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4-A THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1992 Obituaries Mary Ann Stacey HITCHCOCK Mary Ann Stacey, 65, of Hitchcock passed away Friday at.U.T.M.B. Hospital. Funeral services are pending with Malloy Son Funeral Home. Edward G. Garrett SEABROOK Edward G.

Garrett, 58, of Seabrook died Friday at Katy Medical Center in Katy. Arrangements pending Jack Rowe Funeral Home in League City. Robert E. Wright WEBSTER Robert Earl Wright, 23, of Webster passed away Thursday in Galveston. Mr.

Wright achieved Petty Officer during his. 4 years in U.S. Navy. Preceded in death by his father, Robert Majors and lovingly adopted by Danny Wright. Survived by wife Mishelle Wright of Webster; parents, Danny and Barbara Wright of League City; brothers, Danny A.

and wife Carrie Wright, Edward T. Wright, Sergio M. Wright all of Houston, Cary R. Wright of Webster; grandparents, Major and Hazel Wright of Noble, John and Bea Allen of Wallace, Fred and Ruby Arldt of Brownsboro, Helen Halas of Parma, Bessie Majors of Dickinson; brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, Robert and Denise Golden of La Marque, Charlene Halas of Webster; two nephews and one niece; uncles and aunts, Martha and Rick Norwood, John S. Allen and Buddy A.

Wright. Service will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Jack Rowe Funeral Home. Service will be 10:30 a.m., Monday at Jack Rowe Cathedral Chapel with Father Reginald Petrash officiating. Interment Forest Park East Cemetery.

Friends may call after noon Sunday. Pallbearers will be Danny A. Wright, Edward T. Wright, Sergio M. Wright, Cary R.

Wright, Robert Golden and Fred Arldt. Jack Rowe Funeral Home Lillian K. Noien DICKINSON Mrs. Lillian K. Nolen, 76, of Dickinson passed away Wednesday, March 18 in the University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, Texas.

Mrs. Nolen was born on July 8, 1915 in Caldwell, Texas and was a resident of Dickinson since 1941. She was a member of the Protestant faith and was a housewife. Survivors include her husband, Ted Nolen of Dickinson; daughters, Linda Sue Pierson of Dickinson and Doris jAnn Richardson of Angleton; sonff, Larry Oliver Nolen of Dickinson, James Daniel Nolen of Houston; sister, Hilda Sebesta of Dallas; brother, Bill Pinter of Concord, California; eight grandchildren and numerous other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m.

today in the Froberg Funeral Home Chapel, 117 North Hill Street, Alvin, Texas with Rev. Terry Gibson, Pastor of the Santa Fe Christian Church officiating. Interment will be in the Confederate Cemetery, Alvin, Texas under the direction of Froberg Funeral Home, 117 North Hill Street, Alvin, Texas. Pallbearers will be Luther Cun- ningham, Jason Garner, Kelly Nolen, Phillip Nolen, Terry Nolen, Nolen West. Froberg Funeral Home Funerals TODAY Maurice Baker, 47, of Texas City died Saturday; services 11 a.m.

today at Greater Barbours Chapel Baptist Church in Texas City; burial will follow at Mainland Memorial Cemetery'in Hitchcock under the direction of Mainland Funeral Home. Frankie R. Savoy, 89, of Daly City, Calif, died Thursday; services 11 a.m. today at Spiritual True Church; burial will follow at Barbers Memorial Cemetery in Hitchcock. Guidelines The Galveston Daily News classified advertising department charges a standard advertising rate of $12.60 per column inch to publish obituaries.

Obituaries can be faxed to The News at 744-6268 or hand-delivered to the classified advertising department at the newspaper's maui office, 8522 Teichman Road in Galveston. Obituaries should be typed. The deadline for full obituaries is 5 p.m. Brief notices that funeral arrangements are pending with the funeral home will be accepted until 7 p.m.; these notices are not charged. Obituaries must contain complete billing information: the name, full mailing address and telephone number of the party that will pay for the obituary.

