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6-A 3lje (Salueahm lailfl Jfouia Thursday Morning, January 16,1986 Bedsore epidemic study disputed SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) -A study showing an epidemic of bedsores at a Texas City nursing home was inaccurate and biased, a nursing expert testified Wednesday in a murder-by-neglect trial. Davina Gosnell, an associate professor of nursing at Kent State University in Ohio, also disputed claims by another patients at the nursing home were victims of poor care and abandonment. Ms. Gosnell testified in the trial of the Autumn Hills Convalescent Centers Inc. and four of its current and employees.

They are. charged in the Nov. 20,1978, death Mrs. Breed died 47 days after entering an Autumn Hills home in Texas City. The state contends she died of starvation and overwhelming infection, both caused by poor nursing care.

The defense claims Mrs. Breed died of a recurrence of colon cancer. Prosecutors earlier in the trial called Sarah Burger, a nursing consultant who has worked extensively with the elderly. Mrs. Burger said she did a computer analysis on the number of bedsores that appeared on patients at Autumn Hills.

She said she found an "epidemic of bedsores" at the facility. "Did you form an opinion re- garding the validity of Sarah Burger's study and conclusions?" asked defense lawyer Tom Sart- welte. "I find that study to be very biased, inaccurate and inappropriate," Ms; Gosnell said. Sartwelle also pointed out Mrs. Burger testified there was an excessive number of pressure sores at the nursing home between January and November 1978.

WORLD BRIEFS Texas shrimpers still face stiff fight A TTV-L. HOUSTON (AP) Fishermen have won a key vote in the battle to end the annual 45-day ban on shrimping in waters off the Texas coast, but officials say a stiff fight is still ahead for the shrimpers. A committee of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council voted 4-2 on Tuesday to recom- mend cancellation of the closed season requested by the industry five years ago. But Jack Brawner, the regional director of the National Marine Fisheries Service, has said he intends to preserve the controversial ban for at least one more year. The final decision on lifting the ban will be made by the U.S.

secretary of commerce, but Brawner's recommendations as director for the southwest region "carries a lot of clout," said committee member Sherman Muths. "This is only dollars and cents," said Muths, adding that since the shrimping ban was not designed for conservation purposes he cannot understand why the federal government is reluctant to lift the ban. The 45-day closed season began in 1981, with Texas shrimpers' approval, to allow small brown shrimp to grow to a larger, more profitable OBITUARIES Leo Williams TEXAS CITY Leo Williams, 81, died Tuesday at Mainland Center Hospital of Texas City. Funeral arrangements are pending with Mainland Funeral Home in La Marque. George Scott GALVESTON George Scott, 85, died Saturday at his residence.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Percy Garner and Sons Funeral Home in San Augustine. Burial will be at Rocky Mountain Cemetery in San Augustine County. Mr. Scott was born Feb.

14,1900 in San Augustine. He is survived by two daughters, Jessie Mae Henson of Baytown and Ruby Parks of San Augustine; a sister, Vallie Moody of Galveston; two grandchildren; seven great- grandchildren and three great- great-grandchildren. DanHolliday HOUSTON Dan Norman Holliday, 30, died Tuesday in Houston. Services will be at 7 tonight at South Park Funeral Home in Pearland, Dr. William Rittenhouse officiating.

Survivors include his parents, Gerald Holliday and Hazel Holliday, both of Peartand; and four brothers, Terry Milton Holliday of Costa Mesa, Rex Gilbert Holliday of Houston, Kim Stephen Holliday of Riverside, and Gene Lynn Holliday of Arlington. Martha Symmonds GALVESTON Martha Elizabeth Stout Symmonds died Wednesday in a Galveston hospital. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at South Memorial Park Cemetery, in Pearland, the Rev. Louis Sada officiating.

Burial will be under the direction of South Park Funeral Home of Pearland. Mrs. Symmonds was a civil service employee, who retired after 16 years of service. Survivors include a sister, Alice L. Moore; nieces and nephews.

DanaHanby DICKINSON Dana Thornton Hanby, 74, died Tuesday at his home in Dickinson. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Jack Rowe Funeral Home of League City, the Rev. Jack Pierce officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery in League City.

Mr. Hanby was born Jan. 15,1911 in Ralla, Mo. He was an engineer for S.I.P., was a member of the League City Friends Church, was owner and operator of Thornton Nursery in Friendswood, and was a former longtime resident of League City. He was a Dickinson resident for nine years.

