The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 6

6-A The weather UPITelephoto PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH SUNDAY here, while the Commerce Department satellite photo taken at noon Saturday shows multilayer clouds stretching southwestward from New England into the lower Mississippi Valley with rain and snow embedded in the clouds over the Mid- Atlantic states. Thunderstorms develop west of Florida. An eastward moving frontal system brings extensive cloudiness to portions of the western and central U.S. Sun, moon and tides SUN, MOON AND TIDES for Saturday, Dec. 26.

Sunrise at 7:12 a.m., sunset at 5:28 p.m. Moonrise 7:18 a.m., Moonset 5:54 p.m. TIDES: Highs at 1:44 a.m. (0.9) and 6:11 p.m. (1.2).

Lows at 9:57 a.m. and (0.8). Climate data HIGH Saturday afternoon, 50; low Friday night, 41. Record high for Dec. 25 is 73, set in 1955.

Record low is 28, set in 1879. No rainfall was recorded in the 24 hours ending at 4 p.m. Saturday. Rainfall since first of year, 46.28 inches, which is 4.87 inches above normal. Beach water temperature, 57 degrees.

Deaths and funerals Wilfred E.Lawrence LEAGUE CITY Funeral services for Wilfred E. Lawrence, 84, of League City, will be 10 a.m. today at Jack Rowe Cathedral Chapel, the Rev. Jack Pierce officiating. Burial will follow at Friendswood Cemetery in Friendswood under direction of Jack Rowe Funeral Home.

Mr, Lawrence, born Sept. 29,1897, in Galena, Kansas, died Thursday at Clear Lake Hospital in Webster. He and his father owned the Lawrence Broom and Mop Co. of League City, which was founded in 1907. He was a member of the Friends Church of League City.

Survivors include one son, Clifford E. Lawrence of Los Angeles; two daughters, Elsie Pope of League City and Winifred Lawrence of San Antonio; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Isabel! K.Ryan CLEAR LAKE SHORES Graveside services for Isabeil K. Ryan, 68, of Clear Lake Shores, will be 11:30 a.m. today at Forest Park East Cemetery, the Rev.

Doug Tucker officiating. Born May 14, 1913, in Greensburg, Mrs. Ryan died Thursday at her residence. A housewife, Mrs. Ryan was a former resident of Greensburg, but lived in Clear Lake Shores for the past 26 years.

Survivors include her husband, Vincent R. Ryan Sr. of Clear Lake Shores; two sons, Vincent R. Ryan Jr. and William B.

Ryan, both of Houston; and two daughters, Kathryn Ryan and Isabeil "Bambi" Ryan, both of Clear Lake Shores. Francis Fagan Francis Fagan, 82, of Galveston, died Friday. Services are pending at Malloy Son Funeral Home. David Justice TEXAS CITY David Justice, 81, of Texas City, died Thursday. Funeral arrangements are pending at Mainland Funeral Home.

David Thibodeaux KEMAH David A. 'Thibodeaux, 35, of Kemah, died Thursday night. Funeral arrangements are pending at Jack Rowe Funeral Home. Charles Foy DICKINSON Charles Foy, of Dickinson, died Friday. Funeral arrangements are pending at Jack Rowe Funeral Home.

IzetterE.Voss TEXAS CITY Funeral services for Izetter E. Voss, 98, of Texas City, will be 10 a.m. Monday at Scott Funeral Home in Gatesville, Texas, 'the Rev. M.V. Hemphill officiating.

Burial will follow at Hemiline Cemetery in Gatesville with local arrangements by James Crowder Funeral Home of La Marque. Pilgrims observe birth of Christ in Holy Land Renowned surgeon dies SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Dr. J. Englebert Dunphy, an internationally known surgeon at the University of California School of Medicine, died early Christmas morning. He was 73.

Dunphy had been a professor emeritus at UCSF since 1975. He came to the UCSF campus in 1964 as professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery and, between 1975 and 1979, he served as associate chief of staff for education at the Veterans Hospital JERUSALEM (UPI) Christians from around the world crammed churches and basilicas in the Holy Land for Christmas worship Friday in languages and traditions as varied and rich as the history of the region itself. In the tiny grotto beneath the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, site of the manger where the Christ child was born nearly 2,000 years ago, masses were celebrated all through the night and into the afternoon. At St. Catherine's Roman Catholic Church next to the Church of the Nativity, a pontifical high mass was read to the the soft, spiritual hymns of a Belgian choir.

