMMARY In the period between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Wednesday, Galveston police submitted reports on the following crimes and incidents: minor traffic accidents, five; thefts, four; residential burglaries and criminal mischief, two each; and robberies, business burglaries and motor vehicle burglaries, one each. During the 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m. Wednesday: City police investigated the following: business burglaries and thefts, two each; and residential burglaries, one. Marque police investigated a traffic accident deputies investigated the following: thefts, three; residential burglaries, two; aad robberies, obscene phone calls, coin-operated making burglaries, drug overdoses and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, one each. Deputies arrested five persons on the following charges (some arrests were for multiple charges): public intoxication, three; and driving while intoxicated, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct, one each.

police investigated the burglary of a coin-operated machine. Fe police investigated a traffic accident. City and Crystal Beach authorities reported no incidents. In the period between 3 p.m. Tuesday and 11:45 a.m.

Wednesday, Galveston police arrested 20 persons on the following charges (some arrests were for multiple offenses): public intoxication, eight; thefts under $5, five; no Texas driver's license, no proof of liability insurance and driving while intoxicated, two each; and failure to inform the Department of Public Safety of change of address, assault by threats, driving without headlights, running a stop sign, misdemeanor theft and municipal warrants, one each. David Sim TEXAS CITY Services for David Allen Simmons, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Simmons, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Dr.

Tom Fortner officiating. Arrangements are under direction of James Crowder Funeral Home of La Marque. The infant died Tuesday at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. He was born 1982, in Texas City. In addition to his parents, the child is survived by his grandparents, Bill Nicholson of Houston, Lou Bell of La Marque and Georgia Lee Simmons of Deberry, Texas; a brother, Dwayne Simmons of Kentucky; and four sisters, Terri Marie Evans and Shana Lee Evans, both of Texas City, and Jenniffer May Simmons airi Rachel Marie Simmons, both of Bacliff.

Visitors may call at the funeral home after 8 a.m. today. WektaVogtSr. GALVESTON Services for Weldon M. Vogt 74, retired district manager of I.T.T.

Mackay Marine, will be 9 a.m. Friday at J. Levy Bro. Funeral Home in Galveston, the Rev. Paul Chovanec officiating.

Cremation will be at Memorial Oaks Crematory- in Houston. A rosary will be recited at 6:30 tonight at the funeral home. Mr. Vogt died Saturday at Manor Care Nursing Home in Texas City. He was born Dec.

11,1907, in New Orleans, and was a member of the Propeller Club and Veteran Wireless Operators of America. Survivors include a son, Weldon MayHie Vogt Jr. of Cherry HiH, N.J.; a brother, Roger Vogt of New Orleans; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers will be David Vogt, Weldon Vogt III, Bob Pebbler and Bill Hilliard. Visitors may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m.

today. Dr.JosepijMcNdD DALLAS Joseph P. a physician, died Wednesday at his residence. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at St.

Lukes Episcopal Church in Dallas, the Rev. Richard Patroneck officiating. Arrangements are under direction of Sparkman- Hillcrest Funeral Home of Dallas. Lebanese army rounds up more Palestinians BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Lebanon's army rounded up scores of people at a Palestinian refugee camp Wednesday, continuing a week-long sweep it says is aimed at purging west Beirut of criminals, illegal aliens and guns and ammunition. Palestinians say the army is trying to terrorize them and drive them out of the country.

In Washington, a White House spokesman To ntoMith i -A QVpVrVB IWOT Qim FnVM TTvHrnvfn. Wv Now ccnplvtv Mtoctton from tMff 0 fit on said the Lebanese government has assured the U.S. government "appropriate safeguards are in effect" to prevent further abuse of the Moslem Palestinians by the Christian-dominated Lebanese army. Israeli officials in Jerusalem, meanwhile, said U.S. envoy Morris Draper told them Syria wants Israeli forces who invaded Lebanon four months ago to leave before Syria's army pulls out.

But the officials called the Syrian message an "opening position" that could be negotiated. Draper is trying to arrange a pulkxit of both Syrian and Israeli troops to avoid the possibility of another outbreak of fighting between the two countries. Israel still has the bulk of its invasion force in Lebanon and Syria has an estimated 30.000 troops in Lebanon. They entered the country to police a cease-fire that ended the 1975-76 Lebanese civil war. "We must clean Beirut of all arms." said Lebanese Defense Ministry- spokesman VCaj.

