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2-A THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1992 Brings You CADILLAC PONTIAC GMC Today's Weather BUICK HONDA AND HOW JEE 5915 Broadway Galveston 744-5711 Bay Area 488-2363 Sun, moon and tides For Galveston County Today High tides 5:52 a.m. (1.5) and 2:22 p.m. (1.2). Low tides 11:05 a.m. (1.1) and 10:19 p.m.

Sunrise 6:47 a.m. Sunset 8:06 p.m. Moonrise 6:57 p.m. Moonset 5:09 a.m. Climate data For Galveston County Monday High 92.

Low 83. Record high 97 (1962). Record low 70 (1961). Rainfall in 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m. none.

Rainfall since first of year 36.18 inches (14.39 inches above normal), Marine forecast Port Arthur- O'Connor Today, south to southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Port Arthur-Brownsville Today, southeast winds near 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet.

Widely scattered showers or thunderstorms. Tonight, southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, Seas 2 to 4 feet. Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. Extended forecasts Tuesday-Thursday South Texas Partly cloudy with a chance of mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Highs in the 80s beaches to the 90s inland.

Lows in the low 80s beaches to the 70s inland. West Texas A slight chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms, otherwise fair. Highs in the mid 80s mountains to near 102 lowlands. North Texas A chance of thunderstorms through the period. Generally partly cloudy with very warm afternoons and mild nights.

The forecast for noon, Tuesday, Aug. 11. Lines separate high temperature zones for the day. 60g 808 70s 709 909 808 708 808 90g 908 90 1008 80s FRONTS: 100s COLD WARM STATIONARY 1902 Accu-Weather, Inc. Pressure 20 33 HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAN T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT.

CLOUDY CLOUDY PLOYD PI 1. V. COOL CE ee 1: LG Tr Staff photo by Kevin Bartram No loitering Two men spend Monday a afternoon outside a store in the 4000 block of Avenue H. Today's forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of showers. Texas Temperatures Highest temperature last 12 hours, lowest past 18 hours and precipitation for 24 hours ending at 7 p.m.

CDT: HI Lo Pop. Abilene 96 74 0.00 Alice 101 0.00 Alpine 93 63 0.00 Amarillo 36 68 0.00 Austin 97 75 0.00 Beaumont-Port Arthur 91 76 0.00 Beeville 102 74 0.00 Brownsville 97 75 0.00 Bryan-College Station 97 75 0.00 Childress 103 0.00 Corpus Christi 75 .10 Corpus Christi NAS 82 0.00 Cotulla 101 0.00 Dalhart .08 Dallas Love Fled 79 0.00 Dallas NAS Field 97 77 0.00 Del Rio 75 0.00 El Paso 104 0.00 Fort Worth 100 0.00 Fort Worth Meacham 99. 77 0.00 Defense rests in starvation death case; jury National Temperatures NO day's high and Jacksonville 97 0.00 Kansas City 0.00 Las Vegas 107 0.00 Pre Otik Lidle Rock 0.00 0.00 ch Los Angeles 0.00 ,11 Louisville 0.00 cdy 0.00 Memphis .96 cdy 0.00 ody Miami Bench 0.00 .03 Milwaukes 0.00 Mole-St Paul 79 .06 0.00 coy Nichille 93 .37 0.00 New Orioans 95 0.00 1.37 New York City 63 0.00 0.00 Norfok, Va. 92 0.00 0.00 cir North Platte 82 0.00 0.00 Oklahoma City 93 0.00 0.00 Omaha 84 0.00 0.00 Orlando 93 .30 0.00 Philadelphia 88 0.00 .83 cdy Phoenix 100 0.00 0.00 cdy 87 0.00 0.00 cay Portland, Maine 76 .05 .01 Portland, Ore. 97 0.00 0.00 Providence 80 66 .01 0.00 Raleigh-Durham 93 0.00 cdy 0.00 cdy Rapid City 0.00 0.00 cdy Reno 0.00 .10 Richmond 0.00 .07 cir Sacramento 104 0.00 .29 cdy St Louis 69 .10 cdy 0.00 Salt Lake City 98 0.00 0.00 San Diego 82 0.00 0.00 cdy San Francisco 86 0.00 0.00 cdy San 89 0.00 0.00 cdy Santa Fo 93 .01 cdy .01 St Ste Marie 82 1.12 cdy 0.00 cdy Seattle 82 0.00 ,03 Shreveport 97 0.00 0.00 Sioux Falls 79 .57 cdy 0.00 Spokane 88 0.00 clr 0.00 cay Syracuse 82 66 0.00 cdy 0.00 cir Tampa- St Ptrsbo 89 .04 0.00 Topeka 93 0.00 0.00 cir Tucson 105 0.00 0.00 cdy Tulsa 97 0.00 cdy .01 In 91 70 0.00 cdy Temperatures indicate previous overnight low to 8 p.m.