Survivors include two sons, Walter Hanby of Dickinson and 132 YEARS of Service Most of our business comes through people we've rhoughfully served. The reason understanding, sincere guidance and dependability in helping you selecf a fine monument of Rock of JH'AtU tj Ages Granite. OTT MONUMENT WORKS, INC, GALVESTON MOADWAY SAT. 1-3 LA MARQUE TIX AS AVI. ttM Kent Hanby of Buffalo, N.Y.; two daughters, Marilyn Beth of St.

Louis, and Margaret Reed of Goreville, three sisters, Zaidee Sparks of Leewood, Violette A. Swann of Arcadia, and Claudine R. Schork of Princeton, N.J.; and 10 grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Friday.

Barnes Adams HOUSTON Barnes Adams, 84, died Wednesday at his residence in Houston. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. today in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Dickinson. Burial is under the direction of Jack Rowe Funeral Home of League City. Mr.

Adams was born Aug. 10, 1901 in Cleburne, Texas. A retired funeral director, he was former owner of Adams Funeral Home in Marlin, Texas. He was a Houston resident for 10 years. Survivors include his wife, Margaret Adams of Houston; a brother, Byron Adams of Jacksonville, Texas; and two sisters, Effie Evelyn Wilson of Itasca, Texas and Katherine Schultz of De Soto, Texas.

Maggie Pittard FRIENDSWOOD Maggie Pittard died Wednesday at her home in Friendswood. Funeral arrangements are pending with Jack Rowe Funeral Home of League City. Ronnie Walker BLYTHE, Calif. Ronnie D. Walker, 33, died Sunday in Blythe, Calif.

Funeral arrangements are pending with Jack Rowe Funeral Home of League City. Louis Williams GALVESTON Louis Williams, 38, died Monday at John Sealy Hospital in Gaiveston following a brief illness. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Lundy Mortuary in Gaiveston, the Rev. James A.

Wrenn officiating. Burial will be in Mainland Memorial Cemetery in La Marque. A wake will be held tonight at 7 at the funeral home. Born Sept. 26, 1947 in Gaiveston, Mr.

Williams was a lifelong isle resident. He attended Gaiveston public schools. Survivors include two brothers, Mpnsester Williams Jr. and Earl Williams, both of Gaiveston; and two sisters, Sue Williams of Fort Worth and Mary Williams of Gaiveston. Visitors may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m.

today. Gilbert Poulard GALVESTON Gilbert Poulard, 67, died Tuesday at his home following a lengthy illness. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Lundy Mortuary in Gaiveston, the Rev. F.A.

Allen officiating. Rosemarie Applegate PORT ARTHUR Rosemarie C. Applegate, 68, died Tuesday at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston after a lengthy illness. A funeral Mass will be recited at 10:30 a.m.

today at St. James Catholic Church in Port Arthur. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery, of Groves, under direction of Grammier-Oberle Funeral Home of Port Arthur. Mrs. Applegate was born in Gaiveston and was a housewife.

She lived in Port Arthur 46 years. Survivors include her husband, Lawrence Applegate of Port Arthur; two daughters, Priscilla LeBIanc of Houston and Jeanette Romero of Dallas; three sisters, Marjorie Scott of League City, Dorothy Beasly of Grand Junction, Colo, and Hermarae Messina of Gaiveston; five grandchildren; and one great-grandson. Burial will follow in Lakeview Cemetery, Gaiveston, under direction of Lundy Mortuary. A wake will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Born Feb. 24,1918 in Ville Platte, Mr. Poulard had been a Gaiveston resident for many years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge. Survivors include a son, Gilbert Poulard and a daughter, Norma Jean Acclisc of Baytown; a brother, the Rev.

Elton Poulard of San Francisco, three sisters, Rose Kimble of Gaiveston, and Madeline Smith and Alberta Frazier, both of Houston; a foster brother, Earl Hockless of Texas City; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Visitors may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday. Nan Cardwell HOUSTON Nan North Ashford Cardwell, 85, died Jan. 9 at St.

Luke's Hospital in Houston. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Huntsviile. Mrs. Cardwell was born Sept.

9, 1900 in Huntsviile and lived in Bryan more than 40 years. She attended Hollins College, Virginia, and University of Texas at Austin, earning a B.A. and an M.A. in library science. She was head librarian at Bryan Air Force Base and Texas School of Veterinary Medicine, and she was librarian at Alien Military Academy.