"This is my first time in the Holy Land and it's the dream of my whole life," said Helene Knapp of Colorado Springs, who attended the services with her daughter Cindy and son Robert. "I'm very excited to get into this church, on this day," she said. "Being in Bethlehem on Christmas means that Christmas will always be more special to me In and around Bethlehem and Jerusalem, thousands of pilgrims and local worshippers crowded dozens of churches offering services in a variety of traditions and languages French, German, English, Arabic, Latin, Armenian and Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke. The rain, which had UPI briefs Japan prime minister plans budget hike TOKYO (UPI) Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki Friday pledged an increase in Japan's defense spending next year in response to repeated U.S. demands.

Sources said Finance Minister Michio Watanabe personally protested to Suzuki about his promise. Citing deficit-ridden state finances, Watanabe this week slashed $100 million from the defense agency's request for $11.7 billion nextyear. Appearing on a televised program, Suzuki said, "The defense budget growth last year was 7.61 percent and I think we have to have a comparable growth in next year's budget." But he said Japan's defense budget should not be linked to its growing trade surpluses, which are expected to top $25 billion this year, with the United States and West European allies "Japan's defense budget grew about 8 percent in the 1970s, which was comparable to the growth in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries," he noted. The allocation for defense buildups has become a focal point in compiling the 1982 fiscal budget in view of repeated U.S. calls for substantial defense buildup efforts to counter the steady growth of Soviet forces in the Far East.

TV-Japan's defense allocations accounted for less than 1 percent of its Gross National Product, far below the 3 percent or more of GNP allotted by most of America's West European allies. Government sources said the finance ministry's action came under strong fire from most cabinet ministers, who demanded a sizable defense'budget in view of U.S.-Japan relations. No change apparent in Soviet negotiations MOSCOW (UPI) An article in the Soviet army newspaper Friday indicated there has been no change in the Soviet position in the three weeks since the opening of the Geneva arms talks with the United States. "The United States has taken a position contradictory to the principle of equality and equal security," said the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda (RedStar). What the United States proposes, it said, amounts to unilateral disarmament by the Soviet Union and is unacceptable.

Using figures cited by President Leonid Brezhnev in an interview with a West German newspaper in November before the talks opened, the newspaper repeated the assertion that NATO and the Warsaw Pact forces have approximate parity. Washington, saying that the Soviet SS-20S give it an advantage as yet unmatched by NATO medium-range nuclear missiles which are scheduled for installment in 1983, has called for withdrawal of the Soviet missiles in exchange for non-deployment of the NATO missiles. The United States is determined "by hook or by crook," the newspaper said, to obtain superiority over the Soviet Union, which the latter will never accept. Washington was forced to arms negotiations by world opinion, especially the growing antiwar movement in West Europe, it said, but has no real interest in reaching an agreement. The same Soviet views were aired before the start of the talks, whose substance has been kept secret by the participants.

Dallas police hunt for killer of mother, son DALLAS (UPI) Police searched Friday for the killer of a north Dallas woman and her 5-year-old son, who were found shot to death Wednesday in a southeast Dallas County field. Investigators said they did not think the two knew their assailant. "It looks more and more like someone who maybe their motive was robbery, and they just didn't carry it off," said Dallas County Sheriff's Capt. Gus Rose. Several items of jewelry were still on 30- year-old Roxann Jo Jeeves' body, and her purse containing credit cards and a small amount of cash was on the seat of her car nearby.

Ms. Jeeves and her son, Kristopher Korper, were last seen Wednesday morning on their way to see the movie "Cinderella" for Kristopher's birthday. Around noon, a patrolling sheriff's deputy found Ms. Jeeves' car parked with its door open on the side of a road in southeast Dallas County. He discovered the mother and son lying close together about 75 feet from the road.