CDT. Albany, N. Y. HI Albuquerque Anchorage Asheville Atlanta Atlantic City Bakimore. 68 Billings 55-4: Birmingham 73 Bismarck 49 Bolse 51 Boston 03 Buffalo Burlington, Vt.

82 Casper 58 78 Charleston, W.Va. 66 09 Cheyenne 55 Chicago 73 Cincinnati Cleveland 63 Columbus, Ohio Daylon Denver Des Moines 73 Detroit 66 Duluth Evansville 75 Fairbanks Fargo FlagstaM Grand Rapids Great Falls 65 Hartford 65 Helena 50 HonoluluJackson, Miss. 97 Indianapolis 72 Beach Update Water safety conditions: Call (409) 763-5868 10 a.m. Sun advisory index for August 11: Noon 8 1-2: No particular danger. 3-4: Minimal risk of skin danger.

2 p.m. 10 5-6: Moderate risk. A sunscreen with a 4 p.m. 3 rating of at least 15 is recommended. 7-8: High risk.

Limit exposure. Wear 2 6 8 10 sunscreen and a hat. 9-10: risk. Avoid Ultraviolet radiation measurement by University Dangerous unnec- of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Sunessary exposure. It you must be out, screen of SPF 15 is recommended for readings wear sunscreen, a hat and protective of 5 or higher. Call (713) 794-5700 for inforclothing. mation. Hondo 85 0.00 Houston Hobby Airport 0.00 Houston Intenti 0.00 Junction .02 Kingsville 98 0.00 Lajitas 101 0.00 Laredo 106 0.00 Longview 99 0,00 Lubbock 96 0.00 Lufkin 96 0.00 Marla 91 58 0,00 McAllen 101 76 0.00 By JIM BRIGANCE "regaining consciousness.

deficit and hyperactivity. learned Linda Hill had placed the cist and lay minister with the Mormon The Daily News Testimony concluded Monday afternoon, "He disobeyed rules, and punishment child on a sugar-free Church, testified the Hills occasionally and the judge is scheduled to instruct the didn't affect him," Peregrin said. She agreed that a sugar-free diet can attended his church and that he had GALVESTON The defense rested jury at 9 a.m. today. The teacher spoke of occasional clashes the behavior of hyperactive vided proMonday in the case of a Fort Worth area Tarrant County District Judge Bill Bur- with Linda Hill over Stephen's upbringing, dren.

She also agreed that improve chil- marriage counseling for the couple. there were sev- "Linda was concerned that (Jay) was couple vation on death trial of in their connection with the star- dock moved the trial here because of pre- saying the use of mood-altering drugs eral stormy clashes with Linda Hill over not taking enough part in the disciplining 13-year-old son. trial publicity lawyers claimed would make made Stephen "suddenly begin to like him-. child-rearing techniques. of the children," Morgan said.

"She felt Neither Jay Hill, 42, nor his wife, Linda, finding an impartial jury difficult. self." "She accused me of trying to interfere like he 37, testified. was not supportive of her in raising Defense attorneys opened their case ear- "He would get his work done," Peregrin and take charge of raising her child," she them." The Hills, who live in the Fort Worth lier Monday -the sixth day of the trial said. said. Peregrin said she counseled with the suburb of White Settlement, are charged by calling a Fort Worth school teacher to She claimed Linda Hill had difficulty Hills several times before the As Morgan spoke, Jay Hill wiped his Hills eyes with paper tissues taken from a box with injury to a child, and kid- the stand.

Marilyn Sue Peregrin testified with Stephen's behavior, however, when removed the boy from school and began on the counsel table where murder he was seated napping in connection the death of Stephen Hill was a hyperactive child who he was in withdrawal from the drug Rital- teaching him at home. with his wife. Stephen Hill in November. responded well to prescribed medication in, a form of tranquilizer prescribed for Asked if she could live with a Victor The adolescent boy weighed only 55 before his mother quit giving it to him. hyperactive children.

tive child in travel as Worth's computer programhyperac- Letbetter, a when an 8-by-31 trailer, mer at Fort General Dynamics pounds he was discovered by para- She said she was the boy's -grade After Stephen was rebuked at school did the Hills and their two children, Pere- testified that he worked shift work medics Nov. 3 in the family's travel trail- teacher in 1985 when Stephen frequently for eating ice cream and cookies from a grin paused and answered "No." Hill with but had no contact with him outer home. He died two weeks later without disrupted her class because of his attention school cafeteria garbage can, Peregrin said James Morgan, a Fort Worth geophysi- side the job. Crack cocaine, marijuana found at gym during gun search Jamaica Beach pioneer dies Gardner served as first JB police chief, Dickinson fire marshal By LORA BERNARD ment," Batten said. GALVESTON John Gardner Dickinson fire marshal and Jamaica Beach's first police chief, died Saturday evening.