She was an active member of First Presbyterian Church of Bryan. She was a recognized female pioneer in aviation in the 1940s. She was a social activist most of her life, working in the Democratic Party and on several government committees. Survivors include a son, Ashford P. Manning of Huntsviile; a daughter, Ciaire Donovan of Gaiveston; 10 grandchildren and 19 great- grandchildren.

The family requests no flowers, but memorials may be sent to The Texas Observer Fund, 600 West 28th, 105, Austin 78705, or Texas Head Injury Foundation, 3827 Ave. Gaiveston 77550. FUNERALS TODAY Rev. Roy Walters, 76. of Goodrich, died Tuesday; services 11 a.m.

today at Cochran Funeral Home in Livingston; burial in Peebles Cemetery. Livingston. FRIDAY Virginia Rahilly. 52. of Arcadia, died Monday; services 10 a.m.

Friday at Jack Rowe Funeral Home in League City; burial in Forest Park East'Cemetery. League City. SATURDAY Hosie Hill, 82, of Texas City, died Tuesday; services 2 p.m. Saturday at Rising Star Baptist Church in Texas City; burial at Rising Star Cemetery under direction of Mainland Funeral Home of Texas City; wake 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Alonza May, 81, of La Marque, died services 11 a.m. Saturday at Rising Star Baptist Church, Texas City; wake 7-8 p.m. Friday at Mainland Funeral Home in La Marque; burial in Rising Star Cemeterv. Walter Akers LA MARQUE Walter E. Akers died Tuesday at Danforth Memorial Hospital in Texas City.

Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Hayes Funeral Home in Santa Fe, the Revs. Jesse Harris and John Cordova officiating. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock. Mr.

Akers was born in Blacksburg, and had been a resident of La Marque for 38 years. He was a retired carpenter and member of Local 973. He served in the Navy in World War II and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of La Marque. He is survived by his son, James Hilburn Akers Sr. of Sheffield, two brothers, James L.

Akers and John B. Akers, both of Frederick, two sisters, MellieM. Dalton and Eliza A. Akers, both of Frederick; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Casket bearers will be Gerald Campbell, Steve Campbell, Jesse Brock, Ricky Santini, Bradley Ion and George Donald Kelley.

John Henry Jr. GALVESTON John "Buck" Henry 35, died Tuesday at John Sealy Hospital in Gaiveston. Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fields Funeral Home chapel in Gaiveston, the Rev. E.M.

Harris officiating. A wake will be 7-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at Lakeview Cemetery in Gaiveston. Mr.

Henry was born Sept. 9,1950 in Oklahoma City, Okla. He was a disabled taxi dispatcher and had lived in Gaiveston 30 years. Survivors include his mother, Mary Henry of Gaiveston; stepfather, Eddie Perez of Gaiveston; a sister, Jean Sam of Gaiveston; brother-in-law, Leroy J. Sam of Gaiveston; a niece, Rosalyn Henry of Gaiveston; three nephews, Darrell Henry, Melvin Henry and Eddie Henry, all of Gaiveston; an uncle, Rogers Cooper of Gaiveston; a great-uncle, Lee Taylor of California; and best friends Mr.

and Mrs. James Green of Gaiveston. Pallbearers will be Rayfield Edwards, Melvin Hill, Timothy Allen, James Green, Robert Coins and Ike Roberts. Visitors may call at the funeral home. To report child abuse or neglect, call Gaiveston County Children's Protective Services 948-3481 Agreement is signed GUATEMALA CITY (AP) The five Central American countries have signed an agreement to resume the Contadora- talks to try to work out a peace accord in the region, foreign ministers of the Contadora countries say.

No date for the resumption of talks, however, was immediately disclosed. The document to resume talks was signed Tuesday in Caraballeda, Venezuela, after a meeting of foreign ministers of Nicaragua, Mexico, Venezuela, Panama and Colombia. Mexico, Venezuela, Panama and Colombia formed the Contadora group in January 1983 in the Panamanian island of Contadora to find a peace agreement acceptable to the Central American countries. Diplomats here said it was significant that Nicaragua agreed to the document, which calls for national reconciliation and observance of human rights and individual liberties. The leftist Nicaragua regime has been criticized for restrictions on personal freedom and the press under a state of emergency law.

Opposition political groups say they have no freedom to operate. The pact clarifies points that were obstacles to an agreement, a diplomat from one of the countries said. He asked not to be identfied for protocol reasons and did not elaborate on contents of the document. Warships cross Bosporus ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) A Soviet navy guided-missile cruiser and a frigate passed through the narrow Bosporus strait early Wednesday en route to the Mediterranean, an Istanbul port source reported. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, identified the guided-missile cruiser as Slava 108 and the frigate as Krivak Ladny 824.

