The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 5

GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1997 Allen Allen to play clarinet at Manhattan pub NEW YORK Atten is going to play it again. The moviemaker went hunting for a new clarinet gig after his Manhattan haunt, Michael's Pub, closed. He decided on the elegant Cafe Cartyle. Allen will perform regularly at the Cariyle with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, beginning Monday and continuing for "as long as it feels good," his spokeswoman, Leslee Dart, said in Monday's USA Today. Dart concedes the $45 ticket price is "steep" but noted "you had to have dinner" at Michael's Pub.

Allen played his clarinet there most Monday nights for more than 25 years. Writer's letters sell for $32,000 at auction NEW YORK letters from "Gone With the Wind" writer Margaret Mitchell to an early suitor and lifelong friend sold Monday for $32,200. Christie's auction house didn't identify the buyer. Mitchell wrote the letters to Henry Love Angel, who died in 1945. She died four years later.

The letters and a signed manuscript of "Lost Laysen," a Mitchell novella, surfaced in 1994 at the home of Angel's son. Bidding on tha 1916 manuscript, written 20 years before "Gone With the Wind," failed to reach the minimum, Christie's said. The minimum bid wasn't disclosed. Gold medal gymnast has her second child HOUSTON It's a second little tumbler for Mary Lou Retton. The gold-winning gymnast gave birth April 15 to McKenna Lane KeJIey, a 5- Retton pound, 9-ounce girl, publicist lana Dealey said Monday.

She's the second daughter for Retton and husband Shannon KeHey, an investment broker. Trie couple's other child, Shayta, is 2 years old. Retton, 29, was released from a Houston hospital Saturday while her new daughter remained until later this week. She was born three weeks early. Retton, who won the all- around gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, now works as a motivational speaker.

"We have always wanted a large family, and we are now well on our way," Retton said in a statement. "In fact, if we keep being blessed with children, we may have an entire team for the 2012 Olympic games." Bundy family to retire from 10-year TV run NEW YORK Rrst the Conners and now the Bundys. It's a bad month for blue-collar TV families. Fox is retiring "Married With Children" after a one- hour series finale May 5. The Bundy family is held hostage by son Bud's prison pen pal and daughter Kelly falls in love with and plans to marry one of her captors.

Katey Sagal and Edward O'Neill starred as Al and Peg Bundy in the last remaining show from Fox's original lineup when the network began 10 years ago. "1 remember when Ed and I did bowling alleys to promote the show," Sagal. said. Ratings improved, even as the show's crude characters and lewd subject matter drew protests. Fox announced the show's retirement Friday.

Television's other leading blue-collar family, the Conners, are also going off the air next month after a final showing of "Roseanne." The Associated Press Lawsuit Ex-astronaut roughed-up, handcuffed The Associated Press HOUSTON The city of Nassau Bay is attempting to move a lawsuit filed by a former astronaut alleging she was mistreated by a city police officer to federal court. Attorneys for the city filed a motion last Wednesday asking that the suit be moved to federal court because constitutional violations are inherent in the lawsuit filed by Mae Jemison. Jemison was the first black female admitted to the astronaut corps. She alleges in the lawsuit filed earlier this month that she was assaulted by an officer who stopped her for making an illegal turn on Feb. 24,1996.

Jemison said she was driving to the bank to make a deposit when she noticed the flashing lights of the police car and stopped. After giving officer Henry Hughes ffl her driver's license and proof of insurance, Jemison said, she was ordered out of her car. Hughes then told Jemison that there might be a warrant for her arrest from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Jemison said the officer became aggressive and belligerent when she asked him why. The lawsuit alleges that when Jemison became exasperated and threw down her car keys, Hughes grabbed her roughly and handcuffed her.

The former astronaut says she was later forced face down on the shoulder of the road and arrested when the warrant for an unpaid speeding ticket was confirmed. After spending several hours in jail, the former astronaut said she was treated at an area hospital for deep bruises and an injury to her head. A police internal affairs investigation launched after Jemison complained about her treatment absolved Hughes of wrongdoing. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and names Hughes and the city of Nassau Bay as defendants. Roddenberry, Leary have boldy goiie The Associated Press MADRID, Spain Boldly going where no man's ashes have gone before, Gene Roddenberry's cremated remains soared into space Monday with those of LSD guru Timothy Leary and two dozen other space enthusiasts.

The sci-fi dream of a space funeral and Leary's desire for one last trip became reality when a rocket carrying their ashes blasted into "It was a kind of a culmination of Gene's dreams and visions. It was gratifying to see," Majel Roddenberry, widow of the "Star Trek" creator, told The Associated Press after watching the launch on television A white Lockheed L-1011 airplane lifted the Pegasus rocket over the Canary Islands off the coast of northwest Africa. It dropped the rocket at 30,000 feet. Seconds later, the rocket blasted off, leaving a trail of white smoke in the cloudless sky. The 24 "ashtronauts" traveled in lipstick-size aluminum capsules.