Gardner, 57, suffered a heart attack at a restaurant on the seawall. "He was the closest thing I had to a dad in Texas," said Clyde Batten, Jamaica Beach's current police chief. "Please make sure everyone knows he's going to be missed." Services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Peter's the Apostle Catholic Church in Galveston, where Gardner was a member.

Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock Visitation will begin 5 p.m. today at Hayes Funeral Home in Santa Fe. Batten said Gardner supported him through the ranks of the Jamaica Beach Police Department. Batten said he came to Gardner in 1980 as a disillusioned photojournalist looking for a career change. "He got me started in my career in law enforce- Midland-Odessa 98 0.00 Mineral Wells 0.00 Palacios 92 .05 Presidio 104 0.00 San Angelo 99 0.00 San Antonio 96 76 0.00 Shreveport, La.

97 78 0.00 Stephenville 95 70 0.00 Victoria 98 75 0.00 Waco 101 76 0.00 Wichita Falls 101 75 0.00 Wink 100 70 0.00 Via Associated Prom By LORA BERNARD The Daily News TEXAS CITY Police found crack cocaine and marijuana in the Booker T. Washington gymnasium Sunday night as they looked for a gun, according to police reports. Police said they were looking for a gun used in an carlier incident. However, the reports gave no details on the incident. During the search Sunday, police found five rocks of crack, three marijuana cigarettes, one pack of cigarette papers and one lighter, reports state.

The narcotics and paraphernalia were found near the walkway on The Daily News deliberates I POLICE the south side of the building. Woman hit with wrench TEXAS CITY A 50-year-old woman told police she was hit in the head three times with a socket wrench Monday morning. The woman said she was arguing with a 29-year-old woman about cleaning rooms at apartments on Fifth Avenue North. The woman said the 29-year-old left and returned. The 50-year-old was struck in the head, reports state.

The older woman suffered two cuts on her eyebrow and a cut on the nose, reports state. Woman attacked GALVESTON A woman said she was choked and beaten by a man after they got into a dispute early Monday, reports state. The woman did not require hospitalization. She told police the man choked her a few minutes after the two began arguing in their apartment at Palm Terrace. When she fell to the floor, he began punching her in the stomach, reports state.

Shots fired GALVESTON A 22-year-old He remembers his mentor as a man who never minced words. Gardner was Jamaica Beach police chief for 12 years. He was born Aug. 9, 1935, in San Pedro, Calif. He was a member of the Galveston County Sheriff's Department when he left to begin the Jamaica Beach police force.

He hired the original officers and ran the department. "He started something that wasn't there before," Batten said. "He should always be remembered for that." After he left the department, Gardner became a certified forensic hypnotist and a professional stage hypnotist. He also was the Dickinson fire marshal, code enforcement officer and arson investigator. He was a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the State Arson Investigators Association.

He attended Galveston Community College and Texas University. man told police someone with a handgun shot at his car when he was at 29th Street and Seawall Boulevard early Monday. The man was not injured, reports state. 13 arrested in sting GALVESTON Police arrested 13 people Friday night for solicitation of narcotics during an undercover drug operation, said officer Jorge Trevino of the Galveston Police Department's narcotics and vice division. Members of the department's Tactical Response Team and the Hitchcock Police Department assisted in the operation, he said.

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Prostitution charges GALVESTON One woman was arrested on a prostitution charge Monday afternoon in the 4700 block of Stewart Road and five others were arrested on the same charge Friday during a prostitution sting, said officer Trevino of the narcotics and vice division. A 38-year-old woman was arrested Monday afternoon after Trevino gave her a ride and began talking to her, reports state. Her These arrests were reported Friday: A 26-year-old woman at 25th Street and Market Street. A 43-year-old woman in the 800 block of Seawall Boulevard. A 35-year-old woman at 53rd Street and Broadway.

A 22-year-old woman at 10th Street and Broadway. All were charged with prostitution, and bond for each was set at $500. Police also arrested a 30-yearold woman on a charge of prostitution at 35th Street and Broadway. Her bond was set at $1,000 because she has two prior convic- bond was set at $500. tions, Trevino said.

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