Atef Torbay after the sweep Wednesday at the Bourj el-Barajneh camp and a roundup Tuesday in the heart of west Beriut. "We must know who is here in order to protect the citizens. To accomplish this mission will take some time." The Lebanese Christian militia controlled by President Amin Gemayel's Phalangist Party operates in east Beirut, but no army action against it has been reported except random checks of identity papers. A Lebanese army statement said 200 people were arrested Tuesday and Wednesday, including 15 Lebanese wanted for specific crimes and 165 foreigners without proper identification papers. On Tuesday, at least 450 people were rounded up in the central shopping district of west Beirut.

Last week, an estimated 2.000 were picked up, mostly at Bourj el-Barajneh, and about 600 are still in custody. Asked about illegal aliens, many of whom have worked in Beirut for years as servants and waiters, Torbay said: "They will be deported." The multinational peacekeeping force had been concerned about the manner in which last week's arrests were carried out and asked President Gemayei for information about the Lebanese army operation, Italian Ambassador Franco Lucioli Ottieri said Wednesday. Ottieri said French, American and Italian military officials and diplomats met with Getnavd on Saturday and were assured that the Lebanese army operation was intended to re-establish order in Beirut. French diplomatic sources said Gemayei toM the ambassadors that four Lebanese army officers had been disciplined for brutality and that any future instance of brutality would be dealt with severely Dr. McNeill was born Aug.

22,1916, in Clarksville, and was a graduate of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Survivors include his wife, Christine McNeill of Dallas; a son, Joseph McNeill Jr. of Wichita Falls; two daughters, Jane Knight of Ardmore, and Laura Royall of Houston; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mary VanKirk of Clairmont, and Mrs. Frances Alsup of Glendora. and other relatives.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. John B. Goode, George Rosser. Dr. James P.

Downs and E.F. McMullin. Memorials may be sent to the Southwestern Medical Foundation or the Gaston Episcopal Hospital Building Fund. SoeSavoy GALVESTON Sue Savoy, 54, died Wednesday at Jennie Sealy Hospital in Galveston. Arrangements are pending at W.K.

Hebert Co. Funeral Home of Galveston. VafeyBoitooSr. GALVESTON Valery Hue Bolton 72. a retired firefighter, died Wednesday at St.

Mary's Hospital in Galveston. Services will be 10 a Friday at Malloy Son Funeral Home in Galveston. the Rev. Tim Bucek officiating. Burial will be at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock.

A rosary will be recited at 7 tonight at the funeral home Mr. Bolton was born Sept 30. 1910, in Galveston, and served with the Galveston Fire Department for 40 years. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he was a life member and past commander of VFW Post 880.

Mr. Bolton also was a member of Sons of Herman. Chapter 1294 of the American Association of Retired Persons and American Legion Post 665. He served as vice president of Treasure Isle Chapter 1759 AARP. Survivors include a daughter.

Betty SanMartino of Galveston: a son. Valery Hue Bolton Jr. of Dickinson: six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren: and his fiance, Thersa Heathertv of Galveston. Pallbearers will be Albert VassalJo. Dan Huffman.

F.K. Deutsch. Sebastian Conti Harry Evelt III and Steven Bolton Visitors may call at the funeral home after 5pm today. TODAY Capt. Fred Davis, 73, of League City, died Tuesday; services 3 p.m.

today at Forest Park East in League City; arrangements are under direction of. Jack Rowe Funeral Home of League City. Clarice Nelson, 79, of Galveston, died Sunday; services 10 a.m. today at Old Catholic Cemetery in Galveston; arrangements are under direction of Malloy Son Funeral Home of Galveston. Joyce Elaine Wagner, 41, of Galveston, died Tuesday; sen-ices 11 a.m.

today at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Galveston; burial at Calvary Cemetery in Gaiveston, under direction of Malloy Son Funeral Home of Galveston. Witter Simoa Jr. GALVESTON Walter Simon 59. a retired seaman, died Wednesday at Jennie Sealy Hospital in Galveston after a lengthy illness.

Sen-ices will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Fields Funeral Home in Galveston. the Rev. E. Johns officiating.

Burial will be at Lakeview Cemetery in Galveston. A wake will be held from 7-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Mr. Simon was born Aug.

24.1923. in Galveston. A 1941 graduate of Central High School, he attended Tuskegee University for three years and was a member of St. Lawrence Masonic Lodge No. 258.

Ft AM Survivors Include a sister. Carrie VanNoy of Detroit: a nephew, Hershell L. VanNoy of Detroit; and other relatives and friends. Mr. Simon's masonic brothers wfll serve as pallbearers.