The woman had been shot twice in the face and the boy had been shot once in the head. Angry youths rampage through Hong Kong HONG KONG (UPI) About 400 stone-hurling youths rampaged through Hong Kong's crowded business district early Christmas morning, overturning parked cars and smashing shop widows. Police said 18 people between the ages of 15 and 27 were arrested during the disturbance in which at least 10 cars were damged or overturned. Four bystanders were injured in the incident. Three were treated and released at a nearby hospital and the fourth was admitted for treatment.

Police said the disorders erupted in the streets of the business district, where thousands of families had gathered to look at the Christmas lights adorning the skyscrapers. threatened Christmas Eve, finally came at about 2 a.m., but missed dampening the midnight mass ceremonies. Paper man rescues 7 in family MONROVIA, Calif. (UPI) A Christmas tree left lit all night burst into flames early Friday morning, but a newspaper deliveryman managed to get a family of seven safely out of their burning house. The pre-dawn fire gutted the home of Frank Conti and his family and caused an estimated $75,000 damage.

Firefighters said an unidentified man delivering newspapers saved their lives. "He banged on the door and yelled, and by using his voice was able to lead the family out of the house, preventing any fatalities," a fire department spokesman said. Born Nov. 24, 1883, in GatesviSle, Mrs. Voss died Friday at the Memorial- Hospital of Galveston County.

Visitors may call at Scott Funeral Home in Gatesville after 8 a.m. Sunday. Funerals TODAY John H. McClary, 60, of League City, died Tuesday; services will be 11 a.m. today at Consaius Funeral Home in Clinton, burial will follow at Englewood Cemetery in Clinton.

Diane M. Roberson, 27, of Galveston, died Tuesday; funeral services will be 11 a.m. today at Shiloh A.M.E. Church in Galveston; burial will follow in Lakeview Cemetery in Galveston. Clody V.

Johnson, 73, of San Antonio, died Wednesday; funeral services will be 1 p.m. today at Southside Funeral Home in San Antonio; burial will follow at Rutledge Cemetery in Poteet. Willie James Tinsley, 52, of Texas City, funeral services will be 2 p.m. today at Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church of Leesville, burial will follow at Leesville Old Cemetery in Leesville.

Martin Jackson Nanney, 72, of La Marque, died Thursday; funeral services will be 1 p.m. today at the University Baptist Church in San Antonio; burial will follow at Pipe Creek Cemetery in Creek. Stafford N. Lazarus, 53, of Friendswood, died Thursday; funeral services will be 2 p.m. today at Mary Queen of Catholic Church in Friendswood; burial will follow at Forest Park East Cemetery in League City.

MONDAY Valentino Johnson 37, of Galveston, died Friday; funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday at the chapel of Fields Funeral Home; burial will follow at Lakeview Cemetery in Galveston; a wake will be from 7-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. George Ivey 47. of Galveston, died Tuesday; funeral services will be 7 p.m.

Monday at Mt. Olive Baptist Church; burial will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Prospect Cemetery in Tyler. TEXAS CITY RECREATION CALENDAR SATURDAY Noiolcr Center Private Party, Coral Reef Room. Sanders Cento- Plaster Painting, 10 a.m.-noon., Rose Room.

Arts Crafts, 10 a.m.-noon, Rose Room. Table Games, 1-5 p.m., Blue Room. Complex Games, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Gym Activities, 1-7 p.m. Booker T.

Washington Exes Party, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Carver Center Beginning Weight Training, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Advanced Weight Training, 2-6 p.m. Adult Fitness, 8-10 a.m. Pavilion Games Activities, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Gym Activities, 1-7 p.m. Lowry Center Open9a.m.-9p.m. Adult and Youth Swim, p.m. Adult and Family Swim, 6-9 p.m. Open Volleyball, 6-9 p.m.

Shooting Range Rifle, Pistol, Archery, Skeet, Trap, 10 a.m.-dark. Bayou Golf Club Open? a.m.-dark. At least 76 dead on nation's roads United Press International Millions of Americans who traveled to Christmas celebrations were warned against imbibing too heavily lest they become part of the up to 550 people expected to lose their lives on the nation's highways over the holiday. The holiday period, which officially began at 6 p.m. Thursday and ends at midnight Sunday, is especially dangerous because travelers brimming with Christmas spirit are more inclined to forget driving hazards, authorities said.