The capsules accompanied the rocket's main payload, the first Spanish-designed and built satellite, which will conduct scientific research. The remains, which will trail the satellite in an orbit 300 miles above ths Earth, represent three generations of America's involvement in space. Among those whose ashes were on board: Krafit Ehricke, a former Nazi rocket scientist who worked for the United States after World WarH. Princeton University physicist Gerard O'Neill, a proponent of space stations. A Airport workers look at the Lockheed L-1011 plane carrying a Pegasus rocket that contains the ashes of LSD guru Timothy Leary and Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenbery, at the Gando military airbase, Las Pabnas ki the Canary Islands on Friday.

Leary Benson Hamlin, who worked on NASAs moon mission for Boeing, the Seattle-based airplane manufacturer. Katsuya Stephen Ata, a New York City boy who died at age 5 of undisclosed causes. He loved the stars. Leary, a former Harvard professor and LSD guru who told young Americans in the 1960s to "turn on, tune in and drop out," was best known for his exploration of inner space the mind through hallucinogens. But Leary also believed in exploring the cosmos, said Carol Rosin, a friend who watched the launch at Maspalomas Space Station on Grand Canary Island.

When Leary was dying of prostate cancer last year, he told Rosin: 1 want you to get me into outer space." Rosin checked with NASA and with mil- itary officials, who steered her to Celestas Inc. of Houston. "We were sent a kit with a videotape. When Timothy saw the re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, when he saw that burst of light when the rocket vaporized, he was literally jumping up and down in his wheelchair," Rosin said. The company charges $4,800 to launch 0.2 ounces of cremated remains, which families sift into the vial and drop in the mail.

Monday was the inaugural launch the "Founders Flight" and the company is planning more after receiving thousands of inquiries. Only a portion of a person's ashes can fit into the small cylinders. Each capsule is inscribed with the person's name and a personal message. Leary's vial read: "Peace Love Light YouMeOne." Final prospects for jury questioned The Associated Press DENVER The final prospective jurors were screened Monday in the Oklahoma City bombing trial, with the judge telling- them they could know within hours whether they are in the final jury pool. "We're getting close here," U.S.

District Judge Richard Matsch told a prospect, a retired Air Force man who works in retail. The judge said the man would be contacted Monday night or this morning. The judge told another: "Well be getting back to you soon for the selection of the jury." These were Matsch's first public comments confirming that jury selection was winding down. Sources have said opening statements are tentatively scheduled to begin Thursday, following the last private sessions in which jurors are dismissed for legal reasons and the exercising of peremptory challenges, in which attorneys can eliminate prospective jurors without stating a reason. The judge, meantime, was considering empan- eling an anonymous jury to hear the case against Timothy McVeigh, who faces the death penalty on murder and conspiracy charges in the April 19, McVeigh uror questioning continued Monday with four people brought into court by the lunch break.

A total of 96 people had undergone questioning by the judge and the attorneys since March 31. 1995, bombing that killed 168 people. Matsch was considering shuffling the numbers assigned to jury candidates who have undergone extensive questioning about their attitudes and backgrounds, sources told The Associated Press. With the new numbers, it would be impossible to tell who actually was seated on the jury. Also, the judge has arranged for jurors to sit behind a large wall blocking them from the media but not from the public section of the courtroom.

Juror questioning continued Monday with four people brought into court by the lunch break. A total of 96 people had undergone questioning by the judge and the attorneys since.March 31. Among those questioned was a woman who said she struggled to determine her feelings about the death penalty. An administrative assistant with a hospital background, the woman said she always considered herself a "proponent of the death penalty" until she got her summons in the McVeigh trial. Building dedication has irony The Associated Press AUSTIN Even former Texas Gov.

Bill Clements couldn't resist the touch of irony that went along with the dedication of a state office building in his honor on Monday. Monday's dedication contained a bit of history that struck Clements as ironic. The building, which has carried Clements' name for some time but was never formally dedicated, was constructed by a group of developers led by Robert Baldwin, a well-known supporter of former Texas Gov. Mark White. Clements beat White to become governor for a second time in 1986.

BINGO KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS DICKINSON 4129 VIDEO Tuesdays No Smoking 281-534-6222 Lie. Join us for Seawafl Blvd. (isth st. seawall) B.O.S.S. BINGO StO 61 St AcfOM From ItoH 7444210 MOM.

WED. THUR. FBI NITETIME R30 P.M. 1130A.M. 11:30 AM 7:30 P.M.

7:30 P.M. 9:00 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 9:30 P.M. MIDNIGHT SAT.

SUN. 7:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 9:00 P.M. Pay for your subscription with your credit card i Call Circulation for details 409-744-3611 OR 1-800-561-3611 EXPRESS Treat your Secretary to a fabulous Spring Fashion Show and Luncheon! Wednesday, April 23 Featuring Fashions from Schwartz 's Apparel Store A Make-up Demonstration by Dillard's Cosmetic Dept.

Gift Bags for All Secretaries Luncheon 12:00 noon Fashion Show $20.00 per person inclusive Please Gall for a Reservation (409) 744-1500 ext. 21 22 THE SAN LUIS Resort and Conference Center 5222 Seawall Blvd..