Visitors may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday. Dam bursts, killing 34 persons LONDON A dam burst at a Liberian iron ore mine early Wednesday, unleashing a torrent of waste water and debris on a miners' camp. The West African nation's information ministry said 34 people were killed and 38 injured. Rescue workers searched for more victims.

The dam, uphill from a camp housing 300 to 400 people, burst after three days of heavy rain. Early reports from Western diplomats said hundreds of miners had been reported killed. National spokesman Jeff Mutada, in a telephone call from Monrovia, later said portions of the camp escaped the onslaught of tons of ore, processing debris and water. The National Iron Ore Co. mine, third-largest in the country, is on the Mane River near the border with Sierra Leone.

President Samuel Doe flew to the area, 100 miles northeast of the capital, to take charge of rescue and relief operations, Mutada said. Medical teams were flown in to treat the injured. The U.S.-based Republic Steel Co. has had a 60 percent interest in the mine, which started in 1958 and employs about 1,900 people. High court refuses to hear appeal ANNAPOLIS, Md.

Maryland's highest court refused Wednesday to hear former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's appeal of an order to pay the state $147,500 plus interest for kickbacks he accepted while governor of Maryland. The Court of Appeals did not explain its decision. Agnew was ordered to pay $248,735 in kickbacks and interest as the result of a civil trial held after he resigned as vice president in 1973. The ruling was made last February by Judge Bruce C.

Williams and was affirmed June 1 by the Court of Special Appeals. Williams ruled the evidence proved that in 1967 and 1968, Agnew and two associates were engaged in an unlawful relationship to solicit kickbacks from consulting engineers who were awarded highway contracts. The evidence also showed Agnew accepted money from two engineers, Williams said. Agnew, who did not testify during the civil suit, has denied accepting any kickbacks while he was governor or vice president. The Court of Special Appeals, when it upheld Williams' ruling, said the evidence amply supported his decision.

Agnew's lawyers then took the case to the Court of Appeals. Bundy's conviction to be reviewed TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Lawyers for Theodore Bundy asked the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn the former law student's conviction for killing two sleeping sorority sisters because of controversial bite-mark evidence used against him. Defense attorney Robert Harper Jr. said widespread publicity and the use of witness hypnosis were further reasons to grant a new trial.

"My opinion is that the conviction in this case cannot stand," Harper told the Florida Supreme Court. Bundy, 35, of Tacoma, now on Death Row, is appealing his conviction in the 1978 murders of two Florida State University women. Under state law, capital punishment cases are automatically appealed to the high court. Bundy was convicted of fatally bludgeoning Margaret Bowman, 21, and Lisa Levy, 20, as they slept In the Chi Omega house at FSU. He also was convicted of attacking three other women the same night, including two at the sorority house They lived.

Theatrical workers vote to strike HOLLYWOOD A union representing 30,000 Hollywood cameramen, soundmen and art directors said Wednesday its members had overwhelmingly authorized a strike against film producers. The vote by members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees was 84 percent in favor of a walkout against major film studios and independent producers. A 75 percent margin was needed to approve a strike. The vote by members of 23 locals was 15,255 in favor of a strike and 2,519 against, said Walter Diehl, president of the union. In addition, 7,000 members of the basic crafts unions such as Teamsters, laborers and janitors voted earlier to authorize a strike.

DiehK acknowledging that a film strike could cost his membership "an untold figure it would be in the millions," said the union nevertheless would refuse to accept the producers' latest offer of a 19 percent pay increase over three years. Six injured in grenade explosion FORT IRWIN, Calif. An explosion at a Fort Irwin weapons range Wednesday injured six men three "very seriously" while they were looking for undetonated hand grenades, an Army spokesman said. The men were taken to Weed Army Community Hospital, said Mai. Jim Fetig.

"They were clearing the area in other words, checking for dud grenades," Fetig said. "How the dud detonated, we don't know." Five of the men, all civilians, were not immediately identified following the 8:40 a.m. blast. Fetig said the three most seriously- injured sustained "major shrapnel" wounds. The sixth, Lt.

David White, was treated and released for a shrapnel wound to the finger, Fetig said. The five civilians were marking grenades and other unexploded weapons to be removed in preparation for range improvements. An explosive-ordinance team, which was to have removed any unexploded grenades, was standing by but provided no explanation of what might have caused the blast Fetig said. Fetig said no similar explosions had occurred at Fort Irwin, the Army's national training center 14 More Hondas! Dovid Underwood of Galveston sold his Hondo to the first person who called. But he estimated he got 15 calls altogether, so that leaves 14 other people still in the market.

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