The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 4

4- A OJlje (Salueatun fiailg Nrma Tuesday Morning, July 19,1983 Amelia Portacci GALVESTON Services (or Amelia Anna Portacci, 73, a homemaker, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Hitchcock, the Rev. Mark Neely officiating. Burial will be at Galveslon Memorial Park in Hitchcock, under direction of Malloy Son Funeral Home of Galveston. Mrs.

Portacci died Sun; day at Memorial Hospital of Galveston County in Texas City. She was born Sept. 1,1909, in Belton, Texas, and was a member of SPJST No. 146 of Galveston County. Survivors include a daughter, Evelyn Kent of Hitchcock; a son, Nick Portacci of Port Arthur; two sisters, Anna Rick of 1 Houston and Velma Whitted of Fresno, Calif; seven a grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Mark i Portacci, Michael Portacci, Mathiew Portacci, Tommy Rich, James Hanka and Don Rogers. Honorary pallbearer will be Antone Hrna. Visitors may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today. Cynthia Carreon TEXAS CITY Services for Cynthia Marie Carreon, 16, a student, will be at 1 p.m.

Thursday at Pentecostal Holiness Church in Alvin, the Rev. Thomas Trevino officiating. Burial will be at Galveston Memorial Park Hitchcock, under direc- Emken-Linton Home of Texas and other relatives. Visitors may call at the funeral home after 8 a.m. today.

Jasper Smith JAMAICA BEACH Services for Jasper Lavoy Smith, 59, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at J. Levy Bro. Funeral Home in Galveston, the Rev. Asa Hunt officiating.

Burial will be at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston. Mr. Smith died Sunday in Jamaica Beach. He was born Dec. 21,1923, in Limestone County, Texas, and had been employed by Houston Lighting Power Co.

for 32 years. A resident of Jamaica Beach since 1964, Mr. Smith was a member of the I.B.E.W.; Tucker Lodge No. 297, A.F.&A.M.; and the Baptist Church. He served in the U.S.

Army during World War II. Survivors include his wife, Lois Smith of Jamaica Beach; two daughters, Brenda Archer and Sandra Banks, both of Houston; three brothers, Joe Allan Smith of Calvert, Texas, Edmond Ray Smith of Waco and Kenneth Smith of Houston; a sister, Nita Coleman of Houston; and six grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Walter West, Curtis Devers, John Reese, Herman Hansen, Smittie Hill, Donny Augston and Lewis Holland. Visitors may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. today.

in tion of Funeral City. Miss Carreon died Sunday at Jennie Sealy Hospital in Galveston. She was born June 25, 1967, in Texas, and was a student at Trinity Baptist Christian School "in Texas City. Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Oracio Carreon of Texas City; her grandparents. Lupe Serda of La Marque and Alfonso Carreon Sr. of Texas City; two brothers, Ricky Carreon and Randy Carreon, both of Texas City; Mattie Baker GALVESTON Services for Mattie L. Baker, a homemaker, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Union Baptist Church in Galveston, the Rev.

J.A. Wrenn officiating. Burial will be at Lakeview Cemetery in Galveston, under direction of Fields Funeral Home of Galveston. Mrs. Baker died Saturday at Memorial Hospital of Galveston County in Texas City.

She was born in Centerville, La. Mrs. Baker was a member of First Union Baptist Church, where she served on the No. 2 Usher Board; and Southern Beauty Court No. 62, Courts of Calanthe.

Survivors include two daughters, Clara M. Kirks and Lois Porter, both of Galveston; a niece, Olivia Burwell of Texas City; and other relatives. Friends of the family will serve as pallbearers. Visitors may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Ruth White DICKINSON Services for Ruth Joanne White, 64, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Faith United Methodist Church in Dickinson, the Rev. David Houston officiating. Arrangements are under direction of Mainland Funeral Home of La Marque. A quiet hour will be observed from 7-8 p.m.

Friday at the funeral home. Mrs. White died Sunday at Clear Lake Hospital in Webster. She was born Sept. 17, 1918, in Lake Charles, La.

Survivors include her husband, Melvin White of Dickinson; a daughter, Melvinia Williams; a granddaughter; and other relatives. Eddie Richardson GALVESTON Services for Eddie Richardson will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Bren Baptist Church in Cedar Lane, Texas, the Rev. Sykes officiating. Burial will be at Cedar Lane Cemetery in Cedar Lane, under direction of Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home of Bay City, Texas.

A wake will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Mr. Richardson died Saturday at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. He was retired, and had lived in Galveston for several years.