Obituaries may be placed by a private party, but they must include the phone number of a source, such as a funeral home or clergyman, that can verify the information. Obituaries placed by funeral homes will be billed. Private parties placing obituaries Monday through Friday must pay at the time the obituary is placed. (Notices for indigent funerals being handled by the county can be published without charge; contact The News classified advertising department for more information.) Major credit cards are accepted. Obituaries placed on weekends will be handled by The News editorial department between 3 p.m.

and 5 p.m. All weekend obituaries will be billed. A daily listing of funerals is compiled from paid obituaries. There is no charge for this service. Families and funeral homes are urged to make sure information supplied to The News is accurate, and all names are correctly spelled.

The News assumes no responsibility for inaccurate information supplied to us. For more information, call The News classified advertising department between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 744-7355. News roundup Part of bay reopens to oystering Associated Press AUSTIN Portions of Galveston, Lavaca and East Matagorda Bays, which were closed to shell- fishing as health precautions, have reopened, the Texas Commissioner of Health said.

Dr. David Smith announced Friday that water samples from the three bay areas, which had been closed because of bacterial pollution caused by heavy rains, passed inspections. Lavaca Bay, which closed Dec. 23, and a portion of Galveston Bay that had been shut down since Feb. 8, were opened just after midnight Thursday morning, the Health De; partment said.

The East Matagorda Bay area, which closed Nov. 1, was scheduled to reopen at 12:01 a.m. today. Mexico City's smog worsens Associated Press MEXICO CITY Government officials increased emergency smog measures Friday afternoon as ozone levels shot to nearly four times the acceptable level in the United States for the second time this week. Ozone in the southeastern section of the Valley of Mexico in which the capital lies reached 360 points on the local Imeca scale by noon as overcast skies gave way to sun which mixed with billows of auto exhaust to form ozone.

Winds, which usually blow away the pollution, failed to push it out of the valley Friday. "Smoke In Your Eyes And it's Not a Song," blared headlines in the afternoon daily Ovaciones. Mayor Manuel Camacho Solis imposed Phase II measures at noon Friday and said they will stay in effect through Sunday. Steps included suspending classes for preschool, primary and secondary school students Friday afternoon. Keatings may lose home to Phoenix bank Associated Press PHOENIX A bank wants to foreclose on a home owned by Charles Keating a central figure in the nation's savings and loan scandal, and his wife.

The Keatings are behind in monthly payments of $15,951.53 on their $2.1 million mortgage for the Paradise Valley home, Security Pacific National Bank said in court papers filed Wednesday. In a civil fraud trial under way in Tucson, Keating and his Phoenix-based American Continental Corp. are accused of duping investors into buying company securities with false claims the investments were backed by the government. The securities were sold by American Continental subsidiary Lincoln Savings of Irvine, which collapsed in 1989 at an estimated cost to taxpayers of $2.6 billion. 100-year-old bridge demolished A series of blasts sends the middle portion of the 100-year-old Central Bridge crashing into the Ohio River in Cincinnati Friday morning.

The bridge is being demolished through next month to make way for a four-lane, $26 million replacement to open in 1 995. Purim puffers Young ultra Orthodox Jewish boys proudly display their cigarette smoking abilities during a Purim party in a Jerusalem synagogue early Friday morning. Purim is a Jewish holiday celebrating the saving of Jews from annihilation in ancient Persia, modern-day Iran. Men and boys alike are allowed to overindulge in large quantities of alcohol and smoking products. Women, however, are not allowed to take part in the festivities.

Powerful politician is shot at in Japan Sign of the times Bill Wessner, owner of Metro Heating and Cool- tures topical commentary, came up with his most ing in Pittsburgh, puts the final touches on recent idea as a result of the House of Repre- his sign Friday. Wessner, whose sign often fea- sentatives rubber check scandal. Associated Press TOKYO One of Japan's most powerful politicians was the target of a right-wing gunman Friday, but escaped unhurt, police said. Shin Kanemaru, the 77-year-old vice president of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, was finishing a speech before an audience of about 300 people when the attacker began firing. Kanemaru dropped behind the podium, which was struck by one of three shots.