The Soviet warships have to cross the Dardanelles Strait before steaming into the Aegean Sea and then into the Mediterranean. Their destination in the Mediterranean was not known. Soviet naval authorities are not required to notify Turkish officials on the ultimate destinations of their warships when they pass through the Turkish straits which control the Soviet-dominated Black Sea. The report came as the United States dispatched the aircraft carrier Saratoga and a group of smaller ships from the Indian Ocean to join the carrier Coral Sea in the Mediterranean in an apparent show of force aimed at Libya. All-woman crew in air NEW DELHI, India (AP) Indian Airlines became the first member of the International Air Transport Authority to fly a passenger plane with an all-woman crew, the airline said Wednesday.

Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh and co-pilot Nivedita Bhasin flew a Fokker Friendship aircraft last week from Silcher to Calcutta in eastern India. The landing was shown Sunday on Calcutta television. The flight, after "an easy take-off had a comfortable cruise and an absolutely safe landing in Calcutta," an airline statement said. Ms.

Deshmukh has six years of flying experience. Ms. Bhasin. who won a scholarship to learn to fly, comes from a family of pilots. Her husband and father-in-law are both pilots.

Indian Airlines, the country's domestic carrier, is a member of IATA. It has two other women pilots. Man denies interview BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) A man claiming to be a spokesman for Abu Nidai denied in a statement published Wednesday that the Palestinian guerrilla leader was interviewed by an Arab newspaper. Al-Wahda, a newspaper in the Persian Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, on Monday published what it said was an interview with the shadowy Abu Nidal. The daily quoted Abu Nidal as claiming responsibility for the Dec.

27 terrorist attacks on Rome and Vienna airports in which 19 people were killed, and said he has undergone plastic sugery and had sneaked into the United States with a fake passport. Beirut's leading daily, the independent An-Nahar, published a statement Wednesday signed by Atef Abu Bakr, who claimed to be the Lebanon spokesman for Abu Nidai. The statement said Abu Nidal, whose real name is Sabry al- Banna. has "not met any reporter or been interviewed bv any medium since the two interviews he gave to the (West) German Der Spiegel newspaper and the Kuwaiti AI-Qabas" last September in Tripoli, Libya. Coup is rumored MASERU, Lesotho (AP) Paramilitary police ringed the main government complex Wednesday, spawning rumors of a coup in this mountain kingdom inside South Africa, but a government minister said nothing was up and the police were on "normal duty." The capital was calm by nightfall, but King Moshoeshoe II and his prime minister, Chief Leabua Jonathan, still had not appeared after Information Minister Desmond Sixishe gave his reassurances at a news conference.

"I am not aware that there was some attempt to change the government of Lesotho," Sixishe said. The day of confusion came at a time when South African border guards were forcing critical shortages inside the kingdom by inspecting nearly every vehicle and rail car that enters. The white-ruled nation whose territory surrounds Lesotho is its chief trading partner and employer. On Wednesday evening, only one truck was allowed into the kingfom every 90 minutes. South Africa began the border checks at the beginning of this year after accusing Lesotho of harboring guerrillas fighting the white-minority government.

South African commandos attacked Maseru in December 1982. Lesotho calls the South African action an illegal blockade. The kingdom, about the size of Belgium, has been independent from Britain since 1966 and has not held elections in 16 years. Its 1.3 million people get virtually all their petroleum, food, electricity and durable goods from South Africa, and the gold mines in that country are their major employer. Thatcher rejects inquiry LONDON (AP) Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday rejected calls for an inquiry into her government's efforts to help rescue a financially ailing helicopter company.

Mrs. Thatcher's Cabinet was rocked last week by the resignation of Defense Secretary Michael Heseitine, who accused the government of trying to keep him from talking about the still- pending sale of the Westland PLC helicopter company Mrs. Thatcher's Conservative Party, which holds 392 seats in the 650-member House, easily rejected the opposition Labor Party's motion demanding an inquiry into her government's handling of the rescue of Westland. The vote was 370-217 This week there have been repeated allegations that Trade Secretary Leon Brittan had misled Parliament and there have been calls for his resignation. On Wednesday, Brittan said at the end of a 6' 2 -hour debate that he would testify to a select parliamentary committee if I necessarv..