Survivors include a daughter, Theresa Richardson of Dallas; three sons, Will Richardson, Eddie Richardson and Daryll Richardson, all of Houston; three sisters, Mary Lou Hawkins, Catherine Hawkins and Ruby Richardson, all of Galveston; and other re- latives. Mr. Richardson's nephews will serve as pallbearers. Memorials may be sent to Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home. Local arrangements are under direction of Fields Funeral Home of Galveston.

Joe Walker GALVESTON Dr. Joe A. Walker died Monday at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. Arrangements are pending at J. Levy Bro.

Funeral Home of Galveston. Bertha Rost HITCHCOCK Bertha R. Rost died Sunday at her residence. Arrangements are pending at J. Levy Bro.

Funeral Home of Galveston. Bertha Hemler WASHINGTON, D.C. Bertha Hemler died Monday in Washington. Arrangements are pending at J. Levy Bro.

Funeral Home of Galveston. TODAY Gilbert Dominguez 53, of Galveston, died Sunday; services'9 a.m. today at Broadway Funercl Home in Galveston; burial Wednesday at Rest Haven Cemetery in Silsbee, under direction of R.S. Farmer Funeral Home of Silsbee. Dwight Russell Gardin, 80, of Galveston, died Saturday; services 7:30 this evening at J.

Levy Bro. Funeral Home in Galveston; burial Wednesday at Greenlawn Cemetery in Port Arthur. Placide Hebert, 74, of Galveston, died Sunday; services 1 p.m. today at Broadway Funeral Home in Galveston; burial at Calvary Cemetery in Galveston. Delia Ramirez, 47, of Houston, died Saturday; services 7 this evening at Juan Marcos Presbyterian Church in Houston.

DwipGanlin GALVESTON Services for Dwight Russell Gardin, 80, a retired fishing boat captain, will be 7:30 tonight at J. Levy Bro. Funeral Home of Galveston, with burial Wednesday in Greenlawn Cemetery, Port Arthur. Mr. Gardin died Saturday at his home.

He was born July 5, 1903 in New London, Iowa and was a 40-year resident of Galveston. He was, for 38 years, the owner of the fishing boat Capt. Doc, and was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard. Survivors include his wife, Josephine Gardin of Galveston; two sons, John Gardin and Tom Gardin, both of Hifchcock; two stepsons, Charles Stafford of Rhode Island and Herman Koenig of San Antonio; three daughters, Jane Altman of Alma, Georgann Gray of California and Lynda Cusack of Singapore; two stepdaughters, Joyce Richnow of Pasadena amd Janet McClain of San Antonio; a sister, Marjorie Jones of Florida; a number of grandchildren, great- grandchildren and other relatives.

Pallbearers will be John Gardin, Thomas Gardin, Russell Gardin, J.C. Cuccia, James Rolin, Mike Gardin and Vic Cuccia. Visitors may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today. Mondale leads in campaign cash WASHINGTON (AP) Walter Mondale, while losing ground to John Glenn in polls on who will win the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination, keeps his commanding lead in one area campaign cash.

Finance reports released Monday said the former vice president has gathered contributions totalling more than $5 million this year, while Glenn has raised just over half that amount, 52.6 million. Sens. Alan Cranston and Gary Hart, who are trailing the two frontrunners in the polls, are also behind in the battle for money. Cranston has raised about $1.1 million this year, while Hart has collected $823,204. Campaign finance reports for April through June, due Friday at the Federal Election Commission, were made available Monday.

Hart's figures are from a news release since his report though it may have met the commission deadline of being postmarked by midnight Friday was not available from the FEC. Reports to the commission from Hart, Sen. Ernest Rollings of South Carolina and former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew MECHANIC STREET NAME CHANGE PUBLIC HEARING NOT ICE Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, 1983 before City Council Chambers at City Hall on the proposed name change of Mechanic Street from 26th to 12th Streets to Ship's Mechanics Row at the request of George Mitchell.

All interested persons are invited to attend. Sincerely, Stephen N. Huffman City Manager are expected later this week. According to the FEC, Mondale was the leader in three major categories funds raised, money spent, and cash in the bank. He reported contributions of $5,098,744.53 thus far, with 53,083,481 raised from April through June of this year.

Total money collected for the year including loans was S5.7 million. The former vice president's campaign has spent $3,718,808.59 this year including loan repayments and fund-raising expenses. Of that, $2,019,133.52 was spent in the second quarter. Mondale had nearly $2 million in cash on hand $1,979,604.51 on June 30. Campaign debts totaled $254,998.84.