Kaneicnaru was unhurt, police said. The gunman was immediately subdued and arrested, said police in Ashikaga, 50 miles north of Tokyo. Kanemaru was whisked off the stage by security officers. Television footage later showed Kanemaru, mopping his brow, returning to take a seat on the stage. He was greeted by applause.

Police identified the attacker as Hiroshi Watanabe, 25, who claimed to be a member of Yukoku-Seiwa- Kai, a Tokyo-based right-wing group. Kanemaru, a former deputy prime minister, is one of the most powerful politicians in Japan. As head of the party's largest faction, he was considered the kingmaker who put Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa into office in November. Late last year, a member of a different right-wing group threw a firebomb at Kanemaru's home. Foley ends some House perks, considering others Associated Press WASHINGTON House Speaker Thomas S.

Foley announced Friday he was ending free prescription drugs for lawmakers, raising fees at the House gym, and reviewing other perquisites that have stirred anger at Congress' privileged lifestyle. "I am determined to see to it that the management of the House is without criticism and I am going to do whatever is necessary so that that would happen," said Foley, D-Wash. The speaker's announcement came amid a storm of criticism from the public and his own membership about the perks. One of them free overdrafts at the House bank has become a scandal which has put members' careers in jeopardy. When the House closed its members-only bank last October, Foley declared the matter closed.

But that has not happened, and Foley has been forced to take further Foley steps. "The American people are angry and frustrated at what they see as a self-indulgent, elitist Congress," said Rep. Dick Swett, D- N.H. "The House bank scandal only confirmed what many already believed. It's time to de-perk- olate Washington." The pharmacy benefit, Foley said, was a throwback from earlier in the century when lawmakers and other federal workers did not have health insurance.

Within 30 days, he said, prescriptions will be supplied only to Capitol Police, pages and a few others who need the benefit. Foley said he will convene the committee that oversees the House gym to bring charges more in line with those in the sector. Currently, members pay only $100 a year, roughly a tenth of what some full-service exercise arenas in the area Users of the private gymnasium, which has a pool, basketball court, weights and other facilities, describe it as a modest facility. But Rep. Thomas J.

Downey, D- N.Y., one of them, said the rate should at least be quintupled. Foley did not say specifically what other perquisites might be eliminated or changed, but he said his goal was that "there are no provisions that are not justified by work responsibility." Other congressional perks include fresh-cut flowers from Capitol Hill's Botanic Garden, free parking not just at the Capitol but at local airports, the use of official photographers, and discount merchandise at the stationery stores. In addition to the personal pampering, members enjoy free mailing, satellite transmissions, and other taxpayer-financed operations that critics argue do little more than aid their re-election campaigns. Next week, Foley said he will seek House permission to appoint an administrator to review the institution's overall management. House Republicans have been resisting the effort, arguing the Democrats would just add a layer to the bureaucracy, but Foley said he still hoped to reach a compromise with House Minority Leader Bob Michel, R-I11.

Republicans hope to make mismanagement of the House an issue in this fall's election, contending their party would clean up the place if they gamed a majority for the first time in nearly four decades. Foley said he was consulting with Michel on the appointment of a new House Postmaster, to replace Robert V. Rota, who resigned Thursday. Three post office employees have pleaded guilty to stealing money there and a fourth is awaiting trial. Rota's resignation came a week after Sergeant at Arms Jack Russ quit.

Russ was in charge of the House Bank, where 355 current and former members including members of President Bush's cabinet wrote penalty-free overdrafts. The House ethics committee found that Russ himself bounced 19 checks at-the bank, and said he abused his office. The Galveston Daily News U.S.P.S. 21MOO Founded in 1842 Texas' Oldest Newspaper Dedicated to the growth and progress of Galveston and all of Galves- fon County. Published every morning by Galveston Newspapers 8522 Teichman Road.

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