A UPI count at mid- afternoon indicated at least 76 people have died on the nation's highways since the holiday counting period began. Texas reported 13 traffic fatalities, followed by Florida with 10, California with nine, Louisiana with seven and Ohio with six. Massachusetts and Michigan had five traffic fatalities apiece, followed by Iowa with three; Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee with two each and Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia with one apiece. In a freak accident in Norfolk, a man riding in the back of a car was crushed to death Friday when a second-floor porch collapsed on the roof of a car that apparently had been driven into the side of a house. In Iowa, two people died when their car missed a highway curve and overturned.

Mark Ternas, 25, of Vinton, Iowa, and Paula Cook, 21, of Walker, Iowa, were thrown from the vehicle and killed. Near Mount Clare, Glen Chapman, 56, stepped out his door to walk across a highway when he was struck by a car driven by Andrew Suttles of Wilsonville, 111. Chapman was dead on arrival at Community Memorial Hospital in Staunton. Police said Suttles was following an ambulance carrying a member of his family when the incident occurred. Chapman reportedly waited for the ambulance to pass and stepped into Suttle's path.

Sutties was uninjured. The National Safety Council estimated between 450 and 550 people might lose their lives and another 21,000 to 26,000 might suffer disabling injuries in traffic accidents over the Christmas weekend. Comatose nun's condition better NEW YORK (UPI) Sister Margaret Franks, beaten into a coma by a robber who took her purse and holiday presents, was improving Friday. Nuns in her convent spent Christmas praying for her recovery. The 58-year-old nun, who was dressed in a white habit, was clubbed over the head Wednesday night as she climbed a rear stairway to the Our Lady of Angels convent in the Bronx.

Police said the nun sustained severe head wounds, aggravated when she was pushed or fell down a set of concrete steps as the mugger fled. She was in a coma at Montef iore Hospital and a scan indicated possible injury to the brain. Hospital spokeswoman Barbara Janes said Friday that the sister's condition had improved. "Her coma is lighter. She can move her arms and legs spontaneously," she said.

"But the prognosis is still guarded." Rabbi Abraham Hecht, president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America, said the assault "is cause for all decent people to howl with rage." He urged that lawmakers "speedily pass severe and stringent laws against violent crime, and the death penalty for murder." The Rev. Robert Trainor, pastor of the nun's parish, said the 10 nuns who live in the convent spent Christmas "praying for her." The nun was returning to the convent after doing charity work at Sydenham Clinic in Harlem where she was a dietician. She apparently had done some Christmas shopping on her way home. Police said her attacker, described as a black male about 18 years old, hit her over the head with a blunt instrument. Detective Sgt.

Vernon Geberth said the youth emptied a tote bag containing the nun's purse and some small Christmas gifts before fleeing. "It's a vicious crime. You think you've seen it all over the years and then something like this happens and you think, 'My God, what's happening out Geberth said. EFFECTIVE JAN V'82 YOU MUST HAVE AUTO INSURANCE GALVESTON RACQUET CLUB LOUNGE INVITES EVERYONE TO THEIR NEW LOUNGE TO WATCH THE SUN BOWL OKLAHOMA vs. HOUSTON ON THE GIANT SCREEN TV HAPPY HOUR STARTS ONE HOUR BEFORE KICK-OFF 83rd AIRPORT BLVD.

PARKING LOT ON 83rd STREET The attack was the latest in a series of assaults on clergy in New York this year. A Roman Catholic brother and a priest were robbed in East Harlem the same month and there have been a series of robberies, burglaries and attacks by vandals at city churches and synagogues. WOOD ALL HARDWOOD OAK HICKORY DELIVEREED STACKED LAWN TREE' CARE SPECIALIST 744-1338 1424TREMONT 76S-6M6 RING IN THE NEW. Celebrate New Year's Eve in The Wentletrap's famous main dining room or the elegant new third floor Topgallant Room. Special New Year's Eve Gourmet Dinner.

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