Glenn's campaign reported contributions of $2,608,960.76 thus year. Of that total, $1,453,618.75 came in the second quarter. Total money collected including loans was S2.7 million for the year. Glenn, the former astronaut, has surged in the polls since his formal announcement of candidacy in April and pulled even with Mondale in some surveys. The Ohio Democrat's campaign has made a major fund-raising push on the basis of those polls, an effort whose results will continue through the summer and are only partially reflected in these reports.

Glenn reported spending 51,981,062.33 this year and 51,325,253.32 in the second quarter. He reported $670,717.46 in cash on hand on June 30 and debts of $291,017.66. Cranston reported contributions of $1,121,566.22 through June 30, with $688,327.97 raised from April through June. Total receipts including loans were $1.6 million. Hart's news release said he raised $385,821 this quarter of the $823,204 total his campaingn has amassed, The Colorado Democrat reported spending of $403,747.

Martha Robinson GALVESTON Services for Martha Lucille Robinson, 88, a housewife, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Avenue Baptist Church in Galveston, the Rev. Ralph Cummins officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Cemetery in Galveston, under direction of Green's Funeral Directors of Galveston. A wake will be conducted from 7-9 p.m.

Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Robinson died at 6 p.m. Saturday at her residence in Galveston. She was born April 6,1895, in Opelousas, La.

A homemaker for 68 years, Mrs. Robinson was a member of the Avenue Baptist Church, Avenue Benevolent Society, and Mission Society No. 1 Court of Calanthe Cyrilla Court No. 140, all of Galveston. She also was a member of the Pastor Aids Circle and one of the oldest members of the Adult Bible Class Sunday School.

Survivors include her son, Wellington Robinson of Galveston; a daughter-in- law. Gladys Robinson of Galveston; a granddaughter, Jean Wainwright; a grandson- in-law, Albert Wainwright; two great-grandsons, Arthur W. Wainwright and Allenton Wainwright, of San Antonio; six brothers, Zackery Cassimere, Edward Cassimere, Elwood Cassimere and Lucious Cassimere, Melvin Cassimere of Beaumont and Elizah Cassimere of Louisiana; three sisters, Lucille Bennett, Mary Cassimere and Irene Alexander of Beaumont; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Pallbearers will be Raymond Brooks, Darnell Evans. Clemon C.

Williams, Bert Armstead, Wesley Joseph Joe Paul Cassimere, J.J. Williams and Reginald Evans. Visitors may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Thursday. White wants job program to excel AUSTIN Gov.

Mark White said Monday that Texas will have one of the largest job training programs in the nation "and I want it to be the best." "I think as American citizens and certainly as Texans we are going to set a priority of excellence second to none in the nation," White told the conference called to implement the federal Job Training Partnership Act in Texas. The conference was attended by local officials and members of the Private Industry Council from each of the 34 service delivery areas designated in the state. The aim of the federal Job Training Act is to promote more effective job training and employment programs in a coordinated effort by the private and public sectors. White noted that a recent meeting of the Select Committee on Education produced testimony that Japan has a better education system than that in the U.S., although much smaller in size. "The sole reason for that is a strong educational base and a population that is well-trained.

I think if we were to exert the same effort that they have already exerted in Japan there is simply no limit what we can do in this nation," White said. Two drown in weekend incidents NEW BRAUNFELS The young son of a Houston police officer drowned over the weekend, despite wearing a lifejacket, when he was sucked underwater by a freak whirlpool, police said. A San Antonio man who couldn't swim drowned in a separate incident about 30 minutes later. Randy Rucker, 3, was pulled underwater about 2:30 p.m. Sunday while swimming in the Comal River with several other people, said New Braunfels police patrolman Russell Bell.

The whirlpool formed after soil under the dam's submerged concrete base had been washed away, Bell said. "He possibly would have gone through the hole, but the jacket got hung," the patrolman said. "They were missing him and presumed he washed down the river in the rapids. They didn't see any way he could be underwater." Freddie Thornton, 18, was wading with a friend in Canyon Lake when he apparently slipped off a rocky ledge into deep water about 3 p.m. Sunday, according to Comal County Sheriff's Deputy Ed Mullins.

"They were out on the point, playing in the water," Mullins said. "He couldn't swim. He dropped into about 40-foot-deep water and that was all." Horse killings baffle Dallas police DALLAS Police probing a string of eight sexual mutilation deaths of horses say psychologists have told them to look for a crazed animal-hater who also is a bedwetter and an arsonist. Frankly, Sgt. W.B.

Wilson said Monday, "we 1 re really stumped." An Appaloosa mare was found dead in far-south Dallas on Friday and seven other horses were killed and sexually mutilated with garden-tool handles or pipes in four incidents. "Anytime anything bizarre or weird comes out, people will attribute it to occult," said Wilson, who heads the Dallas police investigation. "We have no indication that one is involved." Wilson said, however, that police are not ruling that possibility out. The seven previous killings occurred on bright moonlit nights and the attacker's weapon was always left by the carcass. "If they used anything in their little sessions, there's nothing left to indicate it's a cult," he said.

The eighth killing took place in a different area of southern Dallas County, Wilson said. The killings date back to March, and the last two were three weeks apart. "It's been so sporadic. There was a month after first one and the last one was in a complete different area," Wilson said. "To be quite honest, we're really stumped on Bandido gunned down outside club SAN ANTONIO An argument outside a San Antonio nightclub ended in the death of a Bandidps motorcycle club member, who once was questioned in the attempted assassination of a former federal prosecutor, police said.

Steve Jonas, 34, died early Sunday after a shotgun blast to the neck in the parking lot of the Country on the Rocks club, according to police officer Frank Randolph. Police said Monday they were searching for the man suspected of shooting Jonas, but feared the Bandidos would find him first. "We expect to find him dead somewhere in a couple of days," Detective Rudy Garcia said. "As far as we know, it was simply a regular barroom disturbance," said homicide detective Richard Urbanek. "We're not sure the suspect is aware he shot a Bandido." Jonas, known to fellow Bandidos as "Panhead," had been released from prison June 6 after serving a two-year sentence for a state firearms conviction.

He had appeared in lineups and been called to testify before federal grand juries investigating the Nov. 21, 1978, attack on former Assistant U.S. Attorney James Kerr. Kerr's car was hit with a barrage of gunfire, but he escaped injury. No charges were filed in the attack, and the statute of limitations expires in November.

Clore gets probation in mercy killing HOUSTON A Harris County jury on Monday gave a three-year probated sentence to Billy Ray Clore, who was convicted for attempted murder after shooting his comatose father in what he contended was a mercy killing. Clore, 26, of Humble, who insisted he shot his father to put the man out of his misery, faced a maximum of 20 years in prison and a 510,000 fine. He was convicted Friday of a reduced charge of attempted murder after medical testimony indicated it would be difficult to prove whether the death of his 62-year-old father, Robert, was caused by the single gunshot wound to the head or to the man's variety of illnesses. Robert Clore, comatose for three months and under care at a north Harris County nursing home, was shot March 21. He died two weeks later.

Prosecutors made no recommendation on a sentence, although Dick Bax, an assistant county prosecutor, told the nine-man, three-woman jury that if they opted for probation, it should be for 10 years. Defense attorney Jack Zimmermann pleaded with jurors to give Clore a two-year probated sentence. "He's not going to hurt anybody. He's not a danger to anybody," Zimmermann said. "He's a boy who loved his dad too much.

That's what you convicted him of." Clore, who testified in his own defense last week, took the stand again on Monday to seek leniency from the jury. "I intend to get married one day, have children and lead a normal life," Clore said. Typhoon death toll rises to 111 MANILA, Philippines A typhoon that battered the Phillipines over the weekend killed at least ill people and survivors said Monday that 10-foot-high waves swept their homes away at the height of the storm. Civil defense estimates put the total damage at $2.5 million and officials said about 14,000 houses were destroyed or damaged by the typhoon, called Vera. The Red Cross said 26,845 families, or about 140,000 people, saw their homes lost or damaged, or otherwise required emergency aid, when the typhoon struck eight provinces on the main island of Luzon last Friday.

Hardest-hit was Bataan province, across Manila Bay, where 50 people died, said The Manila Bulletin. Bataan residents said it was the worst destruction since the heavy bombing in World War II, when the province was the site of fierce fighting between Allied and Japanese troops, The Manila Da Uy Express reported. Reports of deaths came from the Red Cross, the Office of Civil Defense, the government-owned Philippine News Agency and provincial correspondents of Manila newspapers. Also, 35 people were injured and many others were missing, the Red Cross said. "In fact, as I was leaving Bataan today, people were telling me more bodies were turning up at sea," Red Cross relief coordinator Lulu Masing told The Associated Press on Monday..